site logo
[no picture yet]

[no picture yet]

Confederate (CSV)

Private

James S. Fisher

(c. 1840 - 1864)

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 52nd Virginia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A 21 year old resident of Rockbridge County, he mustered as Private, Company E, 52nd Virginia Infantry on 1 August 1861 in Staunton, VA.

On the Campaign

He was captured in Frederick, MD on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was exchanged on 30 September 1862 and returned to his Company by the end of October. He was mortally wounded in the side in action at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on 19 May 1864 and died on 25 May.

References & notes

Service from Driver1 and the Historical Data Systems database.

Birth

c. 1840 in VA

Death

05/25/1864

Notes

1   Driver, Robert J., 52nd Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg: H. E. Howard Inc., 1986  [AotW citation 18769]