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(c. 1844 - ?)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a 16 year old farm boy on his parent's place near Dawson in Terrell County, GA. He enlisted as a Private in Company H, 13th Georgia Infantry on 12 August 1861 at Richmond, VA.
On the Campaign
He was wounded by a gunshot through the last joint of the middle finger of his left hand in action at Sharpsburg, MD on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was in a Richmond, VA hospital by 27 September and furloughed for 30 days on 3 October 1862. He was wounded again, near Fredericksburg, VA on 4 May 1863. He was on detached duty as a guard at Jackson Hospital, Richmond by 2 February and was back with his Company by the end of 1864.
After the War
By 1870 he was farmer near Dawson in Terrell County.
References & notes
His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and from Henderson,2 both also as John Huckaby. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1870.
He married Martha Moreland (1845-) in November 1864 in Terrell County and they had 3 children by 1870.
His brother Felix was also in Company H and wounded at Sharpsburg.
Birth
c. 1844 in GA
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 28495]
2 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 28496]