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Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted as a Private in Company H, 13th Georgia Infantry on 8 July 1861 in Griffin, GA.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was captured near Fredericksburg, VA on 29 April 1863, briefly at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC, then a a prisoner at Fort Delaware by 7 May. He was paroled there, sate not given, and on furlough home from 5 October to 5 December 1863. He was wounded again between August and December 1864, place not given, and was in a hospital in Lynchburg, VA to at least February 1865, the last record in his military file.
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 28456]
2 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 28457]