(1843 - ?)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He enlisted as a Private in Company K, 13th Georgia Infantry on 1 March 1862 in La Grange, GA.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was "wounded by bomb" at Fredericksburg, VA on 13 December 18623 and hospitals in Charlottesville and Lynchburg, VA with a concussion in December 1862. He was wounded again, by a gunshot to his right leg and ankle at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on 12 May 1864. He was on furlough in Troup County, GA from 18 November 1863 to at least 28 February 1865, the latest military record in his file.
After the War
He was living in Meriwether County, GA by 1889 and to at least 1905.
References & notes
Birth
11/23/1843; Meriwether County, GA
1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 7317]
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 28353]