Son of Samuel John and Caroline Austin Montgomery; brother of Mary C., Samuel J., Jr. (Lieutenant, Company C, 25th SC), Martha F., Edward P. (Private, Company C, 25th SC), Margaret L., Caroline A., John, Elizabeth, Cornelia.
Company C "Wee Nee Volunteers", 25th South Carolina Infantry, Hagood's Brigade, Hoke's Division, 4th Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
He was 18 years old when he enlisted for the duration of the war on 2/11/1864 at James Island, and was mustered into the Company C "Wee Nee Volunteers", 25th South Carolina Infantry, as a Private.
Admitted 5/31 -6/16/1864 into (C.S.A.) Episcopal Church Hospital, Williamsburg, SC., for acute dysentery.
Present on all rolls until wounded severely by gunshot (minie' ball) in left chest, POW 8/21/1864 at Battle of Weldon Railroad, VA.; treated 8/22 in U.S.A. field hospital, City Point, VA.; transported from there on 8/24 via U.S.A. Hospital Steamer "State of Maine" to Alexandria, VA. where hospitalized 8/25 in Baptist Church (Washington St.) U.S.A. General Hospital (branch of 2nd Division General Hospital); died there of pneumonia. His effects totaled $1.25 in C.S.A. money and 1 wool blanket.
The 25th South Carolina Infantry Regiment [also called Eutaw Regiment] was organized and mustered into Confederate service in July, 1862. It was formed with men of the 11th Battalion who were from Charleston and the middle region of the state. It served in the Charleston area assigned to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and in September, 1863, it was placed in General Hagood's Brigade. During the spring of 1864 the unit moved to Virginia and fought at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor. Later it was involved in the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River and the North Carolina Campaign.
In front of Petersburg, May 6-9, 1864, it reported 47 casualties and in the fight at the Weldon Railroad there were 2 killed, 29 wounded, and 70 missing.
Company C "Wee Nee Volunteers", 25th South Carolina Infantry, Hagood's Brigade, Hoke's Division, 4th Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
He was 18 years old when he enlisted for the duration of the war on 2/11/1864 at James Island, and was mustered into the Company C "Wee Nee Volunteers", 25th South Carolina Infantry, as a Private.
Admitted 5/31 -6/16/1864 into (C.S.A.) Episcopal Church Hospital, Williamsburg, SC., for acute dysentery.
Present on all rolls until wounded severely by gunshot (minie' ball) in left chest, POW 8/21/1864 at Battle of Weldon Railroad, VA.; treated 8/22 in U.S.A. field hospital, City Point, VA.; transported from there on 8/24 via U.S.A. Hospital Steamer "State of Maine" to Alexandria, VA. where hospitalized 8/25 in Baptist Church (Washington St.) U.S.A. General Hospital (branch of 2nd Division General Hospital); died there of pneumonia. His effects totaled $1.25 in C.S.A. money and 1 wool blanket.
The 25th South Carolina Infantry Regiment [also called Eutaw Regiment] was organized and mustered into Confederate service in July, 1862. It was formed with men of the 11th Battalion who were from Charleston and the middle region of the state. It served in the Charleston area assigned to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and in September, 1863, it was placed in General Hagood's Brigade. During the spring of 1864 the unit moved to Virginia and fought at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor. Later it was involved in the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River and the North Carolina Campaign.
In front of Petersburg, May 6-9, 1864, it reported 47 casualties and in the fight at the Weldon Railroad there were 2 killed, 29 wounded, and 70 missing.
Son of Samuel John and Caroline Austin Montgomery; brother of Mary C., Samuel J., Jr. (Lieutenant, Company C, 25th SC), Martha F., Edward P. (Private, Company C, 25th SC), Margaret L., Caroline A., John, Elizabeth, Cornelia.
Company C "Wee Nee Volunteers", 25th South Carolina Infantry, Hagood's Brigade, Hoke's Division, 4th Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
He was 18 years old when he enlisted for the duration of the war on 2/11/1864 at James Island, and was mustered into the Company C "Wee Nee Volunteers", 25th South Carolina Infantry, as a Private.
Admitted 5/31 -6/16/1864 into (C.S.A.) Episcopal Church Hospital, Williamsburg, SC., for acute dysentery.
Present on all rolls until wounded severely by gunshot (minie' ball) in left chest, POW 8/21/1864 at Battle of Weldon Railroad, VA.; treated 8/22 in U.S.A. field hospital, City Point, VA.; transported from there on 8/24 via U.S.A. Hospital Steamer "State of Maine" to Alexandria, VA. where hospitalized 8/25 in Baptist Church (Washington St.) U.S.A. General Hospital (branch of 2nd Division General Hospital); died there of pneumonia. His effects totaled $1.25 in C.S.A. money and 1 wool blanket.
The 25th South Carolina Infantry Regiment [also called Eutaw Regiment] was organized and mustered into Confederate service in July, 1862. It was formed with men of the 11th Battalion who were from Charleston and the middle region of the state. It served in the Charleston area assigned to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and in September, 1863, it was placed in General Hagood's Brigade. During the spring of 1864 the unit moved to Virginia and fought at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor. Later it was involved in the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River and the North Carolina Campaign.
In front of Petersburg, May 6-9, 1864, it reported 47 casualties and in the fight at the Weldon Railroad there were 2 killed, 29 wounded, and 70 missing.
Company C "Wee Nee Volunteers", 25th South Carolina Infantry, Hagood's Brigade, Hoke's Division, 4th Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
He was 18 years old when he enlisted for the duration of the war on 2/11/1864 at James Island, and was mustered into the Company C "Wee Nee Volunteers", 25th South Carolina Infantry, as a Private.
Admitted 5/31 -6/16/1864 into (C.S.A.) Episcopal Church Hospital, Williamsburg, SC., for acute dysentery.
Present on all rolls until wounded severely by gunshot (minie' ball) in left chest, POW 8/21/1864 at Battle of Weldon Railroad, VA.; treated 8/22 in U.S.A. field hospital, City Point, VA.; transported from there on 8/24 via U.S.A. Hospital Steamer "State of Maine" to Alexandria, VA. where hospitalized 8/25 in Baptist Church (Washington St.) U.S.A. General Hospital (branch of 2nd Division General Hospital); died there of pneumonia. His effects totaled $1.25 in C.S.A. money and 1 wool blanket.
The 25th South Carolina Infantry Regiment [also called Eutaw Regiment] was organized and mustered into Confederate service in July, 1862. It was formed with men of the 11th Battalion who were from Charleston and the middle region of the state. It served in the Charleston area assigned to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and in September, 1863, it was placed in General Hagood's Brigade. During the spring of 1864 the unit moved to Virginia and fought at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor. Later it was involved in the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River and the North Carolina Campaign.
In front of Petersburg, May 6-9, 1864, it reported 47 casualties and in the fight at the Weldon Railroad there were 2 killed, 29 wounded, and 70 missing.
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