(c. 1837 - 1864)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He was an unmarried 24 year old merchant from Larkinsville, AL when he enlisted as Private on 27 April 1861 in Company K, 4th Alabama Infantry. He was in action from First Manassas to Seven Pines, VA, and elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant on 25 August 1862.
On the Campaign
He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He at Fredericksburg, VA where he was promoted First Lieutenant on 13 December 1862. He was with his Company at Chickamauga, GA, Chattanooga, TN, and to the siege of Petersburg. He was promoted Captain on 29 February 1864, but was killed in action at Petersburg, VA on 28 July 1864.
References & notes
Basic information from State of Alabama1.
Birth
c. 1837 in PA
Death
07/28/1864; Petersburg, 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 15757]