Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 26th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
From Aston Stove, Marion County, he enlisted as Private, Company C, 26th Alabama Infantry on 7 December 1861.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in the chest in action near Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862 and captured.
The rest of the War
He was exchanged at Fortress Monroe, VA on 17 October and was sent to a hospital in Richmond, VA on the 24th. He returned to duty on 24 November 1862 and survived the war.
References & notes
His service from Fincham's roster,1 sourced from Tod L. Molsworth's O'Neal's 26th Alabama: the Little Regiment that Did (2000).
1 Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories - Alabama, Published 2005, first accessed 23 August 2020, <https://ranger95.com/civil_war/alabama/index.html>, Source page: /infantry/26ala_inf/26th_ala_inf_roster_c.htm [AotW citation 25507]