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(1823 - ?)
Home State: Louisiana
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 14th Louisiana Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He was a 38 year old laborer in New Orleans when he enlisted in Company D, 14th Louisiana Infantry on 22 June 1861. He was wounded and captured in action at Seven Pines, VA on 1 June 1862.
On the Campaign
He was wounded and captured in action on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was in US Army Hospital #5 in Frederick, MD on 10 October, and sent to Ft McHenry on 13 October. He was paroled through Aiken's Landing, VA on 10 November 1862 and exchanged. Reported as a deserter on 1 May 1864. Also recorded as captured in action near Fredericksburg, VA on 4 May 1863. Took the loyalty oath in Washington, DC on 24 June 1863.
References & notes
Basic information from Booth1, who notes that he was "pressed into service, sympathizes with the North".
Birth
1823 in IRELAND
1 Booth, Andrew B., Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands, 3 Volumes, New Orleans: State of Louisiana, 1920, Vol. 1, pg. 970 [AotW citation 11965]