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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Elijah Smith

(1841 - 1862)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 15th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

An unmarried 20 year old farmer in Perote, AL, he mustered as Private, Company L, 15th Alabama Infantry on 11 March 1862 in Perote. He was absent, sick until August 1862.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

His service from the Alabama Archives.1 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.

Birth

1841; Pike County, AL

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, Alabama Civil War Service Database, Published 2004, first accessed 01 January 2010, <https://archives.alabama.gov/research/CivilWarService.aspx>, Source page: /civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=186731 [AotW citation 20057]

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