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George, Judge (Veteran CSA) WEAR

Columbia Hill Cemetery
Caldwell County,
Louisiana

SERGEANT CSA
Company A Infantry Regiment Hampton's Legion South Carolina
Civil War Confederate
February 22, 1842 - August 29, 1927

He enrolled on June 12, 1861 in Columbia, South Carolina. On November 1, 1862, he was promoted to 3rd Corporal. The company muster roll for July - August 1863 listed him as 2nd Corporal, the roll for September - October 1864 listed him as 4th Sergeant, and the roll for November - December 1864 listed him as 3rd Sergeant.

His name appeared on a Roll of Prisoners of War listing him as captured on July 1, 1863 at White House. He was paroled and exchanged at Ft. Monroe, Virginia on July 6, 1863. His name appeared on record as paroled at the end of the war on May 3, 1865, at Ashland, Virginia.

After the war, he relocated to Caldwell Parish, Louisiana where he later became a District Judge.

Confederate Pension Application Index Database, Reel CP1.144 - Microdex 4 - Sequence 13
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, The National Archives, Publication M267, Roll 0371

Contributed on 4/1/21 by bridges1026
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Submitted: 4/1/21 • Approved: 4/1/21 • Last Updated: 4/4/21 • R307899-G0-S3

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