Private Alfred J. Wellmaker

Alfred Jackson Wellmaker (grandfather) was born in Pike County, Georgia in 1838 and died in Barnesville, Georgia in 1916. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Barnesville.  He enlisted in Captain Gibson's Battery Georgia Light Artillery.  Griffin Light Artillery was organized at Griffin, Georgia, in May, 1862. It was attached to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida and served on the Georgia coast and in the defense of Savannah. The unit was broken up in January, 1865. 

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