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Corp Absolom Lee

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Corp Absolom Lee

Birth
Georgia, USA
Death
10 May 1864 (aged 27–28)
Spotsylvania Courthouse, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Spotsylvania Courthouse, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Georgia State Section
Memorial ID
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Carlton's Company, Troup County Artillery, Cabell's GA Artillery Battalion, Artillery, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Lived in Watkinsville, GA.
Univ. of GA class of 1857 matriculated.
Enlisted April 24, 1861; mustered in as Pvt.
Wounded in left thigh Sept. 14, 1862 at Crampton's Gap; admitted to Gen. Hosp. #12 Richmond Sept. 22, 1862.
Furloughed Oct. 3 - Dec. 5, 1862.
Appointed Corp. Nov. 15, 1862.
Killed at Spotsylvania CH; buried in a soldier's grave; reinterred in the Spotsylvania Court House Confederate Cemetery, Spotsylvania, VA.

Troup's Light Artillery was organized on 4/26/61; named in honor of the state's former governor, George M. Troup.
When they were reorganized on April 29th, 1862, the troops elected H.H. Carlton as their Captain.

They fought at Fredericksburg, December 1862, and again during the Chancellorsville Campaign (11 casualties)in early May, 1863.
In May 1864 they were involved at the Battle of The Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House.
Carlton's Company, Troup County Artillery, Cabell's GA Artillery Battalion, Artillery, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Lived in Watkinsville, GA.
Univ. of GA class of 1857 matriculated.
Enlisted April 24, 1861; mustered in as Pvt.
Wounded in left thigh Sept. 14, 1862 at Crampton's Gap; admitted to Gen. Hosp. #12 Richmond Sept. 22, 1862.
Furloughed Oct. 3 - Dec. 5, 1862.
Appointed Corp. Nov. 15, 1862.
Killed at Spotsylvania CH; buried in a soldier's grave; reinterred in the Spotsylvania Court House Confederate Cemetery, Spotsylvania, VA.

Troup's Light Artillery was organized on 4/26/61; named in honor of the state's former governor, George M. Troup.
When they were reorganized on April 29th, 1862, the troops elected H.H. Carlton as their Captain.

They fought at Fredericksburg, December 1862, and again during the Chancellorsville Campaign (11 casualties)in early May, 1863.
In May 1864 they were involved at the Battle of The Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House.

Bio by: BigFrench


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  • Created by: BigFrench
  • Added: Sep 25, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9518999/absolom-lee: accessed ), memorial page for Corp Absolom Lee (1836–10 May 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9518999, citing Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by BigFrench (contributor 46554304).