He married Mary Polly Copeland, they had five children who survived infancy.
Joseph and his brother William joined the Confederate Army together on 1 Aug 1863 in South Carolina, 27th Regiment, Company G. During battle in Petersburg on 24 June 1864, William was captured and later died in a POW camp in Elmira New York, Joseph was wounded and died in a Hampton Virginia Hospital on 27 July 1864.
Buried in the Confederate section of the Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.
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He married Mary Polly Copeland, they had five children who survived infancy.
Joseph and his brother William joined the Confederate Army together on 1 Aug 1863 in South Carolina, 27th Regiment, Company G. During battle in Petersburg on 24 June 1864, William was captured and later died in a POW camp in Elmira New York, Joseph was wounded and died in a Hampton Virginia Hospital on 27 July 1864.
Buried in the Confederate section of the Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.
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