Monroe County, Georgia 1853 Tax List Harrell's District lists J. G. English, 1 poll, military duty
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on 06 May 1862
Enlisted in Company H, 32nd Monroe Volunteers Infantry Regiment Georgia on 06 May 1862
Enlisted in Company H, 32 Reg, Mercer's Brig, on March 2, 1863 (Source Monroe Co Salt List)
Wounded on 20 February 1864 at Ocean Pond, FL (In right ankle, permanently disabled)
Retired on 28 October 1864
Sources:
Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865. (GARosterC) Published in 1955-58 by Longino & Porter
Source: Monroe Co GA Marriage Book AA30, Married by John Mullins, Minister of the Gospel
Monroe County GA Census of 1860, Unionville Dist No 523, August 14, 1860, Ass't Marshal: Cary A. King
House # 1040, Family # 1009
JG English 35 M Farmer $2,400
Malinda 28 F
James 10 M
Richard 7 M
FT 4 M
SM 2/12 F
No birth place noted by the enumerator
Application for Pension applied for by wife according to the pension records Georgia Dept Archives and History Microfilm from the Monroe County Courthouse
For his obituary in the Monroe Advertiser, November 15, 1907, Joseph was buried with honors of the Masonic order. Mr. English was 83 years of age and had been a resident of the community in which he died nearly all his life. He was a confederate veteran in the Civil war and did valiant service for the defense of the South.
