George Washington Reed, Civil War Veteran (USA) (POW)

George Washington Reed
BIRTH
1798
DEATH
14 Jun 1864 (aged 65–66)
BURIAL
Andersonville National Cemetery
Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51142475/george-washington-reed

This George Washington Reed has been mixed up with John Leverett "Jack" Reed Sr.
9 March 1806–30 March 1879 son George Washington Reed. In process of separating them.

Marriage
27 Oct 1822 • Pendelton County,Virginia (West Virginia), USA
Grace E Davis
(1800–1895)

https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10121351&Type=Mar...

https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10120665&Type=Mar...

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/vitals/LWJH-8PK

POW Camp where he is also buried.
George W Reed
in the U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962

Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon, Georgia, United States of America

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51142475/george-washington-reed Findagrave note not clear on service.
Private, Company A, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted at Corinth, MS on 9/1/1863. Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/1864, he was imprisoned at Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died in quarters on 6/14/1864 of chronic diarrhea. He seems to have been the son of John L and Mary Ann Bird Reed/Read and brother to John C Reed, also of Co A. The brothers died within 12 days of each other.

Holley, Peggy Scott. Hawkins' Tories, A Regimental and Social History of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry USA in the Civil War, BrayBree Publishing, Dickson TN, 230 p, 2014
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The Andersonville records show the following.

Code No: 11924
Grave No: 1924
Last Name: Rhodes
First Name: William G.
Rank: Private
Company: A
Regiment: 7
State: TN
Branch Of Service : Cavalry
Date of Death: 6/14/1864
Cause of Death: Diarrhea C.
Remarks* W. G. RHODS [2]; G. W. REED, ARM NOT LISTED [3]
Reference: p 64 [3]; p 574 [13]
Place Captured: Union City, Tennessee
Date Captured: 3/24/1864
Alternate Names: REED RHODS
Status: Died at Andersonville
Muster date:
Age at Muster:
More Information Available : NO

2 = Headstones of Andersonville National Cemetery; March 1990.

3 = List of Union Soldiers Buried at Andersonville; Dorence Atwater, 1865.

13 = Tennesseans in the Civil War, Part II; Civil War Centennial Commission, 1965.

I have a photo of grave 1924 which shows W.G. Rhods

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West Virginia Militia Database
Item Details: Record Id: 15394
County: Nicholas
Unit: 126 Militia and Nicholas Co. Scouts
Name: George W. Reed
Rank: Private
Company: Capt. James R. Ramsey Co.
Age:
Roll Dated: Dec. 31 -'64
When Enrolled: Feb. 24/62 Apr. 18 1864
Where Enrolled: Cross Lanes
Length of Service: 1 year
Mustered In: Feb. 24/62 Apr. 18 1864
Mustered Out: Cross Lanes
Remarks: Prisoner War. Captured Aug. 1st 1864. Died. Discharged Dec. 1/63

Family and WV state records show he was imprisoned by CSA, where he died and was buried. This is supported by the accounts of two neighbors who were also imprisoned there and survived. The POW camp was not Andersonville but another, name not known.

His son Solomon was also a Scout, but with Clay County.

Gravesite Details
PVT A 7 TENN CAV

https://tngenweb.org/henderson/2013/09/11/roster-7-cavalry/

• Residence: 1850 - Kanawha county, part of, Kanawha, Virginia
  • Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Nov 14 2017, 18:10:39 UTC

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I thinking this George Washington Reed that married Grace E Davis may be getting mixed up with another George Washington Reed in Same Area more research needed.

"West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRHS-6XT : 30 January 2020), A. G. Truman in entry for L. Brannon, 1855.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Reed-2100

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