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Confederate (CSV)

Private

John A. Dorset

(c. 1835 - ?)

Home State: Mississippi

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 2nd Mississippi Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A 26 year old farmer, he enlisted as Private, Company L, 2nd Mississippi Infantry, date not known.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was listed as a deserter by December 1862 and took an oath of allegiance to the United States while a prisoner, date and place not given.

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.

Birth

c. 1835 in MS