George J. Holmes – Private, Confederate States of America Army

Courtesy of Dale Nichols: January 2008:

MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY *K, 26th REGIMENT, GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA, C. S. A., GLYNN COUNTY, GEORGIA, BRUNSWICK RIFLES, OR
BRUNSWICK RIFLEMEN

Holmes, George J. – Private, March  2, 1862. Severely wounded at 2d Manassas, Virginia,  August   28, 1862. Wounded and captured at Wilderness, Virginia, May  5,1864. Died of wounds in Harewood U.S.A. Hospital at Washington, D.C., June 6, 1864. Buried in Arlington Cemetery. Source. Georgia State Archives. George Holmes was  born in about 1841 and was the oldest of eight children. His father was John Holmes, born about 1810, and Meldarin Holmes, born about 1824. Source: 1860 US Census records for Brunwick County Georgia.

HOLMES, GEO J
26TH GA CW

• DATE OF DEATH: 06/08/1864
• BURIED AT: SECTION CONF  SITE 141

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