George L. Sandlin

He enlisted in McDowell County, NC on 11 March 1862 and mustered at Camp Mangum near Raleigh on 15 April as a Private in Company A, 49th North Carolina Infantry.

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 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 formally exchanged on 10 November and back with his company by the end of the year.

He was one of 28 men of Companies A and B captured in a skirmish at Sandy Ridge in Craven County, NC on 20 April 1863, but was paroled on 23 May and sent to Fortress Monroe, VA, and exchanged on 1 June to return to duty. He served to at least August 1864, the latest record in his military file.

By 1880 and to at least 1910 he was a railroad overseer living at Old Fort, NC.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, filed under George L Sanlin. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1880-1910. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Martha Adeline Halford (1845=1934) in McDowell County in March 1866 and they had 4 children.

10/05/1843; McDowell County, NC

10/20/1916; McDowell County, NC; burial in Old Fort City Cemetery, Old Fort, NC