John Wesley Boyd

He enlisted in Company G, 3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion on 6 February 1862 in Columbia, SC.

He was wounded and captured in action on 14 September 1862 at Fox's Gap.

Held at Fort Delaware, he was sent to Aikens Landing, VA and exchanged on 6 October 1862. He was at the General Hospitals #27 and #9, Richmond, VA to February 1863, then Manchester Hospital until furloughed home in March. He returned to duty 30 August 1863, but was sent to a hospital in Columbia, SC two weeks later. He may have had service afterward as Corporal, Company F, 3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment (consolidated from the 3rd Battalion).

Basic information from Davis1. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

05/10/1839

07/02/1892; burial in Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery, Joanna, SC