Elijah Thomas Ford

In 1860 he was a 32 year old farm laborer at Sandersville in Washington County, GA. Going by Thomas, he enlisted there on 10 April 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company B, 28th Georgia Infantry. He was appointed 4th Corporal by September 1862.

He was wounded by a gunshot to his fingers in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

He was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA on 22 September and sent home on wounded furlough on 30 September. He did not return to his company.

He enlisted again, at Camp Arnold in Bryan County, GA on 8 April 1863 and mustered as a Private in Captain R. Martin's, later E.P. Howell's (GA) Light Artillery. He was wounded again, by a gunshot to his right thigh in action on 14 May 1864, place not found, and was furloughed on 30 May for 60 days with no later military record.

By 1880 he was a farmer and well digger at Tabernacle in Washington County, GA.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, as E.T. Ford. Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1860, 1880, and 1900, also as Thomas E Ford, and his Confederate pension application of 1895. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Elizabeth Jane Holton (1832-1910) and they had 3 children.

His father Hillary “Harry” Ford (1805-1891) was also in Howell's Artillery.

02/15/1828; Washington County, GA

10/18/1905; Johnson County, GA; burial in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Wrightsville, GA