(1838 - 1916)
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 March 1, 1862.
On the Campaign
He was captured in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.
The rest of the War
He was confined at Fort McHenry, Maryland until exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Virginia on November 10, 1862. He transferred to the regimental band as chief musician in February 1863. He was captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on July 2, 1863 with no further military record.
References & notes
Basic information from Howerton1. He married Sallie or Sarah Lou Robinson (b. LA 1850). He was listed in Ashley County in the 1860 US Census; occupation merchant. He was listed in the 1911 Arkansas Confederate census at Fountain Hill, Arkansas. Brother of Private William H. Wood.
Birth
03/22/1838; Talladega, AL
Death
04/12/1916; in 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/3rdcok.html [AotW citation 13897]