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- !CONFLICT: Place of birth may have been in Coweta, GA
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Family information, census
Member of Co. E, 63 Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A. He was a
private December 11, 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal December 30, 1862; 1st
Corporal Mar. or Apr. 1863; 5th Seregant July or August 1863.Surrendered and
paroled at Meridian, Mississippi on May 12, 1865.
Additional information
From Kendall Chapman: an article by Tom Low, Shepherdstown, W.V., Aug1989
Company E, 63rd Georgia Regiment
Initially stationed at Thunderbolt, south of Savannah, at a fortguarding the
river enterance to that city. Units there were both infantry andartillery.
Transferred with most of his regiment to Dalton, Georgia in May, 1864and
fought in the Atlanta Campaign against Sherman. The regiment wasparticulary
distinguished at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain in hand to hand fightingand
was complimented in general orders.
Served in Gereral Hardee's Corps in the Battle of Atlanta and was severely
wounded on July 22, 1864 when a shell exploded near his face, causingblindness
in his left eye and deafness in his left ear. (The famous Cycloramapainting
in Atlanta depicts the fierce fighting on that day.) He was evuated to a
hospital at Citronelle, Alabama and was surrendered there on May 4, 1865and
paroled at Meridan, Mississippi on May 12, 1865.
Submitted by Caroline W.Chapman McGowan, CMS 894, and others. Updated Oct. 2000.
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