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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Henry E. Gilbert

(1837 - 1862)

Home State: South Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 3rd South Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was a 22 year old farmer at Birch Creek in the Spartanburg District, SC. He enlisted at Spartanburg, SC on 1 July 1862 as a Private in Company D, Third South Carolina Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action on 13 September 1862 on Maryland Heights near Harpers Ferry.

The rest of the War

His widow Carney filed for his final pay in February 1863.

References & notes

His service from Salley, Jr.1,2 and his Compiled Service Records,3 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.

He married Carney Camp (1839-) in November 1859 and they had 2 daughters.

Birth

12/06/1837; Spartanburg, SC

Death

09/13/1862; Maryland Heights, MD

Notes

1 Salley, Alexander S., Jr., editor, Tentative Roster of the Third Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Confederate States Provisional Army, Columbia: Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1908, pp. 38 - 69 [AotW citation 12851]

2 Salley, Alexander S., Jr., compiler, South Carolina Troops in Confederate Service, 3 vols., Columbia: Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1913-1930, Vol. 2, pg. 391 [AotW citation 12870]

3 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 30270]

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