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Private William Thomas Covington
Company G, 59th Georgia Infantry
Private William Thomas Covington
2nd Great-grandfather of 2nd Lieutenant Commander Lionel Young.
William Thomas Covington enlisted on 10 May 1862, at Buena Vista, Georgia. He was one of the 15 officers and 251 men present in his regiment at the surrender at Appomattox, Virginia, on 9 Apr 1865. [FOOTNOTE.COM]
59th Georgia Infantry Regiment
59th Infantry Regiment was formed in the spring of 1862 with men from Jackson, Whitfield, Crawford, Worth, and Turner counties. After serving for some time in Georgia and North Carolina, the unit moved to Virginia. Early in 1863 it was attached to General G. T. Anderson's Brigade where it remained for the balance of the war. The 59th fought at Gettysburg, moved with Longstreet to assist Bragg at Chickamauga, then served in the Knoxville Campaign. Returning to Virginia it took part in the conflicts at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, the Petersburg siege north of the James River, and the Appomattox operations. The unit lost more than twenty-five percent of the 525 engaged at Gettysburg and sustained 69 casualties from May 6 to April 14 and 85 from August 1 to December 31, 1864. Fifteen officers and 251 men were present at the surrender. Its field officers were Colonel Jack Brown: Lieutenant Colonels Bolivar H. Gee; Charles J. Harris, and George R. Hunter; and Majors Mastin G. Bass and William H. Fickling. [Units of the Confederate States Army by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.]
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