(1842 - ?)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 61st Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
Enumerated in the 1860 Federal Census in Worth County, GA, age 17, he enlisted in Company A as Private on August 27, 1861.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.
The rest of the War
He was captured at or near Sharpsburg on October 1, 1862. He was in the No. 5 General Hospital at Frederick, MD by October 13. Paroled and received at Aiken's Landing, Virginia for exchange October 19, 1862. Exchanged November 10, 1862. No later Company record.
References & notes
Basic information from Henderson1. Details from family genealogists.
Birth
1842; Pitt County, NC
1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964, Vol. 6 (posted online by Ray Fincham, Jr.) [AotW citation 13261]