Jonas R. Cody

(1843 - 1862)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 48th Georgia Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He enlisted as Private in Company B, 48th Georgia Infantry on 15 May 1862.

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

The remainder of the War:
He died of wounds on 1 October 1862. Originally "buried in Dr. Smith's field" on the battlefield at Sharpsburg. Probably reinterred at Hagerstown in about 1874.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Burial information from Pruett1, which lists him in the 18th Georgia Infantry. Service details from Ranger95's Roster2.

Death Date: 10/01/1862 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 4616]

2 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/rosters/48th_inf_regt_rost_b.html [AotW citation 9455]

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