Private George M. Ross

George Marion Ross. George Marion Ross served as a Private in Company B, 4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters. Private Ross is buried in the Midway Baptist Church Cemetery in Lamar County, Georgia. The 4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters was organized from part of the 3rd Georgia Infantry Battalion during the spring of 1863. The unit contained four companies and was assigned to General Bates' and Tyler's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It served from Chickamauga to Atlanta, moved with Hood into Tennessee, and ended the war in North Carolina, surrendering on April 26, 1865.