Nickelsville Spartan Band Roster, Company E
48th Virginia Regiment

Kilgore Fort House, Copper Creek, Scott Co. Va.
Sketch by Andrew Bond, August 1996

George W. Strong

Rank: Sgt.

1860 Census: Farm hand, Scott Co., age 19.

Enlistment: Nickelsville, Scott Co., age 20, pvt., 7/2/61.

Present thru 10/15/61. Promoted sgt. by 5/3/63 when captured Chancellorsville. POW sent to Washington, D.C. 5/4/63. POW there to 5/10/63 when sent to City Point. Exchanged there 5/13/63 and hosp., acute diarrhea, Petersburg, to 5/26/63 when released to duty.

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