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C.G. Dillard
(1832 - 1821)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 15th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a married 28 year old farmer on a small place at Barnes Cross Roads, Dale County, AL. He enlisted on 3 March 1862 at Westville, AL and mustered as a Private in Company E, 15th Alabama Infantry.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA on 1 October and returned to duty on 22 October 1862. He was with his company until discharged on 16 February 1865.
After the War
By 1870 and to at least 1910 he was a farmer at Barnes Cross Roads/Ozark in Dale County, AL. At the Census of Confederate Soldiers in 1921 he was still living in Ozark.
References & notes
His service from the Alabama Archives1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1910. His gravesite is on Findagrave, source also of his picture, from a damaged photograph contributed by Lawrence Dillard.
He married Mary Ann Briley (1835-1914) in April 1853 and they had 12 children.
Birth
06/18/1832; Gwinnett County, GA
Death
11/19/1921; Dale County, AL; burial in Post Oak Cemetery, Ozark, AL
1 State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, Alabama Civil War Service Database, Published 2004, first accessed 01 January 2010, <https://archives.alabama.gov/research/CivilWarService.aspx>, Source page: /research/CivilWarSoldier.aspx?id=51134 + others [AotW citation 33815]
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 33816]