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Once a mayor of Huntsville,Alabama, Captain John James Ward raised Ward's Battery in Madison County,Alabama, in 1862. Ward's Battery served in the Army of Mississippi at Mobile,Alabama,in 1863 and was later transferred to the Army of Tennessee where the battery served in George S. Storrs' battalion at Kennesaw Mountain and other battles during the Atlanta Campaign.
One website has Captain John James Ward killed near Nashville,Tennessee on July 27,1864. I like this website because it has some official records of Ward's Artillery.
http://civilwarhome.com/wardbatalaart.htm
Captain John James Ward is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Spalding,Georgia.
The date of his death on the tombstone is July 20,1864. I checked a Civil War time line and found that the Battle of Peachtree Creek was fought on July 20,1864.
In the Confederate order of battle at Peachtree Creek, Ward's Battery is listed as having fought in that battle.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ward&GSiman=1&GScid=35941&GRid=20841900&
John James Ward, Sr. was my Great-great-Grandfather. Our family records show that he was mortally wounded at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain in June, 1864, and he was then transported by train to a confederate hospital in Griffin, Georgia where he died on 7/20/1864. I have visited his grave multiple times in Griffin and also had the pleasure of touring the old house which served as the confederate hospital where he died. Unfortunately, the original tombstone (which had very special family significance) was replaced by a well-meaning group in Griffin. The original stone disappeared.