(1826 - 1911)
Home State: South Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A married 35 year old, he enlisted in Company C, 3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion on 5 December 1861 in Columbia, SC.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in the back in action at Fox's Gap on 14 September 1862.
The rest of the War
In Howards Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA in November and home on furlough to at least 28 February 1863. Discharged for wounds on 8 March 1863.
After the War
He applied for an artificial limb in 1886, and was living at Waterloo, SC in 1903.
References & notes
Basic information from Davis1. b. Laurens District d bur
Birth
07/04/1826; Laurens District, SC
Death
11/17/1911; burial in Union Baptist Cemetery, Laurens, SC
1 Davis, Sam B., A History of the 3rd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Battalion (James Battalion): 1861-1865 , Wilmington (NC): Broadfoot Publishing Company, 2009, pp. 68-71, Roster [AotW citation 15928]