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Confederate (CSV)

Sergeant

Jeremiah Wells Anderson

(1831 - 1862)

Home State: Florida

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 5th Florida Infantry

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action at Sharpsburg, probably on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was removed to Shepherdstown and tended there, but died of his wounds on 6 October.

References & notes

Burial and basic unit information from a list in Confederate Veteran1. His brother, Little Berry Andrew Cater Anderson (1833-1870) was wounded at Sharpsburg. Neither brother is listed in the State Roster for the 2nd, 5th, or 8th Florida Infantry regiments.

Birth

1831; Grooverville, GA

Death

10/06/1862; Shepherdstown, WV; burial in Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, WV

Notes

1   United Confederate Veterans, and United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans, Confederate Veteran Magazine (1893-1932), 1893-01-00, Vol. XIX, pp. 75 - 76  [AotW citation 5061]