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Confederate (CSV)

Private

James William Ennis

(1833 - 1862)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 14th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was a 27 year old clerk living in Erasmus Marable's hotel in LaFayette, Chambers County, AL. He enlisted there on 1 July 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company E, 14th Alabama Infantry. He was detailed as company cook in April 1862.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

His father Arthur filed a claim for his son's final pay of $125.23 in December 1862.

References & notes

His service from Hurst1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3, indexed under James A. Ennis. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His memorial in Oakwood Cemetery, Lanett, AL is on Findagrave.

Birth

02/16/1833; Troup County, GA

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Hurst, Marshall B., History of the Fourteenth Regiment Alabama Vols, Richmond (Va): M.B. Hurst, 1863, pp. 20 - 28 [AotW citation 9380]

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 33123]

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