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Confederate (CSV)

Sergeant

Alfred Edwards

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 23rd Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as Private in Company G, 23rd Georgia Infantry on 9 October 1861. Appointed First Sergeant in February 1862.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.

The rest of the War

Captured at Fort Harrison, VA 30 September 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout, MD 17 March 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, VA for exchange on 19 March 1865. No later record.

References & notes

Basic information from Fincham, Jr.1.

Birth

Date not known in 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/23rd_regt_inf.html  [AotW citation 12394]