W. Carrington

Confederate (CSV)

Private

Wilson Carrington

(1843 - 1862)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 16th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was a 17 year old farmer on his parents' place at Danielsville in Madison County, GA. He enlisted as Private in Company A, 16th Georgia Infantry on 11 July 1861.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action on 14 September 1862 at Crampton's Gap on South Mountain, MD.

The rest of the War

His father Augustus filed for his final pay in November 1863.

References & notes

Basic information from Henderson1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 also as Watson Carrington, online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His memorial is on Findagrave, source also of his picture, from a photograph of unknown provenance posted by Eddie Inman.

Birth

1843; Madison County, GA

Death

09/14/1862; Crampton's Gap, MD

Notes

1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964, Vol. 2, pg. 484 [AotW citation 12160]

2 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 31370]

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