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(c. 1843 - ?)
Home State: Virginia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 52nd Virginia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
An 18 year old farmhand in Augusta County, he mustered as Private, Company A, 52nd Virginia Infantry on 9 July 1861 in Staunton, VA.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in the wrist in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He returned to duty in April 1863. He was captured in action at Bethesda Church, VA on 30 May 1864 and passed through Point Lookout, MD and was then held in Elmira, NY. He was released on 19 June 1865.
After the War
He lived in Staunton, VA.
References & notes
Service from Driver1 and the Historical Data Systems database.
Birth
c. 1843 in VA
1 Driver, Robert J., 52nd Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg: H. E. Howard Inc., 1986 [AotW citation 18749]