(c. 1842 - 1893)
Home State: North Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was an 18 year old farmer on his parents place in Fraleys District, Iredell County, NC. He enlisted a Private in Company C, 4th North Carolina Infantry on 7 June 1861 in Statesville.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He died of disease in Richmond, VA on 12 July 1864.
References & notes
Birth
c. 1842; Union Grove, NC
Death
07/12/1864; Richmond, VA; burial in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
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 27569]