Gideon W. Morris

(c. 1836 - )
Home State: Virginia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 15th Virginia Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was in Company A. Age 25 and 4th Sergeant on enlistment in May 1861.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was captured in action on 17 September 1862.

The remainder of the War:
Wounded in action on 14 May 1864 (probably at Drewery's Bluff), and captured again on 1 April 1865.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Southern Historical Society1.

Notes

1 From an annotated roster of Company A, 15th Virginia Infantry by Captain M.W. Hazlewood, published originally in the Richmond Dispatch of 19 August 1894.
Southern Historical Society, and Rev. John William Jones, Robert Alonzo Brock, James Power Smith, editors, Southern Historical Society Papers, 52 Vols., Richmond: Southern Historical Society, 1876-1959, Vol. 21, pp. 48 - 54 [AotW citation 8853]

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