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Re: Flag Taken by the 41st Virginia

From Ancestry:

Name: Christopher Pennell
Residence: West Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Occupation: Student
Age at enlistment: 20
Enlistment Date: 27 Jun 1862
Rank at enlistment: Sergeant
State Served: Massachusetts
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company E, Massachusetts 34th Infantry Regiment on 31 Jul 1862.
Promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant on 08 Dec 1863.
Mustered out on 08 Dec 1863.
Commissioned an officer in the U.S. Colored Troops 19th Infantry Regiment on 08 Dec 1863.
Mustered out on 30 Jul 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Birth Date: abt 1842
Sources: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War
Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-65

His service record states, "July 1864 - Killed in action on the 30 of July 1864"

Ed

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