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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Alexander Nathaniel Keeter

(c. 1839 - 1862)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 23rd Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was a 20 year old living on his parent's farm in the Harbins District, Cherokee County, GA. He enlisted as Private in Company G, 23rd Georgia Infantry on 24 September 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He died of wounds on 20 September 1862. His father Adin applied for his final pay in January 1863, and was sent $114 in October 1863.

References & notes

His service from Henderson1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists.

Birth

c. 1839 in SC

Death

9/20/1862; Sharpsburg, 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, p. 1060 [AotW citation 12396]

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 30027]

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