George Henry Curtis

In 1860 he was a 22 year old farmer living with James Harley and family on their farm at Orangeburg, SC. He enlisted at Summerville, SC on 20 July 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company K, First South Carolina Infantry. He was detailed to duty with the Commissary Department on 12 April 1862.

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD on 12 September, left behind, and captured there.

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 18 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was furloughed home from a Richmond, VA hospital on 10 November for 30 days and was formally exchanged on 10 November 1862.

Having been chronically ill he was deemed unfit for field service, he returned to duty with the Commissary Department by March 1863. He was listed as a listed as a Commissary Sergeant by July 1863 and by 26 March 1864 he was chief commissary clerk at Alston, SC. His detail was extended on 1 May 1864 and he was still on the rolls to December 1864, the latest record in his military file.

In 1870 he was a farmer living with housekeeper Rosa Ballard, age 30, a mulatto, at Manning in Clarendon County, SC. In 1880 he was a mechanic at Paxville, SC and by 1900 and to at least 1910 was a general store merchant there.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, indexed under George H Curtiss. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1910. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Susan Ella King (1854-1929) in April 1875 and they had 10 children.

05/26/1838; Straford, CT

11/04/1911; Clarendon County, SC; burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Summerton, SC