Joel Allgood

(? - 1864)
Home State: South Carolina
Branch of Service: Artillery
Unit: Brooks (SC) Artillery

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He gave his residence as the Pinkens District and his age as 20 when he mustered in with Brooks Artillery on its organization on 28 January 1862.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was wounded "below the left clavicle" in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.

The remainder of the War:
He was sent to Chimborazo Hospital # 1, Richmond, Va., October 4, 1862; returned to service December 4, 1862, detailed as blacksmith March-April 1863; wounded lower left jaw Gettysburg, Pa., July 2nd 1863, captured July 4, and sent to USA General Hospital, Chester Pa.; sent to Point Lookout Maryland October 4, 1863 and exchanged March 16th, 1864, City Point, Va.; killed at Spotsylvania, Va., May 9, 1864.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Elliott1, with details by Dave Hann from his research in the Compiled Service Records, US Archives.

Death Date: 05/09/1864 Death Place: Spotsylvania, VA

Notes

1 Elliott, William, Casualties in the Brooks Artillery, Charleston Mecrcury, Charleston: Charleston Mecrury, 1862 [AotW citation 5369]

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