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Confederate (CSV)

Lieutenant

J. W. Canterbury

(c. 1842 - 1862)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 8th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

An unmarried 20 year old carpenter in Wetumpka, AL, he enlisted as 3rd Sergeant, Company B, 8th Alabama Infantry and was elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant on 30 June 1862.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He died of wounds in September 1862, place not given.

References & notes

His service from the State of Alabama.1

Birth

c. 1842

Death

09/1862

Notes

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=29314 [AotW citation 25740]

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