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G.W. Gaddy
(1827 - 1862)
Home State: North Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 38th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A DeKalb County resident, he mustered as Private, Company A, 38th Georgia Infantry on 26 September 1861. He was promoted to 5th Sergeant in April 1862.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
References & notes
Service from the Roster 1 via the Historical Data Systems database, which has him as G.W. Gaddy. Details from family genealogists. Family lore says he was killed by an artillery round at Sharpsburg. His memorial is on Findagrave, source also of his picture, from a heavily colored photograph of unknown provenance posted by Jonathan and Valerie Proffitt. He left at least five children.
Birth
1827; Anson County, NC
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD
1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 19575]