John Brooks was born on 22-April-1830 in Wilkinson County, Georgia. He would grow up there on the family farm until he married. He married Martha Ann Mercer on 27-April-1848 in Wilkinson Co., Georgia. The couple would live on a small farm there until the late 1850's. Sometime in the late 1850's the couple moved along with many other friends and family into Randolph County, Alabama. They were listed there in the 1860 census living on a small farm. Just after the 1860 census they returned home to Wilkinson Co., Georgia.
John would be called to war and enlisted on 3-May-1862 in "D" Company, 57th Georgia Infantry CSA. He was mustered into service as a Private a short time later. He was appointed as a 2nd Corporal sometime before May of 1863. John would find himself laying wounded in agony on the battlefield of Bakers Creek (Champion Hills) in Mississippi on 16-May-1863. He would be left behind and captured by Union Forces. He was admitted to the Prison Hospital in Champion Hills, Mississippi on 17-May-1863. He was wounded in the right knee joint by a conical musket ball. The ball had fractured the condyles beyond repair. His leg was amputated above the knee taken a third of the thigh with it.This would prove to be a mortal wound as he died on 29-May-1863. He was buried in the west end of the Vicksburg City Cemetery in a mass grave with many other Confederate soldiers.
Death found 33 year old 2nd Corporal John Brooks on 29-May-1863. He was survived by his wife, 5 sons, 3 daughters, 3 brothers, 4 sisters, family, and friends. May 2nd Cpl. John Brooks RIP!
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