N.B. Lusk, Jr.

Confederate (CSA)

Sergeant

Nathan Boone Lusk, Jr.

(1835 - 1917)

Home State: South Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 12th South Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted 11 July and mustered as 2nd Sergeant, Company G, 12th South Carolina Infantry on 29 August 1861.

On the Campaign

He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 22 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was captured in action in the Wilderness, VA on 6 May 1864 and held (as one of the "Immortal 600") on Morris Island, SC, then at Fort Delaware. He was released on 16 June 1865.

After the War

He moved to Marshall County, AL.

References & notes

Thanks to GGGrandson Ron Gray for the pointer to Lt Lusk and for a copy of a seated portrait photograph of him, from which we took the picture above. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

04/16/1835

Death

09/21/1917; Marshall County, AL; burial in Brashers Chapel Cemetery, Albertville, AL