James Jackson Hurt

(1839 - 1917)
Home State: Virginia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 7th Virginia Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He enlisted in Company D, 7th Virginia Infantry on 13 May 1861 at Giles Courthouse.

The remainder of the War:
Wounded in action at Gettysburg, PA in left arm on 3 July 1863 and captured. Imprisoned at College Hospital, Gettysburg and in Baltimore. Paroled at Appomattox.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Johnston1. Service details from Riggs2.

Birth Date: 2/3/1839
Death Date: 5/17/1917 Death Place: Dublin, VA

Notes

1 Johnston, David Emmons, The Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War, Portland (OR): Glass & Prudhomme Company, 1914, pp. 142 - 143 [AotW citation 9746]

2 Riggs, David F., 7th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg (Va): H. E. Howard, Inc., 1982 [AotW citation 9760]

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