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Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 50th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
Enlisted as a private in Company K, 5th Regiment, Georgia State Troops, October 6, 1861. Discharged, disability, December 25, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Company A, 50th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 22, 1862.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.
The rest of the War
Sent to Aiken's Landing for exchange 10/2/1862. Officially considered exchanged 11/10/1862. Appointed 3rd Sergeant December 31, 1862. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 19, 1865.
References & notes
Basic service information from Ranger951.
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 3098]