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(1845 - ?)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted as a Private in Company I, 13th Georgia Infantry on 8 July 1861 at Griffin, GA.
On the Campaign
He was slightly wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was wounded again and captured at Spotsylvania, VA on 12 May 1864. He was a prisoner at Fort Delaware until transferred on 7 March 1865 to Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, VA where he was exchanged on 10-12 March 1865.
References & notes
His service from Henderson1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Sharpsburg wound detail from a casualty list in the Savannah Weekly Republican of 4 October 1862.
Birth
03/04/1845; Henry County, GA
1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 28378]
2 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 28379]