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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Jesse Martindale

(c. 1840 - 1865)

Home State: Mississippi

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 2nd Mississippi Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Age 21, he enlisted as Private, Company K, 2nd Mississippi Infantry, date not given.

On the Campaign

He was captured in action on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was held at Fort Delaware, paroled at Aiken's Landing, VA on 2 October, and exchanged on 10 November 1862. He was wounded at the WIlderness, VA in May 1864 and furloughed. He returned to duty but was captured at the Brigade hospital in Richmond, VA on 3 April 1865. He died while a prisoner at Point Lookout, MD on 8 May 1865 and was buried there.

References & notes

His service from a casualty list/roster for the Campaign provided by Michael Brasher, from his research in Compiled Service Records, Company rolls, and other period sources. His memorial is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1840

Death

05/08/1865; Point Lookout, MD; burial in Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, Scotland, MD