Sgt. Leander Jackson Berrong (CSA)

Married Malinda Jane Haseltine Osborn 29-Nov-1866.Married Margaret Glazner 13 March 1873.Married Florence Theodocia Allen, date unknown. Married Lucy Adelaide Mulkey 25 Feb 1914. Lucy died in 1955 no burial info found. .................. Atlanta Constitution, 17 March 1927 Hiawassee,Ga., March 16- Jackson Berrong, one of the leading citizens of Towns county, died here today at 3 o'clock. He had been in declining health for some time. Mr. Berrong was a Confederate soldier of the 24th Georgia regiment under Colonel Robert McMillan, Wofford's brigade, Longstreet's corps, in the army of Virginia. He was captured in 1863 at Cold Harbor, Va., and sent to Elmyra, N. Y. where he was in prison until the close of the war. He was born in Towns county, and lived here all his life. He is survived by his widow, eight sons, one daughter and four brothers. Funeral services and internment will be conducted at Old Hightower church Thursday. Contributor: Birdgirl

Enlisted in Company D, Georgia 24th Infantry Regiment on 24 Aug 1861.

Berrong, Leander J. BATTLE UNIT NAME: 24th Regiment, Georgia Infantry SIDE: Confederacy COMPANY: D
SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Sergeant ALTERNATE NAME: FILM NUMBER: M226 ROLL 5 PLAQUE NUMBER: NOTES: none