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Confederate (CSV)

Private

James N. Bishop

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted at Stony Creek Depot, VA on 4 April 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company E of the 16th Virginia Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 12 September, left behind, and captured there.

The rest of the War

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 19 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was in a Richmond, VA hospital by 9 October, furloughed for 30 days on 27 October, and was formally exchanged on 10 November 1862.

Except for brief absences, he was with his company for the rest of the war and was surrendered and paroled with them at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1850 - 1880.

He married Sarah Olethia Holland (1850-1891) in January 1868 and they had 5 children by 1880.

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 34191]

2 National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Confederates In Frederick List , Published 2026, first accessed 28 March 2026, <https://www.civilwarmed.org/explore/primary-sources/databases/confederates-in-frederick-list/>, Source page: #335 [AotW citation 34192]

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