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(1831 - 1864)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 5th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a 28 year old farmer at Yorkville in Pickens County, AL. He enlisted as a Private in Company C (later renamed H), 5th Alabama Infantry on 20 April 1861 in Pickensville.
On the Campaign
He was captured in action near Turner's Gap on South Mountain (or at Middletown, MD) 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 captured again, at Chancellorsville, VA on 3 May 1863, paroled the next day, and sent to City Point, VA for exchange on 10 May 1863. He was killed at Winchester, VA on 19 September 1864.
References & notes
His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3; thanks to Miles Krisman for the pointer to him. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.
He married Mary McAteer Duncan (1828-1879) in September 1849 and they had 5 children by 1860.
Birth
12/09/1831; Fairfield District, SC
Death
0919/1864; in VA; burial in Woodard Family Cemetery, Shaw, AL
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 28075]