GARDNER, William Montgomery

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Affiliation:  Union

Born: June 8 1824, Augusta GA

Died: June 16 1901, Memphis TN

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1846, Mexican War, resigned January 1861.

War Service: 1861 Lt. Col. of 8th Georgia, First Manassas (w - incapacitated for field service), November 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded District of Middle Florida, Olustee, 1864 commandant of prisons east of the Mississippi, Richmond.

Post War: After the Civil War, Gardner lived for a while in Georgia and then moved to Tennessee. William Montgomery Gardner died June 16, 1901, at a son's home in Memphis, Tennessee.