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(c. 1839 - 1863)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 5th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a 21 year old clerk at Pickensville, AL. He enlisted as a Private in Company C (later renamed H), 5th Alabama Infantry on 20 April 1861 in Pickensville.
On the Campaign
He was captured in action near Turner's Gap on South Mountain (or at Middletown, MD) on 14 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was a prisoner at Fort Delaware until 2 October when he was sent to Aiken's Landing, VA for exchange. He was declared exchanged on 10 November 1862. He was killed at Chancellorsville, VA on 3 May 1863. His father Nathaniel made a claim for his final pay in February 1864.
References & notes
His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3; thanks to Miles Krisman for the pointer to him. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.
Birth
c. 1839 in AL
Death
05/03/1863; Chancellorsville, VA
1 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 28074]