Albert Creswell Garlington
Born: June 9, 1822
Birthplace: Oglethorpe Count, Georgia
Father: Christopher Garlington 1792 – 1864
(Buried: Chandler Cemetery, Calhoun, Georgia)
Mother: Eliza Aycock 1801 – 1892
(Buried: Chandler Cemetery, Calhoun, Georgia)
Wife: Sally Moon 1828 – 1910
(Buried: Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina)
Married: December 8, 1846
Children:
Octavia E. Garlington Fair 1849 – 1928
(Buried: Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina)
Brig. General Ernest Albert Garlington 1853 – 1934
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Meredith William Garlington 1855 – 1896
(Buried: Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina)
Harry M. Garlington 1865 – 1936
(Buried: Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina)
Albert Creswell Garlington Jr. 1868 – 1882
(Buried: Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina)
Education:
1842: Graduated University of Georgia
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Newberry, South Carolina
1850 – 1854: South Carolina State Representative
1854: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Congress
1856 – 1864: South Carolina State Senator
Director of Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company
Civil War Career:
1856 – 1864: South Carolina State Senator
Member of Staff of Governor Francis Pickens
Responsible for South Carolina Coastal Defenses and State Militia
1861: Brigadier General, 3rd Brigade South Carolina State Volunteers
1861 – 1862: Major in Holcombe’s South Carolina Legion
Served in the skirmish at Edisto Island, South Carolina
1862 – 1865: Major General & South Carolina Inspector General
1864: Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of South Carolina
1864 – 1865: Served against Major General Sherman’s March
1865: Disbanded his Brigade after Columbia Evacuation
Occupation after War:
Counsel for freedmen who told them their civil rights were guaranteed and whites couldn’t deprive them of their rights
1865 – 1867: South Carolina State Representative
Attorney and Farmer in Newberry, South Carolina
Died: March 27, 1885
Place of Death: Newberry, South Carolina
Age at time of Death: 62 years old
Burial Place: Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina
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