site logo
[no picture yet]

[no picture yet]

Confederate (CSV)

Private

Edmund Martin Winston

(1837 - 1928)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 4th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was an unmarried 22 year old mechanic from Huntsvile, AL when he enlisted as Private on 26 April 1861 in Company F, 4th Alabama Infantry. He was present with his Company in engagements from First to Second Manassas, VA in 1862.

On the Campaign

He was severely wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg, and "left in the hands of the enemy."

The rest of the War

His arm was amputated, and he was discharged for wounds on 8 November 1862.

After the War

He was living in Mercury, AL in 1907-08. Probably at the Confederate Soldiers Home, Mountain Creek, AL by 1912.

References & notes

Basic information from State of Alabama1, which lists him as Edmond Martin Winston. His gravesite is on Findagrave. His name also listed as Edward M. Winston.

Birth

10/20/1837; Wilson County, TN

Death

04/11/1928; Mountain Creek, AL; burial in Confederate Memorial Park Cemetery #2, Mountain Creek, AL

Notes

1   State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, Alabama Civil War Service Database, Published 2004, first accessed 01 January 2010, <https://archives.alabama.gov/research/CivilWarService.aspx>, Source page: various  [AotW citation 15670]