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F.T. Snead
(1829 - 1891)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He studied law and passed the bar in 1857, practicing in Oglethorpe. Mustered as 4th Sergeant in Company I on 29 April 1861. Promoted First Sergeant 2 October 1861 and elected 2nd Lieutenant 29 April 1862.
On the Campaign
He was one of the officers of the regiment recognized by Brigadier General Doles as having "commended themselves to my special notice by their gallant and meritorious conduct" in Maryland.
The rest of the War
He was promoted First Lieutenant and Adjutant in September, probably immediately after Sharpsburg. He was appointed Captain and Doles' Brigade Assistant Adjutant General (AAG) in November 1862, and served in that role to the end of the War.
After the War
He returned to practice in Oglethorpe and was active in politics. He was serving as Mayor at his death in 1891.
References & notes
Basic information and the heavily retouched photo used here from Thomas.1. His mention at Sharpsburg per OR,2 in D.H. Hill's after-action report. Personal details from family genealogist(s) at Botetourt Roots.
Birth
07/28/1829; Milledgeville, GA
Death
05/08/1891; Oglethorpe, GA
1 Thomas, Henry Walter, History of the Doles-Cook Brigade, Atlanta: Franklin Printing & Publishing Co., 1903, pp. 54-55, 89, 164 - 181 [AotW citation 2681]
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 2684]