Eugene Paul Burnett

He enlisted on 22 April 1861 and mustered in Atlanta as 3rd Sergeant of Company A, 6th Georgia Infantry on 27 May. He was wounded at Seven Pines, VA on 31 May 1862 and elected 2nd Lieutenant on 30 July.

He succeeded to command of the Regiment on 17 September at Sharpsburg after all of his senior officers had been killed or wounded.

He was promoted to First Lieutenant to date from the battle at Sharpsburg. He was promoted to Captain of Company A in June 1863 after Captain Arnold was promoted out of the Company. On 1 July 1864 he was appointed Inspector General on the brigade staff of Brigadier General A.H. Colquitt, and the General recommended him for a staff commission as Major and Assistant Adjutant General of the brigade, but he was instead appointed Major of the 6th Georgia Infantry in January 1865. He was surrendered on 26 April and paroled at Greensboro, NC on 1 May 1865.

By 1870 he was a dry goods merchant living next door to his parents-in-law at Sparta in Hancock County, GA. In 1880 he was a bookkeeper living with his father-in-law and other in-laws at Columbus, GA. In 1900 he was a clerk in Columbus.

His service from Henderson1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1870-1900, also as E. Paul Burnett. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Delia Damaris Jordan (1842-1917) in January 1867 and they had 7 children, 4 of whom survived infancy.

His wartime letters to his future wife and other papers are in the collection of the University of Georgia [finding aid].

10/30/1837; Sparta, GA

01/02/1910; Columbus, GA; burial in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, GA