Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He was an unmarried carpenter from Huntsville, AL when he enlisted as Private on 26 April 1861 in Company I, 4th Alabama Infantry. He was present at most engagements from First to Malvern Hill, VA.
On the Campaign
He was with his Company on South Mountain and at Sharpsburg.
The rest of the War
He was at Fredericksburg, VA in December 1862. He was promoted to Lieutenant in Heavy Artillery 5 August 1863.
References & notes
Basic information from State of Alabama1, which does not have details for him under any Alabama artillery unit.
Birth
Date not known in 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 15738]