Killed in camp at Cold Harbor Virginia while with CSA. Survived the battle, but was accidently killed at the camp.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QK-DPP : 9 November 2014), James Ducket, Newberry county, Newberry, South Carolina, United States; citing family 1178, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"South Carolina Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XGB2-GX3 : 12 December 2014), James Duckett, 1863; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Twenty-seventh Infantry (Gaillard's Regiment) Ce-G, NARA microfilm publication M267 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1959), roll 357.
Duncan, Otis C, Newberry County Tombstone Inscription , Lower Duncan Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
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