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Confederate (CSV)

Sergeant

Marcus G. Hill

"Gus"

(c. 1836 - ?)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Phillips' (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as Corporal, Company B, Phillips' Legion Infantry Battalion on 11 June 1861. He was promoted to 5th Sergeant by June 1862.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in both thighs and captured in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was exchanged on 17 October 1862 and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 12 June 1863. He was captured at Sailor's Creek, VA on 6 April 1865 and held at Johnson's Island, OH to 18 June 1865, then age 29.

References & notes

His service from Graham.1

Birth

c. 1836

Notes

1   Graham, Kurt D., Phillips Georgia Legion - Infantry Battalion, first accessed 20 September 2012, <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page4.html>, Source page: /InfCoB.html  [AotW citation 21891]