(c. 1828 - 1904)
Home State: South Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A married 33 year old from the Laurens District, he enlisted as Corporal in Company A, 3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion on 5 December 1861 in Columbia, SC.
On the Campaign
He was slightly wounded in action on 14 September 1862 at Fox's Gap.
The rest of the War
He was in a hospital at Winchester, VA, then transferred to Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond on 27 September, suffering from rheumatism. Promoted to First Corporal by January 1863. Reduced to Private in July 1863 (absent sick?) and returned to duty 11 July 1864. Paroled at Greensboro, SC on 2 May 1865 as Private, Company F, 3rd South Carolina Infantry.
References & notes
Basic information from Davis1.
Birth
c. 1828; Mt. Pleasant, SC
Death
03/19/1904; burial in Old New Zion Methodist Cemetery, Waterloo, 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 15959]