Wannamaker, who had graduated from the Medical College of the State of South Carolina in Charleston (now the Medical University of South Carolina), was a farmer and physician in Orangeburg, S.C. when he enlisted on December 24, 1861 as a private in Co. B of the 14th Battalion SC Cavalry, later Co. A of the 5th Battalion. SC Cavalry. On January 18, 1862, he was elected 2nd Lieutenant and appointed as Quartermaster. He submitted a letter of resignation dated March 10, 1863, citing bladder and kidney disease. His resignation was accepted on March 22, 1863.
He returned to farming and medicine in Orangeburg, SC. Wannamaker died on August 16, 1886.
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