★★★ Wasden, Joseph Alexander

Joseph Alexander Wasden:​

Born: September 21, 1829
Birthplace: Gibson County Georgia
Father: Bryant Joseph Wasden 1809 – 1889
Mother: Politha Thompson 1811 – 1900

Wife: Mary Ann Wilson 1827 – 1908

Children:
Mary V. Wasden 1856 –

Occupation before War:
Attorney in Warrenton Georgia

Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Major of 22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded at the second battle of Manassas Virginia
1862: Applied for a judgeship of a military court claiming exhaustion
1863: Colonel of 22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment
1863: Killed on the 2nd day of Gettysburg by canister on Emmitsburg turnpike


Died: July 2, 1863
Place of Death: Gettysburg Pennsylvania
Age at time of Death: 33 years old
Original Burial Place: Gettysburg battlefield Gettysburg Pennsylvania
Re – internment Place: North Laurel Grove Cemetery Savannah Georgia

 

[ErnieMac]

Excerpt from the report of BG A. R. Wright (OR Series 1, Volume XXVII, Part 2, Page 624):

Headquarters Wrights Brigade,​

September 28, 1863.​

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Major: I submit the following report of the part taken by my brigade in the military operations at Gettysburg, Pa., on July 1, 2, 3, and 4 last:​

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In the list of casualties, I am pained to find the name of Col. Joseph Wasden, commanding Twenty-second Georgia Regiment, who was killed at the head of his command near the Emmitsburg turnpike. The service contained no better or truer officer, and his death, while deeply deplored by his friends and associates, will be a serious loss to the Confederacy.​

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I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,​

A. R. WRIGHT,​

Brigadier-General, Commanding Brigade.​

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Maj. Thomas S. Mills,​

Assistant Adjutant-General, Anderson's Division.​

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