Georgia:  Elbert County:  Biography of John Oglesby

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Keith Jones
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Third Lieutenant John Oglesby was a brave soldier, and was always at his 
post.  He fought through many battles in and around Richmond, Fredricksburg, 
and through the Shenandoah Valley; also through Maryland and into 
Pennsylvania.  On the first day of July, '63, while in command of his gallant 
company, in charging the enemy, he was shot through the body, killing him 
instantly.  He was buried in a few steps of where he was killed.  He married 
Miss Margaret Eberhart, an excellent lady, who survived him 
only a few years.  They leave one child - George - who lives near Antioch 
church, and is a good farmer.