William Montgomery Gardner
Born: June 8, 1824
Birth Place: Augusta, Georgia
Father: James Gardner 1766 – 1847
(Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Mother: Elizabeth McKinne 1784 – 1872
(Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Wife: Helen Long 1834 – 1911
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Children:
James Gardner 1860 – 1934
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Marion Gardner 1861 – 1947
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
John Long Gardner 1862 – 1929
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Alexander Gardner 1864 – 1866
(Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Sarah Gardner 1865 – 1866
(Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
William Montgomery Gardner Jr. 1868 – 1929
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Edwin Ramsey Gardner 1869 – 1937
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Helen Gardner 1870 – 1870
(Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Education:
Attended Georgetown College
1846: Graduated from West Point Military Academy - (55th in class)
Occupation before War:
1846 – 1847: Brevet 2nd Lt. 1st United States Army Infantry Regiment
1846 – 1847: Served in the Mexican War
1847: Participated in the Battle of Vera Cruz, Mexico
1847: 2nd Lt. 7th United States Army Infantry Regiment
1847 – 1849: 2nd Lt. 2nd United States Infantry Regiment
1847: Wounded during the Battle of Churubusco, Mexico
1847 – 1848: Leave of Absence from army due to his wounds
1849 – 1855: 1st Lt. 2nd United States Infantry Regiment
1849 – 1850: Frontier Duty at Benicia, California
1850 – 1851: Frontier Duty at Bear Creek, California
1851: Served on the Coast Survey
1852 – 1854: Aide to Brig. General Hitchcock
1854: Aide to Major General Wool
1855: Garrison Duty at Fort Carlisle, Pennsylvania
1855: Frontier Duty at Fort Pierre, Dakota Territory
1855 – 1861: Captain 2nd United States Army Infantry Regiment
1855 – 1856: Cantonment Duty at at Cantonment Miller, Minnesota
1856: Duty at Fort Lookout, Dakota Territory
1857 – 1859: Duty at Fort Randall, Dakota Territory
1859 – 1860: Duty at Fort Larramie, Dakota Territory
1860 – 1861: Leave of Absence from United States Army
1861: Resigned from United States Army on January 19, 1861
Civil War Career:
1861: Major in the Regular Confederate Army
1861: Assistant Adjutant General to Savannah, Georgia
1861: Lt. Colonel of 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment
1861: Wounded in the leg during the First Battle of Bull Run
1861: Colonel of 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Incapacitated from battlefield service
1861 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862 – 1863: Assistant Commissary General Army of Mississippi
1863 – 1864: Commander of District of Middle Florida
1864: Participated in the Battle of Olustee, Florida
1864 – 1865: Chief of Prisons in Florida, Virginia, North, and South Carolina
1865: Confederate Chief of the Bureau of Prisons
Occupation after War:
Farmer in Augusta, and Rome, Georgia, and also Memphis, Tennessee
Died: June 16, 1901
Place of Death: Memphis, Tennessee (His Son's Home)
Cause of Death: Malaria and Age
Age at time of Death: 77 years old
Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee (June 17, 1901)
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