Nicholas Henry Watson

A 23 year old farmer at Ridge Post Office, Edgefield District, he enlisted as Private, Company E, 7th South Carolina Infantry 9 August 1862.

He was wounded in action on Maryland Heights near Harpers Ferry on 13 September 1862 and his arm was amputated.

He was in a hospital in Richmond, VA to 7 October and then furloughed. He was probably discharged for disability about January 1863.

His service from Swain.1 Personal details from family genealogists, at least one having him as Nichols H. Watson, and the US Census of 1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

03/04/1839

03/10/1919; burial in Good Hope Lutheran Church Cemetery, Ward, SC