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Confederate (CSA)

Sergeant

George William Keesee

(c. 1830 - 1862)

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Artillery

Unit: Danville (VA) Artillery

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was a 29 year old miller in Danville, married with 3 small children, and on 14 May 1861, he enlisted as a Private in the Danville Artillery. He was appointed 3rd Sergeant on 13 July 1861.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action on Nicodemus Heights at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Tended by his brother Peyton, he died of wounds overnight on the field.

References & notes

Thanks to Bill Guerrant for the pointer to the Keesee brothers at Sharpsburg. His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.

Birth

c. 1830; Pittsylvania County, VA

Death

09/18/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 27823]

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