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(c. 1834 - 1865)
Home State: Mississippi
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 2nd Mississippi Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A 27 year old mechanic, he enlisted on 1 May 1861 in Corinth as Private, Company A, 2nd Mississippi Infantry.
On the Campaign
He was captured in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was paroled on 21 September. He was captured again, at Gettysburg, PA on 1 July 1862 and died of scurvy while a prisoner at Fort Delaware on 29 May 1865.
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. More from the Buseys.1
Birth
c. 1834
Death
05/29/1865; Pea Patch Island, DE
1 Busey, John W., and Travis W. Busey, Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record, Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company, 2017, pg. 642 [AotW citation 21731]