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Confederate (CSV)

Private

James T. Truesdel

(c. 1838 - 1862)

Home State: South Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 2nd South Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was a 22 year old farmer living with his recently widowed mother and 3 younger siblings in the Lancaster District, SC; he owned 2 of the family's 10 slaves. He was conscripted, enlisted in Columbia, SC on 20 July 1861, and mustered as a Private in Company G, 2nd South Carolina Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was killed by a gunshot through his head in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, as J.T. Truesdell. Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1860, and his obituary in the Lancaster Ledger of 4 March 1863; his name also seen as Truesdale. His memorial is on Findagrave.

He married Martha Ann Rollins (1838-1893) in about 1860 and they had a son.

Birth

c. 1838; Lancaster District, SC

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

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 32279]

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