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Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted as a Private in Company C, 13th Georgia Infantry on 13 September 1861 in Richmond, VA.
On the Campaign
He was captured at Frederick, MD on 12 or 13 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was admitted to a US Army hospital in Frederick, MD by 19 September and sent to Aiken's Landing, VA on 2 (or 6) October for exchange. He was declared formally exchanged on 10 November 1862 and was on sick furlough to 4 February 1863, then returned to duty. He was appointed Corporal by January 1864 and 5th Sergeant by August 1864. He was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.
1 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 28612]
2 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 28613]