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(1840 - 1907)
Home State: Florida
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 5th Florida Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A cooper's son, in 1860 he was a 19 year old planter at Madison Court House in Madison County, Fl. He enlisted at Camp Leon near Tallahassee, FL on 30 April 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company D, 5th Florida 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 about 19 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA by 24 October, formally exchanged on 10 November, and furloughed home on 21 November 1862. He was wounded in the hand in action at Chancellorsville, VA on 3 May 1863. He was captured (or deserted to the enemy) on about 15 March 1865, place not found, took an oath of allegiance to the United States, and was sent to Key West, FL.
After the War
By 1870 and to at least 1900 he was a farmer in Madison County, FL.
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 1860-1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave.
He married Darkis Tabitha Wilson (1836-1909) in July 1858 and they had 11 children.
Birth
12/28/1840; Horry District, SC
Death
06/17/1907; Madison County, VA; burial in Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Sirmans, FL
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 34787]
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: #128 [AotW citation 34788]