(1842 - 1926)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He was a married 19 year old farmer from Marion, AL when he enlisted as Private on 24 April 1861 in Company G, 4th Alabama Infantry. He was present at most engagements from First Manassas to Malvern Hill, 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 through the Siege of Petersburg in late 1864. He was promoted to First Corporal on 1 July 1864. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.
References & notes
Birth
01/03/1842 in AL
Death
07/05/1926; in AL; burial in Marion Cemetery, Marion, AL
1 State of Alabama, State Archives, and Dr. Edwin C. Bridges, director, and staff, Alabama Department of Archives & History, Published c.2000, first accessed 08 July 2005, <http://www.archives.state.al.us/index.html>, Source page: various [AotW citation 15682]