William Hardy Pace

In 1860 he was a 17 year old on his father Thomas's prosperous plantation (with 35 slaves) at Marion in Twiggs County, GA. He enlisted there, giving his occupation as student, on 10 March 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company G, 48th Georgia Infantry.

He was slightly wounded in the arm in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA on 25 September and discharged there for deafness on 22 October 1862.

He enlisted again, at Macon, GA on 23 March 1864 and mustered as a Private in Company I, 6th Georgia Infantry. He was surrendered and paroled with them at Greensboro, NC on 26 April 1865.

By 1870 he was a farmer in Coffee County, GA and in 1880 had a farm in Appling County. In 1900 he was a "naval stores operator" at Hazlehurst (part of Jeff Davis County after 1904) and in 1910 was manager of a turpentine still there. He had retired and lived with his son Thomas in Hazlehurst in 1920.

His service from Henderson1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. His wounding from a Sharpsburg casualty list in the Richmond (VA) Enquirer of 17 October 1862. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1920. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Victoria Haddock (1848-1914) and they had 13 children between 1867 and 1893.

There was a William H Pace who enrolled in Talbot County, GA on 29 July 1863 and was elected 3rd Lieutenant of Captain Little's Company, Hood's Battalion, Georgia Cavalry. They re-organized as Company E, 29th Battalion Georgia Cavalry in December 1863 and he served with them to about April 1864, then was sick in hospital to at least October 1864, with no later record. He later applied for a Confederate veteran's pension in Fayette County, GA. It is likely this is a different person.

04/04/1843; Twiggs County, GA

04/06/1920; Hazlehurst, GA; burial in Hazlehurst City Cemetery, Hazlehurst, GA