Location:
Great Valley Parkway
White, Bartow, Georgia
34.2860985 -84.7863998
FAG# 35634
Date of Visit: March 10, 2018
Wyly A. Gaines
1839-1962
Wyly was the son of Richard and Mary Jane Gaines. He enlisted in Captain J.F. Leak’s Company of Morrison’s Regiment at Camp Morrison in Bartow County on May 1, 1862. This organization became Company G, 1st Georgia Calvary. He died at home on July 17, 1862.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry Wyly Gaines, Retrieved from at 3-Fold December 30, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
Efford E. Gaines
1837-1887
Efford was also a child of Richard and Mary Jane Gaines. He enlisted in Captain Saxon’s Company at Cassville on August 4, 1863. This mounted infantry company was mustered in for the defense Georgia west of the Chattahoochee. It subsequently became known as Company D of the 10th Battalion of Calvary, Georgia State Guards. It appears that this company was stationed at Cassville and mustered out of the service in February of 1864.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry Efford E. Gaines, Retrieved from at 3-Fold December 30, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry Company D, 10th Battalion Georgia Cav (State Guards). Retrieved from at 3-Fold December 30, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
Stewart Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia. (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007), 158.
