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(1837 - 1864)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a 23 year old farm hand at Thomaston in Upson County, GA. He enlisted as a Private in Company D, 13th Georgia Infantry on 8 July 1861 in Griffin, GA.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was wounded again, mortally, shot through the spine at Winchester, VA on 19 September 1864 and captured. He died of wounds on 30 September 1864.
References & notes
His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and from Henderson.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.
He married Louisa T Batchelor (1837-) in September 1854 and they had 3 children.
His older brother Simeon (b 1830) was also in Company D, but died in Staunton, VA in August 1863 of wounds received at Gettysburg.
Birth
02/19/1837; Upson County, GA
Death
09/30/1864; Winchester, 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 28428]
2 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 28429]