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Pvt John E. Pickard

Birth
Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, USA
Death
14 Nov 1862 (aged 18–19)
Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Memorial ID
51871251 View Source

Home State: Maine

Branch of Service: Cavalry

Unit: 1st Maine Cavalry

Age 19, from Belfast, he mustered as Private in Company E, 1st Maine Cavalry on 4 September 1862.

He may have been wounded on the Maryland Campaign of September 1862 but was admitted to a US Army hospital in Frederick, MD on 24 October 1862 with typhoid fever. He died there on 14 November 1862

He was reinterred from his original burial in Frederick to the new National Cemetery in about 1867.

Burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History1. Service from the Adjutant General.2 Wound and hospital details from the Patient List,3 as J.E. Pitchard

Home State: Maine

Branch of Service: Cavalry

Unit: 1st Maine Cavalry

Age 19, from Belfast, he mustered as Private in Company E, 1st Maine Cavalry on 4 September 1862.

He may have been wounded on the Maryland Campaign of September 1862 but was admitted to a US Army hospital in Frederick, MD on 24 October 1862 with typhoid fever. He died there on 14 November 1862

He was reinterred from his original burial in Frederick to the new National Cemetery in about 1867.

Burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History1. Service from the Adjutant General.2 Wound and hospital details from the Patient List,3 as J.E. Pitchard

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  • Maintained by: Silent One
  • Originally Created by: BIRDMAN
  • Added: 1 May 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 51871251
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51871251/john-e-pickard: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt John E. Pickard (1843–14 Nov 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51871251, citing Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Silent One (contributor 47845738).