W.W. Hulbert

Confederate (CSV)

Lieutenant

William Willcox Hulbert

"Will"

(1838 - 1911)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 4th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Mustered as First Corporal, Company D of the 4th Georgia Infantry on 26 April 1861. Promoted First Sergeant 28 April 1862 and Junior 2nd Lieutenant on 15 July.

The rest of the War

Promoted to First Lieutenant in 1863. Captured as Spottsylvania, Virginia (12 May 1864) while commanding the Sharpshooters of the Regiment. He was paroled at Charleston SC in December.

After the War

He was a life long employee - retiring as Superintendent - of the Southern Express Company of Atlanta.

References & notes

Basic information and his photograph from Thomas 1. The OR 2 has him present - commended by his Brigade commander for his conduct - at Sharpsburg. Life dates from his gravesite at Findagrave.

Birth

05/08/1838 in CT

Death

07/05/1911; Atlanta, GA; burial in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA

Notes

1 Thomas, Henry Walter, History of the Doles-Cook Brigade, Atlanta: Franklin Printing & Publishing Co., 1903, pp. 130 - 137 [AotW citation 2611]

2 US War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (OR), 128 vols., Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1880-1901, Series 1, Vol 19, Part 1 (Serial 27), pg. 1028 [AotW citation 2622]

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