Charles Thornton Zachry

(1828 - 1906)
Home State: Georgia
Command Billet: Regimental Lt Colonel
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 27th Georgia Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He led Company H, the "Zachry Rangers", of the 27th Georgia Infantry, and was elected Major of the Regiment 9 September 1861. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 24 December 1861.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He assumed command of the Regiment after Colonel Smith was killed on 17 September, and was himself wounded in action at Sharpsburg.

The remainder of the War:
He was commissioned full Colonel after the battle (effective 17 September 1862), and led the Regiment for most of the remainder of the War. He was appointed Brigadier General in February 1865 (not confirmed?), and surrendered at Greensboro, NC on 26 April 1865 .

After the War:
He was a 'prominent and leading planter' and served in the Georgia State Legislature.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Sources: Muster Roll, Company H, 27th Georgia - transcribed and posted to RootsWeb by Carolyn L. Harper Johnson; Genealogical details from the Zachry Family genealogy site of Karl Zachry;
a listing of the burials at the McDonough Memorial Cemetery - posted on RootsWeb; and
biographical details by email to the webmaster from great grandson Posey Howell (July 2004).

More on the Web:
See a post-war photograph of Colonel Zachry and two brothers - from GGSon Posey B. Howell, posted by Thomas R. Fasulo on his Olustee battle site.

See another picture of him at his farm "Peachstone Shoals" near McDonough, Henry County, Georgia, also taken some years after the War.

Birth Date: 11/4/1828 Place of Birth: Newton, GA
Death Date: 2/19/1906 Death Place: Henry County, GA Burial Place: McDonough Memorial Cemetery, Henry County, GA

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