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(c. 1837 - 1896)
Home State: South Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A mechanic in Spartanburg County, he enlisted as Private, Infantry Company H, Holcombe Legion on 7 January 1862.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was furloughed home to recover but was captured by Federal troops. He was paroled near Kinston, NC in December 1862 and returned to duty. He was with his Company to at least February 1865 with no further record.
After the War
He was a farmer in Newberry County.
References & notes
His service and other details thanks to Barry Truluck from his research in the US Census (1850-1880), Bedenbaugh's Compiled Service Records (via Fold3), and the Roll 1 for Company H.
He married Sarah Jane Williams (1838-1917, her 2nd) and they had at least 9 children.
Birth
c. 1837
Death
07/11/1896
1 Thomas, John P., and and previous SC Historians of the Confederate Records, Confederate Rolls of South Carolina, Columbia: Historian of Confederate Records, 1898, Company H, Holcombe Legion [AotW citation 22103]