George S Vineyard
Birth: 19 Aug 1841
Death: 1 Jun 1926
(Aged 84 years, 9 months, 13 days.)
Burial: Llano Cemetery
Amarillo, Randall County, Texas, USA
Served in Company F, 24th Inf., Georgia as [Rank Unknown]
Residence Habersham County GA; Enlisted on 3/4/1862 as a Private. On 3/4/1862 he mustered into "A" Co. GA 52nd Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) He was listed as: * AWOL 4/15/1862 (place not stated) (No further record) Sources used: - Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865 Residence Gwinnett County GA; Enlisted on 8/24/1861 as a Private. On 8/24/1861 he mustered into "F" Co. GA 24th Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) He was listed as: * POW 4/6/1865 Farmville, VA * Released 6/21/1865 Point Lookout, MD Sources used: - Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
Residence Habersham County GA; Enlisted on 3/4/1862 as a Private. On 3/4/1862 he mustered into "A" Co. GA 52nd Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) He was listed as: * AWOL 4/15/1862 (place not stated) (No further record) Sources used: - Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865 Residence Gwinnett County GA; Enlisted on 8/24/1861 as a Private. On 8/24/1861 he mustered into "F" Co. GA 24th Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) He was listed as: * POW 4/6/1865 Farmville, VA * Released 6/21/1865 Point Lookout, MD Sources used: - Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
Unit Details:
24th Infantry Regiment, organized during the summer of 1861, recruited its members in White, Banks, Towns, Rabun, Gwinnett, Elbert, and Hall counties. After serving in the Department of North Carolina, the unit moved to Virginia where it was brigaded under Generals H. Cobb, T.R.R. Cobb, Wofford, and DuBose. It fought in the difficult campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Gettysburg, then moved to Georgia with Longstreet. The 24th was not engaged at Chickamauga, but did see action in the Knoxville Campaign. Returned to Virginia it participated in the conflicts at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, was active in the Shenandoah Valley, and ended the war at Appomattox. In April, 1862, this regiment totalled 660 effectives, lost forty-three percent of the 292 engaged at Crampton's Gap, and had 4 killed, 39 wounded, and 2 missing at Sharpsburg. It sustained 36 casualties at Fredericksburg, reported 14 killed and 73 wounded at Chancellorsville, and of the 303 at Gettysburg, seventeen percent were disabled. Many were captured at Sayler's Creek and only 4 officers and 56 men surrendered on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Robert McMillan and C.C. Sanders, Lieutenant Colonels Joseph N. Chandler and Thomas E. Winn, and Majors Robert E. McMillan and Frederick C. Smith.- This family tree contains 1 known Confederate soldier.
- George S Vineyard