[471] steward. He was finally commissioned assistant surgeon and held that rank in the Hampton legion to the close of the war, acting during most of the time as regimental and brigade surgeon. He was with his command in the battles of First Manassas, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Seven Days fight, including Savage Station, Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill, Second Manassas, Boonsboro, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Will's Valley, Knoxville, Bean's Station, Deep Bottom, besides many others of less importance. He surrendered at Appomattox with General Lee's army. Since the war he has resided at Ninety-six, in that part of Abbeville county that is now Greenwood county, engaged in the practice of medicine and caring for farming interests. He is surgeon of the J. Foster Marshall camp and of the Second South Carolina brigade, U. C. V. He was married June 13, 1865, to Miss Lila Wilson, who died August 13, 1878. He has four children, one son and three daughters. Dr. Bozeman had three older brothers in the war: Dan, who died while in the service; Capt. T. L. Bozeman, who was captain of Company E, Hampton legion, at the beginning of the war, but was honorably discharged on account of ill-health and has died since the war; and David L., who served as a private and sergeant in the Twenty-fourth South Carolina regiment, and was severely wounded at the battle of Franklin. He survived the war but was accidentally killed several years later.
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[471] steward. He was finally commissioned assistant surgeon and held that rank in the Hampton legion to the close of the war, acting during most of the time as regimental and brigade surgeon. He was with his command in the battles of First Manassas, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Seven Days fight, including Savage Station, Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill, Second Manassas, Boonsboro, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Will's Valley, Knoxville, Bean's Station, Deep Bottom, besides many others of less importance. He surrendered at Appomattox with General Lee's army. Since the war he has resided at Ninety-six, in that part of Abbeville county that is now Greenwood county, engaged in the practice of medicine and caring for farming interests. He is surgeon of the J. Foster Marshall camp and of the Second South Carolina brigade, U. C. V. He was married June 13, 1865, to Miss Lila Wilson, who died August 13, 1878. He has four children, one son and three daughters. Dr. Bozeman had three older brothers in the war: Dan, who died while in the service; Capt. T. L. Bozeman, who was captain of Company E, Hampton legion, at the beginning of the war, but was honorably discharged on account of ill-health and has died since the war; and David L., who served as a private and sergeant in the Twenty-fourth South Carolina regiment, and was severely wounded at the battle of Franklin. He survived the war but was accidentally killed several years later.
Atlanta, Ga. 1899.
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