Floyd B. Austin enlisted as a Private in Company F, 4th Virginia Infantry March 20, 1862 at Elk Creek, wounded at Paynes' Farm or Mine Run, Va. and sent to Chimborazo Hospital #4, Richmond, Va., gunshot wound r. side pelvis November 27, 1863, furloughed December 17 for 30 days, present at April 30, 1864 muster, captured at Spotteylvania, Va. May 12, 1864, transferred to Elmira, N. Y. from Point Lookout, Md July 30, 1864, transferred for exchange March 17, 1865 and sent to Boulware's Wharf, James River, Va