Curtis Cemetery

Location:

Curtis Cemetery Road

Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia

N 34° 28.499              W084° 54.993

Date of Visit: January 20, 2018

 Pvt

Jackson William

Wiley Co I

63rd Georgia Inf

CSA

Rock Island Ill

Buried 

Rock Island

Confederate Cemetery

Grave 16201

Private Wiley was captured June 5, 1864 near Dallas, Georgia. At this time the 63rd Georgia was a part of Hardee's Corp organized on Lost Mountain. This was a part of Johnston's Lost Mountain to Pine Mountain to Brush Mountain line in front of Kennesaw Mountain.

After capture Private Wiley was transferred to Louisville, Kentucky and on June 16th was sent to Rock Island Barracks in Rock Island, Illinois. He died on pneumonia on November 27, 1864. He is buried in Section A Grave 1621. 

Private Wiley is one of 1905 Confederate soldiers buried in the Confederate Cemetery. These soldiers died of small pox, pneumonia, and unsanitary living conditions.

·      Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2018. (http://www.fold3.com)

·      National Cemetery Administration, US Department of Veteran Affairs, https://www.cem.va.gov/

·      Rock Island Confederate Cemetery, www.nps.gov

·      Kennesaw Mountain, Earl Hess, 2013

·      Organization of the Army of Tennessee, OR Volume 38, Part III, page 648