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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Joab Newsom

(c. 1836 - ?)

Home State: North Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 27th North Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Company K on 15 May 1862 at age 26.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in the arm in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.

The rest of the War

Promoted to 3rd Corporal about 30 September 1862 and later promoted to 1st Corporal. Deserted on 22 February 1865.

References & notes

Basic information from Wilson1.

Birth

c. 1836

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 10086]