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George A Wood

Birth

3 Aug 1834

Sheffield, Lorain County, Ohio, USA

Death

11 Mar 1929 (aged 94)

Starbuck, Columbia County, Washington, USA

Burial

Starbuck Cemetery

Starbuck, Columbia County, Washington, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 46.5157578, Longitude: -118.1303461

Memorial ID

62733430

Son of Joseph T. Wood born about 1798 in Kentucky. George Homesteaded in Michigan abt 1857 where he married Nancy A. Kilts and started a family.

CIVIL WAR SERVICE
Solders Name: Wood, George A.
Regiment Name: 1st Regiment, Michigan Light Artillery
Side: Union:
Company: 1st Regiment, Michigan Light Artillery
Soldier's Rank In: Private, December 14, 1864
Soldier's Rank Out: Private, June 14, 1865
Alternate name:
Film Number: M545 roll 48
Notes:
Plaque Number:

MICHIGAN VOLUNTEERS
BATTERY "B" 1st REGIMENT LIGHT ARTILLERY.

Organized at Grand Rapids and Detroit, Mich., September 10 to December 14, 1861. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., December 17, 1861. Duty in District of West Tennessee till March 1862. Attached to Hurlburt's 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to April, 1862. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Battery overwhelmed and captured except Lang's Section, which was attached to Mann's Battery "C," 1st Missouri Artillery, April, 1862, to January, 1863. Battery reorganized at Detroit, Mich., December, 1862, and left State for Columbus, Ky., December 25, 1862. Attached to District of Corinth, Miss., 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to March, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
Service:
Moved from Columbus, Ky., to Corinth, Miss., January 4-9, 1863, and duty there till Mareh 9. (Lang's Section joined at Corinth January, 1863.) March to Bethel, Tenn., March 9, and duty there till June 7. Moved to Corinth, Miss., June 7, and duty there till October 29. March to Pulaski, Tenn., October 29-November 12, and duty there till April 21, 1864. Veterans on furlough January 7-February 26, 1864. Moved to Athens, Ala., April 21. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Sugar Valley, near Resaca, May 9. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Lay's Ferry, Oostenaula River, May 14-15. Rome Cross Roads May 16, Duty at Rome, Ga., till October 14. Reconnoissance from Rome on Cave Springs Road and skirmishes October 12-13. Turkey Creek, Ala., October 25. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Griswoldsville November 22. Jones' Bridge, Ogeechee River, December 7. Siege of Savannah December 10- 21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamps, S. C., February 2-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 11-12. Congaree Creek February 15. Bates' Ferry, Congaree Creek, February 15. Columbia February 16-17. Near Falling Creek, N. C., March 20. Battle of Bentonville March 20-21. Mill Creek March 22. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Detroit, Mich., June 1-6, and mustered out June 14, 1865. Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 1 Enlisted man killed and 35 Enlisted men by disease. Total 37.

In 1879 He moved his family West to the Washington terriory, and as early pioneers in 1882 homesteaded 160 acres on Cahill Mt a few miles south of Dayton in Columbia County, Washington. The family relocated to Starbuck in the 1890's.

Gravesite Details

Supposed grave site next to his wife inspected on August 9, 2023. The turf shows signs of having been disturbed, suggesting burial at some time. Head of grave probed gently and no marker under the sod detected. No visible marker.

Enlisted:	January 05, 1864	Discharged:	June 14, 1865
Veteran Summary	Born Ohio; ENL Grand Rapids, MI; Died Columbia Co, WA; Wife-Nancy A Kilt. He was a member of Alfred Sully Post No. 3 of Dayton, Columbia County, Washington.

Buried at Starbuck Cemetery