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Confederate (CSV)

Sergeant

James Percey

(c. 1822 - ?)

Home State: Louisiana

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 5th Louisiana Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

An unmarried 39 year old painter in New Orleans, he enlisted as Sergeant in Company B, 5th Louisiana Infantry on 4 June 1861 at Camp Moore, LA.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was in hospitals in Staunton, Lynchburg and Charlottesville, VA to August 1864 and lost his right leg below the knee.

References & notes

Basic information from Booth1. His memorial is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1822 in ME

Notes

1 Booth, Andrew B., Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands, 3 Volumes, New Orleans: State of Louisiana, 1920, Vol. 3, Book 2, Part 1, pg. 107 [AotW citation 22268]

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