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Confederate (CSV)

Private

John P. Clopton

(c. 1842 - 1862)

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 18th Virginia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A 19 year old student, he enlisted in Danville as Private, Company B, 18th Virginia Infantry on 23 April 1861.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

References & notes

Service information from Robertson1 via the Historical Data Systems database.

Birth

c. 1842

Death

09/14/1862; Turner's Gap, MD

Notes

1   Robertson, James I., PhD, 18th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg (Va): H. E. Howard, Inc., 1984, Roster  [AotW citation 24730]