THIS SAMUEL LAFAYETTE FRETWELL IS NOT IN OUR DIRECT LINEAGE
From Civil War Pension Records (National Archives) Name: Samuel Lafayette Fretwell Residence: Henry County, Virginia Enlistment date: 20 April 1862 Distinguished Service: Distinguished Service Side Served: Confederacy State Served: Virginia Birth Date: 31 October 1836 Death Date: 13 December 1886 Unit Numbers: 813 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 20 April 1862 Enlisted in Company E, 53rd Infantry Regiment Virginia on 20 April 1862 Hospitalized on 27 October 1864 at Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Virginia (With diarrhea) Furloughed on 29 October 1864 at Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Virginia (For 60 days) POW on 03 April 1865 at Dinwiddie Court House, Virginia Confined on 13 April 1865 at Point Lookout, Maryland Oath Allegiance on 12 June 1865 at Point Lookout, Maryland (Released) Height: 5' 8" Eye Color: blue Complexion: florid
Based on town of origin, and birth and death dates, this is a different Samuel Lafayette Fretwell than our great-great-grandfather, although he was concurrent with him, and was also from Virginia.