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Confederate (CSV)

Private

John Melton Dupriest

(1841 - 1919)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 10th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted on 18 May 1861 in Company C, 10th Georgia Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in the right arm in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He as wounded in his right thigh at Petersburg, VA on 10 June 1864 and was on wounded furlough in Georgia on 30 March 1865.

References & notes

Service information from Henderson's Roster via Fincham.1. Personal details from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

03/28/1841 in GA

Death

09/27/1919; burial in Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery, Early County, GA

Notes

1   Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories - Georgia C.S.A., Published c. 2005, <http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/index.html>, Source page: /georgia/infantry/10th_inf_regt.html  [AotW citation 5175]