(1830 - 1900)
Home State: South Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A farmer in Laurens from at least 1850, he enlisted in Company I, Third Infantry at Clinton, SC on 1 July 1862.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 13 September 1862 on Maryland Heights near Harpers Ferry, losing an arm.
The rest of the War
He was discharged at Richmond, VA on 4 December 1862.
After the War
Samuel and his family moved to Franklin County, AL about 1881.
Birth
1830; Laurens County, SC
Death
03/02/1900; Belgreen, AL; burial in Mountain Home Cemetery, Glasgow Corner, AL
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 12905]
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. 541 [AotW citation 12932]