(1836 - 1924)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 6th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A mechanic, he had probably served as Private, Company D, 1st Alabama Infantry in 1861. He enlisted in Company G, 6th Alabama Infantry on 1 March 1862 in Autaugaville, AL. He was listed as present for the siege of Yorktown and at Seven Pines, VA in 1862. He was absent without leave at Cold Harbor and Malvern Hill, VA.
On the Campaign
He was present in action on South Mountain, but listed as a absent without leave on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.
The rest of the War
He was present at Fredericksburg, VA in December 1862, absent sick for Chancellorsville VA in May 1863, present at Gettysburg, PA in July 1863 and thereafter to Spotsylvania VA, where he was wounded on 10 May 1864. He was absent, wounded, or on assigned detail until the end of the war.
After the War
He was receiving a Class 4 veteran's pension in Autauga County, AL in 1907. In 1920 he was a widower lodging in a home in Big Springs, Autauga County.
References & notes
Basic information from State of Alabama1 (on the 6th Infantry), and from roster data as compiled by James D. Allen on his Regimental site.
Birth
07/28/1836 in AL
Death
05/10/1924; Sylacauga, AL; burial in Sylacauga, AL
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 15802]