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(c. 1829 - ?)
Home State: Virginia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 30th Virginia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
From Caroline County, VA, he enlisted in Port Conway, VA on 29 April 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company H, 30th 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 formally exchanged on 10 November 1862.
He was with his company to at least July 1864, and was paroled at Richmond, VA on 26 April 1865.
After the War
By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was a shoe maker at Ruther Glen in Caroline County, VA.
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 1870 & 1880.
He married Jane Ellen Barlow (1830-) and they had 4 children between 1856 and 1879.
His brothers Micajah and Thomas also enlisted with him in Company H. Both died of disease, in February and March 1862 respectively.
Birth
c. 1829; Caroline County, 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 34542]
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: #163 [AotW citation 34543]