Jerry C. Macon

(? - 1864)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Georgia Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
Mustered as Private, Company K, on 27 April 1861. Promoted through officer ranks to First Lieutenant in 1862.

The remainder of the War:
Promoted to Captain in May 1863. Killed in action at the Wilderness on 5 May 1864.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Thomas 1. Present at Sharpsburg per the OR 2.

Death Date: 05/05/1864 Death Place: Orange County, VA

Notes

1 Thomas, Henry Walter, History of the Doles-Cook Brigade, Atlanta: Franklin Printing & Publishing Co., 1903, pp. 79, 89, 184 - 190 [AotW citation 2688]

2 US War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (OR), 128 vols., Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1880-1901, Series 1, Vol 19, Part 1 (Serial 27), pg. 1028 [AotW citation 2691]

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