Ashley Swaim

Age 27, from Guilford County, he was conscripted as Private, Company A, First North Carolina Infantry on 15 July 1862 in Guilford.

He was wounded by a gunshot to his right hand in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was absent, wounded and sick, to 18 August 1863 and was deemed disabled and detailed on light duty with the Provost Guard at Gordonsville (VA?) from February to at least October 1864. He was back in a Richmond hospital around Christmas 1864 and his right forefinger was amputated, apparently due to complications from his Sharpsburg wound. He was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

His service from the Roster 1 and his Compiled Service Records, online from fold3, also as Ashley Swaime, Ashley Swain, and A. Swim. His Appomattox parole is from the US Park Service List.

c. 1835