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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Middleton M. Rawson

(c. 1836 - ?)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 16th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A 24 year old married farm laborer living in the Harrisburg District, Jackson County, he had a newborn son in July 1860. He enlisted as Private, Company G, 16th Georgia Infantry on 20 July 1861.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in the right hand, necessitating amputation of finger, and captured in action on 14 September 1862 at Crampton's Gap.

The rest of the War

Paroled at Fort Delaware, DE and sent to Aiken's Landing, VA for exchange 2 October 1862. Captured in Raleigh, NC hospital 30 April 1865.

References & notes

Basic service information from Fincham, Jr.1. Details from the 1860 US Federal Census for Jackson County, GA.

Birth

c. 1836 in GA

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: /georgia/infantry/16th_inf_regt.html [AotW citation 12240]

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