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Confederate (CSV)

Private

John P. King

(1841 - ?)

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 21st Virginia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Company D, 21st Virginia Infantry on 1 July 1861.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action - "gunshot wound to the chest, through the left lung" - at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He later transferred to the Cavalry.

References & notes

Basic information from Riggs1.

Birth

1841

Notes

1   Riggs, Susan A., 21st Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg (VA): H.E. Howard, Inc., 1991, pp. 59 - 98  [AotW citation 8504]