(1838 - 1922)
Home State: North Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted as 3rd Sergeant in Company B, 23rd North Carolina Infantry on 23 May 1861.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.
The rest of the War
Captured at Gettsyburg, PA on 5 July 1863. Held at Point Lookout after October 1863.
References & notes
Basic information from Nixon1. Further details from family genealogists.
Birth
5/28/1838; Granville County, NC
Death
5/05/1922; Catawba, NC; burial in Salem Lutheran and United Church of Christ Cemetery, Lincolnton, NC
1 Nixon, Alfred, and WJ Hoke Camp, UCV, Roster of Confederate Soldiers ... Lincoln County, North Carolina, Lincolnton (NC): Journal Print, 1905, pg. 20 [AotW citation 12265]