George Martin
Sanford E. Prewett, age 34, enlisted as a Private in Capt. Thomas H. Patterson's Co., Alabama Volunteers** March 22, 1862 at Talladega, captured at Champions Hill, Mississippi May 16, 1863, arrived at Ft. Delaware, Del. prison camp June 9, 1863, transferred to Pt. Lookout, Md. October 10, paroled and sent to City Point, Va. for exchange, April 27, 1864., admitted to Chimborazo Hospital No. 3, Richmond, Va., May 1, 1864, Chronic Rheumatism, furloughed May 6 for 30 days, captured at Nashville, Tenn. December 16, 1864, admitted to Hospital No. 1, U. S. A., Gen'l Hosp., Nashville, Tenn., wounded in the leg by a "Conball," December 13 at Nashville, died December 26, 1864
**This company subsequently became Company I, 3oth Regiment Alabama Infantry
Hospital Record
Subject To The
Order Of The Surgeon General, U. S. Army
Record of Death and Interment
Name and number of person interred Sanford Pruitt No. 879
Number and locality of the grave 10681 Nashville City Cemetery
Hospital number of the deceased 12114
Regiment, rank and company Private Co. I 30th Ala (Reb)
Residence before enlistment Talledga Co. Alabama
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?????? Curry Talledega Co. Ala
Cause of death Traumatic Tetanus
Age of deceased 38 years
Nativity South Carolina
Date of death and burial December 26 1864
Left no effects
U. S. Army General Hospital No. 1
Nashville, Tenn.
December 27, 1864