George D. Snuggs

Age 25, from Rowan County, he enlisted at Gold Hill as a Private in Company K of the 4th North Carolina Infantry on 27 June 1861.

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

He was briefly a prisoner at Fort Delaware, sent to Aiken's Landing, VA on 2 October for exchange, and was formally exchanged on 10 November. He was wounded at Chancellorsville, VA on 3 May 1863 and was back with his Company in November 8163. He was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865 and signed an oath of allegiance at Salisbury, NC on 29 May.

By 1870 he was a "marble hand" at Concord in Cabarrus County, NC. In 1900 he was a marble dealer in Albemarle Township, Stanly County and by 1910 he had retired and was living with his son Henry and his family, still in Albemarle.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 via fold3, and the Roster.2. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1870, 1900, and 1910. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Effie Ann Maria Linebarger (1840-1911) in January 1867 and they had 6 children.

1836; Montgomery County, NC

11/27/1912; Salisbury, NC; burial in Eastview Cemetery, Newton, NC