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Confederate (CSV)

Private

George H. Veal

(? - 1864)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 18th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted at Camp McDonald at Big Shanty, GA on 11 June 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company B, 18th Georgia Infantry.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to about 18 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was in a Richmond, VA hospital by 31 October, released on 3 November, and was formally exchanged to return to duty on 10 November 1862.

He was captured again, near Knoxville, TN on 3 December 1863, and died of "malignant" smallpox at US General Hospital #3 at Louisville, KY on 14 January 1864.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Death

01/14/1864; Louisville, KY; burial in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY

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 34204]

2 National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Confederates In Frederick List , Published 2026, first accessed 28 March 2026, <https://www.civilwarmed.org/explore/primary-sources/databases/confederates-in-frederick-list/>, Source page: #395 [AotW citation 34205]

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