John A Taylor
Birth: 26 Jan 1833
Death: 24 Jan 1903
(Aged 69 years, 11 months, 29 days.)
Burial: Wayfare Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
Echols County, Georgia, USA
Served in Company E, 49th Inf., Georgia as Pvt
Residence Wilcox County GA; 29 years old. Enlisted on 3/4/1862 as a Private. On 3/4/1862 he mustered into "E" Co. GA 49th Infantry He was discharged for disability on 12/20/1862 (Disch chronic kidney disease) Other Information: born in Georgia Sources used: - Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
Residence Wilcox County GA; 29 years old. Enlisted on 3/4/1862 as a Private. On 3/4/1862 he mustered into "E" Co. GA 49th Infantry He was discharged for disability on 12/20/1862 (Disch chronic kidney disease) Other Information: born in Georgia Sources used: - Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
Unit Details:
49th Infantry Regiment was organized in November, 1861, with men from Wilkinson, Telfair, Washington, Irwin, Laurens, Pierce, and Pulaski counties. After serving in Georgia and North Carolina, the regiment moved to Virginia. Here it was assigned to General J.R. Anderson's and E.L. Thomas' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 49th took an active part in the campaigns of the army from Seven Pines to Cold Harbor, fought in the Petersburg trenches south of the James River, and was involved in the Appomattox operations. It reported 68 casualties at Second Manassas and 61 at Fredericksburg. The unit lost thirteen percent of the 280 at Chancellorsville and more than twenty-five percent of the 329 at Gettysburg. It surrendered with 8 officers and 103 men. Its field officers were Colonels John T. Jordan, A.J. Lane, and Samuel T. Player; Lieutenant Colonels Oliver H. Cooke, Seaborn M. Manning, Jonathon Rivers, and Wiley J. Williams; and Majors James B. Duggan, John A. Durham, and John H. Pate.- This family tree contains 1 known Confederate soldier.
- John A Taylor