(c. 1838 - 1862)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was an unmarried 22 year old farm worker near Dawson in Terrell County, GA, living with 6 younger siblings and mother, next door to his older sister Susan and her family. He enlisted as a Private in Company H, 13th Georgia Infantry on 8 July 1861 in Griffin, GA.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
His sister Susan Davis applied for his final pay in December 1862.
References & notes
Birth
c. 1838; Lee County, GA
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD
1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 7300]
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 28335]