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Confederate (CSV)

Sergeant

R. W. Meacham

(? - 1863)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as 2nd Sergeant of Company B, 13th Georgia Infantry on 8 July 1861 at Griffin, GA.

On the Campaign

He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.

The rest of the War

He was killed at Gettysburg, PA on 1 July 1863.

References & notes

His service from Henderson1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 also as R.W. Meachum, online from fold3.

Death

07/01/1863; Gettysburg, PA

Notes

1   Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964  [AotW citation 7231]

2   US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927  [AotW citation 27871]