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Confederate (CSV)

Private

W. J. Sumner

(c. 1839 - ?)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Phillips' (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

Age 22, he enlisted as Private, Company D, Phillips' Legion Infantry Battalion on 14 June 1861.

On the Campaign

He was captured in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain, MD on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was exchanged 15 December 1862. He deserted his unit to the enemy at Bermuda Hundred, VA on 24 January 1865, took the oath of allegiance, and was sent to Philadelphia, PA.

References & notes

His service from Graham.1

Birth

c. 1839

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: /InfCoD2.html [AotW citation 21944]

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