Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 28th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
From Meriwether County, he was commissioned First Lieutenant, Company E, 28th Georgia Infantry on 10 September 1861.
On the Campaign
He was in command at Sharpsburg on 17 September after Captain Garrison was wounded.
The rest of the War
He was promoted to Captain on 15 October 1862 and to Major of the Regiment on 20 January 1864. He was ill in the Wayside and Jackson Hospitals in Richmond, VA in June 1864 with no further military record.
References & notes
Service from the Roster 1 via the Historical Data Systems database.
1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 19522]