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(1824 - 1887)
Home State: Virginia
Command Billet: Company Commander
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 5th Virginia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He moved to Virginia in 1852, and by the 1860 Federal Census was a teacher in Augusta County. He enlisted as 1st Lieutenant in the unit which became Company I, 5th Virginia Infantry as they organized at Harpers Ferry in May 1861. He was promoted to Captain on 17 April 1862.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg, but was in command of the Regiment in relief of Major WiIlliams as that officer went to Brigade on 17 September.
The rest of the War
He was wounded severely at Fredericksburg in December and returned to duty in February 1863. He was in command of the regiment beginning in March 1865, and probably surrendered with his command at Appomattox.
After the War
He died in a train wreck at Greenwood Station, in Albemarle County, Virginia, in 1887.
References & notes
Source: Compiled service record data from The Valley of the Shadow1
Birth
11/13/1824; Saratoga Springs, NY
Death
08/07/1887; Albemarle County, VA; burial in Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA
1 Ayers, Edward L., and William G. Thomas III, and Anne Sarah Rubin, co-editors, Valley of the Shadow, first accessed 07 June 2005, <http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/>, Source page: /perl_scripts/search_dossiers.cgi?id_num=2642&search_type=adv&county=aug [AotW citation 274]