Name: James Samuel (Sammie) Waters
Sex: M
Birth: 1820 in Hall County, Georgia
Death: 1865 in Clarke County, Georgia, Burial at Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia
Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia
Lot 41, Valley Section - No tombstone
43rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry
Soldier Name Company Rank InRank Out
Waters, J. S.A Private Private
CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
43rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry
43rd
Infantry Regiment, organized at Big Shanty, Georgia, in April, 1862,
contained men from Cherokee, Pickens, Cobb, Hall, Forsyth, Jefferson,
and Jackson counties. The unit moved to Tennessee, then Mississippi
where it placed under the command of General Barton in the Department of
Mississippi and East Louisiana. It took an active part in the conflicts
at Chickasaw Bayou and Champion's Hill, and was captured when Vicksburg
fell. After being exchanged, the 43rd was assigned to General Stovall's
Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It was prominent in the numerous campaigns
of the army from Missionary Ridge to Nashville, and ended the war in
North Carolina. In December, 1863, it totalled 283 men and 251 arms, and
in November, 1864, there were 130 fit
for duty. On April 26, 1865, the unit surrendered. Its commanding
officers were Colonels Hiram P. Bell, Skidmore Harris, and Henry C.
Kellogg, and Major William C. Lester.
Note: If James Samuel died
in 1865', he died at the height of the war in the South, and was
possible a causality of the War! He would have been 45 yrs. of age. (GEM)
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Angeline Waters b: 1845 in Hall County, Georgia
James Knox Polk Waters b: 29 APR 1847 in Hall County, Georgia
