(1831 - 1862)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Artillery
Unit: Troup (GA) Artillery
Before Sharpsburg
In 1850 he was a 19 year old farmer on his parent's place at Athens in Clarke County, GA. He enlisted as a Private in the Troup Artillery on 12 May 1861 in Athens, GA.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Crampton's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.
References & notes
His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, also as John J. N. Kinney. His death at Crampton's also in a list of casualties published in the Athens Southern Banner of 8 October 1862 - from a letter from Captain Carlton to Carlton's parents; thanks to Laura Elliott for transcribing that. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1850.
He married Elizabeth Frances “Eliza” Bradley (1835-1919) in December 1854 and they had 4 children.
Birth
02/12/1831; Athens, GA
Death
09/14/1862; Crampton's Gap, MD
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 30518]