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(c. 1838 - 1863)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 5th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a 22 year old house carpenter at Fairfield in Pickens County, AL. He enlisted as a Private in Company C (later renamed H), 5th Alabama Infantry on 7 or 8 August 1861 in Pickensville.
On the Campaign
He was captured in action near Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was a prisoner at Fort Delaware until 2 October when he was sent to Aiken's Landing, VA for exchange. He was declared exchanged on 10 November 1862. He was appointed Corporal, date not given, and was mortally wounded by a gunshot at Chancellorsville, VA on 3 May 1863, He died of wounds in a Richmond, VA hospital on 3 June 1863.
References & notes
Birth
c. 1838 in CT
Death
06/21/1863; 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 28065]