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Confederate (CSV)

Private

George L. Prestwood

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 3rd Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was in Company B.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from Ranger951. Appointed 2nd Sergeant, Company F, 2nd Battalion Georgia State Troops November 11, 1861. Mustered out May 1862. Enlisted as a Private, Company B, 3rd Regiment Georgia Infantry May 15, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Wounded in leg, resulting in amputation, Spotsylvania, Virginia May 14, 1864. On wounded furlough close of war.

Notes

1   Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories - Georgia C.S.A., Published c. 2005, <http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/index.html>, Source page: /infantry/3rd_regt_inf.html  [AotW citation 2779]