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Alexander was born 19 June 1844 in District 1 Darlington County SC. The 1860 census shows him at 16 y/o in Williamsburg, Williamsburg County SC. The Post Office is at Murrays Ferry. He has 16 cards in his archival file. He enlisted 13 Jan 1862 at Mount Pleasant, SC enlisted by Capt. Dickerson for the war. 17 Nov 1863 he is sick in the hospital, there are no details but on 24 Dec he is given a 10-day furlough. On 15 August 1864 he is in the Episcopalian Church Hospital suffering from Typhoid Fever [ Febris Typhoides] once well enough he was given a 30-day sick furlough beginning 25 Sept 1864. Battles: Sessionville, Siege of Jackson, Mississippi, Charleston Harbor, Petersburg Siege, The Crater, Bermuda Hundred, Fort Steadman and Five Forks, where he was captured 1 April 1865. Sent to Point Lookout, Md and released 27 June 1865. Described as 5 foot 7 inches tall, with fair complexion, dark brown hair, and dark blue eyes. He served in N.G. Evans, Elliott's and Wallace's Brigades. He died 8 Feb 1930 in Johnson Twp, Florence County, SC. He is buried beside his wife Ann Atkins McClam in her family's cemetery in Florence Co. SC. He was the father-in-Law of my 5th cousin 2 x removed. His cause was just and may he rest in peace.
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