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Confederate (CSV)

Private

James E. Smith

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Phillips' (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as Private, Company M, Phillips' Legion Infantry Battalion, date not given.

On the Campaign

He was captured in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain, MD on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was exchanged on 2 October 1862 and returned to duty. He was captured again, at Dandridge, TN on 17 January 1864 and held in the Federal prison at Rock Island, IL to 2 March 1865, when he was exchanged.

References & notes

His service from Graham.1

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: /InfCoM.html  [AotW citation 22013]