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Confederate (CSV)

Private

George W. Ward

(c. 1844 - ?)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was 16 years old and lived on the Thomas and Sarah Bates farm near York in Spalding County, GA. He enlisted as a Private in Company I, 13th Georgia Infantry on 8 July 1861 in Griffin, GA. He was absent, sick, on furlough from 3 July to 3 August 1862.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was in a Richmond, VA hospital by 3 October 1862 and again on furlough, to 14 March 1863. He was wounded again, near Winchester, VA on 13 or 14 June 1863 and was detailed as a blacksmith to the regimental train (wagons) in August 1863. There is no later military record.

References & notes

His service from the Roster 1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 via fold3. Personal details from the US Census of 1860.

Birth

c. 1844 in GA

Notes

1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 27673]

2 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 27674]

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