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(c. 1842 - 1864)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was an 18 year old living with his parents and siblings at Luthersville in Meriwether County, GA. He enlisted as a Private in Company B, 13th Georgia Infantry on 8 July 1861 in Griffin, GA. He was wounded at Manassas, VA on 30 August 1862.
On the Campaign
He was wounded again, in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was Sergeant by April 1864 but was killed at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on 18 May 1864.
References & notes
His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, also as J.C. Colley and J.T. Colly, and Henderson.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.
His father Seaborn N Colley (1822-1898), was also in Company B and wounded at Sharpsburg.
Birth
c. 1842; Coweta County, GA
Death
05/18/1864; Spotsylvania Court House, VA; burial in Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery, Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA
1 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 28418]
2 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 28419]