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Lieut John Gibson Raulerson

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Lieut John Gibson Raulerson

Birth
Wayne County, Georgia, USA
Death
3 May 1863 (aged 27)
Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 12, Row 9, Grave 5
Memorial ID
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Company B, 5th Florida Infantry, Perry's Brigade, Anderson's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

1 of 35 men in the Raulerson Clan of Florida & Georgia who served in the Confederacy; 7 gave the ultimate sacrifice.

Residence was not listed; 27 years old.
Enlisted on 3/8/1862 at Lake City, FL., he was elected and then commissioned into "B" Co. FL 5th Infantry as a 3rd Lieut.
POW 9/17/1862 Maryland; exchanged 10/1862 at Aikens' Landing, VA.
Promoted to 2nd Lieut 8/30/1862.
He was Killed in the Battle of Chancellorsville, VA.

The 5th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Tallahassee, Florida, during the spring of 1862. Companies that made up the unit were from the counties of Santa Rosa, Baker, Polk, Calhoun, Okaloosa, Wakulla, Madison, and Liberty.

Company B, 5th Florida Infantry, Perry's Brigade, Anderson's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

1 of 35 men in the Raulerson Clan of Florida & Georgia who served in the Confederacy; 7 gave the ultimate sacrifice.

Residence was not listed; 27 years old.
Enlisted on 3/8/1862 at Lake City, FL., he was elected and then commissioned into "B" Co. FL 5th Infantry as a 3rd Lieut.
POW 9/17/1862 Maryland; exchanged 10/1862 at Aikens' Landing, VA.
Promoted to 2nd Lieut 8/30/1862.
He was Killed in the Battle of Chancellorsville, VA.

The 5th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Tallahassee, Florida, during the spring of 1862. Companies that made up the unit were from the counties of Santa Rosa, Baker, Polk, Calhoun, Okaloosa, Wakulla, Madison, and Liberty.

Bio by: BigFrench


Inscription

Surname spelled incorrectly on headstone.



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