John R. Woodward

He was a physician in Palestine, TX, and was commissioned Captain, CSA, date not given. He mustered his Company, "G" of the First Texas into Confederate service on 23 June 1861 at Palestine. He was on recruiting duty in Texas from February to April 1862.

He was acting Major of the Regiment at Sharpsburg.

Still acting Major, he was mortally wounded in action at Gettysburg, PA on 2 July 1863, hit in the head by a piece of shell probably fired by a North Carolina battery. He was carried from the field and died of wounds on 22 July at Front Royal, VA.

Service information from Davis1 and Simpson,2 His role at Sharpsburg from Lt. Colonel Work's Report. Gettysburg details from the Buseys.3 His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Alternately - in his memoirs, written many years later, Val Giles of the 4th Texas said Woodward was with his men near Front Royal on 22 July 1863 when he was hit in the hip by a sharpshooter, dying of that wound on 16 August 1863 (rather than on 22 July from his Gettysburg wound).

1832 in SC

07/22/1863; Front Royal, VA; burial in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, VA