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E Hewitt

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 10/7/1861 at Camp Johnson, TN as a Private.
On 10/7/1861 he mustered into "B" Co. CS* 40th Infantry
He died a POW on 5/15/1862
He was listed as:
* POW Camp Douglas, IL (date not stated)

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65

* Believe this was the 40th Tennessee Infantry

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E. Hewitt, Private, Capt. R. A. Ragsdale's Company, Walker's Regiment, C. S. Volunteers,** enlisted October 7, 1861 at Camp Johnson by Lieut. Mckay for the war, captured at Fort Donelson February 16, 1862, admitted prison hospital Camp Douglas, Illinois April 24, 1862, Pneumonia, May 8/9, 1862

** This company subsequently became Company B, 40th Regiment Tennessee Infantry

M268: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee

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