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Confederate (CSV)

Private

J. J. A. Powers

(c. 1840 - 1863)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Phillips' (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

Age 21, from Cobb County, he enlisted as Private, Company C, Phillips' Legion Infantry Battalion on 1 August 1861.

On the Campaign

He was captured on the Maryland Campaign in September 1862, place not given.

The rest of the War

He was paroled at Keedysville, MD on 20 September and listed as present with his Company by February 1863 with no further record. He is thought to have died in Spotsylvania, VA by August 1863.

References & notes

His service from Graham.1 His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1840

Death

1863; Spotsylvania, VA; burial in Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery, Spotsylvania, VA

Notes

1 Graham, Kurt D., Phillips Georgia Legion - Infantry Battalion, first accessed 20 September 2012, <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page4.html>, Source page: /InfCoC2.html [AotW citation 21925]

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