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(c. 1841 - 1863)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He was an unmarried 20 year old farmer from Scottsboro, AL when he enlisted as Private on 27 April 1861 in Company K, 4th Alabama Infantry. He was in action from First to Second Manassas, VA.
On the Campaign
He was with his Company on South Mountain and at Sharpsburg.
The rest of the War
He was in action from Fredericksburg, VA in December to Gettysburg, PA where he was mortally wounded in action on 2 July 1863. He was buried on Edward Plank's farm and his remains, with those of 98 other soldiers, were reinterred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA, in August 1872.
References & notes
Birth
c. 1841; Giles County, TN
Death
07/02/1863; Gettysburg, PA; burial in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
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 15749]
2 Busey, John W., and Travis W. Busey, Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record, Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company, 2017, pp. 46-47 [AotW citation 15772]