George Henry Arledge
Born: July 6, 1836
Birthplace: Knoxville, Crawford County, Georgia
Father: Captain Cullen Earp Arledge 1794 – 1845
Mother: Mary Judith Breaker 1811 – 1893
Wife: Caroline Littlepage 1843 – 1937
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Children:
Mary Emily Arledge Snyder 1873 – 1937
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Mellye Arledge Butts 1874 – 1907
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Hardin Burnley Arledge Sr. 1882 – 1953
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Master's Mate in the Confederate States Navy
1862: Served in the Battle of Roanoke Island
1862 – 1864: Acting Master in the Confederate States Navy
1862 – 1863: Served at the Richmond, Virginia, Naval Station
1863: Captured while serving on C.S.S. Atlanta
1863 – 1864: Prisoner of War, held at Fort Warren, Union Prison
1864: Exchanged in the Prisoner of War Exchange in October
1864: 2nd Lt. In the Confederate States Navy
1864 – 1865: 1st Lt. In the Confederate States Navy
1864: Executive Officer of Battery Buchanan, near Fort Fisher, North Carolina
1865: Commander of the C.S.S. Beaufort
1865: Commander of the C.S.S. Fredericksburg
1865: Paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, in May, Semmes Naval Brigade
Occupation after War:
1868 – 1870: Farmer in King William County, Virginia
1874 – 1896: Cotton Broker in Galveston, Texas
Died: March 16, 1898
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Age at time of Death: 61 years old
Burial Place: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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