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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Elijah Dyer

(c. 1834 - 1862)

Home State: Louisiana

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 15th Louisiana Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was a 27 year old married farmer, a resident of Hinston Post Office when he enlisted in Company F, 15th Louisiana Infantry on August 2, 1861 in New Orleans.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

Basic information from Booth1.

Birth

c. 1834 in LA

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. 741  [AotW citation 13929]