Capt G J George
Gilbert Jasper George
American
Gilbert Jasper George was an American lawyer and a Union soldier in the American Civil War. - AsNotedIn
Gilbert Jasper George was an American lawyer and a Union soldier in the American Civil War. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1837/03/17 | Gilbert Jasper George is born in White County, near Liberty, Indiana. | Born | White County | ||||
| 1862/04/06 | When the Rebels make their first grand charge on the Union lines, Capt G J George watches William Newby of Co D, 40th Illinois Infantry is shot in the head. | Union Commander | Shiloh National Military Park | Tennessee | Battle of Shiloh | ||
| 1862/04/09 | A Union burial detail dispatched by Capt G J George report back that William Newby of 40th Illinois Infantry has been buried. G J George reports the death to the government. | Union Commander | Shiloh National Military Park | Tennessee | Battle of Shiloh | ||
| 1864/06/27 | Union soldier G J George is severely wounded at Kennesaw Mountain and taken prisoner by Confederate forces. | Health | Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park | Georgia | Battle of Kennesaw Mountain | ||
| 1864/07/00 | G J George's "obituary" states that he was killed along with his comrades at Kennesaw Mountain on June 27 and buried 3 days later. Heat of the Southern sun had rendered them unrecognizable. | Life | Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park | Georgia | |||
| 1864/08/00 | G J George spends 96 days as a prisoner of war in the Confederate States of America. "In a jail in Charleston, SC, I took a sip of poodle-dog soup and a bit of flesh." GJG | Captive | Old Charleston Jail | Charleston, SC | |||
| 1864/12/00 | After 6 months, G J George returns carrying the clothes he wore when he was wounded. "To hold them up and look at them now - you cannot imagine how a man could have been in those breeches when those balls passed through, and not have been riddled." GJG | Recalled to Life | Fairfield | Illinois | |||
| 1866/10/11 | Emily Wilcox, daughter of J C and Mary Beecher Wilcox, marries Gilbert Jasper George. The union will produce four children: Mary, Chloe, Rena and Lewis George. | Groom | |||||
| 1878/00/00 | A two-story Italianate style brick residence is built in 1877 or 1878 for G J George, a Civil War veteran and lawyer. | Home | G J George House | Fairfield | |||
| 1893/00/00 | William Newby, alias "Dan Benton", alias "Rickety Dan", alias "Crazy Jack", or The soldier's return, a true and wonderful story of mistaken identity by G J George, is published in Cincinnati by C J Krebbiel and Co. | Author | |||||
| 1900/00/00 | Mr and Mrs George move to Springfield, Illinois. | Home | G J George House | Fairfield |
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