Malcom L. Hutchins

(c. 1844 - )
Home State: Virginia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 21st Virginia Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He enlisted 16 May 1861 in Company F, 21st Virginia Infantry.

In the Antietam Campaign:
One of the three members of Company F on the Campaign. Present at Harpers Ferry on 15 Sepetember, but sick and not in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September.

The remainder of the War:
Appointed Junior 2nd Lieutenant in 1863 and First Lieutenant in April 1864. Wounded and captured in action at Cedar Creek, VA on 19 October 1864, and exchanged in March 1865.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Worsham1, who spells his last name Hudgins. Service details from Riggs2.

Notes

1 Worsham, John H., One of Jackson's Foot Cavalry, New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1912, pp. 145, 301 - 317 [AotW citation 8493]

2 Riggs, Susan A., 21st Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg (VA): H.E. Howard, Inc., 1991, pp. 59-98 [AotW citation 8496]

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