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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Harrison J. Willoughby

(c. 1830 - 1862)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 53rd Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was 30 year old farmer in Fayette County, GA. He enlisted as a Private in Company C, 53rd Georgia Infantry on 1 May 1862 in Fayetteville County.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

His service from the Roster 1 and his Compiled Service Records, US National Archives, online via fold3, also as Harrison Williby and Willoby. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.

He married Amanda W. T. Brooking (1827-1851) in 1847 and they had two daughters. He married, secondly, Bethany E A Martin (1824-1858) in 1853 and they had two more daughters. He married, last, Elizabeth Holt (1828-1874) in July 1859, and they had a son, Riley.

Birth

c. 1830 in GA

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1   Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964  [AotW citation 19675]