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Confederate (CSV)

Private

G. R. Roberts

(c. 1838 - ?)

Home State: Mississippi

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 2nd Mississippi Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Age 22, he enlisted as Private, Company B, 2nd Mississippi Infantry.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was paroled on 27 September 1862 with no further record. Captain Buchanan noted him as "missing."

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. Further detail from the diary of John H. Buchanan transcribed by Dr. Larry and Jo Anne Ketchum Mardis, online courtesy of the Tippah County Historical and Genealogical Society.

Birth

c. 1838