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(1829 - 1884)
Home State: Georgia
Command Billet: Battery Commander
Branch of Service: Artillery
Unit: Pulaski (GA) Artillery
see his Battle Report
Before Sharpsburg
From Savannah, he was Captain of the Georgia Hussars (state militia) 1854 - 1861 and Chief of Police (1858).
His militia battery was originally Company K, 10th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry and he was commissioned Captain on 15 June 1861. The battery transferred out of the 10th to serve as an independent battery - the Pulaski Light Artillery - on 27 March 1862.
On the Campaign
He commanded his battery on the Campaign.
The rest of the War
In April 1864 he was promoted to Major, and replaced Dearing in command of the 38 Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 27 October 1864 and was assigned as commander of the defenses as Wilmington, NC.
After the War
He returned to Savannah and ran for Mayor in 1865.
References & notes
His service from Alexander McC. Duncan's Roll and Legend of the Georgia Hussars (1906). Personal details from family genealogists.
Birth
04/21/1829; Savannah, GA
Death
09/28/1884; Lynchburg, VA