27th Virginia Infantry, Co. "A". 25-year-old Civil engineer in 1860. Born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1835. Enlisted into the Confederate service on April 22nd, 1861 at Covington, Virginia as a 3nd Lieutenant (later became a 2nd Lieutenant). Became a P.O.W. at First Manassas on July 21st, 1861 in Manassas, Virginia; was confined on July 23rd at Old Capitol Prison in Washington D.C.; escaped September 1st of that year and returned to Confederate service on September 23rd. Died of typhoid disease on December 29th, 1861 at Kernstown, Virginia. Buried in Stonewall Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia.
27th Virginia Infantry, Co. "A". 25-year-old Civil engineer in 1860. Born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1835. Enlisted into the Confederate service on April 22nd, 1861 at Covington, Virginia as a 3nd Lieutenant (later became a 2nd Lieutenant). Became a P.O.W. at First Manassas on July 21st, 1861 in Manassas, Virginia; was confined on July 23rd at Old Capitol Prison in Washington D.C.; escaped September 1st of that year and returned to Confederate service on September 23rd. Died of typhoid disease on December 29th, 1861 at Kernstown, Virginia. Buried in Stonewall Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia.
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