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(1843 - 1914)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He was an unmarried 18 year old student when he enlisted at Bristoe Station, VA as Private in August 1861 in Company B, 4th Alabama Infantry.
On the Campaign
Present in action on South Mountain and at Sharpsburg.
After the War
Transferred to the 1st Georgia Cavalry in February 1863, as Private, Company K. He was wounded in the foot in action at Philadelphia, TN on 20 October 1863. He was "sent home".
References & notes
Basic information from State of Alabama1, which had him going to the 2nd Georgia Cavalry. Cavalry information from Michael Bowers Cavender's The First Georgia Cavalry in the Civil War: A History and Roster (2016).
Birth
04/04/1843 in AL
Death
04/05/1914; burial in Oakland Memorial Park, Terrell, TX
1 State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, Alabama Civil War Service Database, Published 2004, first accessed 01 January 2010, <https://archives.alabama.gov/research/CivilWarService.aspx>, Source page: various [AotW citation 15601]