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(1843 - ?)
Home State: Virginia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 15th Virginia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A farmer, he enlisted in Company D, 15th Virginia Infantry on 13 May 1861. He was first in action at Williamsburg, VA in 1862,
On the Campaign
He was in action at Sharpsburg.
The rest of the War
He was captured while on vidette on 24 September 1864 and held at Pt. Lookout, MD until 11 April 1865.
After the War
He lived in Richmond until moving to Charlotte, NC in 1877. He was a merchant in the cotton business and active in the State militia - Colonel of the 4th Regiment - and veteran's organizations.
References & notes
Biographical information and his presence at Sharpsburg from the Military History1.
Birth
05/12/1843; Hanover County, VA
1 Evans, Clement Anselm, editor, Confederate Military History, 12 Volumes, Atlanta: The Confederate Publishing Company, 1899, Vol. 4, pp. 362, 363 [AotW citation 10091]