George M. D. Brotherton
Name: George M. D. Brotherton
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 126th PA Inf.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 08/05/1862
Company: E
Rank at End of Service: Sergeant
Notes:
Enlisted at Waynesboro, PA; Ran away from home too young to join army; Served from 08-08-1862 Through 12-13-1862; Prison: Libby Prison; Burial records say he was killed at Antietam, but unlikely since they also say he was killed 12-13-1862, probably captured at Antietam; Killed in action: Fredericksburg 12/13/1862
Source(s):
Soldiers’ Records for Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the website “Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War,” Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossiers).
