SANDERS, John Caldwell Calhoun

Confederate

Born: April 4 1840, Tuscaloosa AL

Died: August 21 1864, Weldon Railroad VA

Pre-War Profession: Student

War Service: 1861 elected Capt. in 11th Alabama, Seven Pines, White Oak Swamp (w), commanded his regiment at Sharpsburg, September 1862 Col., Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (w), Wilderness, Spotsylvania, May 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Wilcox's Bde/Mahone's Divn at Petersburg, Crater, Weldon Railroad (mw).

Post War: Brigadier General Sanders was killed in action along the Weldon Railroad in Virginia also known as Battle of Globe Tavern, on August 21, 1864, when he was shot through both thighs and bled to death within a few minutes.