Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 5/15/1861 as a Adjutant.
On 5/15/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff VA 7th Infantry,
(date and method of discharge not given)
(Prior service as drillmaster in Richmond, VA)
He was listed as:
Wounded 5/5/1862 Williamsburg, VA
Wounded 8/30/1862 2nd Manassas, VA (Wounded right thigh)
Detailed 12/15/1862 Fredericksburg, VA (Temporary commander of regiment)
Arrested 2/19/1863 Richmond, VA (Arrested for intoxification)
Court-martialed 6/27/1863 (place not stated) (Sentenced to be cashiered, remitted)
POW 4/6/1865 Sailor's Creek, VA (Old Capitol Prison, Johnson's Island)
Oath Allegiance 7/25/1865 (place not stated) (Sent to Vicksburg, MS)
Promotions:
Major 4/27/1862
Lt Col 6/3/1862
Colonel 7/21/1863
He was described at enlistment as: 5' 11", dark complexion, grey eyes, brown hair
born 10/26/1842 in Fauquier County, VA
died 9/16/1929 in Flowerree, Vicksburg, MS
Wife: Jennie Wilson, President, Vicksburg Ice
Co., Postmaster, 1893-1897, financier of Kemper's Va, Gov. campaign.)
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&303048
http://www.vmi.edu/archives/archiverosters/Details.asp?ID=1293&rform=search
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 5/15/1861 as a Adjutant.
On 5/15/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff VA 7th Infantry,
(date and method of discharge not given)
(Prior service as drillmaster in Richmond, VA)
He was listed as:
Wounded 5/5/1862 Williamsburg, VA
Wounded 8/30/1862 2nd Manassas, VA (Wounded right thigh)
Detailed 12/15/1862 Fredericksburg, VA (Temporary commander of regiment)
Arrested 2/19/1863 Richmond, VA (Arrested for intoxification)
Court-martialed 6/27/1863 (place not stated) (Sentenced to be cashiered, remitted)
POW 4/6/1865 Sailor's Creek, VA (Old Capitol Prison, Johnson's Island)
Oath Allegiance 7/25/1865 (place not stated) (Sent to Vicksburg, MS)
Promotions:
Major 4/27/1862
Lt Col 6/3/1862
Colonel 7/21/1863
He was described at enlistment as: 5' 11", dark complexion, grey eyes, brown hair
born 10/26/1842 in Fauquier County, VA
died 9/16/1929 in Flowerree, Vicksburg, MS
Wife: Jennie Wilson, President, Vicksburg Ice
Co., Postmaster, 1893-1897, financier of Kemper's Va, Gov. campaign.)
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&303048
http://www.vmi.edu/archives/archiverosters/Details.asp?ID=1293&rform=search
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