41st GA INF, CSA ~ Captain June 11, 1861. Elected Lieutenant Colonel of the 41st Regiment Ga. Inf. March 20, 1862; Colonel October 31, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863. Killed near Atlanta, Ga. on July 25, 1864.
Son of Henry and Nancy Curtis. On November 24, 1853 William married Mary E. Conyers, a daughter of John Conyers. Two children were born of this union: Charles Curtis, born 1857 in Florida and Lenora Curtis, born 1859.
Col. Curtis went to Mexico with a Carroll County company to search for Santa Anna, who had led the massacre against the Alamo, and shortly after his marriage lived in Florida before returning to Carrollton.
Col. Curtis was wounded at the Battle of Mill Creek Gap and died one month later. When his body was returned to Carrollton, his desire that his body "face the enemy" was respected, and he was interred facing the North. His is the only grave that faces North ~ it is said to guard against oncoming Union Troops.
Son of Henry and Nancy Curtis. On November 24, 1853 William married Mary E. Conyers, a daughter of John Conyers. Two children were born of this union: Charles Curtis, born 1857 in Florida and Lenora Curtis, born 1859.
Col. Curtis went to Mexico with a Carroll County company to search for Santa Anna, who had led the massacre against the Alamo, and shortly after his marriage lived in Florida before returning to Carrollton.
Col. Curtis was wounded at the Battle of Mill Creek Gap and died one month later. When his body was returned to Carrollton, his desire that his body "face the enemy" was respected, and he was interred facing the North. His is the only grave that faces North ~ it is said to guard against oncoming Union Troops.
41st GA INF, CSA ~ Captain June 11, 1861. Elected Lieutenant Colonel of the 41st Regiment Ga. Inf. March 20, 1862; Colonel October 31, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863 , and paroled there July 6, 1863. Killed near Atlanta, Ga. on July 25, 1864.
Son of Henry and Nancy Curtis. On November 24, 1853 William married Mary E. Conyers, a daughter of John Conyers. Two children were born of this union: Charles Curtis, born 1857 in Florida and Lenora Curtis, born 1859.
Col. Curtis went to Mexico with a Carroll County company to search for Santa Anna, who had led the massacre against the Alamo, and shortly after his marriage lived in Florida before returning to Carrollton.
Col. Curtis was wounded at the Battle of Mill Creek Gap and died one month later. When his body was returned to Carrollton, his desire that his body "face the enemy" was respected, and he was interred facing the North. His is the only grave that faces North ~ it is said to guard against oncoming Union Troops.
Son of Henry and Nancy Curtis. On November 24, 1853 William married Mary E. Conyers, a daughter of John Conyers. Two children were born of this union: Charles Curtis, born 1857 in Florida and Lenora Curtis, born 1859.
Col. Curtis went to Mexico with a Carroll County company to search for Santa Anna, who had led the massacre against the Alamo, and shortly after his marriage lived in Florida before returning to Carrollton.
Col. Curtis was wounded at the Battle of Mill Creek Gap and died one month later. When his body was returned to Carrollton, his desire that his body "face the enemy" was respected, and he was interred facing the North. His is the only grave that faces North ~ it is said to guard against oncoming Union Troops.
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