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Archibald Dollar (abt. 1826 - aft. 1900)

Archibald Dollar
Born about in Laurens, South Carolina, United Statesmap
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Died after after about age 73 in Harris County, Georgiamap
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Biography

Private Archibald Dollar served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: March 4th, 1862
Mustered out: June 16th, 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Company K, 35th Georgia Infantry

Archibald was born in 1826 in Laurens District, South Carolina. He is the son of Joseph Dollar and Hannah Prater. He moved with his family in 1832 when he was a boy to Meriwether County, Georgia. His father had purchased 202 and one half acres in the 7th District of Meriwether at the county line with Troup. Archibald lived with his parents and siblings on the plantation there. His father died in June of the next year, 1833. Arch lived with his widowed mother and his siblings. He was living with his mother and younger brother in Meriwether County in 1850. His mother died in 1853. Arch was named in the disposition of his father's estate in 1856. Arch later moved to Harris County, Georgia near Hamilton. He was an overseer in Harris County in 1860.

War came to the South and to Georgia in April of 1861.

Military

Arch enlisted March 4th of 1862 in Company K of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment.

MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY K, 35th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF TENNESSEE C. S. A. HARRIS COUNTY, GEORGIA "HARRIS GUARDS"

The 35th Regiment, Georgia Infantry was organized at Atlanta, Georgia and mustered into Confederate service at Richmond, Virginia in October, 1861. The men were recruited in the counties of Troup, Haralson, Bartow, Walton, Chattooga, Harris, and Gwinnett. The regiment was first assigned to General French's Brigade and in April, 1862, had a force of 545 effectives. Later the regiment served under Generals Pettigrew, J.R. Anderson, and E.L. Thomas, Army of Northern Virginia and fought in numerous battles from Seven Pines to Cold Harbor, during the long Petersburg siege south of the James River, and was surrendered at Appomattox with 15 officers and 121 men. The regiment sustained 70 casualties at Second Manassas, 89 at Fredericksburg, and 33 at Chancellorsville. Of the 331 engaged at Gettysburg, more than twenty-five percent were killed or wounded. The field officers were Colonels Bolling H. Holt and Edward L. Thomas; Lieutenant Colonels Gustavus A. Bull, W.H. McCullons, and Edward L. Thomas; and Majors William L. Groves, J.T. McElvany, and Lee A. J. Williams.

Arch was a Prisoner of War captured at Petersburg, Virginia on April 2nd of 1865 and sent to Ft. Delaware. Arch was released on June 16th of 1865 after taking the oath of allegiance. After his release he was admitted to the hospital in Louisville, Kentucky on the 21st of June with Dysentery. He was discharged from the hospital on the 26th.

Life after the war

Arch survived the war and returned to life in Harris County. He was living in Harris County at Hamilton Post Office in 1870 and worked as a miller. He was still living near Hamilton in Harris County in 1880. Arch has a farm of 660 acres in 1890 in Hamilton and District 672 per tax records. He had three employed on his farm. He was still living in District 672, Hamilton in 1900. A Martin Adams and his wife Martha were living with him per the census of 1900. The census indicates that he was his nephew.

His date and place of death and burial are not known.

Sources

  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZY4-PHY : 12 April 2016), A Dollar in household of Hannah Dollar, Meriwether county, Meriwether, Georgia, United States; citing family 202, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).


  • "Georgia Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFHR-5WC : 24 December 2014), Archibald Dollar, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit 35th Infantry, publication number M266 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 416.

http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/harris/military/civilwar/rosters/cok35reg.txt

  • "Georgia, Reconstruction Registration Oath Books, 1867-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL8-JXXY : 17 March 2018), Archibald Dollar, 16 Aug 1867; citing Voter Registration, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, Georgia; FHL microfilm.


  • "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC34-DXB : 12 April 2016), Archibald Dollar, Georgia, United States; citing p. 222, family 1698, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,655.
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8G7-PHW : 22 August 2017), Archabold Dollar, Hamilton, Harris, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 58, sheet 470A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0151; FHL microfilm 1,254,151.
  • "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3JQ-GZ2 : accessed 14 August 2018), Archabal Dollar, Militia District 672 Hamilton town, Harris, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27, sheet 10A, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,203.




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