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Confederate (CSV)

Private

George W. Monk

(c. 1833 - 1863)

Home State: Mississippi

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 2nd Mississippi Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A 28 year old farmer from Tupelo, he enlisted as Private, Company D, 2nd Mississippi Infantry, date not given.

On the Campaign

He is on the Confederate Roll of Honor (CSA General Orders No. 87, 10 December 1864) for bravery at "Boonsborough" (Fox's Gap on South Mountain), MD on 14 September.

The rest of the War

He was captured in action at Gettysburg on 1 July 1863. He was promoted to 4th Sergeant, date not given, and killed at Bristoe Station, VA on 14 October 1863.

References & notes

Basic service from his em> via the Historical Data Systems database, with details from Don Ernsberger's Also for Glory Muster: The Story of the Pettigrew Trimble Charge at Gettysburg (2008).

Birth

c. 1833 in AL

Death

10/14/1863; Bristoe Station, VA