James E. Argo

In 1860 he was living with his father in DeKalb County, GA. He enlisted at Decatur in DeKalb County, GA on 1 August 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company C, Cobb's Legion Infantry.

He was wounded in the thigh and captured in action at Crampton's Gap on 14 September.

He was treated at the US Army 6th Corps field hospital in Burkittsville, MD and his leg was amputated, but he died there on 16 October 1862. He was originally buried "close along the fence on west side of woods back of graveyard in Burkettsville."

His father William filed a claim for his final pay of $94.36 in March 1863.

He was probably reinterred at Hagerstown in about 1874.

His burial information from Pruett,1 who as him as J.E. Argo. His service from the Roster 2 via the Historical Data Systems database, and his Compiled Service Records,3 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His memorial is on Findagrave.

Older brother Joseph Lumpkin Argo (1838-1918) was also in Company C, was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in November 1863. Younger brother John was also mortally wounded at Crampton's Gap and died in Burkittsville that October.

c. 1839 in GA

10/16/1862; Burkittsville, MD; burial in Washington Confederate Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD