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Submitted: 3/1/21 • Approved: 3/1/21 • Last Updated: 3/4/21 • R305179-G0-S3
PRIVATE US Army
Captain Stephens' Company 1 Florida Mounted Volunteers
Seminole Indian War
PRIVATE CSA
Company H 17 Regiment Louisiana Infantry
Civil War Confederate
October 19, 1836 - March 18, 1914
He enlisted in the US Army in 1857 and served with the 1st Florida Mounted Volunteers in the Seminole Indian War. He was discharged in 1858.
On October 12, 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate Army at Camp Moore, Louisiana. On April 7, 1862, he was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh. His name appeared on a registry as being admitted to USA Hospital steamer May 1, 1862 for a leg fracture. A later record reported him admitted to USA General Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio on May 5, 1862 for Vulnus Sclopeticum (Gunshot wound). His name appeared on a registry of those killed, wounded and missing of 2nd Corps, Army of the Mississippi at the Battle of Shiloh. He was listed as seriously wounded. His name appeared on a roll as a Prisoner of War at Camp Chase, Ohio in July 1862. On August 25, 1862 he was exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was discharged on October 11, 1862. He was issued a Certificate of Disability indicating the wound to his leg left him "lame and entirely unfit for military duty."
Index Relating to Service In Indian Campaigns Between 1817-1898, The National Archives, Publication T318
Confederate Pension Application Index Database, Reel CP1.71 - Microdex 4 - Sequence 12 & 17
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, The National Archives, Publication M320, Roll 0285
Contributed on 3/1/21 by bridges1026
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