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Confederate (CSV)

Corporal

R. W. Lee

Home State: South Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 23rd South Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

From the Marion District, he enlisted as Private, Company H, 23rd South Carolina Infantry on 10 November 1861 in Marion.

On the Campaign

He was captured at Middletown, MD on 19 September 1862 (he was initially reported killed on South Mountain on 14 September).

The rest of the War

He was exchanged at Aiken's Landing, VA on 10 November 1862 but was listed as absent in Richmond, VA into February 1863. He was with his Company until April 1864, after which he was absent, sick. He was back by the end of 1864. He was captured at Farmville, VA on 6 April 1865 and held at City Point and Newport News, VA until he was released after taking the oath of allegiance on 25 June 1865.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records with his "death" from the casualty list for the 23rd South Carolina (Confederate States Army Casualty Lists and Narrative Reports, RG 109, NARA), both online from fold3.