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Confederate (CSV)

Private

George W. McWilliams

(c. 1842 - 1862)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Cobb's (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was an 18 year old farm worker living with his parents and 6 siblings on their farm in DeKalb County, GA. He enlisted in Atlanta, GA on 8 March 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company C of the Infantry Battalion, Cobb's Legion.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in the leg in action and captured at Crampton's Gap on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was treated at the US 6th Army Corps field hospital in Burkittsville, MD but died there of wounds on 26 September 1862 and was buried nearby.

His father Alex filed a claim for his final pay in February 1863.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.

His brother John was also wounded at Crampton's Gap and died in Burkittsville, MD.

Birth

c. 1842 in GA

Death

09/26/1862; Burkittsville, MD

Notes

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 33861]

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