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(c. 1837 - 1864)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a 23 year old bookkeeper living in Catherine Walters' hotel in Oglethorpe, Macon County, GA. He enlisted in Americus, GA on 27 April 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company K, 4th Georgia Infantry. He was elected brevet 2nd Lieutenant on 24 July 1862.
On the Campaign
He was one of the officers of the regiment recognized by Brigadier General Doles as having "commended themselves to my special notice by their gallant and meritorious conduct" in Maryland. He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862 and "sent to rear."
The rest of the War
He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 24 September and was in a Richmond, VA by 22 October, then furloughed home for 30 days. He was appointed First Lieutenant on 9 February 1863 and Captain on 3 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA. He was killed in action in the Wilderness, VA on 5 May 1864.
References & notes
Birth
c. 1837 in GA
Death
05/05/1864; the WIlderness, VA
1 Thomas, Henry Walter, History of the Doles-Cook Brigade, Atlanta: Franklin Printing & Publishing Co., 1903, pp. 79, 89, 184 - 190 [AotW citation 2688]
2 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 34021]
3 US War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (OR), 128 vols., Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1880-1901, Series 1, Vol 19, Part 1 (Serial 27), pg. 1028 [AotW citation 2691]