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(c. 1837 - 1863)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 10th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
An unmarried 24 year old farmer at Ashville, AL, he enlisted there on 4 June 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company A, 10th Alabama Infantry.
On the Campaign
He was captured in action at the siege of Harpers Ferry 13 - 15 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 18 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was in a Richmond, VA hospital by 8 October, was formally exchanged on 10 November, and returned to duty on 27 November 1862.
He was killed in action at Salem Church, VA on 3 May 1863.
His father Oscar filed a claim for his final pay of $70.09 1/2 in December 1863.
References & notes
His service from the State of Alabama,1 which says he was captured in action at the siege of Harpers Ferry 13 - 15 September 1862, and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.3 His memorial in Griffithville, AR is on Findagrave; I have found no connection with him or family which would tell us why he might be buried there.
His brother Alamoth was also in Company A.
Birth
c. 1837; St. Clair County, AL
Death
05/03/1863; Salem Church, VA; burial in Old Dogwood Cemetery, Griffithville, AR
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=146627 [AotW citation 25772]
2 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 34080]
3 National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Confederates In Frederick List , Published 2026, first accessed 28 March 2026, <https://www.civilwarmed.org/explore/primary-sources/databases/confederates-in-frederick-list/>, Source page: #457 [AotW citation 34081]