Photo: Flag provided from Re-enactor unit of 48th VA
Age at Enlistment: 24
Length of Service: 1861-1862
State: Virginia
Rank: Pvt
Unit: 48th VA Infantry Regiment
Service Record: Enlisted in Osborne’s Co. (Co. K) in May 1861; height: 5 ft. 9½ in., dark complexion, hazel eyes, black hair. ; discharged by medical surgeon and Cpt. Galt from Lexington Gen Hosp #2 on 7 May 1862; also had general cachexia due to exposure to fever during the winter and was unfit for duty for 2 months; surgeons certificate of discharge approved by Brigadier General Stevenson, C.S.A.
Survived War: Yes
Cemetery / Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Bath Co. KY 40374; Confederate Headstone
Soldier Info: Born in Scott Co., VA in 1837; Died in Bourbon Co., NC in 1913
Relationship to Author: 2nd cousin 5x
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