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Confederate (CSV)

Private

G. B. Clay

Home State: South Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 17th South Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

From the Barnwell District, he enlisted as Private, Company G, 17th South Carolina Infantry on 2 January 1862.

On the Campaign

He was severely wounded in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain, MD on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA on 28 September and furloughed on 9 October. He was absent on wounded furlough to at least the end of February 1863 with no later military record.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records, with his presence at "Boonsboro" from Colonel McMaster's list for the 17th South Carolina (Confederate States Army Casualty Lists and Narrative Reports, RG 109, NARA), online from fold3.