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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Ellis H. Smith

(1844 - 1862)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 53rd Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was a 16 year old farmer on his father's place in Coweta County, GA. He enlisted as a Private in Company D, 53rd Georgia Infantry on 6 May 1862 in Coweta County.

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.

Birth

01/28/1844; Coweta County, GA

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 19673]

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