(c. 1840 - 1863)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He was an unmarried 21 year old farmer from Vaiden, MS when he enlisted as First Sergeant on 7 August 1861 in Company G, 4th Alabama Infantry then at Manassas, VA. Present at engagements from Seven Pines to Second Manassas, VA.
On the Campaign
Present in action at Boonsboro and Sharpsburg.
The rest of the War
In action with his Company from Fredericksburg, VA, in December 1862 to Chickamauga, GA, where he was killed in action on 20 September 1863, by then listed as Captain (date of rank not given).
References & notes
Basic information from State of Alabama1.
Birth
c. 1840 in MS
Death
09/20/1863; Chickamauga, GA
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 15674]