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Confederate (CSV)

Lieutenant

Early S. Marsha

(? - 1862)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 31st Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

From Terrell County, he enlisted as Private on 5 September 1861 in Company K, 31st Georgia Infantry. He was elected 2nd Lieutenant on 28 September.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He died of wounds at Union Church, VA (now WV) on 8 October 1862.

References & notes

Burial and basic unit information from a list in Confederate Veteran1. Service from the Roster 2 via the Historical Data Systems database.

Death

10/08/1862; Union Church, VA; burial in Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, WV

Notes

1 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 5109]

2 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 19549]

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