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(c. 1838 - 1864)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a 22 year old farmer near Dawson in Terrell County, GA. He enlisted as a Private in Company H, 13th Georgia Infantry on 8 July 1861 at Griffin, GA.
On the Campaign
He was wounded by a gunshot to his thigh in action at Sharpsburg, MD on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was in a Richmond, VA hospital by 21 November and was furloughed for 40 days on 3 December 1862. He was killed at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on 12 May 1864.
References & notes
His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and from Henderson,2 both also as F.A.J. Huckaby. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.
He probably married Catherine (?) before 1860 and they had a son Simeon (b 1859).
His brother John was also in Company H and wounded at Sharpsburg.
Birth
c. 1838 in GA
Death
05/12/1864; Spotsylvania Court House, 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 28493]
2 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 28494]