He was a confederate soldier in the 37th Regiment, Company K, Virginia Infantry that was organized in Washington CO, VA. He attained the rank of Private. He died at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter's Mountain and Cedar Run, took place on 8-9-1862 as part of the Civil War. Union forces under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks attacked Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson near Cedar Mountain as the Confederates marched on Culpeper Court House to forestall a Union advance into central Virginia. After nearly being driven from the field in the early part of the battle, a Confederate counterattack broke the Union lines resulting in a Confederate victory. The battle was the first combat of the Northern Virginia Campaign. He was buried on the battlefield.
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He was a confederate soldier in the 37th Regiment, Company K, Virginia Infantry that was organized in Washington CO, VA. He attained the rank of Private. He died at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter's Mountain and Cedar Run, took place on 8-9-1862 as part of the Civil War. Union forces under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks attacked Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson near Cedar Mountain as the Confederates marched on Culpeper Court House to forestall a Union advance into central Virginia. After nearly being driven from the field in the early part of the battle, a Confederate counterattack broke the Union lines resulting in a Confederate victory. The battle was the first combat of the Northern Virginia Campaign. He was buried on the battlefield.
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