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(1844 - 1901)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 3rd Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
Not yet 18 years old, he enlisted in Athens, GA on 10 May 1862 as a Private in Company K, 3rd Georgia Infantry.
On the Campaign
He was in action with his company at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was slightly wounded at Chancellorsville, VA on 4 May 1863 and was with his company to at least February 1865, the last record in his military file.
After the War
By 1872 and to at least 1900 he was a merchant in Athens, at least initially operating a candy store. He was a candidate for Tax Collector in 1877, result not known.
References & notes
His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. His presence at Sharpsburg from a piece in the Athens Southern Banner of 1 October 1862, thanks to Laura Elliott. Personal details from family genealogists, the Athens Southern Watchman of 7 August 1872 and 30 October 1876, and the US Census of 1880 & 1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave.
He married Martha Frances "Mattie" Mason (1849-1887) in March 1867 and they had 9 children.
He may have had the middle name William or Williams.
Birth
09/1844 in GA
Death
1901; burial in Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, GA
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 30544]