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Battle unit name: 3rd, Georgia infantry Company: k Soldiers rank in: Private Soldiers rank out: Private Alternate name: m226 Roll 43

Alexander S. Erwin Jr. was the grandson of Howell Cobb and the son of a prominent Athens judge. He was a promising young lawyer, recent member of the Georgia General Assembly and a popular citizen of Athens before a fatal accident at the age of 24.

The death of Alonzo S. Church was mourned by many in the Athens and University of Georgia communities, as Church had great influence in both. As a Presbyterian minister, Church often assisted poor churches who could not afford a minister by offering…

From the Georgia Department of Archives and History
A Pictorial History of the University of Georgia
By F. N. Boney (p. 180)