Lorenzo Dunnegan

(? - 1863)
Home State: North Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 27th North Carolina Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He enlisted in Company G, 27th North Carolina Infantry on 16 May 1862.

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

The remainder of the War:
He was captured in action on 14 October 1863 at Bristoe Station, VA and imprisoned at the Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC. He was transferred on 27 October to Point Lookout, MD, and died while a prisoner there on 5 November 1863.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Wilson1. Some detail from the US Park Service's Soldiers and Sailors Database and his gravesite on Findagrave.

Death Date: 11/05/1863 Death Place: Point Lookout, MD Burial Place: Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, Scotland, MD

Notes

1 Wilson, William P., Adjutant, Casualty list of the 27th N.C.S.T. at Sharpsburg, North Carolina Standard, 1862-10-15 [AotW citation 9969]

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