Joseph Dorman Black

In 1860 he was a 22 year old farmer at Fayetteville in Fayette County, GA. He enlisted in Montgomery, AL on 26 July 1861 and mustered a Private in Company K, 13th Alabama Infantry.

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

He was in a hospital in Richmond, VA by 26 September and furloughed home on 8 October. He was appointed 2nd Corporal on 1 December 1862. He was wounded again, by a gunshot to his left hip at Chancellorsville, VA on 3 May 1863 and by a gunshot at the Wilderness, VA in May 1864. He was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

By 1870 and to at least 1900 he farmed at Mount Pleasant in Titus County, TX.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3 and the Archives.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Unisa Ann Hill (1836-1876) in January 1858 and they had 9 children. He married again, Margaret B Dickson (1843-1932) in 1879.

His brother John was also in Company K and wounded at Sharpsburg.

10/24/1837; Fayette County, GA

12/25/1907; Mount Pleasant, TX; burial in Bridges Chapel Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, TX