George Albert Scudder

Abt 1832 - 1862  (30 years)

• Name	George Albert Scudder
  Birth	Abt 1832	Mississippi   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Jun 1862	Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi   [1]
  Burial	Chickasaw county, Mississippi   [1]
  Person ID	I1479	Scudder
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Thomas Pike Scudder,   b. 12 Jun 1795, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee d. 9 May 1839, Wilkinson county, Mississippi (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Elizabeth Kuhn,   b. 20 Aug 1802, South Carolina d. 28 Jan 1892, Wilkinson county, Mississippi (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1829	Wilkinson county, Mississippi   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Embree,   b. 13 Nov 1837, Mississippi d. 2 Jun 1895, Wilkinson county, Mississippi (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1860	Wilkinson county, Mississippi   [1, 4]
  Children	1. George Albert Scudder, Jr.,   b. 4 Mar 1862, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi d. 7 May 1951, Kings county, California (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  George served as a Corporal, Company D, Cavalry, 38th Mississippi, Confederate States Army. He and his brother, James, were killed a few days apart during the Civil War. 38th Infantry Regiment was formed during the summer of 1862 with men recruited in the counties of Holmes, Tishomingo, Alcorn, Wilkinson, Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River, and Marion. The unit fought at Iuka with 322 men, then reported 35 casualties in the Battle of Corinth. Later it was assigned to General Hebert's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. In July, 1863, it was captured in Vicksburg and during the siege lost 35 killed, 37 wounded, and 2missing. Exchanged, the regiment contained 24 officers and 115 men in December, 1863. It then was mounted and assigned to Mabry's and W. Adams' Brigade, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. Continuing the fight in Mississippi, it sustained 74 casualties at Harrisburg. The 38th was included in the surrender in May, 1865.

  
  

• Sources

  [S279] Letter, Jeanne Arielle Tucker Barrere to Christopher Scudder. [S122] International Genealogical Index (R), batch #7728508, sheet #91, source call #112. [S285] Marriage License for Thomas Scudder and Mary Ann Elizabeth Allen. [S122] International Genealogical Index (R), Batch #M520419, source call #877602.