CARROLL COUNTY GEORGIA - MILITARY  James Wythe Langley

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James Wythe Langley, born abt 1830 probably Campbell
County, Ga married Eatha Malinda Shelnut, daughter of
John Shelnut and Elizabeth White. 

James and Eatha left Campbell Co., Ga about 1855 and
moved to Cleburne County, Al. James enlisted in Carroll
Co., Ga on the 5th of May 1862, with the 56th Georgia
Infantry, Co. B of the Confederate Army. 

On 30th of April 1863 his was on the roll in Lauderdale,
MS at the General Hospital as a patient. No other entries
are documented on him till his was captured near
Chattahoochie, Ga by Maj. Gen W.T. Sherman and forwarded
to Capt. S. E. Jones, where he was taken to Nashville,
TN. and  noted on the roll there on 13 July 1864. On the
14th of July 1864 he was sent to Camp Douglas at Chicago,
IL. and was received on there roster on the 16th of July
1864. 

On 30 Dec 1864 he died of Pleursey and was buried in
Grave # 365 at Brook2, Chicago City Cemetery*. * These
graves were later moved by the Federal Government about
20 miles south of the Camp Douglas site, at government
purchased property for Oak Woods Cemetery.

Eatha Langley filed for her husband's pension in Cleburne
County, Al., in August of 1887, July 1889, and July 1891.
She indicates on this pension record that James came to
his death from disease contacted while in service of the
Conferate Army. 

Note ** James Wythe Langley is listed as James Y. Langley
on his Compiled Service Records. 
More information on the 56th Georgia Inf. can be found at 
www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
http://www.nwinfo.net/~jagriffin/56th.htm
 
More can be found on Camp Douglas at 
http://www.chicagohs.org/DGBPhotoEssay/DGB02.html
 
Peggy Shaw 
AlabamaFamily@charter.net