A correction for Private James M. Watson Senior

2023) Private John M. WATSON SENIOR- Inscription on tombstone #626 reads “JNO. M. WATSON CO. E 1 GA. REG. C.S.A.” He was taken prisoner during the Atlanta Campaign. (May 7 – September 2, 1864) #3 He died on Saturday, December 17, 1864 due to chronic diarrhea. The compiler notes his Federal POW Records are located in the 6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry however the 6th Georgia Infantry was not at the Atlanta Campaign but rather with the Army of Northern Virginia. No Records could be located for John M. Watson in the 1st Georgia Regiment. The original muster rolls for Company E of the 1st Regiment Georgia State Troops was located at the Georgia State Archives in Record Group 22-1-63. This unit was also known as Gaut’s Regiment. In the muster rolls it listed “J. M. Watson Sr. as enlisting on January 8, 1863 in Marietta, Georgia”. Later muster rolls showed him paid $22.00 every two months. If the compiler were making the tombstone it would read: “JOHN M. WATSON SENIOR CO E 1 GA. REG. S.T. C.S.A.”