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B.A. Jeter

B.A. Jeter

Confederate (CSV)

Lieutenant

Berry Argivis Jeter

"Givis"

(1829 - 1872)

Home State: South Carolina

Branch of Service: Artillery

Unit: Macbeth (SC) Artillery

Before Sharpsburg

He was commissioned First Lieutenant, Battery C, Macbeth Light Artillery on 13 September 1861.

On the Campaign

He was with his battery at Sharpsburg.

The rest of the War

He was promoted to Captain and command of the Battery after Captain Boyce's death in April 1863.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Record, via Historical Data Systems. His presence with the battery from Captain Boyce's Report. Personal details from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave, source also of his picture, from a photograph contributed by C.W. Scott.

Birth

04/11/1829; Union District, SC

Death

06/29/1872; in TX; burial in Grace United Methodist Church Cemetery, Union County, SC