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LTC Algernon Sidney Hamilton

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LTC Algernon Sidney Hamilton Veteran

Birth
Clinton, Jones County, Georgia, USA
Death
19 Oct 1886 (aged 53)
Clinton, Jones County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Clinton, Jones County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Hamilton, Algernon S. -- Elected Captain of Company B, 21st Regiment Georgia Infantry, June 24, 1861. Permanently detached from company and ordered to report to General Beauregard for assignment to duty May 28, 1863. Appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 66th Regiment Georgia Infantry, October 8, 1863. In Floyd House Hospital, Macon, Georgia, with chronic diarrhoea and debility July 15-25, 1864. Wounded in right eye, resulting in loss of sight, at Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864. In Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Georgia, with gunshot wound, bullet having passed in front of right ear under zygomatic arch and at right of eye, January 18, 1865, until furloughed January 25, 1865. Applied for 30 days leave of absence on account of disabled right eye, March 9, 1865. 66th Georgia Infantry Regiment
Company B
DeKalb and Other Counties. mk ---
Married Sarah Eliza Bowen, 19 June 1861.
Hamilton, Algernon S. -- Elected Captain of Company B, 21st Regiment Georgia Infantry, June 24, 1861. Permanently detached from company and ordered to report to General Beauregard for assignment to duty May 28, 1863. Appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 66th Regiment Georgia Infantry, October 8, 1863. In Floyd House Hospital, Macon, Georgia, with chronic diarrhoea and debility July 15-25, 1864. Wounded in right eye, resulting in loss of sight, at Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864. In Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Georgia, with gunshot wound, bullet having passed in front of right ear under zygomatic arch and at right of eye, January 18, 1865, until furloughed January 25, 1865. Applied for 30 days leave of absence on account of disabled right eye, March 9, 1865. 66th Georgia Infantry Regiment
Company B
DeKalb and Other Counties. mk ---
Married Sarah Eliza Bowen, 19 June 1861.

Inscription

LT. COL. 66TH GA. REGT.



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