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"Jack"
(c. 1843 - 1863)
Home State: South Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted in Company A, 3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion on 5 December 1861 at Columbia, SC at about age 18. He was detached to man a battery at Pineberry, SC in February 1862.
On the Campaign
He was the left side color guard at Fox's Gap.
The rest of the War
He was ill in Richmond in October and November 1862, but returned 11 November 1862. He was promoted to Corporal by February 1863. He was mortally wounded at Gettysburg, PA on 2 July 1863 and captured there. He was treated at a federal hospital there and his leg was amputated at the thigh, but he died 17 July 1863.
References & notes
Basic information from Davis1.
Birth
c. 1843; Laurens District, SC
Death
07/17/1863; Gettysburg, PA
1 Davis, Sam B., A History of the 3rd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Battalion (James Battalion): 1861-1865 , Wilmington (NC): Broadfoot Publishing Company, 2009, pp. 68-71, Roster [AotW citation 15974]