DOLES, George Pierce

Affiliation:  Union

Born: May 14 1830, Milledgeville GA

Died: June 2 1864, Bethesda Church VA

Pre-War Profession: Businessman, Capt. of Baldwin Blues militia co.

War Service: 1861 Capt. in 4th Georgia, May 1861 Col., Malvern Hill (w), South Mountain, Sharpsburg, November 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Doles' Bde/D H Hill's Divn at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, commanded Doles' Bde/Rodes' Divn at Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor (k).

Post War: During the Battle of Cold Harbor in June 1864, a Union sharpshooter shot Doles in the left breast as he was inspecting the Confederate entrenchments near Bethesda Church, Virginia. He died instantly.