Timeline
Birth- 2/10/1843
Stafford Connecticut
1861 - 1865Civil War (Union)- Age: 19 years
Served For
United States of America
Branch
Army
Conflict Period
Civil War (Union)
State
Connecticut
Company
I
Unit
16th Infantry
Gold Star
Service Start Date
24/08/1862
Service End Date
11/10/1862
Pvt
Enlistment- 12/08/1862-Age: 19 years
Casualty- 17/09/1862-Age: 19 years
severe wound left arm; amputated
Antietam Maryland
Discharge
Pvt
Death- 11/10/1862-Age: 19 years
wounds received in battle 17 Sep 1862 ("vul sclopet")
G H N Sharpsburg MD (German Reformed Church Hospital)
Burial- 25/10/1862
Moose Meadow Cemetery, Willington CT
Other Facts
Full Name
James W Brooks
Gender
Male; Age at Enlistment - 19 years
Place of Residence
Residence - Stafford Connecticut
Father
father - James Fisk Brooks
Full Name
full name - James Willard Brooks
Mother
mother - Sarah (applies for his pension Dec 1891)