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Color Sergeant, 23rd SC Inf.

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John Sawyer (Color Sgt.), Company H, 23rd South Carolina Infantry
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John Sawyer

Enlisted as a Sergeant
"H" Co. SC 23rd Infantry

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records

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John Sawyer, Private, Company H, 23rd South Carolina Infantry (Hatch's Regiment Coast Rangers), promoted 5th Corporal May 1, 1864, later 4th Corporal, captured at Five Forks, Va. April 6, 1865, Sergeant, forwarded to Point Lookout, Md. prison camp, released June 19, 1865, recorded as Color Sergeant

M267: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina