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(1843 - 1883)
Home State: Virginia
Education: Virginia Military Institute
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: Kemper's Brigade
Before Sharpsburg
He attended V.M.I. (Class of 1863, honorary graduate 1869). He was a Drillmaster in Richmond, 1861. Commissioned Captain in the 7th Virginia Infantry. Promoted to Major on General Kemper's staff. Cited in A.P. Hill's report of Williamsburg, and in Kemper's report of Frayser's Farm.
On the Campaign
He was wounded and captured in action on 17 September 1862, and his leg was amputated.
The rest of the War
He was paroled, exhanged, and on light duty in Virginia Reservve Forces to 1864.
After the War
He was a lumber merchant near Lynchburg, VA. He died in June 1883 in Texas.
References & notes
Basic information from Riggs1. Further details from family genealogists.
Birth
09/11/1843; Culpeper County , VA
Death
06/00/1883; in TX; burial in Norwood Cemetery, Hearne, TX
1 Riggs, David F., 7th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg (Va): H. E. Howard, Inc., 1982 [AotW citation 9717]