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Confederate (CSV)

Sergeant

Peyton R. Lawson

(? - 1862)

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 56th Virginia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

From Charlotte, VA, he mustered as Sergeant, Company I, 56th Virginia Infantry on on 18 July 1861.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain, MD on 14 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from the Virginia Military Dead.1 Service and other details from William A. Young's 56th Virginia Infantry (roster, 1990) via the Historical Data Systems database.

Death

09/14/1862; Turner's Gap, 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 19038]