B R Golden
Birth: 19 Aug 1833
Death: 27 Apr 1907
(Aged 73 years, 8 months, 8 days.)
Burial: Clairette Cemetery
Clairette, Erath County, Texas, USA
Served in Company A, 60th Inf., Alabama as Pvt
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Unit Details:
The 60th Infantry regiment was formed at Charleston, Tennessee, in November, 1863. Ten companies from the 1st and 3rd Battalions, Hilliard's Alabama Legion made up the unit. Its members were from the counties of Coosa, Montgomery, Chambers, Lowndes, Butler, Pike, and Henry. Placed under the command of General Gracie it fought in the Knoxville Campaign, then in April, 1864, moved to Virginia. It was involved in the engagement at Drewry's Bluff, the Petersburg siege north of the James River, and later the Appomattox Campaign. The 60th was attached to General Moody's Brigade during the last days of the war and surrendered with 14 officers and 170 men. Colonel John W. A. Sanford, Lieutenant Colonel D. S. Troy, and Major Hatch Cook were in command.- This family tree contains 1 known Confederate soldier.
- Benjamin Reese Golden