(1835 - 1862)
Home State: Virginia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 52nd Virginia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A 25 year old teacher in Augusta County, he mustered as 3rd Sergeant, Company H, 52nd Virginia Infantry on 23 July 1861 in Staunton. He was appointed First Lieutenant on 23 November 1861.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
References & notes
Birth
1835; Bath County, VA
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Reformed Graveyard, Shepherdstown, WV
1 Driver, Robert J., 52nd Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg: H. E. Howard Inc., 1986 [AotW citation 18736]