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(1812 - 1862)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 53rd Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a 48 year old overseer at Danielsville, Madison County, GA. Giving his occupation as blacksmith, he enlisted in Haralson as a Private in Company G, 53rd Georgia Infantry on 30 April 1862.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
His widow Eliza filed a claim for his back pay in August 1863.
References & notes
His service from the Roster 1 and his Compiled Service Records, US National Archives, online via fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and from the US Census of 1860. His modern marker in
Oak View Cemetery, Canon, GA is on Findagrave; it may be a cenotaph.
He married the Elizabeth W. “Eliza” Harris (1813-1879) in November 1835 and they had 9 children by 1858.
Birth
02/26/1812; Elbert 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 [AotW citation 19667]