[56th NY Infantry Regiment]
AUSTEN, JOHN H.—Age, 22 years. Enlisted, August 16, 1861, at Purvis, New York to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. F, 56th Infantry Regiment, August 29, 1861; wounded in action, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va.; discharged by reason of such wounds, November 20, 1862, at Washington, D.C.