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Confederate (CSA)

Lieutenant Colonel

Robert Warren Folsom

(1835 - 1864)

Home State: Georgia

Command Billet: Commanding Regiment

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 14th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A physician in Wilkinson County, he mustered as Captain, Company B, 14th Georgia Infantry, date not given. He was promoted to Major on 1 August, Lieutenant Colonel on 1 September 1861.

On the Campaign

He commanded the Regiment in Maryland.

The rest of the War

He was promoted to Colonel on 23 October 1862. He was mortally wounded in action in the Wilderness, VA on 6 May 1864 and died of wounds in Richmond, VA on 24 May.

References & notes

Service from the Roster 1 via the Historical Data Systems database. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

08/28/1835; Savannah, GA

Death

05/24/1864; Richmond, VA; burial in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA

Notes

1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 19399]

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