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(c. 1838 - 1863)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 8th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
An unmarried 23 year old farmer from Jericho, he enlisted as 4th Corporal, Company A, 8th Alabama Infantry on 8 May 1861. He was present at Yorktown, Williamsburg, Gaines Mill, Fraziers Farm, and 2nd Manassas in 1862.
On the Campaign
He was present at Sharpsburg.
The rest of the War
Then at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, PA where he was killed in action on 3 July 1863.
References & notes
Basic information from State of Alabama1. His father John had enlisted with his son at age 62 in May 1861, but was discharged in August for disability.
Birth
c. 1838 in AL
Death
07/03/1863; Gettysburg, PA
1 State of Alabama, State Archives, and Dr. Edwin C. Bridges, director, and staff, Alabama Department of Archives & History, Published c.2000, first accessed 08 July 2005, <http://www.archives.state.al.us/index.html>, Source page: various [AotW citation 15906]