Lt William Newton Swift, (CSA)

The Following Information was provided by John Atkins

He was born Aug 24, 1834, per copy of his Diary, transcribed by a relative in 1967:

This is the transcriber's preface:

Lt. Swift was born in Franklin County, Ga. Aug. 24, 1835 to Tyree and Rhoda Chandler Swift.... Captured at Champion Hill (Bakers Creek) Nay 16, 1863, he arrived at the Federal prisoner-of-war camp on Johnson's island, Erie County, Ohio, July 5, 1863. He died of small-pox on January 1, 1864 and is buried in Grave 103 in the Confederate Cemetery on the Island. This diary, together with a fancy dress vest and other personal items were returned to his family in Georgia after the war. The vest and the diary have been kept in the family of his sister, Eliza Jane, wife of William C. Richardson of Wnitfie1c County,Ga. The following copy was made by Lewis Richardson, grandson of Eliza J. and William C. Richardson, Gainesville, Ga., Oct. 10, 1967.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 3 2021, 0:58:27 UTC

The Following Information was provided by John Atkins

He was born Aug 24, 1834, per copy of his Diary, transcribed by a relative in 1967:

This is the transcriber's preface:

Lt. Swift was born in Franklin County, Ga.
Aug. 24, 1835 to Tyree and Rhoda Chandler
Swift.... Captured at Champion Hill (Bakers Creek)
Nay 16, 1863, he arrived at the Federal
prisoner-of-war camp on Johnson's island,
Erie County, Ohio, July 5, 1863. He died
of small-pox on January 1, 1864 and is buried
in Grave 103 in the Confederate Cemetery
on the Island.
This diary, together with a fancy dress
vest and other personal items were returned
to his family in Georgia after the
war. The vest and the diary have been
kept in the family of his sister, Eliza
Jane, wife of William C. Richardson of
Wnitfie1c County,Ga.
The following copy was made by Lewis
Richardson, grandson of Eliza J. and
William C. Richardson, Gainesville, Ga., Oct. 10, 1967.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 28 2022, 20:36:48 UTC