Green B. Cloud
Residence Decatur County GA;
Enlisted on 3/18/1861 as a Private.
On 3/18/1861 he mustered into "G" Co. GA 1st Volunteers Infantry
He died of disease on 7/19/1861 at Highland County, VA
(Died of measles)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
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Green B. Cloud, age 21, Private, Company G, 1st (Ramsey's) Georgia Infantry, enlisted March 18,1861 at Bainbridge by Captain Evans for 12 months, died of measles in Highland County, Virginia 12 miles form Monterey July 19, 1861, ill with the army on retreat from Laurel, Hill, his file contains a note from the Adjutant General, War Department, to the State of Georgia Commissioner of Pensions, dated April 6, 1916*
M266: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia
* This could have been the result of an application for a Widow's pension?
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1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Ramsey's)
1st (Ramsey's) Volunteers Infantry Regiment was formed at Macon, Georgia, in April, 1861. The men were raised in the towns and cities of Newnan, Perry, Augusta, Sandersville, Atlanta, Bainbridge, Quitman, Dahlonega, and Columbus. After being stationed at Pensacola it moved to Virginia, served under R.S. Garnett and H.R. Jackson, then during Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign was attached to General D.S. Donelson's Brigade. In December, with a force of 918 officers and men, it was sent to Winchester and later Lynchburg. The regiment was soon ordered to Macon and mustered out of service. However, many of the men joined the 12th Georgia Artillery Battalion and other Georgia commands. Colonel James N. Ramsey, Lieutenant Colonel Goerge H. Thompson, and Major James W. Anderson were its field officers.
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