(c. 1829 - 1862)
Home State: Mississippi
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A 32 year old farmer near Vicksburg, MS, he enlisted as a Private in Company I, 21st Mississippi Infantry on 2 July 1861 in Sunflower County, MS and mustered in at Lynchburg, VA on 9 August 1861.
On the Campaign
He was mortally wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862 and died the next day.
References & notes
Birth
c. 1829 in OH
Death
09/18/1862; Shepherdstown, MD; burial in Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, WV
1 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 29555]
2 United Confederate Veterans, and United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans, Confederate Veteran Magazine (1893-1932), 1893-01-00, Vol. XIX, pp. 75 - 76 [AotW citation 5066]