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(c. 1842 - ?)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He was an unmarried 19 year old farmer from Whitesburg, AL when he enlisted as Private on 26 April 1861 in Company F, 4th Alabama Infantry. He was present with his Company in engagements from First to Second Manassas, VA in 1862.
On the Campaign
Present in action on South Mountain and at Sharpsburg.
The rest of the War
Present with his Company in action in most engagements until Manassas Gap, VA in July 1863. He was captured while straggling, date and place not given.
After the War
His Congressman, Joeseph Wheeler, introduced a bill in 1898 to grant him an invalid's pension, as did his Senator, Edmund Pettus, in 1900.
References & notes
Basic information from State of Alabama1.
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 15668]