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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Francis E. Ramsour

(1836 - 1862)

Home State: Arkansas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 3rd Arkansas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Age 21, he enlisted as a Private in Company A, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Portland, Arkansas on 20 May 1861.

On the Campaign

He was reported missing in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg, but was probably killed there.

The rest of the War

He was still listed as missing on the Company muster roll of June 1863, the last one in his file.

References & notes

Sevice information from Howerton,1 as Francis E. Ramsaur, and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Details from family genealogists, who have him as killed at Sharpsburg, and the US Census of 1850.

Birth

09/03/1836 in NC

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

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 13803]

2   US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927  [AotW citation 27775]