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42nd Massachusetts Infantry
Last modified:
2011-08-17
Category:
military
>
regiment
>
infantry
Beginning date (not before):
1864-07-01
Beginning date (not after):
1864-07-01
Ending date (not before):
1864-11-11
Ending date (not after):
1864-11-11
Additional Information:
The 42nd Massachusetts Infantry organized at Camp Meigs, Readville, Massachusetts on July 1, 1864, and was mustered out on November 11, 1864.
Sources:
"42nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Union)," in The American Civil War Research Database [database online], Alexander Street Press, 2011. 17 August 2011.
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Fowler, Wallace T.
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Relationship Additional Information:
Fowler enlisted into C Company of the 42nd Massachusetts Infantry as Private. According to the
American Civil War Research Database
(
ACWRD
), Fowler survived the war, mustering out of the 42nd Massachusetts on 11 November 1864. To the contrary, the
Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion
(
MSHWR
) reports that Fowler was hospitalized, diagnosed with typho-malarial fever, and died while under care at the Second Division Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-01-23
Relationship Beginning Date:
July 14, 1864
Relationship Ending Date:
Nov 11, 1864-Nov 17, 1864
