(1833 - 1862)
Home State: Virginia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 49th Virginia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
From Fiery Run, Fauquier County, he enlisted as Private, Company A (later E), 49th Virginia Infantry, on 10 July 1861 at Culpeper Court House.
On the Campaign
He was mortally wounded in the leg in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He died of wounds in Rappahannock County, VA on 10 November 1862.
References & notes
More on the Web
Some of his wartime letters to his wife are in the Library of Virginia [listing].
Birth
1833; Fauquier County, VA
Death
11/10/1862; Rappahannock County, VA
1 Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories - Virginia, Published 2005, <http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/virginia/index.html>, Source page: /virginia/infantry/49va_inf/49th_inf_regt_roster_e.html [AotW citation 25807]