C.G. Hendrix

Confederate (CSV)

Private

Charles Garrett Hendrix

(1834 - 1862)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 47th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was a 26 year old teamster at Wetumpka in Coosa County, AL. He enlisted at Loachapoka in Lee County, AL as a Private in Company A, 47th Alabama Infantry on 20 March 1862.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862; originally listed as missing there.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His memorial is on Findagrave, source also of his picture, from a photograph of unknown provenance contributed by Karen Winters. Thanks to Rene' King Thompson for the nudge to look into Charles.

He married Harriett Elizabeth King (later Lester; 1840-1923) in November 1854 and they had 4 sons.

He was brother-in-law of Adam and Virgil King, also in Company A of the 4th Alabama.

Birth

03/24/1834; Coweta County, GA

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 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 31331]

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