William McBride Brown, my 2nd Great Grandfather fought and died in the Battle of Newport, Cocke County Tennessee 1863. He is buried at New Hope Church in Dallas, Georgia.
Category Archives: Georgia
Green Massey
Green Massey was born on March 6, 1843. He joined the 27th Georgia Infantry Regiment on September 9, 1861, in Georgia when he was 18 years old. He fought in the Battle of Seven Pines VA where he was wounded. He married Joanah C Hill in Macon, Georgia, on December 30, 1865. They had 8 …
Leander Franklin “Doc” Crumley
Leander Crumley was born 10 June 1829 and died 30 March 1863 at his home while on sick leave from the service. He served in the 52nd Georgia Infantry along with his brothers, John Clark, Alexander Doster, and Francis Marion Crumley. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88434241/leander-francis-crumley
William Henry Kitchens
Enlisted March 1st, 1862 in Clinton, Jones County, Georgia. He served in the Army of Northern Virginia’s Second Corps until his capture on May 6th, 1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness. He was sent to Fort Delaware, Delaware where he remained as a POW until March 7th, 1865 when he was selected for a …
Sherod R Swilley
BURIED ON CONFEDERATE SQUARE, Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, GA. – ROW 3, GRAVE 17 – SOUTH EAST. MEMBER OF CO. E, 26th regiment, Georgia Infantry Son of Samuel & Mary Carter Swilley, died of Small Pox, Feb. 1863. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28403752/sherod-r-swilley
Dr. William H. Monteith
Born at Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States in 1837 to his parents Robert Montieth and Elizabeth Butler. He had eight brothers and sisters. William (then living in Putnam county) married Virginia Frances Paschall of Morgan County on November 12th 1861. On February 4th 1862 in Putnam County Georgia William enlisted as a 1st Sargent with “F” …
James W. Maxwell
Served throughout the war. He saw fighting at Seven Pines, The Seven Days, Boonsboro Gap (South Mountain), Sharpsburg (Antietam), Chancellorsville, Ocean Pond (Olustee), Drewry’s Bluff, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. At Chancellorsville he was captured and sent to Camp Delaware then exchanged on 23 May 1863. He was laid to rest in the Mt. Tabor Baptist …
Isaac Monroe Brantley
Isaac Monroe Brantley was born May 4, 1841 in Walton Count, Georgia. He was the son of Henry T. and Sarah (Hendrick) Brantley. He mustered on 21 birthday. Isaac married Letty Braswell 10/9/1865 in Walton County, Georgia. He and Letty had nine children. He died in Chilton County , Alabama on September 1, 1929. …
Thomas Jefferson Sherman
Thomas Jefferson Sherman fought in the 3rd Regiment-Company E – Georgia Cavalry and was wounded in battle. Buried in Providence Cemetery in Stewart County, GA Husband of first wife Martha Louisiana Moore with whom they had six children: Joseph S; Charles C; Edna (m-Perkins); David B; Henry T; and Walter C. Sherman. His second wife …