(c. 1840 - 1863)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a 20 year old farm hand at Dawson in Terrell County, GA. He enlisted as a Private in Company E, 13th Georgia Infantry, on 8 July 1861 at Griffin, GA.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg, MD on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was killed at Gettysburg, PA on 1 July 1863. His father David filed for his final pay in September 1863.
References & notes
Birth
c. 1840; Randolph County, GA
Death
07/01/1863; Gettysburg, PA
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 28521]
2 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 28522]