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Confederate (CSV)

Private

John S. Thompson

"Jack"

(c. 1834 - ?)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 5th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as a Private in Company D (later renamed C), 5th Alabama Infantry on 13 or 15 March 1861 in Pensacola, FL (or Pineville, AL).

On the Campaign

He was wounded by a gunshot to his wrist or forearm, probably in action in Maryland in September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was admitted to Howard's Grove Hospital in Richmond, VA on 18 October and discharged on a certificate of disability on 13 November 1862.

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.

Birth

c. 1834; Monroe County, AL

Notes

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 28109]