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(1836 - 1920)
Home State: Arkansas
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 3rd Arkansas Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted in Company F, 3rd Arkansas Infantry at Rockport, Arkansas on June 20, 1861, and was appointed First Sergeant the same day. He was promoted Second and First Lieutenant, dates not given.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.
The rest of the War
He was promoted Captain and furloughed for ninety days to recruit and arrest deserters in Arkansas in February 1864. He was listed as absent without leave in Arkansas in June 1864 and dropped from the rolls on July 27, 1864.
References & notes
Basic information from Howerton1. Details from his gravesite on Findagrave; his stone has his birth year as 1835. He married Mary Elizabeth Emerson in Hot Spring County, Arkansas on December 22, 1859. He was listed in Hot Spring County in the 1860 US Census; occupation farmer. He filed an Arkansas pension application #18743 from Hot Spring County on August 9, 1913.
Birth
06/19/1836 in MS
Death
01/31/1920; in AR; burial in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Malvern, AR
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/3rdcof.html [AotW citation 13853]