Home State: North Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
Age 18, from Hertford County, he enlisted as Private, Company F, First North Carolina Infantry on 5 July 1861 in Hertford.
On the Campaign
He was wounded and captured in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was paroled on 27 September and returned to duty, date not given. He was wounded at Gettysburg, PA in July 1863 and again at Farmville, VA on 6 April 1865. He was surrendered with his Company at Appomattox Court Houses, VA on 9 April 1865.
References & notes
His service from the Roster.1
1 Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth Tyree Jordan, Matthew M Brown, Michael W Coffey, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865 : A Roster, 20 Volumes +, Raleigh: North Carolina State Department of Archives and History, 1966- [AotW citation 26288]