Name: SANDERS, GEORGE W. (conflicting sources give his middle name as Washington and Wilson)
Rank: 1st Corporal
Enlisted: 3 July 1861 at Westville, Dale County, Alabama
Service History: Present: Winchester, Va. May 25/62; Cross Keys, Va, June 8/62; Malvern Hill, July 2/62; Sharpsburg, Sep. 17/62; Shepards Town, Sep 19/62; Fredericksburg, Dec 13/62; Gettysburg, Jul 2 & 3/62; Battle Mount, Jul 24/62; Chickamauga, Ga Sep 19 & 20/63; Raccoon Mt. Tenn Oct 27/63; Lookout Valley, Oct 28/63; Camel Station, Nov 16/63; Knoxville, Tenn, Nov 20 & 29/63; Wilderness, Va, May 6/64; Spotsylvania, Va, May 8 & 12/64; Cold Harbor, Jun 3/64; Chester Station, Jun17/64; Darbytown, Oct 7/64; Darbytown Rd, Oct 13/64. Absent Sick: Cold Harbor, Jun 27/62; Cedar Mt, Va, Aug 9/62; Hazel River, Jul 2/62; Manassas Junction, Aug 27/62; Manassas Plains, Aug 28,29,30/62; Chantilly, Va, Sep 1/62; Harpers Ferry, Sep 13/62; Suffolk, Va, May 3/63; Dandridge, Tenn, Jan 16/64; Deep Bottom, Aug 14/64; Fussells Mill, Aug 16/64; Ft. Gilmer, Sep 29/64; Ft. Harrison, Sep 30/64.
Date of Birth: abt 1842  Place of Birth: Jones County, Georgia
Date of Death: bef 1937 Place of Death: Texas
Buried: 
Father: Hardy Sanders (b abt 1804 in Franklin County, North Carolina, d bef 1895 in Newton, Dale County, Alabama; son of Micajah Wade Sanders and Agilia Maddox)
Mother: Nancy Edwards (b abt 1809 in Georgia, d bef 1900 in Newton, Dale County, Alabama, married 3 January  1829 in Jones County, Georgia)
Spouse(s): Nancy J. Wilson (b abt 1849 in Georgia; married 16 December 1868 in Rusk County, Texas)
Children: John Hood, Carrie, Mary Jane (Brinson), Andrew J.
Occupation: Farmer
Residence(s): Daleville, Dale County, Alabama; Rusk County, Texas; Hill County, Texas
Other: Brother of Thomas M. Sanders
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Submitter: Georgia V. Fleming E-mail: hyacinth@ala.net