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Confederate (CSV)

Captain

Robert Current, Jr.

(c. 1828 - 1862)

Home State: Louisiana

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 8th Louisiana Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was a 33 year old screwman living in New Orleans when he enlisted in Company B, 8th Louisiana Infantry on June 23, 1861 at Camp Moore, LA.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

Basic information from Booth1.

Birth

c. 1828 in MA

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1   Booth, Andrew B., Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands, 3 Volumes, New Orleans: State of Louisiana, 1920, Vol. 2, pg. 509  [AotW citation 13908]