28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry1861 - 1865 |
Pictures - Company K Pvt. Augustus Rowan "Gus" Oglesby Company K, 28th Georgia Pvt. Augustus Rowan "Gus" Oglesby enlisted in Company K, 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, as a private on September 10, 1861. On December 31, 1863, he was on detached duty at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. No later record. He was born on July 12, 1844 in Emanuel County, Georgia. After the war, he attended medical school at Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and practiced medicine in Emanuel County until his death. Dr. Oglesby died on April 23, 1902, and was buried in the Oglesby Family Cemetery in Jenkins County, Georgia. Photo and information courtesy of Larry W. Wiggins, 2nd great-grandson of Dr. Augustus Rowan "Gus" Oglesby.  Cpl. Amos Moses Proctor Company K, 28th Georgia Amos M. Proctor enlisted in Company K, 28th Georgia Infantry as a Private September 10, 1861. He was appointed Corporal. He surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, on April 26, 1865. Amos Moses Proctor was born June 15, 1842 and died October 17, 1917 in Emanuel County, Georgia,. He was the son of Daniel Joseph Proctor and Eliza Hart. Amos Moses and Floye Elizabeth Medlock, married 11 April 1878, were the parents of Marion "Mae", Louis Samples, William Houser, Claude Mallory, Albert Rabun, Ruth Elizabeth, and Dora Vivian Proctor. Amos Moses Proctor and his wife are buried in City Cemetery in Swainsboro, Emanuel County, Georgia. Amos M. Proctor and Jonas R. Proctor were first cousins. Photo courtesy of Judy Schrader, great-granddaughter of Jonas R. Proctor.  Pvt. Jonas R. Proctor Company K, 28th Georgia Jonas R. Proctor served in the 25th Georgia Infantry, Company E, until it ceased to exist on May 2, 1862. He enlisted as a private in Company K, 28th Georiga Volunteer Infanty, on August 18, 1862. He was captured at Morris Island, S.C., September 7, 1863, and paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland, in 1864. He was received at Savannah River, Georgia, for exchange on November 15, 1864. Jonas was born in Emanuel County, Georgia, on August 9, 1841, and he married Matilda Grimes in 1866. He and Matilda were the parents of six children: Mima Mozelle, Jonas William (Billie), Sarah Isobel, Francis Marion, Ira Walter, and Noah Allen Proctor. A Confederate marker appears on his grave at Hebron Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Garfield, Georgia. Amos M. Proctor and Jonas R. Proctor were first cousins. Photo courtesy of Judy Schrader, great-granddaughter of Jonas R. Proctor. |
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