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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Demosthenes M. Sarratt

(1844 - 1913)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 35th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

From Chattooga County, he enlisted on 25 September (or 23 October) 1861 at Atlanta (or Subligna), GA and mustered as a Private in Company I, 35th Georgia Infantry. He was wounded in action at Seven Pines, VA on 31 May 1862.

On the Campaign

He was captured at Frederick, MD on 12 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was formally exchanged on 10 November 1862. He was wounded again, by a gunshot to his left arm in action at Jericho Ford, VA on 25 May 1864. He was captured at Hatcher's Run, VA on 25 March 1865 and was held at Point Lookout, MD until he took the oath of allegiance on 14 June 1865 and was released.

References & notes

His service from the Roster 1 and his Compiled Service Record,2 online via fold3.

Birth

01/09/1844; Gaffney, SC

Death

1913; Floyd County, GA

Notes

1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 19563]

2 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 34570]

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