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(? - 1864)
Home State: South Carolina
Branch of Service: Artillery
Unit: Brooks (SC) Artillery
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted 1 March 1862 as Private in the Brooks Artillery.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.
The rest of the War
He was sent to Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond on October 4, 1862. He was again wounded and captured in action at Gettysburg, PA on July 5, 1863, sent to Chester General Hospital, Chester, PA, then to City Point, VA., August 17, 1863, presumambly for exchange. He re-enlisted at Beams Station, TN, December 28, 1863, and was promoted to Corporal on March 1, 1864. He died July 6, 1864 at the 1st Division Hospital, Richmond, VA.
References & notes
Basic information from Elliott1, with details by Dave Hann from his research in the Compiled Service Records, US Archives.
Death
07/06/1864; Richmond, VA
1 Elliott, William, Casualties in the Brooks Artillery, Charleston Mecrcury, Charleston: Charleston Mecrury, 1862 [AotW citation 5386]