Showing posts with label 63rd Ga Inf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 63rd Ga Inf. Show all posts

Thursday, November 14, 2019

New Home Baptist Church


Location:
County Road 76
Winston County, Alabama
N 34° 14.432     W087° 18.122
Find a Grave: 2324646

Date of Visit: December 20, 2011


Pvt
William David Cates
Co K
2 Ga Cav
CSA
Jan 9 1843
Feb 28 1923

George Q White
Co K
9 Regt
Miss
Cav
Confederate States Army
April 5 1845
Nov 16 1933

Pvt
Burgess T Riches
Co K
18 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Jun 4 1837
Oct 15 1909

Pvt
Jasper Ivey Smith
Co K
2 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Dec 23 1845
Apr 20 1915



James C Pair
Pvt Co G 63 Ga Regt
Confederate States Army
Jul 28 1822
Jul 28 1905

James L. Armstrong
Loomis Battery
Co E.  1 Ala Artillery
Confederate States Army
Feb 8 1830  Aug 23 1897



Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Harmony Cemetery


Location:
Harmony Church Road
Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia
34.507500     -84.916702

Date of Visit: June 16, 2018

B. R. Bray
Co C
63 Ga Inf
CSA
1842 - 1916


Capt
William Holsonbeck
Co C
8 Bn Ga Inf
April 10 1829
Dec 17 1884


Captain Holsonbeck was captured near Atlanta July 28, 1864. He was a prisoner of war at Johnson Island, Ohio. He was released on his oath in accordance with General Order 109 on June 14, 1865. - 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 June 17,2018. (http://www.fold3.com)

Sunday, February 18, 2018

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

Friday, February 11, 2011

Henry Cemetery

Location:
Highway 27
Summerville, Chattooga County, Georgia
N 34° 30.132    W085° 19.735

Date of Visit: January 17, 2011

Thomas Pickens Henry
Pvt Co G 6 Bn Ga Cavalry
Confederate States Army
Jun 27 1848  May 15 1932

Pvt
Abner Worthy
Co C
63 Ga Inf
CSA
Oct 30 1825  Jul 17  1902

John J P Henry
Pvt  Co I  12 Ga Cavalry
Confederate States Army
Oct 31  1839  Feb 3 1927

Sunday, February 28, 2010

East View Cemetery

Location:
Highway 41
Adairsville, Bartow County, Georgia
N 34° 22.021 W084° 55.484

Date of Visit: February 27, 2010

Thomas Monroe Durham
Pvt. Co I 20 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army

Joshua Bray Gardner
Pvt Co D Phillips Legion
Confederate States Army

M Cox
Pvt Logans Co. Ga Cav
Confederate States Army

Richard Dempsey Combs
Pvt Barry’s Co Tenn Lt Art
Confederate States Army

D.W. Loudermilk
Pct Co. C Phillips Legion
Ga Vols
Confederate States Army

James H. Roper
Pvt Co E 23 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army

John W Franklin
Pvt Co K 35 NC Inf
Confederate States Army

Viril A. Hamby
2nd Lt Co I 7 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army





Tice W. Furrow
Pvt Co I 4 Virginia Res
Civil War
May 15, 1864

Warren D. Stewart
Pvt Co. A & K 38 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army

John H. King
Pvt Co L 6 Regt Ga Cav
Confederate States Army

The following four markers are sitting on a low wall of a family plot in the cemetery. They are not assocated with any grave,

Gilbert Gholston
Pvt Co. I 63 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army

W.H. Gholston
Sgt Co A 16 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army

Isaac Gholston
Pvt Co. H 40 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army

Zachariah Gholston
Sgt. Co C Cobb’s Legion Ga Vols
Confederate States Army

A Note to Visitors