Jeter, a school teacher in Bedford County, VA in the 1860 census, joined his brother Frank as a private in Co. E of the 14th VA Infantry when he enlisted on October 31, 1861. Like his brother, he went AWOL in 1862 and again in 1863. He was hospitalized due to an undocumented illness at Chimborazo in Richmond on May 20, 1864, not returning to his regiment until October 15, 1864.
After the war, he moved to Woodford County, Illinois and is listed as a farmer in the 1870 census. By 1880, he had returned to Mecklenburg County, VA, where he remained until his death on July 2, 1916. He is buried in Woodland Cemetery in Chase City, VA.
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