(1830 - 1862)
Home State: South Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A 31 year old farmer at Perry's Crossroads, Edgefield District, he enlisted as a Private in Company E, 7th South Carolina Infantry on 9 August 1862.
On the Campaign
He was mortally wounded in action on Maryland Heights near Harpers Ferry on 13 September 1862 and died the next day.
References & notes
His service from Swain.1 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census for 1860.
He married Elizabeth Clark (c. 1830-) in about 1850.
Birth
09/26/1830 in SC
Death
09/14/1862; in MD
1 Swain, Sr., Glen Allan, The Bloody 7th, Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Company, 2014, pg. 437 [AotW citation 24428]