Showing posts with label 8th Ga Battalion Inf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 8th Ga Battalion Inf. Show all posts

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church (Updated)

Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery 
Location: Hwy 156 (Redbud Road) 
Gordon County, Georgia 
N 34° 31.951 W085° 50.151

Date of Visit: May 30, 2009
Updated: September 25, 2024

Serg. Robert N. Baxter 
Co. E 18th Ga Vol. Inf 
CSA 
June 10, 1837 – Nov 18, 1863

Baxter joined a company of volunteers commanded by E.J. Starr. Starrs companny joined the 18th Georgia Infantry.  The regiment was with Longstreet when he moved to Chattanooga in 1863. Baxter died in Bell Hospital in Rome on November 18, 1863. The cause of death is not known. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for R.N. Baxter 18th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 25, 2024, (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Lulie Pitts, History of Gordon County, Georgia, (Calhoun: The Press of Calhoun Times, 1934), 138.
Rufus R. Owens
4th Serg Co D. 8 Batt
Civil War
August 2 1838      Jan 29, 1905



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