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George Golladay Son of George Shall Golladay and Martha Harper George was 5' 8" tall, 17 years old, and listed as a student when he enlisted. Stanford's Artillery Battery was organized at Grenada, Mississippi on 17 May 1861. George was on the company's first muster roll on 06 November 1861. In 1862, Stanford's Artillery Battery fought in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, and Perryville, Kentucky. At the end of the year, it was also engaged at the battle of Murfreesboro until 03 January 1863. It fought in battles at Chickamauga and Chattanooga in 1863. In 1864, the battery fought in the defense of Atlanta against General Sherman. During retreat at the Battle of Nashville in December of 1864, the battery had to abandon its artillery equipment. It was then orderd to Mobile, Alabama. After the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, CSA Lt. General Richard Taylor agreed to surrender the troops under his command in the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana to Union Major General E.R.S. Canby. George's battery was part of this prearranged surrender on 04 May 1865 at Citronelle, Alabama. George was paroled at Meridian, Mississippi on 10 May 1865. After the war, George worked for a while as a clerk in the store of his brother-in-law George Lake. He later purchased a portion of land that had at one time been part of his father's plantation. He lived there until he died. The following account of George's death appeared in a Tennessee
newspaper as related by his brother Sam.
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Buried at: Odd Fellows Cemetery in Grenada,
Mississippi