George Washington Aderhold

In 1860 he was a 19 year old in Carroll County, GA. He enlisted at Carrollton in Carroll County, GA and mustered as a Private in Company F, Cobb's Legion Infantry on 5 August 1861.

He was captured in action at Crampton's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

He was held at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was promoted to First Sergeant on 8 December 1862 and elected 2nd Lieutenant on 3 April 1863. He was listed as a deserter "in the face of the enemy at Gettysburg" in July 1863 and dropped from the rolls on 11 January 1864.

By 1880 he was working in a safe factory (probably the Diebold Safe and Lock Company) in Canton, OH. In 1900 he was a timekeeper for a bridge company (probably the Wrought Iron Bridge Company) there.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, as George W. Adderhold. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860, 1880, and 1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave; his stone has him as George W. Aderholt. A contributor to his memorial says he enlisted in Company A, 191st Ohio Infantry in March 1865 and mustered out with them in August 1865; he's not found as Aderhold/t in the Ohio Adjutant General's Roster for that unit or in the Ohio CMSR Index in any unit.

He married Ohio-born Rebecca Barbara Killen (1845-1926) in September 1874 and they had 5 children.

02/25/1841; Carrollton, GA

10/29/1906; Canton, OH; burial in West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, OH