(c. 1845 - 1862)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 22nd Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A 16 year old farm boy in Murray County, he enlisted as 2nd Corporal, Company D, 22nd Georgia Infantry on 3 September 1861.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
References & notes
His service from Henderson's Roster 1 and his Compiled Service Record (CSR) at the US National Archives, online via fold3. Birth information from family genealogists. Further details thanks to Barry Truluck from his research in the US Census of 1850 & 1860.
Birth
c. 1845; Murray County, GA
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD
1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964, Vol. II, pg. 957 [AotW citation 19442]