Friday, April 20, 2012

Charles Z. Sedwick, student 1862-1863

Charles Zadock Sedwick enlisted as a private in Co. H of the 17th VA infantry on March 23, 1862. He was discharged on June 3, 1862 because he was underage. In the fall of 1862, he enrolled at Randolph-Macon College under the military curriculum in place at the college, which closed for the duration of the war in february, 1863. On May 1, 1863, Sedwick enlisted in Co. H of the 4th VA Cavalry. He was paroled in Winchester, VA on May 6, 1865. His Texas pension application in 1917 ndicates he was discharged at Charlottesville, VA in late April, 1865 as the cavalry "scattered" at Appomattox.

Sedwick moved to TX prior to 1880, when he is listed as a miller in Waco, TX. In 1900, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died June 23, 1922 and is buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Alvin, TX.

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