J. S.[L] Soles, Private, New Company E, 6th Regiment Alabama Infantry, enlisted October 1, 1862, at Montgomery, Ala. for 3 years, wounded at Gettysburg, captured South Mountain July 4/5, 1863, admitted U.S.A. Gen'l. Hosp. Frederick, Md., July 6, gunshot wound left check [?], confined Fort McHenry, Md., paroled and sent to Fort Delaware , Del. prison July 9,, paroled at Point Lookout, Md., February 18, 1865, paroled June 16, 1864 at Montgomery, Ala., description 5' 10", light hair, hazel eyes, light complexion

Note - Believe transcribing clerks misread his signature's middle initial 'S' {cursive} as 'L'

NARA M311. Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers from Alabama units