William Lee Hodges served as a private in Company D, 4th Georgia Cavalry, also known as "Clinch's Cavalry."
For most of the war, Company D was known as the "Camden Chasseurs", under Capt. John Readdick.
The 4th Georgia was responsible for defending the large area of land between the Altamaha and St. Mary's Rivers, from the coast to an indefinite point inland.
According to regimental history, Private William L. Hodges was captured on December 24, 1864 at a hospital in Savannah. That was after Sherman's troops captured Savannah on December 21, 1864. After the Battle of Atlanta (in which many from the 4th Georgia Cavalry were killed or wounded), Clinch's Cavalry apparently pursued Sherman to the coast and engaged in some skirmishes. On December 4th there was a fight near present-day Wayne County (just south of Tattnall) between some of Clinches Cavalry and the Union Cavalry under General Judson Kilpatrick (also known to Confederates as "Kilcavlry"), during which quite a few of Clinch's Cavalry were killed or wounded. It is not known at the time whether Hodges was wounded in the fighting in Atlanta or during subsequent skirmishes, but regardless, he was in the Savannah hospital when Sherman's troops rolled into town, and he was then taken prisoner.
He was most likely allowed to recover, but then he was shipped north to Fort Delaware (located in Delaware), which was then being used as a Union prison camp. He remained there until he was released on June 7, 1865.
A special thanks to Dylan Edward Mulligan for providing the above information.
For most of the war, Company D was known as the "Camden Chasseurs", under Capt. John Readdick.
The 4th Georgia was responsible for defending the large area of land between the Altamaha and St. Mary's Rivers, from the coast to an indefinite point inland.
According to regimental history, Private William L. Hodges was captured on December 24, 1864 at a hospital in Savannah. That was after Sherman's troops captured Savannah on December 21, 1864. After the Battle of Atlanta (in which many from the 4th Georgia Cavalry were killed or wounded), Clinch's Cavalry apparently pursued Sherman to the coast and engaged in some skirmishes. On December 4th there was a fight near present-day Wayne County (just south of Tattnall) between some of Clinches Cavalry and the Union Cavalry under General Judson Kilpatrick (also known to Confederates as "Kilcavlry"), during which quite a few of Clinch's Cavalry were killed or wounded. It is not known at the time whether Hodges was wounded in the fighting in Atlanta or during subsequent skirmishes, but regardless, he was in the Savannah hospital when Sherman's troops rolled into town, and he was then taken prisoner.
He was most likely allowed to recover, but then he was shipped north to Fort Delaware (located in Delaware), which was then being used as a Union prison camp. He remained there until he was released on June 7, 1865.
A special thanks to Dylan Edward Mulligan for providing the above information.
William Lee Hodges served as a private in Company D, 4th Georgia Cavalry, also known as "Clinch's Cavalry."
For most of the war, Company D was known as the "Camden Chasseurs", under Capt. John Readdick.
The 4th Georgia was responsible for defending the large area of land between the Altamaha and St. Mary's Rivers, from the coast to an indefinite point inland.
According to regimental history, Private William L. Hodges was captured on December 24, 1864 at a hospital in Savannah. That was after Sherman's troops captured Savannah on December 21, 1864. After the Battle of Atlanta (in which many from the 4th Georgia Cavalry were killed or wounded), Clinch's Cavalry apparently pursued Sherman to the coast and engaged in some skirmishes. On December 4th there was a fight near present-day Wayne County (just south of Tattnall) between some of Clinches Cavalry and the Union Cavalry under General Judson Kilpatrick (also known to Confederates as "Kilcavlry"), during which quite a few of Clinch's Cavalry were killed or wounded. It is not known at the time whether Hodges was wounded in the fighting in Atlanta or during subsequent skirmishes, but regardless, he was in the Savannah hospital when Sherman's troops rolled into town, and he was then taken prisoner.
He was most likely allowed to recover, but then he was shipped north to Fort Delaware (located in Delaware), which was then being used as a Union prison camp. He remained there until he was released on June 7, 1865.
A special thanks to Dylan Edward Mulligan for providing the above information.
For most of the war, Company D was known as the "Camden Chasseurs", under Capt. John Readdick.
The 4th Georgia was responsible for defending the large area of land between the Altamaha and St. Mary's Rivers, from the coast to an indefinite point inland.
According to regimental history, Private William L. Hodges was captured on December 24, 1864 at a hospital in Savannah. That was after Sherman's troops captured Savannah on December 21, 1864. After the Battle of Atlanta (in which many from the 4th Georgia Cavalry were killed or wounded), Clinch's Cavalry apparently pursued Sherman to the coast and engaged in some skirmishes. On December 4th there was a fight near present-day Wayne County (just south of Tattnall) between some of Clinches Cavalry and the Union Cavalry under General Judson Kilpatrick (also known to Confederates as "Kilcavlry"), during which quite a few of Clinch's Cavalry were killed or wounded. It is not known at the time whether Hodges was wounded in the fighting in Atlanta or during subsequent skirmishes, but regardless, he was in the Savannah hospital when Sherman's troops rolled into town, and he was then taken prisoner.
He was most likely allowed to recover, but then he was shipped north to Fort Delaware (located in Delaware), which was then being used as a Union prison camp. He remained there until he was released on June 7, 1865.
A special thanks to Dylan Edward Mulligan for providing the above information.
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