(c. 1845 - 1862)
Home State: Virginia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 32nd Virginia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A 16 year old farmer, he mustered as Private, Company H, 32nd Virginia Infantry on 27 May 1861 in Williamsburg. He was promoted to 2nd Corporal on 2 May 1862.
On the Campaign
He was mortally wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862 and captured there.
The rest of the War
He died of wounds on 3 October 1862. He was originally buried "in Mayers' field in the hollow below Grove's house, towards the canal". Probably reinterred at Hagerstown in about 1874.
References & notes
Birth
c. 1845 in VA
Death
10/03/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Washington Confederate Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD
1 Pruett, Samuel, and Poffenberger & Good, Greg Farino and Western Maryland Regional Library (WMRL), Washington Confederate Cemetery, possible burials, Hagerstown (MD): WHILBR, 2010 [AotW citation 4471]