(1843 - 1915)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 53rd Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
Age 19, from Pike County, he enlisted at Zebulon as a Private in Company H, 53rd Georgia Infantry on 5 May 1862.
On the Campaign
He was wounded by a gunshot through his elbow in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was in a hospital in Richmond, VA by 3 October and furloughed home on 23 October 1862 for 60 days. He was wounded again, by a gunshot to his hip, at the Wilderness, VA on 6 May 1864 and was furloughed home.
References & notes
Birth
12/25/1843 in GA
Death
02/05/1915; Williamson, GA
1 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 27416]
2 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 27417]