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Thought I would share this, I'm continuing my research on the Lancaster Tigers, Co. I , 17th S.C. It was retrieved from the microfilm records, S.C State Archives.
Pvt. John McManus
Enlists February 9th, 1865, at Petersburg, for the war by Capt. Steele.
Enlisted under the age of 18, entitled to bounty.
Captured near Petersburg March 24th, 1865.
Released from Point Lookout, Maryland, June 15, 1865.
Complexion Fair, Hair light.
Eyes: Blue, 5 foot 8 inches height.
He spent 45 days in the Confederate Army! Then almost three months as a POW. I wonder if he ever got that bounty or a pension? If he lived 70+ years, he was probably one of the oldest survivng veterans, well into the 1920's and 30's. That had to be one heck of a story. Will have to find more on what happened to him.
Has anyone found a Confederate soldier that enlisted any later, while being so young??
Incidentally, 1865 was not a leap year, 1864 was. February 28-9 =21 +24 days (March)= 45.
Pvt. John McManus
Enlists February 9th, 1865, at Petersburg, for the war by Capt. Steele.
Enlisted under the age of 18, entitled to bounty.
Captured near Petersburg March 24th, 1865.
Released from Point Lookout, Maryland, June 15, 1865.
Complexion Fair, Hair light.
Eyes: Blue, 5 foot 8 inches height.
He spent 45 days in the Confederate Army! Then almost three months as a POW. I wonder if he ever got that bounty or a pension? If he lived 70+ years, he was probably one of the oldest survivng veterans, well into the 1920's and 30's. That had to be one heck of a story. Will have to find more on what happened to him.
Has anyone found a Confederate soldier that enlisted any later, while being so young??
Incidentally, 1865 was not a leap year, 1864 was. February 28-9 =21 +24 days (March)= 45.