(c. 1842 - ?)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He was an unmarried 19 year old farmer from Tuskegee, AL when he enlisted as Private on 28 April 1861 in Company B, 4th Alabama Infantry.
On the Campaign
He was captured on South Mountain in action in September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was exchanged in November 1862. Present with his Company in action in most engagements at least through the siege of Petersburg in 1864.
References & notes
Basic information from State of Alabama1. His name also seen as H. H. Lankford in some service records.
Birth
c. 1842 in AL
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 15603]