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Confederate (CSV)

Private

George C. Harris

(c. 1824 - 1862)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 48th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

An unmarried 17 year old student in Lebanon, AL, he enlisted as Private, Company G, 48th Alabama Infantry on 12 April 1862 in Hendrixville.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He died, probably at a field hospital near the battlefield, on 27 September 1862 "in the hands of the enemy."

References & notes

His service from the State of Alabama.1 His memorial is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1824 in AL

Death

09/27/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

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=83558  [AotW citation 25789]