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Confederate (CSV)

Corporal

Ira W. Fisher

(c. 1843 - ?)

Home State: Arkansas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 3rd Arkansas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A farmer in Ashley County, he enlisted in Company A, 3rd Arkansas Infantry at Portland, Arkansas on May 20, 1861. He was promoted to Third Corporal on April 29, 1862.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was confined at Fort McHenry, MD until exchanged on March 13, 1863, then furloughed for ninety days to recover from wounds, April 28, 1863. No further military record.

References & notes

Basic information from Howerton1. Brother of Private James Monroe Fisher.

Birth

c. 1843; Chicot County, AR

Notes

1 Howerton, Bryan R., Roster of the Third Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA, Published 1998, <http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/3rd-his.html>, Source page: /civilwar/3rdcoa.html [AotW citation 13798]

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