James Norton, 18 year old Clerk, born in Alabama, resident of Mobile, Ala., Private, Company C, 8th Regiment Alabama Infantry, enlisted May 18, 1861 at Mobile, Ala. for 3 years, wounded and left in the enemies hands at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, captured July 4, recorded at Letterman Gen. Hosp., Gettysburg, Pa., August 10, 1863, Gunshot Fracture Leg, transferred & admitted to Gen. Hosp., York, Pa. November 15, 1863, died January 11, 1864,* "a good soldier"

* His name appears on a Hospital Muster Roll of the U. S. A. General Hospital, York, Pa. for the months of Jan. & Feb., 1864 as "Died Jan. 11/64"

M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama