George Thomas Smith

In 1860 he was a 15 year old living with planter William Berry and family (and 13 slaves) near Covington in Newton County, GA. He enlisted in Covington, GA on 4 March 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company A of the Infantry Battalion, Cobb's Legion.

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

He was sent from Fort Delaware to Aikens' Landing, VA on 6 October and formally exchanged there on 10 November. He was home on furlough from 15 October to 15 November 1862, and was afterward with his company until he was captured again, at Sailor's Creek, VA on 6 April 1865. He was sent to Washington, DC with no later record in his military file.

In 1870 he was a farmer in Newton County, GA but by 1880 and to at least 1900 was farming in Rockdale County, GA. In 1910 he had a general store in Telfair County, GA and in 1920 was retired and living with his daughter Lucy (Walton) and her family at Helena, GA.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1920. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Cecil Virginia Swords (1848-1917) in October 1866 and they had 2 children.

08/05/1844; Newton County, GA

10/14/1926; Helena, GA; burial in Oakland Cemetery, Telfair County, GA