Joseph B. Gathright

(1843 - 1884)
Home State: Virginia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 15th Virginia Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was in Company A. Age 19 on enlistment in May 1861.

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

The remainder of the War:
He served with his unit through the War.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Southern Historical Society1, which also has his last name as Garthright. Life dates from family genelogists.

Birth State: VA
Death Date: 12/25/1884

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 8856]

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