Pvt Elijah Young

5 March 2019

Elijah Young was a 26 year old married farmer when he enlisted in Brundige, AL as Private, Company F, 15th Alabama Infantry in March 1862. He was sick for most the summer but rejoined his Company in August. He was mortally wounded at Sharpsburg on 17 September and died in Winchester, VA on 20 October 1862.

His photograph is online from Historical Data Systems, the original from Frank Vattelana.

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