Showing posts with label 56th Georgia Inf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 56th Georgia Inf. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Ten Island Cemetery


Location:

State Highway 77

Morrisville, Calhoun County, Alabama

N 33° 48.0094   W086° 02.2252

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 26629


Date of Visit: April 21, 2024


Corp

W. Henry Wolfe

Co B

30 Ala

CSA

1836

1899


James M. South

Co G

56 Ga Inf

CSA


Alfred H Sutley

Pvt Co D

53 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1828  1904




John W. Putnam

Pvt Co 3 30 Ala Regt

Confederate States Army

Sept 4 1831

Nov 29 1907


The inscription for John's company is in error. He was a member of Company B. 


  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John Putnam, 30th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from at 3-Fold April 24, 2024. (http://www.fold3.com).


Monday, March 20, 2023

Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery


Location:

Morgan Valley Road

Antioch, Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 57.196   W085° 09.833

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2098824


Date of Visit: November 28, 2022


P.A. McBride

May 20, 1836

Dec. 13, 1919


Pinkney Arnston McBride enlisted in Company A, 56th Georgia Infantry Regiment on May 15, 1862. He was captured and patrolled at Vicksburg. The Atlanta Campaign Corporal McBride was wounded through the right hip June 22, 1864.

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41469172/pinkney-arnston-mcbride: accessed 20 March 2023), memorial page for Pinkney Arnston “P.A.” McBride (20 May 1836–13 Dec 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41469172, citing Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Antioch, Polk County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by nathan w. forrister (contributor 47144763).
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for P.A. McBride, 56th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold,March 20, 2023., (http://www.fold3.com).

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

New Prospect Cemetery


Location:
Booger Hollow Road
Floyd County, Georgia
N 34° 06.728   W085° 14.801
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 35823

Date of Visit: March 30, 2013

Cpl
James A McGinnis
Co G
56 Regt
Ga Inf
CSA
Aug 17 1839
Oct 31 1924

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church

Location:
Holly Springs Road
Carroll County, Georgia
N 33° 41.012   W085° 08.990
Find a Grave: 34579

Date: November 9, 2009

Corp
Henry T Reid
Co E
1 Ga Cav
CSA
Jan 21 1842
Jun 1 1908

Thomas L Caldwell
Pvt Co E 5 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
1836  1890

John S. Powell
Pvt Co H  56 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
1818  1896



Whitesburg Cemetery

Location:
US Highway 27
Whitesburg, Carroll County, Georgia
N 33° 30.038   W084° 55.089
Find a Grave: 37729

Date of Visit: November 9, 2013

3rd Sergeant
Moses Denham Watkins
Co A
21 Regt
Ca Vol Inf
Amry of Northern Virginia
CSA
Mar 8 1845     Aug 8 1899

Pvt
James E Meek
Co F
Phillips Legion
Calvary
CSA
Nov 11 1832     Dec 22 1899


Henry J Smith
Pvt Co I. 42 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
1846      1916

George T Forbes
Co A
24 Ga Inf
CSA

1 Lt
Richard E. Thurman
Co C
56 Ga Inf
CSA

J.S. Moore
Cav Bn
Phillips Legion
CSA

Pvt
James T. Mullenax
Co C 26 Ga Vol
CSA
Jan 9 1819
Feb 17 1906

Francis M Richards
Co E
11 Ark Inf
CSA

Charles Christian Wager



C.C. Wager
Serg Co K  Fannin’s Ga Res
Confederate States Army
1815      1901

Charles Christian Wager was born in 1815 at Bade-Wurttemberg, Germany. He came to the United  States in 1847 and served in the War with Mexico. In 1864 he enlisted in a militia unit commanded by James H. Fannin. 


Sources: 
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57069081/charles-christian-wager : accessed 26 October 2021), memorial page for Charles Christian Wager (24 Dec 1815–8 Aug 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57069081, citing Whitesburg Cemetery, Whitesburg, Carroll County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Ed & Sue Anderson (contributor 46739770) .
  • “B.F. Wager Dies; Brother of J.J. and G.W. Wager” The Cleburne News, May 6, 1937, p. 1, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87787036/obituary-for-b-f-wager-aged-78/
  • "Public Member Tree," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2021), "Kathy Adkins Family Tree" family tree by Kathy Adkins (kl_adkins), profile for Charles Christian Waagers (Dec. 24, 1815-Sept. 1 1901).   




Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Center United Methodist Church Cemetery


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Location:
County Road 36
Marion  County, Alabama
N 34° 03.313     W087° 48.874
Find a Grave: 22041

Date of Visit: December 12, 2011

Thomas J. Berryhill
Mississippi
Pvt Co K 22 Miss Inf Regt
Civil War
Dec 29, 1839.  July 20, 1864


Berryhill enlisted in Vicksburg in 1862. His name appears on muster rolls in 1862, 1863, and 1864. His last record is for the March and April muster. The 22nd Mississippi was engaged on July 20, 1864 at Battle of Peachtree Creek and suffered 21 killed.


Corp
William J. Fowler
Co D
56 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
April 8 1844
Feb 7 1932

John M. Burleson
Co K
5 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army

J.K. Wilson
Co D
42 Ala Regt.
CSA


Shadrick S. Rawls
Pvt Co K 19 Ala Infantry
Confederate States Army
Dec 25 1842.     July 10, 1917

Elisha F Franks
Co F
2 Bn Ala Lt Atry
Confederate States Army
Mar 19 1945
Jan 20 1936

William A Shirley
Co D
41 Ala Inf
CSA
April 14 1844
July 30, 1920

BC Flippo
Co K
5 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army

Joseph Flippo
Co H
26 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army

Serg
William J Martin
Co H
26th Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Jul 20 1828
Dec 20 1895

William J Cochran
Co A
10 Conf Cav
Confederate States Army
















Thursday, May 2, 2019

Old Johnson Cemetery




Location:
Bolling Road
Summerville, Chattooga County, Georgia
N 34° 27.629     W085° 21.380

Date of Visit: September 1, 2018

Pvt
Bayless Atkins
Co E
24 Ga Inf
CSA
Jan 18, 1840
Apr 18, 1914

Pvt
Jasper Newton Hicks
Co A
56 Ga Inf
CSA
1835
1925




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