(? - 1862)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 38th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
From DeKalb County, he mustered as Private Company A, 38th Georgia Infantry on 26 September 1861.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
References & notes
Burial and basic unit information from a list in Confederate Veteran1, which has him as J. Tucker in the 21st Georgia Infantry. Service from the Roster 2 via the Historical Data Systems database. His gravestone is on Findagrave.
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, WV
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 5153]
2 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 19432]