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Confederate (CSV)

Sergeant

James M. Mathewson

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Company B, 6th Georgia Infantry on 20 May 1861. He was appointed 2nd Sergeant on 28 June 1862.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was paid at Richmond, VA on 17 December 1862 with no further record.

References & notes

Service information from Henderson.1 His wound at Sharpsburg from a casualty list for the regiment printed in the Southern Recorder (Milledgeville, GA) on 21 October 1862.

Notes

1   Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964, Vol. 1, pg. 763  [AotW citation 21123]