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Jonathan Keplinger

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Jonathan Keplinger

Birth
Maryland, USA
Death
25 Apr 1863 (aged 47–48)
Washington County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Mr. John Keplinger, who resided in a house that stood near the east end of the Bloody Lane, had gathered, after the battle, quite a number of shells and had broken 99 without any serious damage, but the 100th one exploded and tore him up so badly that he died from it. A Miss Newcomer, who resided with her parents at the mill nearby, now in the West, on a recent visit said she assisted Dr. Biggs in dressing his wounds and he was terribly torn from the explosion.

Source: Stories of Antietam - as told to Mr. Reilly by veterans and eye-witnesses of the battle. The Battlefield of Antietam by R.C. Miller, Gettysburg, Pa., 1906
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Son of Johann Jacob & Elizabeth (Highshoe/Hiteshew) Keplinger
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Mr. John Keplinger, who resided in a house that stood near the east end of the Bloody Lane, had gathered, after the battle, quite a number of shells and had broken 99 without any serious damage, but the 100th one exploded and tore him up so badly that he died from it. A Miss Newcomer, who resided with her parents at the mill nearby, now in the West, on a recent visit said she assisted Dr. Biggs in dressing his wounds and he was terribly torn from the explosion.

Source: Stories of Antietam - as told to Mr. Reilly by veterans and eye-witnesses of the battle. The Battlefield of Antietam by R.C. Miller, Gettysburg, Pa., 1906
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Son of Johann Jacob & Elizabeth (Highshoe/Hiteshew) Keplinger
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Age: 48y 23d

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