[635] was successively promoted corporal, sergeant, junior second and first lieutenant, and was appointed to the command of Company A, battalion of sharpshooters, McGowan's brigade, Wilcox's division, A. P. Hill's corps, army of Northern Virginia. Toward the close of the struggle, while on furlough of indulgence, he volunteered on the staff of General Hardee, and participated in the battles of Averasboro and Bentonville, and then joined his command near Petersburg just as the lines were about to break. He was on duty during the retreat and was surrendered at Appomattox. His military record includes the following engagements: Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861; Seven Pines, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Cold Harbor, Savage Station, Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill, Cedar Run, Warrenton Springs, Second Manassas, Ox Hill, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, Shepherdstown, Snicker's Gap, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (where he was wounded), Bristoe Station, Mine Run, Liberty Mill, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Hanover Junction, Riddle's Shop, Jerusalem Plank Road, Deep Bottom, Fussell's Mill, Petersburg, Reams' Station, Jones' Farm, Hatcher's Run, Fayetteville, Averasboro, Bentonville, Petersburg (April 2, 1865), Amelia Court House, Farmville, and Appomattox. After the war he was engaged in rice planting until 1885, when he accepted the position he still holds of stamp clerk in the Charleston postoffice.
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[635] was successively promoted corporal, sergeant, junior second and first lieutenant, and was appointed to the command of Company A, battalion of sharpshooters, McGowan's brigade, Wilcox's division, A. P. Hill's corps, army of Northern Virginia. Toward the close of the struggle, while on furlough of indulgence, he volunteered on the staff of General Hardee, and participated in the battles of Averasboro and Bentonville, and then joined his command near Petersburg just as the lines were about to break. He was on duty during the retreat and was surrendered at Appomattox. His military record includes the following engagements: Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861; Seven Pines, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Cold Harbor, Savage Station, Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill, Cedar Run, Warrenton Springs, Second Manassas, Ox Hill, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, Shepherdstown, Snicker's Gap, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (where he was wounded), Bristoe Station, Mine Run, Liberty Mill, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Hanover Junction, Riddle's Shop, Jerusalem Plank Road, Deep Bottom, Fussell's Mill, Petersburg, Reams' Station, Jones' Farm, Hatcher's Run, Fayetteville, Averasboro, Bentonville, Petersburg (April 2, 1865), Amelia Court House, Farmville, and Appomattox. After the war he was engaged in rice planting until 1885, when he accepted the position he still holds of stamp clerk in the Charleston postoffice.
Atlanta, Ga. 1899.
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