James Joshua Amick

First Name: James
Middle Name(s): Joshua
Last Name: Amick
Unit: 
Company I, 15th South Carolina Infantry
Rank: 
Private
Residence (County): 
Lexington County, SC
Biography: 

James J. Amick (b. ca. 1832) was a native of the Dutch Fork area of Lexington District, South Carolina. He was married to Mahala C. Epting Amick (1836 – 1929). He served in Company I, 15th South Carolina Infantry. James J. Amick was one of eleven Amicks from Lexington District who served in the 15th South Carolina Infantry. Several others served in the 20th South Carolina Infantry. James J. Amick enlisted in December 1861 and was taken prisoner at Halltown, West Virginia on August 26, 1864. He was confined at Harpers Ferry before being transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland in March 1865, where he died of scurvy in June of 1865.

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
10915 Amick1 April 10, 1862 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Lexington County, SC
10916 Amick2 April 16, 1862 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Lexington County, SC
10917 Amick3 February 19, 1863 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Fredericksburg, VA Lexington County, SC
10919 Amick4 March 9, 1863 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick , William Epting Fredericksburg, VA Lexington County, SC
10920 Amick5 April 1, 1863 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Lexington County, SC
10921 Amick6 April 22, 1863 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Fredericksburg, VA Lexington County, SC
10922 Amick7 May 11, 1863 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Fredericksburg, VA Lexington County, SC
10923 Amick8 May 21, 1863 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Fredericksburg, VA Lexington County, SC
10924 Amick9 June 8, 1863 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Culpeper, VA Lexington County, SC
10925 Amick10 July 16, 1863 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Bunker Hill, VA Lexington County, SC
10926 Amick11 July 21, 1863 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Culpeper, VA Lexington County, SC
10927 Amick12 August 2, 1863 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Culpeper, VA Lexington County, SC
10928 Amick13 August 31, 1863 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick VA Lexington County, SC
10929 Amick14 September 6, 1863 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick VA Lexington County, SC
10930 Amick15 October 7, 1863 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Chattanooga, TN Lexington County, SC
10931 Amick16 October 26, 1863 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Chattanooga, TN Lexington County, SC
10932 Amick17 November 3, 1863 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Chattanooga, TN Lexington County, SC
10933 Amick18 January 19, 1864 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Russellville, TN Lexington County, SC
10934 Amick19 February 14, 1864 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick TN Lexington County, SC
10935 Amick20 February 24, 1864 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Greeneville, TN Lexington County, SC
10936 Amick21 April 28, 1864 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Gordonsville, VA Lexington County, SC
10937 Amick22 August 11, 1864 James Joshua Amick Mahala C. Amick Culpeper, VA Lexington County, SC

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