John would be called to war and enlisted on 3-May-1862 in "D" Company, 57th Georgia Infantry CSA. He was mustered into service as a Private a short time later. He was appointed as a 2nd Corporal sometime before May of 1863. John would find himself laying wounded in agony on the battlefield of Bakers Creek (Champion Hills) in Mississippi on 16-May-1863. He would be left behind and captured by Union Forces. He was admitted to the Prison Hospital in Champion Hills, Mississippi on 17-May-1863. He was wounded in the right knee joint by a conical musket ball. The ball had fractured the condyles beyond repair. His leg was amputated above the knee taken a third of the thigh with it.This would prove to be a mortal wound as he died on 29-May-1863. He was buried in the west end of the Vicksburg City Cemetery in a mass grave with many other Confederate soldiers. He was survived by his wife, 5 sons, 3 daughters, 3 brothers, 4 sisters, family, and friends. May 2nd Cpl. John Brooks RIP!
John would be called to war and enlisted on 3-May-1862 in "D" Company, 57th Georgia Infantry CSA. He was mustered into service as a Private a short time later. He was appointed as a 2nd Corporal sometime before May of 1863. John would find himself laying wounded in agony on the battlefield of Bakers Creek (Champion Hills) in Mississippi on 16-May-1863. He would be left behind and captured by Union Forces. He was admitted to the Prison Hospital in Champion Hills, Mississippi on 17-May-1863. He was wounded in the right knee joint by a conical musket ball. The ball had fractured the condyles beyond repair. His leg was amputated above the knee taken a third of the thigh with it.This would prove to be a mortal wound as he died on 29-May-1863. He was buried in the west end of the Vicksburg City Cemetery in a mass grave with many other Confederate soldiers. He was survived by his wife, 5 sons, 3 daughters, 3 brothers, 4 sisters, family, and friends. May 2nd Cpl. John Brooks RIP!
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