John F. Mayes

(? - 1862)
Home State: Virginia
Branch of Service: Artillery
Unit: Purcell (Richmond) Artillery

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September.

The remainder of the War:
Originally buried "on right of hollow leading from Shepherdstown road to the lock". Probably reinterred at Hagerstown in about 1874.

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

Death Date: 09/17/1862 Death Place: Sharpsburg, 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 4504]

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