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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Thomas Argo

(c. 1838 - ?)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A married 23 year old farmer in Weogufka (or Rockford), AL, he enlisted in Coosa County, AL on 7 July 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company H, 13th Alabama Infantry. He was on detail as a brigade teamster in June and July 1862.

On the Campaign

He was with his company in action on South Mountain on 14 September and at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was detailed again as a teamster from May to at least July 1863. He transferred to Company A of the 5th Alabama Infantry Battalion on 9 November 1863 and was with them to at least February 1865, his latest military record.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and the Archives.2

Birth

c. 1838 in GA

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 32307]

2 State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, Alabama Civil War Service Database, Published 2004, first accessed 01 January 2010, <https://archives.alabama.gov/research/CivilWarService.aspx> [AotW citation 32308]

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