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Confederate (CSV)

Musician

Demarcus R. White

"Mark"

(1842 - 1902)

Home State: Arkansas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 3rd Arkansas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Company K, 3rd Arkansas Infantry at Hamburg, Arkansas on May 20, 1861. He was appointed musician and transferred to the regimental band February 28, 1862.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Virginia on November 10, 1862, and returned to Company K. He was paroled at Appomattox, Virginia on April 12, 1865. He was captured on his way home at Memphis, Tennessee on May 11, 1865, and paroled at Memphis, Tennessee on May 16, 1865.

References & notes

Basic information from Howerton1. He was listed in Ashley County in the 1860 US Census; occupation farmer. He married Nancy Stanley in Ashley County in November 1869. He attended 1889 and 1899 Confederate reunions at Hamburg, Arkansas. Brother of Sergeant Hampton C. White and Private Tyler T. White.

Birth

03/18/1842; Jacksonville, AL

Death

06/17/1902; Ashley County, AR; burial in Antioch Cemetery, Ashley 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/3rdcok.html [AotW citation 13896]

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