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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Davis William Dorn

(c. 1830 - 1863)

Home State: South Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Hampton (SC) Legion

Before Sharpsburg

A 31 year old farmer at Dorn's Mill, Edgefield District, he enlisted as Private, Company G, 7th South Carolina Infantry on 15 April 1861. He transferred to Company B, Hampton Legion Infantry after June 1862.

On the Campaign

He was captured at Frederick, MD in September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was paroled and released, but died of disease at his father's home on 14 November 1863.

References & notes

His service from Swain.1

Birth

c. 1830

Death

11/14/1863; Edgefield District, SC

Notes

1 Swain, Sr., Glen Allan, The Bloody 7th, Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Company, 2014, pg. 491 [AotW citation 24496]

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