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Confederate (CSV)

Corporal

J. R. Merrell

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 18th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was in Company H and was appointed 3rd Corporal October 1, 1861.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia October 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland and transferred to Aiken's Landing, Virginia for exchange March 28, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Virginia, March 30, 1865. No later record.

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 9511]