George L. Prestwood

Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 3rd Georgia Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was in Company B.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Ranger95 1. Appointed 2nd Sergeant, Company F, 2nd Battalion Georgia State Troops November 11, 1861. Mustered out May 1862. Enlisted as a Private, Company B, 3rd Regiment Georgia Infantry May 15, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Wounded in leg, resulting in amputation, Spotsylvania, Virginia May 14, 1864. On wounded furlough close of war.

Notes

1 Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories - Georgia C.S.A., Published c. 2005, <http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/index.html>, Source page: /infantry/3rd_regt_inf.html [AotW citation 2779]

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