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Confederate (CSV)

Private

James Widener

(1841 - 1925)

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 37th Virginia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Age 20, he enlisted and mustered as Private, Company F, 37th Virginia Infantry on 25 April 1861 in Glade Spring, VA.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was listed as a deserter to the enemy at US Ford, VA on 16 May 1863. He was held at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC, then "sent North", date not known.

References & notes

His service from Rankin1 via the Historical Data Systems database. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

05/14/1841

Death

06/14/1925; burial in Rhudy Cemetery, Abingdon, VA

Notes

1 Rankin, Thomas M., 37th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg: H.E. Howard, Inc., 1987 [AotW citation 21784]

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