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Confederate (CSV)

Private

James J. Adams

(? - 1864)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as Private, Company G, 6th Georgia Infantry on 27 May 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was detached on recruiting duty in February 1863 and transferred to Company C, 59th Georgia Infantry, date not given. He was killed in the Wilderness, VA on 6 May 1864.

References & notes

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

Death

05/06/1864; the Wilderness, VA

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. 801  [AotW citation 21162]

1   Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964, Vol. 1, pg. 807  [AotW citation 21163]