Cave Springs Cemetery Update

Cave Springs Cemetery Update

Location:

US Hwy 411

Floyd County, Georgia

N 34° 07.056   W085° 19.679

Date of Visit: 2/23/09

Update: 

William B. Diamond

Co. E 

8th Regt Ga Inf CSA

1840-1861

William appears on a muster roll in May of 1861. A regimental return in June reports him sick in Winchester.  He died of disease in July and was buried in the Confederate Cemetery (Line 4, Lot158) in Lynchburg, Virginian. 

• Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009 entry for William B. Diamond, accessed September 2, 2021
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.   Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William B. Diamond, 8th Georgia Infantry, retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 2, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).