Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 90th Pennsylvania Infantry
Age 39, he enlisted and mustered into service as Private, Company D, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry on 21 November 1861 in Philadelphia.
He was mortally wounded by a gunshot to his knee in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862
He was admitted to a US Army hospital in Frederick, MD on 27 September 1862 but died there of wounds on 17 October 1862.
Burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History,1 as George Werkmeister. His service from the Card File.2 Wound and hospital details from the Patient List.
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 90th Pennsylvania Infantry
Age 39, he enlisted and mustered into service as Private, Company D, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry on 21 November 1861 in Philadelphia.
He was mortally wounded by a gunshot to his knee in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862
He was admitted to a US Army hospital in Frederick, MD on 27 September 1862 but died there of wounds on 17 October 1862.
Burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History,1 as George Werkmeister. His service from the Card File.2 Wound and hospital details from the Patient List.
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