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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Robert Thomas Foster

(? - 1865)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 61st Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Company F as Private on August 15, 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

Detailed to work on Floating Battery at Savannah, Ga. Returned to duty February 28, 1863. Captured at Gettysburg, PA on July 4, 1863. Exchanged at Fort Delaware. Died February 10, 1865.

References & notes

Basic information from Henderson1. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. Sept. 17, 1862.

Death

02/10/1865

Notes

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 13278]