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Confederate (CSV)

Private

David Lea

(c. 1839 - 1862)

Home State: North Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th North Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A 22 year old farmer in Person County, he mustered as Private, Company D, 13th North Carolina Infantry on 1 May 1861 in Caswell County.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He died of wounds at Shepherdstown, VA on 15 October 1862.

References & notes

Service from the Roster 1 via the Historical Data Systems database, which has him wounded and captured at Shepherdstown on 17 September.

Birth

c. 1839; Person County, NC

Death

10/15/1862; Shepherdstown, VA

Notes

1   Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth Tyree Jordan, Matthew M Brown, Michael W Coffey, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865 : A Roster, 20 Volumes +, Raleigh: North Carolina State Department of Archives and History, 1966-  [AotW citation 19185]