Edward G. Switzer

In 1860 he was a 20 year old farmer living with his parents and siblings on their place near Covington, Newton County, GA. He enlisted there on 15 August 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company A of the Infantry Battalion, Cobb's Legion.

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

He was sent for exchange from Fort Delaware to Aikens' Landing, VA on 2 (or 6) October and was formally exchanged on 10 November 1862. He was wounded by a gunshot to his right elbow joint, date and place not found, and was retired to the Invalid Corps for medical disability on 27 June 1864. Although he was unfit for the infantry, in March 1865 his surgeon recommended him for cavalry service, and on 1 April the office of the Secretary of War directed him to select a company and regiment to join. There is no later military record.

By 1870 he was a teamster at Amite in Tangipahoa Parish, LA.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860 & 1870.

He married Mary Hortense Moore (1851-) in about 1869 and they had a daughter Sara Emma (later Wright, 1872-1955).

c. 1840; Monroe County, GA