★★★ Avery, Isaac Wheeler Jr.

Isaac Wheeler Avery Jr.

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Born: May 2, 1837

Birthplace: Saint Augustine, Florida

Father: Isaac Wheeler Avery Sr. 1806 – 1841

Mother: Mary Moore King 1810 – 1888
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

Wife: Emma Bivings 1849 – 1914
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​

Children:

Infant Avery 1879 – 1880​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​

Albert Wheeler Avery 1880 – 1917​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​
Infant Avery 1882 – 1882​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​

Education:

Attended Oglethorpe University in Savannah, Georgia​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Georgia​

Civil War Career:

1861: Private in Oglethorpe Light Infantry​
1862: Captain of Company I 23rd​ Georgia Cavalry Battalion​
1862: Captured at Booneville, Mississippi​
1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 4th​ Georgia Cavalry Regiment​
1863 – 1864: Colonel of 4th​ Georgia Cavalry Regiment
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1864: Wounded during the Battle of New Hope Church​
1864 – 1865: Commander of Macon Georgia Home Guard​

Occupation after War:

Attorney in Dalton, Georgia​
Editor of Atlanta Constitution Newspaper​
Author of a Standard History of Georgia​

Died: September 8, 1897

Place of Death: Atlanta, Georgia

Age at time of Death: 60 years old

Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia
 
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Isaac Wheeler Avery Jr.:
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Born: May 2, 1837View attachment 385014
Birthplace: Saint Augustine Florida
Father: Isaac Wheeler Avery Sr. 1806 – 1841
Mother: Mary Moore King 1810 – 1888
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery Savannah Georgia)
Wife: Emma Bivings 1849 – 1914
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Atlanta Georgia)
Children:
Infant Avery 1879 – 1880
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Atlanta Georgia)
Albert Wheeler Avery 1880 – 1917
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Atlanta Georgia)
Infant Avery 1882 – 1882
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Atlanta Georgia)

Education:
Attended Oglethorpe University in Savannah Georgia

Occupation before War:
Attorney in Georgia

Civil War Career:
1861: Private in Oglethorpe Light Infantry
1862: Captain of Company I 23rd​ Georgia Cavalry Battalion
1862: Captured at Booneville Mississippi
1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 4th​ Georgia Cavalry Regiment
1863 – 1864: Colonel of 4th​ Georgia Cavalry Regiment
1864: Wounded during the Battle of New Hope Church
1864 – 1865: Commander of Macon Georgia Home Guard

Occupation after War:
Attorney in Dalton Georgia
Editor of Atlanta Constitution Newspaper
Author of a Standard History of Georgia


Died: September 8, 1897
Place of Death: Atlanta Georgia
Age at time of Death: 60 years old
Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery Atlanta Georgia


View attachment 385015
I believe it was Avery commanding the "Georgia Dragoons" in the Confederate Third Corps at Shiloh.
 
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