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Jesse Havis Pickett

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 8/15/1861 as a Captain.
On 8/15/1861 he was commissioned into "K" Co. GA 17th Infantry
He Resigned on 1/5/1864
Promotions:
* Major 6/9/1862 (As of Co. S)
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* 6/9/1862 from company K to Field & Staff

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Also there were two more Pickett’s in the regiment:

James B. Pickett

Residence Stewart County GA;
Enlisted on 8/15/1861 as a 1st Lieutenant.
On 8/15/1861 he mustered into "I" Co. GA 17th Infantry
He was discharged for disability (date not stated)
He was listed as:
* Wounded 5/3/1863 Chancellorsville, VA (Shot through lungs)
Promotions:
* Adjutant 1/15/1863

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Thomas H. Pickett

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 8/15/1861 as a Corporal.
On 8/15/1861 he mustered into "K" Co. GA 17th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
(Enlisted as 3rd Corpl)
He was listed as:
* Detailed 2/28/1865 Quitman County, GA (Enrolling Officer; no further record)
Promotions:
* Jr 2nd Lieut 1/9/1862
* 2nd Lieut 7/27/1864

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865

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J. H. Pickett, Captain, Company K, 17th Georgia Infantry, appointed August 15, 1861, elected Major June 2, 1862, tenders resignation November 24, 1863 upon the grounds of disability by having received a gunshot wound through the left lung at 2nd Battle of Manassas, resigned January 5, 1864, his file contains correspondence between the Adjutant General, War Department, with Mrs. Ethel P. Brooks, 1205 Hall Avenue, Tifton, Georgia, dated September 26, 1950

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia

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DR. Jesse H Pickett

Birth: Apr. 12, 1828
Death: Dec. 15, 1908

Major C D 17 Ga Inf CSA

From "Physicians of Tift County (GA), Volume 1" compiled by Martha Sue Williams Pittman, published by members of the Women's Auxiliary to The Tift County Medical Society in 1972, and located in the Tifton-Tift County Public library :
Dr. Jesse Havis Picket was born in North Carolina, the son of Jeptha and Jane Havis McKinney Pickett.
He practiced medicine in Webster and Tift County. He served in the Mexican war as a privaate in Co.B Seymour's Battalion of Georgia, was promoted to Corporal in 1847 and mustered out July 10, 1848 in Mobile Alabama at age 19.
He was a captain in Company K, 17th Georgia Regiment of Infantry of the Confederate army and resigned as a major on January 5, 1864.
Find A Grave Memorial# 55058981

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