Home State: South Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted in Richmond, VA as First Sergeant, Company I, First South Carolina Infantry on 20 July 1861. He was reduced to Private between February and August 1862, but appointed 2nd Lieutenant on 29 August 1862.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was on detached service by April of 1863 and through at least December 1864.
1 Salley, Alexander S., Jr., compiler, South Carolina Troops in Confederate Service, 3 vols., Columbia: Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1913-1930, Vol. 1, pg. 348 [AotW citation 24064]
2 Thomas, John P., and and previous SC Historians of the Confederate Records, Confederate Rolls of South Carolina, Columbia: Historian of Confederate Records, 1898, Roll of Company I, 1st Reg't, Gregg's, South Carolina Vols. [AotW citation 24065]