James L. McNair

Residence Chatham County GA;
Enlisted on 10/5/1861 as a Private.
On 10/5/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. GA 31st Infantry
He died of wounds on 7/25/1863
(In left shoulder)
He was listed as:
* Wounded 5/15/1863 (place not stated) (Estimated day)
* POW 7/5/1863 Boonesboro Gap, MD

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865

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James L. McNair

Residence Chatham County GA;
Enlisted on 10/5/1861 as a Private.
On 10/5/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. GA 31st Infantry
He died wounds POW on 7/25/1863 at Frederick, MD
He was listed as:
* Wounded 5/15/1863 (place not stated)
* POW 7/5/1863 Boonesboro Gap, MD
* Wounded 7/5/1863 Boonesboro Gap, MD (Wounded in , left shoulder)
Other Information:
Buried: Mt Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, MD
Gravesite: 207

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
- The Bivouacs of the Dead

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James L. McNair, age 19, born in Georgia, Alabama resident, Private, Captain Archer Griffeth's Company of Mitchell Guards, Georgia Vols.*, enlisted October 5, 1861 at Glennville, Alabama by Capt. Griffith for 12 months, wounded Juy 1, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pa., captured at Boonesboro, Md. July 5, 1863/Falling Waters July 4/14[?], 1863, , admitted to U.S.A. General Hospital, Frederick, Md. July 6, Complaint: gunshot wound left shoulder, Fracture & Pyemia, died July 25, 1863, gunshot wound left shoulder, buried July 26, Mt. Olivet Hospital Cemetery, Frederick, Md., grave no. 209

* The company subsequently became Company C, 27th Regiment Georgia Infantry.
The designation 27th Regiment Georgia Infantry was changed to 31st Regiment Georgia Infantry about April, 1862.

M266: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Died in Organizations from the State of Georgia