2. | CSA Jeptha Marion WHITAKER was born on 08 Jul 1845 in Decatur County, GA (son of Mark Jones WHITAKER and Wealthy GAY); died on 24 Nov 1919 in Decatur County, Georgia; was buried in Whitaker Cemetery, Decatur County, Georgia. Notes:
NOTE 1./ Name: Jeptha M Whitaker , Residence: Decatur County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 02 December 1861 ; Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Confederacy ; State Served: Georgia ; Unit Numbers: 379
Service Record: Furlough (Home wounded close of war) ; Enlisted as a Private on 02 December 1861
Enlisted in Company I, 31st Infantry Regiment Georgia on 02 December 1861. Wounded on 19 September 1864 at Winchester, VA
NOTE 2./ Company I, 31st Regiment Muster Roll Georgia Volunteer Infantry Decatur County, Georgia
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This company was organized at Bainbridge, Ga. November 11, 1861. Was ordered to report to Camp Wilson near Savannah, Ga., November 21, 1861. Marched from Valley of Virginia near Winchester to Fredericksburg, Va., arriving there December 1, 1862. Engaged in battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. Left Fredericksburg for Culpeper Court House, Va., May 4, 1863, and arrived there June 5, 1863; from thence to Winchester, where they engaged in battle; thence to Wrightsville, Pa., and back to York, where they arrived August 10, 1863. Engaged in the battle of the Wilderness May 5, and 6, 1864, and the battle of Spotsylvania on the 8, 10, 12 and 19 of May 1864, leaving there May 22, 1864; thence to Hanover Junction and to Mechanicsville and engaged in battle June 2, 1864. Moved near Cold Harbor June 8, 1864; left there on the 13 and marched near Charlottesville, Va., and took the train for Lynchburg, arriving there on the 17, and on the 18 fortified and made ready for the enemy. On the 19 followed the
retreating foe toward Salem, Va., arriving there June 21, 1864; from thence to Staunton and Martinsburg, arriving on July 2. On July 4, cross the river into Maryland, and were engaged in the battles of Monocacy, Washington, Snicker's Gap and Winchester. On July 24, was engaged at Newtown and again at Winchester on July 17, 1864.
CSA married Easter Morning SLADE about 1867 in Decatur County, Georgia. Easter was born on 22 Jan 1846 in Georgia; died on 31 Dec 1931 in Decatur County, Georgia; was buried in Whitaker Cemetery, Decatur County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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