BROCK, ABRAM M

SERVICE RECORD:

- mustered in April 2, 1862 with the Gist Guard at the Charleston Neck Earthworks, 25 years old

- Jan 15 to Apr 2, 1862;  present:  dues for outfit $25

- May & Jun 1862;  [card missing]

- Jul & Aug 1862;  present

- Sep & Oct 1862;  present

- Nov & Dec 1862;  present

- Jan & Feb 1863;  present

- Mar & Apr 1863;  present

- May & Jun 1863;  absent:  on [?] furlough commencing June 12 and ending June 30

- Jul & Aug 1863;  absent:  sick in Columbia Hospital

- Sep & Oct 1863;  present:  absence last muster satisfactorily accounted for

- Nov & Dec 1863;  present

- Jan & Feb 1864;  absent on furlough

- Mar & Apr 1864;  present

- [no date] to June 30, 1864, detailed to 1st Ga. Hospital by General Jones

- [no date] to Aug 31, 1864, detailed to 1st Ga Hospital by General Jones

The following letter was sent in regard to Pvt. Brock's condition, however who sent the letter is unclear (copy is hard to read):

Charleston, Apr 22, 1864

Abram M Brock  -  Gist Guard Artillery

Applies for authority to appear before the Medical Examining Board for the purpose of being placed on the list of retired soldiers.

The following letter was also sent:

Charleston, Apr 22, 1864

Abram M Brock  -  Gist Guard Artillery

Respecting your [?] Private Brock has been in hospital nearly all the time since 21st July 63, and when in camp hasn't been able for duty on account of Nurosis of the leg.

Theo. G Boag, Commanding Gist Guard

Abram Brock was placed on the list of retired soldiers sometime in August or September 1864.  The following information about Brock was included in the retirement details:

born in Spartanburg District

5' 10"" tall

black hair

dark complexion

grey eyes

was a distillor by trade

The records from the Wayside (1st Louisiana) Hospital in Charleston show Pvt Abram Brock being admitted on July 21, 1863 for "intermittent fever," and sent to Summerville on July 30.