To the Officers and Members of the Survivors’ Association of Charleston District,
Charleston, S. C.:
Gentlemen—The undersigned respectfully applies for admission into your Association, and presents the following as the RECORD of his services in the Confederate Army and Navy:
Entered Confederate service in December, 1861, at Southampton, England, as sailor, aboard the C. S. Steamer Nashville. Promoted to Master’s Mate, C. S. N., February, 1862. Resigned as Master’s Mate, C. S. N., June, 1862. Entered Purcell Battery, Field’s Brigade, Army Northern Virginia, as Private, June, 1862. Promoted to First Lieutenant of Artillery, August, 1862. Promoted to Captain of Artillery, April, 1864.[A]
Present at the following Engagements: Mechanicsville, Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Wilderness, Spotsylvania C. H., North side James River, 1864, Valley of Virginia, 1864, Five Forks.
Wounded at Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862; at Harrisonburg, Va., 1864; Five Forks, March 31, 1865.
Taken Prisoner near Williamsport, Va., September 14, 1862. Released on parole, October, 1862.
Surrendered and was paroled, May, 1865.
FRANCIS W. DAWSON,
Applicant.