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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William J Nelson, Sr

(1842 - 1905)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 50th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was in Company D.

On the Campaign

Wounded in right foot, necessitating amputation of toe, at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Sent to Fort Monroe for exchange 10/17/1862. Admitted to Richmond hospital 10/24/1862. Toe amputated. Pension records show he was on detail at Fredericksburg, Virginia, account of wounds, in 1862. Paroled in 1865.

After the War

Died at Confederate Soldiers Home, Atlanta

References & notes

Basic service information from Ranger951.

Birth

12/20/1842; Twiggs County, GA

Death

01/08/1905; Atlanta, GA

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: /georgia/infantry/50th_inf_regt.html [AotW citation 3054]

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