(1834 - 1864)
Home State: Georgia
Education: Georgia Military Institute
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 2nd Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He was a student at the Georgia Military Institute in Marietta, Georgia (1852-53), and at the Baltimore Dental College (1861) before the War. He enlisted from Baltimore in April 1861 in Company G of the 2nd Georgia Infantry, joining his regiment sometime after.
On the Campaign
He was with his Company in action in Maryland.
The rest of the War
He was promoted to First Lieutenant in 1864, but was killed in action at the Wilderness on 6 May 1864 and "was buried nearby under an apple tree."
References & notes
Many of his wartime letters, including at least one referring to his unit's experiences in Maryland, are in the collection of Emory University, Atlanta; their finding aid is the source if the biographical details used here. His basic service from the Roster.1 His gravesite is on Findagrave.
Birth
01/16/1834; Milledgeville, GA
Death
05/06/1864; Wilderness, VA; burial in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, GA
1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 25849]