Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Clayton Smallwood of Co. F, 4th Georgia Cavalry

 News Item from Fricksgap Column in Walker County Messenger, 1891

"Clayton Smallwood and I were  members of Company F. Fourth Ga. Cavalry. He was captured in the first of the New Hope fighting and went to prison and never returned."

[Column signed]: "A. F. S."

[Source]: Clayton Smallwood (mentioned), A.F.S., "Fricksgap" (column), Walker County Messenger (LaFayette, Walker, Georgia) 187?-current, 29 January  1891, page 4 (digital image 4), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Georgia Public Library Service, University System of Georgia. https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053488/1891-01-29/ed-1/seq-4/print/image_551x817_from_1027,4156_to_1975,5562/
(accessed 18 January 2022).
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Not sure if this is relevant, but the above item identifies Clayton Smallwood as a member of Co. F, Fourth Georgia Cavalry. I looked up the Fourth Georgia Cavalry and found this reference, giving a brief history of the 4th Georgia regiment:

Caption Clinch's Regiment, The 4th Georgia Volunteer Cavalry, "The Wiregrass Fourth," Provisional Army of the Confederate States.

http://www.glynngen.com/military/civilwar/4thGA/DLClinch.htm


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