James Knox Polk Wiley

In 1860 he was a 15 year old farmm boy on his parents Alexander and Holinda (Faires) Wiley's place near Bluff Springs, Talladega County, AL. He enlisted as a Private in Company I, 14th Alabama Infantry on 29 July 1861 at Lineville in Talladega County. He was wounded by a gunshot to his knee near Richmond, VA on 1 or 2 July 1862 and returned to duty on 9 July.

He was "severely wounded" in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862 and "left on the field."

His records to June 1863 have him still absent after Sharpsburg. The roll for October 1863 has him missing since Gettysburg, with no later military record.

His service from Hurst,1 as J.K.P. Wiley, and his Compiled Service Records,2 via fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.

c. 1845; Talladega County, AL

05/08/1888; Scott, AR