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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Adam P. Simmons

(c. 1838 - 1864)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 28th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was a 19 year old farmer living with his parents, 3 siblings, and 4 slaves on their farm at Zebulon in Pike County, GA. He enlisted at Camp Stephens, GA on 10 September 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company E, 28th Georgia Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was mentioned by Brigadier General Colquitt for gallantry in Maryland.

The rest of the War

He was promoted to 4th Sergeant about June 1863. He died of wounds on 30 July 1864 (place and date of wounding not found).

His father Adam filed a claim for his final pay in October 1864.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records.1 The Colquitt citation is from General D H Hill's after-action report. Personal details from family genealogists, also as Adam B Simmons, and the US Census of 1860.

Birth

c. 1838; Pike County, GA

Death

07/30/1864

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 34011]

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