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Confederate (CSV)

Lieutenant

Benjamin J. Russell

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Enlisted as 2nd Lieutenant, Company G, 6th Georgia Infantry - May 27, 1861. Appointed Adjutant of the Regiment on June 4, 1861.

The rest of the War

Elected Captain of Company H, 6th Regiment Georgia Infantry September 17, 1862. Sick in Macon, Georgia hospital February 1865 to close of war.

References & notes

Basic information from Ranger951.

Notes

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 9650]