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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William N. Rhodes

(c. 1842 - 1864)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was an 18 year old farmer with his sisters Martha (head of household), Sarah, and Clementine at Fayetteville, GA. He enlisted as a Private in Company F, 13th Georgia Infantry on 8 July 1861 in Griffin, GA.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg, MD on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was on wounded furlough to Georgia to 20 January 1863. He was detailed as a nurse to hospitals in Richmond, VA from about 7 June through at least 31 December 1863. He was killed at Winchester, VA on 19 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.

Birth

c. 1842; Fayette County, GA

Death

09/19/1864; Winchester, VA

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 28574]

2 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 28575]

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