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(c. 1840 - 1864)
Home State: Virginia
Command Billet: Company Officer
Branch of Service: Cavalry
Unit: 2nd Virginia Cavalry
Before Sharpsburg
From Franklin County, Virginia he's found in the 1850 US Census at age 10, living on his father's farm. He was in militia service there for 3 months in 1861, then was Captain, Company D of the 2nd Cavalry.
On the Campaign
He commanded the Sharpshooters of the Regiment and was conspicuous at Poolsville (8-9 Sept), then at Burkittsville and on to Crampton's Gap (12-14 Sept)1.
The rest of the War
He reportedly died of wounds in June 1864.
More on the Web
Biographical information from a Hurt family genealogy.
Birth
c. 1840 in VA
Death
1864
1 Driver, Robert J., 2nd Virginia Cavalry, Lynchburg: H. E. Howard Inc., 1995, pg. 59 [AotW citation 1144]