Home State: South Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
Enlisted in Company I, Third Infantry from the Laurens District on 14 April 1861 at Clinton, SC. Promoted to Second Corporal after 30 June 1861.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 13 September 1862 on Maryland Heights near Harpers Ferry, losing an arm.
References & notes
Basic information from Salley1.
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. 109 - 116 [AotW citation 12901]
2 Salley, Alexander S., Jr., compiler, South Carolina Troops in Confederate Service, 3 vols., Columbia: Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1913-1930, Vol. 2, pp. 523, 528 [AotW citation 12929]