| 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 |
| Photographs: |
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| Submitter:
Georgia V. Fleming |
E-mail: hyacinth@ala.net |