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(c. 1841 - 1862)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 6th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted as 3rd Sergeant, Company L or M (later G), 6th Alabama Infantry on 2 June 1861 in Corinth, MS. He was promoted to First Sergeant and commissioned First Lieutenant, dates not given.
On the Campaign
He commanded his Company in action near Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862 and was mortally wounded there.
The rest of the War
He died of wounds on 24 October 1862.
References & notes
His service from the State of Alabama.1 His command and wounding on SOuth Mountain also in a casualty list for Rodes' Brigade in the Montgomery Weekly Advertiser of 8 October 1862.
Birth
c. 1841
Death
10/24/1862; burial in Autaugaville Cemetery, Autaugaville, AL
1 State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, Alabama Civil War Service Database, Published 2004, first accessed 01 January 2010, <https://archives.alabama.gov/research/CivilWarService.aspx>, Source page: /civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=72714 [AotW citation 25670]