My great grand uncle. Asterisk indicates my direct ancestor.
PICTURES
Born: 23 Nov. 1841. 1 2
Parents: PETER BAUGH (IV)* AND JANE P. GORDON*
Military: Enlisted 3 Sep. 1862, K Co., 44th GA Inf. Reg., Army of the Confederacy. 4
Death: 7 June 1864, disease, Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA. 1
Burial: 8 June 1864, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA. 3
Notes:
Listed as an overseer living in his mother's household with his brother John in the 1860 Federal Census, Hancock, GA.
American Civil War Soldiers:
Name: Benjamin Baugh ,
Residence: Green County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 3 Sep 1862
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Georgia
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 3 September 1862.
Enlisted in Company K, 44th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 3 Sep 1862.
Transferred Company I, 49th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 15 Sep 1862.
Transferred out of Company K, 44th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 15 Sep 1862.
Died of disease Company I, 49th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 6 Jun 1864 at Jackson Hospl, Richmond, VA. ( Baugh Bible shows 7 June 1864, which could be the date that the family was informed)
Sources:
1. Baugh Bible.
2 1860 Federal Census, Hancock, GA.
3. "The Weekly Journal," Atlanta, GA, 2 May 1893: "Georgia's Dead Heroes in Hollywood Cemetery. A Full List of Georgia's Dead Confederate Soldiers in Richmond, Virginia"; published at the request of the Ladies of the Richmond Memorial Association.
4. "The Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865," Volume I, Janet B. Hewett, Broadfoot Pub. Co., Wilmington, NC, 1995.
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