June 30: John Henry Coster


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June 30

On this date in 1862, Captain John Henry Coster of Company F, 1st New York Infantry, was severely wounded in the jaw and captured at Glendale, Virginia; he was held at Libby Prison in Richmond for several weeks before being released.

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