Jim Martin
Whitfields in the 43rd GVI
Wed Feb 21 10:18:58 2001


You may already have this info, but here are the three Whitfields listed as members of Company "D", 43rd Georgia Volunteer Infantry.

Whitfield, Berry -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died in Banks County, Georgia April 30, 1862.

Whitfield, Harrison -- 3rd Corporal - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd Corporal November 1863. Roll dated February 29, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Whitfield, William -- Private - March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.

As I also have both Union and Confederate ancestors, I've wondered about their proximity to one another on different battlefields. I noticed that your ancestors from the 1st AL Cav. (US) both died prior to the battle of Resaca, GA which occurred in early 1864. Even though the Union and Confederate units you mentioned may have been near one another at the battle of Resaca, your ancestors could not have been.









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