Elias Sanders Dyar

Going by Sanders, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant of Company C, 16th Georgia Infantry on 13 July 1861.

He was captured in action on 14 September 1862 at Crampton's Gap.

He was formally exchanged on 10 November 1862. He was mortally wounded in action in May 1864, place not given, and died in the 1st Division General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, VA on 6 June 1864.

His service from Henderson,1 as Elias S Dyer. His gravesite is on Findagrave. His picture from a photograph descendant Chip Stokes shared on his blog.

There were 4 Sanders brothers, his cousins, in his company.

1830

06/06/1864; Richmond, VA; burial in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA