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Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 6th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
From Hancock County, he enlisted as Private, Company A, 6th Georgia Infantry on 3 August 1861.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September at Sharpsburg and captured there on 30 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was exchanged at Aiken's Landing, VA on 10 November. Appointed Corporal, date not given, he was captured at Petersburg, VA on 9 June 1864 and exchanged later that year. He was wounded at Ft. Harrison, VA on 29 September 1864 and was surrendered at Greensboro, NC on 26 April 1865.
References & notes
Basic information from Henderson's Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865 via Fincham.1
1 Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories - Georgia C.S.A., Published c. 2005, <http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/index.html>, Source page: /infantry/6th_inf_regt.html [AotW citation 9557]