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Confederate (CSV)

Private

W. S. Meeks

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 18th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was in Company F.

On the Campaign

He was captured in action on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware and sent to Aiken's Landing, Virginia for exchange October 2, 1862, and exchanged there November 10, 1862. Took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government at Louisville, Kentucky, February 14, 1865.

References & notes

Basic information from Ranger951.

Notes

1   Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories - Georgia C.S.A., Published c. 2005, <http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/index.html>, Source page: /infantry/18th_inf_regt.html  [AotW citation 9496]