★★★ McBride, Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson "Jay" McBride
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Born: September 29, 1836

Birthplace: Fayetteville, Georgia

Father: William Green McBride 1800 – 1878

(Buried: McBride Cemetery, Tallapoosa, Georgia)​

Mother: Mary McDonald 1807 – 1843

(Buried: Fayetteville City Cemetery, Fayetteville, Georgia)​

1st​ Wife: Malinda Carroll

2nd​ Wife: Mary Frances Dorsey Johnson 1842 – 1931

(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​

Children:

Colonel Robert Bruce McBride 1867 – 1945​

(Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California)​

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Henrietta Law McBride Brown 1869 – 1896​

(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​

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William Santford McBride 1874 – 1933​

(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​

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Andrew Jay McBride Jr. 1877 – 1967​

(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Jonesboro, Georgia​

Civil War Career:

1861: Lt. Of Company E, 10th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​

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1861 – 1865: Captain of Company E, 10th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded during the Battle of Crampton's Gap, Maryland​

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1864: Wounded during the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia​

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1864: Wounded during the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia​

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1865: Colonel of 10th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment invalid at Home​

Occupation after War:

Crockery Manufacturer and Retailer in Atlanta, Georgia​

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City Councilman in Atlanta, Georgia​

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Author of Numerous Articles on his Military Experiences​

Died: March 4, 1922

Place of Death: Atlanta, Georgia

Cause of Death: Nephritis

Age at time of Death: 85 years old

Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia

 

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1st Lieutenant May, 20, 1861, Captain Oct. 16, 1861, Wounded Sept. 14, 1862 at Crampton's Gap, Wounded in the Wilderness on May 6, 1864.Then again at Cold Harbor on June 1, 1864. Finally commissioned Colonel on March2, 1865. He was in an Augusta,Georgia hospital at the close of the war.