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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William R. Colter, Jr.

(1838 - ?)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 61st Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Company C as Private - September 7, 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

His arm was amputated. He was officially surrendered at Tallahassee, Florida, May 10, 1865 and paroled at Thomasville, Georgia, May 22, 1865.

After the War

"William Jr. was shot and killed in a poker game by Walter Humphries" in 1875 or 1878.

References & notes

Basic information from Henderson1, who says his last name may be Carlton. Further details from family genealogists, some of whom spell his name as William R. Coulter, Jr.

Birth

1838 in GA

Death

Date not known; burial in Colter-Strickland Cemetery, Brooks County, GA

Notes

1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964, Vol. 6 (posted online by Ray Fincham, Jr.) [AotW citation 13309]

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