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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Evan Lide Wilkins

(1843 - 1928)

Home State: South Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th South Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

From Darlington County, he enlisted as Private in Company E, 6th South Carolina Infantry, date not given.

On the Campaign

He was with his Company in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was promoted to Corporal, date not given, was at the Wilderness, VA in May 1864, and was wounded at Spotsylvania Court House later that month.

References & notes

His service and presence at Sharpsburg from a Company E Roster transcribed by Steve Stacey and posted online by the Darlington County SCGenWeb Project. Personal details from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

05/22/1843; Springville, Darlington County, SC

Death

05/23/1928; in SC; burial in Manning Cemetery, Manning, SC