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Confederate (CSV)

Private

John G. Wickes

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as a Private in Company H, 13th Georgia Infantry on 8 July 1861 at Griffin, GA.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was captured at Fisher's Hill, VA on 22 September 1864. He was a prisoner at Point Lookout, MD from 1 October to 17 March 1865 when he was sent to Aiken's Landing, VA for exchange.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and from Henderson,2 as J.G. Wicks.

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 28618]

2 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 28619]

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