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George Milton Munroe was probably First Sergeant of Company G, 21st Massachusetts Infantry and “acting 2nd Lieutenant” at Antietam, where he took command of his Company when Lieutenant Charles H. Parker was wounded. He was himself wounded in the knee and arm in action there on 17 September 1862. He mustered out as First Lieutenant in November 1864.

His photograph is in the MOLLUS Massachusetts Collection, US Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, PA.