Confederate War Service of Absalom Scarborough

Enlisted in the Confederate States Army as a Corporal on May 22, 1862. Served in Co. D & C 22nd Battalion Siege Artillery. Capt. Oliver Co. B Olgethorpe Siege Art.  Final rank: Sergeant.

Per CSA Records:

May & June 1862: Present.
July & August 1862: Absent, sick.
Sept. & Oct. 1862: Absent, Sick ? ? Hospital.
Nov. & December. 1862: Present, sick in camp.
January. & February. 1863: Present.
March & Apr. 1863: Present.
May & June 1863: Fort Bartow.
July & Aug. 1863: Present.
Sept. & Oct. 1863: Sick.
Nov. & December. 1863: Absent without leave, commencing December. 24, 1863 for 10 days.
January. & February. 1864: Present.
March & Apr. 1864: Present.
May & June 1864: Present.
July & Aug. 1864: Present.
Sept. & Oct. 1864: Present.
Nov. & December. 1864: Present.

April 28, 1865 paroled in accordance with the terms of the Military Convention between Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, Commanding Confederate Army and Maj. General W. T. Sherman, commanding the United States Army in stationed in Goldsboro, North Carolina.

     

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