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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Marion W. Campmire

(1843 - 1931)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Phillips' (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

A 17 year old laborer in Cherokee County, AL, he enlisted as Private, Company D, Phillips' Legion Infantry Battalion on 14 June 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was captured at Knoxville, TN on 29 November 1863 and held in the Federal prison at Rock Island, IL. He was released on 18 June 1865.

After the War

He lived in Cherokee County, AL.

References & notes

His service from Graham.1 His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

12/15/1843; Abbeville County, SC

Death

08/31/1931; Cherokee County, AL; burial in Sheppard Cemetery, Etowah County, AL

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: /InfCoD.html [AotW citation 21909]

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