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Confederate (CSV)

Private

J. H. Boon

(c. 1830 - 1862)

Home State: North Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 5th North Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A 31 year old farmer, he enlisted 15 July 1862 in Chatham County as a Private in Company E, 5th North Carolina Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was admitted to CS General Hospital #20 in Richmond, VA on 26 September and died there on 13 October 1862.

References & notes

His service from Moore1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3.

Birth

c. 1830; Chatham County, NC

Death

10/13/1862; Richmond, VA

Notes

1 Moore, John Wheeler (compiler), and State of North Carolina, Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States, 4 volumes, Raleigh: Ashe & Gatling, State Printers and Publishers, 1882, Vol. 1, pp. 167 - 175 [AotW citation 9796]

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 30248]

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