(1841 - 1862)
Home State: Virginia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 30th Virginia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
Age 19, from King George County, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Company K, 30th Virginia Infantry on 27 April 1861. He was elected First Lieutenant in April 1862.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
More on the Web
Basic information from the Virginia Military Dead.1 Service from Robert K. Krick's 30th Virginia Infantry (roster, 1983) via the Historical Data Systems database. Personal details from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave, which suggests he may have been buried at the Washington Confederate Cemetery (Rose Hill), Hagerstown, MD.
Birth
11/18/1841; Spy Hill, King George County, VA
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD
1 Library of Virginia, Virginia Military Dead Database, Published 2002, first accessed 30 November 2012, <http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/vmd/>, Source page: /vmd_Search.asp [AotW citation 18848]