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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Christoper Columbus Lawrence

(c. 1830 - 1862)

Home State: South Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 7th South Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A 32 year old carpenter Murray's Ferry, Williamsburg District, he enlisted as a Private in Company I, 7th South Carolina Infantry on 9 August 1862 near Richmond, VA.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action on Maryland Heights near Harpers Ferry on 13 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He died of wounds on 1 October 1862, probably in Charles Town, VA (now WV).

References & notes

His service from Swain.1 His gravesite is on Findagrave, as C. C. Laurence.

Birth

c. 1830

Death

10/01/1862; Charles Town, VA; burial in Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, VA

Notes

1 Swain, Sr., Glen Allan, The Bloody 7th, Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Company, 2014, pg. 559 [AotW citation 24560]

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