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Robert Calvin Whitesides

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Robert Calvin Whitesides

Birth
Death
6 May 1864 (aged 20–21)
Orange County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Sharon, York County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Company B, 12th South Carolina Infantry, McGowan's Brigade, Wilcox's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Enlisted as a Private at age 18 on 8/6/1861 at Lightwoodknob Springs, near Columbia, SC., he mustered into "B" Co. SC 12th Infantry.

On Furlough 2/1864.
Company B, 12th South Carolina Infantry, McGowan's Brigade, Wilcox's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Enlisted as a Private at age 18 on 8/6/1861 at Lightwoodknob Springs, near Columbia, SC., he mustered into "B" Co. SC 12th Infantry.

On Furlough 2/1864.

Inscription

fell in the above named Battle May 6, 1864. In the 21st year of his age.

Gravesite Details

This is a cenotaph. Robert is buried at Confederate Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Va. See Memorial #11080965. Thanks to Charles Ketchen for making this association.



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