Doles, George Pierce

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His infantry brigade of Georgians camped on the grounds of the College, June 27-29, 1863
    Full name
    George Pierce Doles
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
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    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    South
    Origins
    Slave State
    Occupation
    Military
    Military
    Confederate Army

    George Pierce Doles (Appleton’s)

    Reference
    DOLES, George Pierce, soldier, b. in Milledgeville, Ga., 14 May, 1830 ; d. near Cold Harbor, Va., 2 June, 1864. He was educated in Milledgeville, and at the beginning of the civil war was captain of a militia company called the "Baldwin Blues." His services and those of his command were at once offered to the governor of Georgia and accepted. He was made a captain in the 4th Georgia infantry, and in May, 1862, became colonel of his regiment. He followed the fortunes of the army of Northern Virginia, and at the battle of Gettysburg succeeded to the command of a brigade. His commission as brigadier-general bore date 2 Nov., 1862. During the overland campaigns he commanded a division in Gen. Ewell's corps, and was killed in the battle of Cold Harbor.
    James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, eds., “Doles, George Pierce,” Appleton’s Cyclopaedia of American Biography (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888), 2: 196.
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