{⋆★⋆} MG Garlington, Albert C.

Albert Creswell Garlington

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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
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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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His son would join the army and join the 7th Cavalry after the Little Big Horn disaster. He also oversaw the Brownsville Riot hearings.
Gen. Ernest A. Garlington also received a Medal of Honor during the Indian Wars, and commanded an 1883 relief expedition to rescue arctic explorer Adolphus Greely. Served as Inspector Generl during the SpAm War, and retired a few months after the U.S, entered WWI.
 
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