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This may be your man. I have seen similiar injury reports such as: Wounded through both thighs or Wounded between the legs.

I believe they mean injury to his private parts.

George Martin

J S. Finley

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 7/11/1861 at Camp Boone, TN as a Private.
On 7/11/1861 he mustered into "G" Co. KY 3rd Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65

3rd Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry

3rd Infantry Regiment was organized during July 1861, at Camp Boone, Tennessee. Many of the men had previous service in the Kentucky State Guard. The unit took an active part in the Battle of Shiloh and reported 174 casualties. Later it was assigned to Rust's and Buford's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It lost 26 men at Baton Rouge then participated in various conflicts around Vicksburg and Jackson . During the spring of 1864 the regiment was mounted and continued the fight by confronting the Federals in Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama. It was included in the surrender on May 4, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Gustavus A.C. Holt, Albert P. Thompson, and Lloyd Tilghman; Lieutenant Colonels Benjamin Anderson, T.T. Barnett, and Alfred Johnston; and Majors James H. Bowman, William P. Johnston, and Al. McGoodwin.

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