Pike-Spalding County GaArchives History .....Blalock, Rufus 1905 (Confederate Soldier's Home, Atlanta, Georgia) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Cunningham lcunnin1@bellsouth.net and Shanna English ojmuseum@yahoo.com June 22, 2003, 8:01 am Blalock, Rufus • Residence: Spalding Co. • Born: 1817 Pike Co., Ga. • Entered service: 1861 as Pvt. in Co.A, 18th Ga. Vols. • Engagements: Bull-Run, Va., Seven days around Richmond, Va. & engagements above and around Atlanta • Paroled: in hospital at close of war • Commanding Officer when entering service: Capt. O’Neil, Col. Baker • Commanding Officers when discharged: was in hospital and don’t know • Rank at time of discharge: Private • Branch of service: Infantry • Age at present time: 88 • Date of this record: September 14th, 1905 • Remarks: In case of death, notify Mrs. Martha Blalock (wife), Sunny Side, Ga. • Died at the Home December 4th, 1905 12 p.m. • ref.: Vol. I, Folio # 286 Additional Comments: From Record Collections housed at Old Jail Museum/Archives, Barnesville, Georgia, Shanna English, Director This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb