John S. Kendrick

In 1860 he was a 15 year old farmer on his parents William O and Mary Ann (Cowper)'s place near Zebulon in Pike County, GA. He enlisted as a Private in Company A, 13th Georgia Infantry on 18 August 1862 and mustered and joined his regiment on 2 September at Orange Court House, VA. He was then about 17 years old.

He was mortally wounded just two weeks later, in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.

He died of wounds at Winchester, VA on 7 October 1862.

His service from Henderson1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His probable gravesite, as I.S. Kendrick, is on Findagrave.

His father made a claim for his final pay and allowances ($88.20) in May 1863, noting that John had "neither wife nor child."

His older brother William McLean Kendrick (1838-1918) had enlisted in Company A in July 1861, was possibly with John at Sharpsburg, was badly wounded and captured at Gettysburg in 1863, and was discharged in 1864.

c. 1845 in GA

10/07/1862; Winchester, VA; burial in Stonewall Confederate Cemetery, Winchester, VA