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(1836 - 1863)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 53rd Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted on 8 July 1861 as a Private in Company C, 13th Georgia Infantry but was discharged for disability at Savannah, GA on 11 February 1862. He enlisted again, as a Private in Company A, 53rd Georgia Infantry on 28 April 1862 at Griffin.
On the Campaign
He was wounded by a gunshot to his hand in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was in a hospital in Richmond, VA to 4 October 1862, then furloughed home for 30 days. He was killed by a gunshot to his head at Gettysburg, PA on 3 July 1863.
References & notes
His service from the Roster 1 and his Compiled Service Records, US National Archives, online via fold3. Gettysburg detail from the Buseys.2 Personal details from family genealogists, at least one of whom has his birth in the Pickens District, SC, and the US Census of 1850.
His brother William Thomas Latta (1839-1914) was also in Company A, and lost his right leg to amputation after a thigh wound at Gettysburg.
Birth
04/13/1836
Death
07/03/1863; Gettysburg, PA
1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 7239]
2 Busey, John W., and Travis W. Busey, Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record, Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company, 2017, pg. 371 [AotW citation 27360]