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Confederate (CSV)

Private

John Alonzo Jordan

(1840 - 1862)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Known by Alonzo, in 1860 he was a 19 year old farmer on his parent's small place near Cuthbert in Randolph County, GA. He enlisted in Griffin, GA on 8 July 1861 as a Private in Company E, 13th Georgia Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

His father James filed for his final pay in February 1863.

References & notes

His service from Henderson1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3; both as John A Jordan. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.

Birth

90/01/1840; Randolph County, GA

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 7257]

2 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 28265]

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