Confederate Soldier. Private, Co I, 2nd Regiment NC Infantry. Died of disease at camp during the war.
He was listed as being 20 years old in the 1850 census, making his birth year 1830.
He was listed as 36 years old when he enlisted on May 29, 1861, making his birth year 1825.
If the article below is correct, his birth date would be Sep 9, 1824.
It does reveal WHERE he died.
"DIED - At Camp Potomac, Va., on the 4th of December, of typhoid Pneumonia, George W. Blaney, aged 37 years, 2 months, 25 days. The deceased was a citizen of this town and member of Company I, 2d Regiment, N.C.S. Troops. He was a good son, an affectionate brother, a firm friend, and an honest man."
"Green be the sod above thee,
Friend of my early days,
None knew thee but to love thee,
Or name thee but to praise."
Ref: Newbern Weekly Progress, New Bern, NC. Jan 7, 1862, page 1, column 3.
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Confederate Soldier. Private, Co I, 2nd Regiment NC Infantry. Died of disease at camp during the war.
He was listed as being 20 years old in the 1850 census, making his birth year 1830.
He was listed as 36 years old when he enlisted on May 29, 1861, making his birth year 1825.
If the article below is correct, his birth date would be Sep 9, 1824.
It does reveal WHERE he died.
"DIED - At Camp Potomac, Va., on the 4th of December, of typhoid Pneumonia, George W. Blaney, aged 37 years, 2 months, 25 days. The deceased was a citizen of this town and member of Company I, 2d Regiment, N.C.S. Troops. He was a good son, an affectionate brother, a firm friend, and an honest man."
"Green be the sod above thee,
Friend of my early days,
None knew thee but to love thee,
Or name thee but to praise."
Ref: Newbern Weekly Progress, New Bern, NC. Jan 7, 1862, page 1, column 3.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/55331654
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