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(c. 1841 - 1862)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a married 19 year old farm hand living with his wife and (grandfather?) James Spradlin at Roanoke in Randolph County, AL. He enlisted there on 15 February 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company I of the 13th Alabama Infantry.
On the Campaign
He was with his company at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and was mortally wounded by a gunshot in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He died of his wounds at the CS General Hospital in Staunton, VA on 7 October 1862.
His widow Margaret filed a claim for his final pay in August 1863.
References & notes
His service from his Confederate Compiled Service Records1 online from fold3, also as M.B. Spradling, and the Alabama Archives,2 as Marvin V. Spratling. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.
He married Margaret (?, c. 1841-) by 1860.
His brothers Joseph and John were in Company I, and Joseph was also mortally wounded at Sharpsburg.
Birth
c. 1841 in AL
Death
10/07/1862; Staunton, VA; burial in Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA
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 32940]
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 32941]