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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Robert H. Cox

(c. 1835 - 1862)

Home State: Mississippi

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 2nd Mississippi Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Age 26, he enlisted as Private, Company F, 2nd Mississippi Infantry at Ripley on 30 April 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He headed to Winchester, VA from Shepherdstown on 19 September, but did not report there and was listed as a deserter. He probably died in Charlestown, VA, date not known.

References & notes

Service from his Compiled Military Service Records. That information and his burial location thanks to Sharon Murray. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1835

Death

1862; Charlestown, VA; burial in "Soldiers Square", Edge Hill Cemetery, Charlestown, WV