John Gilbert H Kent
Birth: 23 Jun 1841
Death: 18 May 1913
(Aged 71 years, 10 months, 25 days.)
Burial: Highland Cemetery
Stamford, Haskell County, Texas, USA
Served in Company E, 22nd Inf., Georgia as Pvt
Residence Atlanta GA; 21 years old. Enlisted on 9/9/1861 at Atlanta, GA as a Private. On 9/9/1861 he mustered into "E" Co. GA 22nd Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) He was listed as: * POW 7/2/1863 Gettysburg, PA * Exchanged 2/18/1865 Point Lookout, MD Other Information: born in 1840 in Atlanta, GA died in 1913 in Stamford, TX After the War he lived in Stamford, TX Sources used: - Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865 - Confederate Veteran Magazine
Residence Atlanta GA; 21 years old. Enlisted on 9/9/1861 at Atlanta, GA as a Private. On 9/9/1861 he mustered into "E" Co. GA 22nd Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) He was listed as: * POW 7/2/1863 Gettysburg, PA * Exchanged 2/18/1865 Point Lookout, MD Other Information: born in 1840 in Atlanta, GA died in 1913 in Stamford, TX After the War he lived in Stamford, TX Sources used: - Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865 - Confederate Veteran Magazine
Unit Details:
22nd Infantry Regiment was formed at Big Shanty, Georgia, in September, 1861, with men from Schley, Glascock, Bartow, Lincoln, Washington, Dawson, and Henry counties. Sent to Virginia the unit first served in the Department of the Peninsula, then was assigned to General A.R. Wright's and Sorrel's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It participated in the difficult campaigns of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, endured the hardships of the Petersburg trenches south of the James River, and saw action around Appomattox. It lost 10 killed and 77 wounded at Oak Grove, had 6 killed, 32 wounded, and 18 missing at Malvern Hill, and 13 killed and 50 wounded at Second Manassas. Of the 400 engaged at Gettysburg, more than forty percent were disabled, then it sustained 25 casualties en route from Pennsylvania and 50 at Manassas Gap. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 9 officers and 197 men. The field officers were Colonels George H. Jones, Robert H. Jones, and Joseph Wasden; Lieutenant Colonels B.C. McCurry and J.W. Pritchett; and Major Lawrence D. Lallerstedt.- This family tree contains 1 known Confederate soldier.
- John Gilbert H Kent