Sunday, May 22, 2016

Col Alexander Blair Montgomery.

Col Alexander Blair Montgomery.

Birth: May 19, 1831, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia.
Death: Feb. 2, 1904, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia.

Children: Rosa, Josepene, Blair Montgomery.

Burial: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia.

3d REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY WRIGHT'S BRIGADE, ANDERSON'S DIVISION ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA C. S. A.

Montgomery, Alexander B.—Elected 1st Lieutenant, Co. D, 1st Regt. Ga. Regulars Mar. 16, 1861. Appointed to temporary rank of Major Aug. 1, 1862. Elected Major, 3d Regt. Ga. Inf. Aug. 5,1862. Wounded, 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 28, 1862. Relieved as Major Dec. 23, 1862. Elected Lieut. Colonel May 12, 1863; Colonel May 16, 1863. Assigned to duty as Commandant of prisoners, Charleston, S. C. Sept. 15,1864.

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