(c. 1839 - 1863)
Home State: Virginia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 37th Virginia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A 22 year old farmer, he enlisted and mustered as Private, Company D, 37th Virginia Infantry on 20 May 1861 in Estillville, VA.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA on 26 September 1862 and furloughed home for 30 days on 2 October. He was listed as a deserter 15 February 1863 but must have returned to duty, as he was killed at Payne's Farm, VA on 27 November 1863.
References & notes
His service from Rankin1 via the Historical Data Systems database.
Birth
c. 1839; Scott County, VA
Death
11/27/1863; Orange County, VA
1 Rankin, Thomas M., 37th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg: H.E. Howard, Inc., 1987 [AotW citation 21781]