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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Joseph Holloway

(c. 1843 - 1862)

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 37th Virginia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

An 18 year old farmer in Washington County, he mustered as Private, Company H, 37th Virginia Infantry on 22 July 1861 in Abingdon, VA. He reenlisted in February 1862 and got a 30 day furlough, returning to duty in March 1862.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from the Virginia Military Dead.1 Service and other details from Rankin2 via the Historical Data Systems database.

Birth

c. 1843

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

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 18924]

2 Rankin, Thomas M., 37th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg: H.E. Howard, Inc., 1987 [AotW citation 21753]

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