Joseph Franklin Ramage

He enlisted as Corporal in Company G, 3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion on 5 December 1861 at Columbia, SC at age 31. He was promoted to Sergeant on 25 January 1862.

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

He was in the Institute Hospital, Richmond, VA by 4 October 1862 and returned to duty on 15 November. He was court-martialed late 1862 for disobedience of orders, but found not guilty (GO #133). He was appointed First Sergeant by July 1863. He was captured in action at Gettysburg, PA on 2 July 1863 and sent to Fort Delaware. He was promoted to Lieutenant, date not given. He was released on 10 June 1865.

Basic information from Davis1. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

04/02/1830; Laurens County, SC

10/14/1915; Laurens County, SC; burial in Holly Grove Baptist Cemetery, Laurens County, SC