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(c. 1830 - 1862)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 53rd Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a 30 year old wheelwright at Sandy Ridge, Henry County, GA. He enlisted as a Private in Company B, 53rd Georgia Infantry on 1 May 1862 at Snapping Shoals, GA.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
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 the US Census of 1860. His memorial is on Findagrave.
He married Martha Elizabeth Parks Carroll (1830-1920) in August 1851 in Newton County, GA and they had 2 sons.
Birth
c. 1830 in 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 19669]