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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Travis Burton

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 7th Virginia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Company D, 7th Virginia Infantry on 15 July 1861 at Giles Courthouse. Wounded in action at Seven Pines, VA on 31 May 1862.

The rest of the War

Deserted 11 May 1863 and joined Confederate States troops in Southwestern Virgina.

References & notes

Basic information from Johnston1. Service details from Riggs2.

Notes

1 Johnston, David Emmons, The Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War, Portland (OR): Glass & Prudhomme Company, 1914, pp. 142 - 143 [AotW citation 9743]

2 Riggs, David F., 7th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg (Va): H. E. Howard, Inc., 1982 [AotW citation 9757]

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