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A.P. Ellison

A.P. Ellison

Confederate (CSV)

Private

Augustus Parks Ellison

(1842 - 1912)

Home State: Georgia

Command Billet: Pvt

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 16th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Enlisted as Private, Company F, 16th Georgia Infantry on 19 July 1861 along with his father Alexander Parks Ellison (1816-1867), who was appointed 3rd Sergeant [image].

On the Campaign

He was wounded in the arm and captured in action on 14 September 1862 at Crampton's Gap.

The rest of the War

Sent to Field Hospital at Burkittsville, MD in September 1862. Left arm amputated near shoulder joint in 1862. Sent from Baltimore, MD to Fortress Monroe, VA 11 October 1862. Received at Aiken's Landing, VA for exchange 13 October 1862. Discharged on account of loss of arm at Richmond, VA 14 October 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from Fincham, Jr.1. Further details from family genealogists, with the photos here posted online by GGGranddaughter Marilyn Houser.

Birth

10/1842; Walton County, GA

Death

1/24/1912; LaFayette, GA; burial in Shaw Cemetery, LaFayette, Walker County, GA

Notes

1   Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories - Georgia C.S.A., Published c. 2005, <http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/index.html>, Source page: /georgia/infantry/16th_inf_regt.html  [AotW citation 12211]