Henry Deas

Son of prosperous physician Lynch Horry Deas (1807-1884), in 1860 he was a 21 year old merchant's clerk living with his parents, maternal grandfather, and 6 younger siblings at Shadow Lawn (now 1710 Lyttleton Street) in Camden in the Kershaw District, SC. He enlisted 8 April 1861 at Camden, SC, and mustered as a Private in Company G of the 2nd South Carolina Infantry. He was detailed as orderly to Brigadier General Kershaw by September 1862.

He was with Kershaw in Maryland, and of the action at Sharpsburg the General later noted:

Privates Baurn and Deas, orderlies, were also with me in the field, bearing themselves with courage and intelligence. The latter had his horse shot in three places.

He remained on detail as orderly to General Kershaw to at least June 1864. He was captured at Farmville, VA and took an oath of allegiance at Newport News, VA and was released on 26 June 1865.

He was living at Boykins in Kershaw County at his death in 1894.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. His role at Sharpsburg from General Kershaw's report. Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1860, and the Sumter Watchman and Southron of 1 August 1894. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

08/31/1839; Camden, SC

07/28/1894; in SC; burial in Quaker Cemetery, Camden, SC