D. Watson
(1834 - 1864)
Home State: Virginia
Education: University of Virginia, Class of 1855
Command Billet: Battery Commander
Branch of Service: Artillery
Before Sharpsburg
A farmer on his mother's Westend Plantation near Trevilians, VA, he enrolled as 2nd Lieutenant of Company C, 38th Battalion Virginia Heavy Artillery on 15 June 1861 and was commissioned Captain of the 2nd Company, Richmond Howitzers on 22 April 1862.
On the Campaign
He commanded the battery on the Maryland Campaign.
The rest of the War
He was appointed Major about January 1863, and was mortally wounded at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on 10 May 1864. He died of wounds on 13 May.
References & notes
His service from the Fold3 database, source also of his picture, from a portrait. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.
More on the Web
See more about his family home from the US Park Service.
Birth
11/25/1834; Louisa County, VA
Death
05/13/1864; in VA; burial in Bracketts Farm Cemetery, Louisa, VA