Burel M. Tolleson

In 1860 he was a 30 year old brick maker at Forsyth in Monroe County, GA. He enlisted (was conscripted) at Griffin, GA as a Private in Company A, 53rd Georgia Infantry on 28 April 1862.

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

He was in a hospital in Richmond, VA by 30 September and returned to duty on 20 October 1862. He was captured - "gave up" - at Gettysburg, PA on 1 July 1863 and was held at Fort Delaware. He took an oath of allegiance to the US and joined the 3rd Maryland (US) Cavalry on 22 September 1863. He mustered into Company G as a Private on 24 September, transferred to Company F on 9 December 1864, and mustered out with them on 5 September 1865.

By 1870 he was again making bricks, in Atlanta. In 1880 he was a farmer in Marion County, AL.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online via fold3, also as Burrell M Tollerson and Tollison, and Maryland Volunteers,2 also as Tollerson. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1880. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Mary Ann Ellis (1836-) in February 1858 in Butts County, GA and they had 3 children. He married again, Mary Wiley (1853-) in July 1872 in Lawrenceville, GA.

06/10/1831 in GA

11/21/1908; Marion County, AL; burial in Duke Family Cemetery, Marion County, AL