Abner McCoy Lewis

In 1860 he was a 26 year old carriage maker at Thomaston in Upson County, GA. He enrolled at Greenville, Meriwether County on 12 July 1861 and mustered as 2nd Lieutenant of Company B, 2nd Georgia Volunteer Infantry on 1 August. He was elected Captain of the company on 28 April 1862.

Following the battle at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862 he was in command of the regiment as senior officer present, and wrote the unit's after-action report.

He was wounded by a gunshot at Chickamauga, GA on 19 September 1863, and his right leg was amputated at the thigh. A medical board found him disabled for field duty on 10 June 1864 and he never rejoined his regiment. He was in hospitals in Virginia and on furlough in Thomaston, GA by August and to at least September, but was appointed Major on 22 November (to date from 15 January 1864). He was retired to the Invalid Corps for disability on 23 December 1864.

By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was a prosperous farmer in Thomaston, GA.

His service from the CWSSS 1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1880. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Elizabeth Caroline "Carrie" Snelson (1830-1892) in December 1859 and they had 4 children.

02/24/1835 in AL

11/03/1918; Upson County, GA; burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Thomaston, GA