J. E Argo

(? - 1862)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: Cobb's (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was wounded and captured in action at Crampton's Gap on 14 September.

The remainder of the War:
Admitted to USA Field Hospital Burkittsville, MD. Died there of wound of thigh & amputation performed. He was originally buried "close along the fence on west side of woods back of graveyard in Burkettsville" and probably reinterred at Hagerstown in about 1874.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Burial information from Pruett1.

Death Date: 10/16/1862 Death Place: Burkittsville, MD Burial Place: Washington Confederate Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD

Notes

1 Pruett, Samuel, and Poffenberger & Good, Greg Farino and Western Maryland Regional Library (WMRL), Washington Confederate Cemetery, possible burials , Hagerstown (MD): WHILBR, 2010 [AotW citation 4494]

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