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Andrew Barker
Residence Caroline County VA; a 26 year-old Laborer.
Enlisted on 7/23/1861 as a Private
On 7/23/1861 he mustered into "K" Co. VA 47th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* Detailed 2/15/1863 (place not stated) (Detailed as teamster)
* Returned 4/15/1863 (place not stated) (Estimated day)
* Detailed 3/15/1864 (place not stated) (Detailed as teamster)
* On rolls 12/31/1864 (place not stated)
* POW 4/6/1865 Sailor's Creek, VA
* Confined 4/9/1865 Point Lookout, MD
* Oath Allegiance 6/23/1865 Point Lookout, MD
He was described at enlistment as:
5' 8", light complexion, grey eyes, brown hair
After the War he lived in Caroline County, VA
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series