WILSON, Claudius Charles

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Confederate

Born: October 1 1831, Effingham Cty GA

Died: November 27 1863, Ringgold GA

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, state solicitor

War Service: 1861 Capt. in 25th Georgia, September 1861 Col., served in the Dept. of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, Vicksburg campaign, commanded a brigade in Walker's corps at Chickamauga, November 1863 Brig. Gen.

Post War: He died of "camp fever", now generally recognized as typhus, on November 27, 1863, at Ringgold, Georgia.