CPL. Joyce, Elijah Allen
Enlistment Date: 1862
Enlistment Location: Ellijay (Gilmer County), Georgia, United States
Branch of Service: Georgia State Guards (Infantry), Confederate States Army
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Service Remarks: Elijah mustered into Company H, 1st Infantry Regiment, Georgia State Guards. The 1st Georgia Infantry was assigned to the Army of Northern Virginia and participated in most major campaigns in the Eastern Theatre until early 1863, when they were transferred to the Department of South Carolina. When Sherman's Army crossed into Georgia, the 1st Georgia Infantry joined with Joe Johnston's Army for the Carolinas Campaign. The 1st Georgia surrendered with Johnston's Army at Bennett Place (outside of Durham), North Carolina on the 26th of April, 1865. At some point, Elijah was captured and was listed as a Prisoner of War. He was released in April, 1865 at Macon City Hall, Macon, Georgia.
Campaign Credits:
- Seven Days Campaign ( Elijah wasn't present)
- Battle of Antietam
- Second Manassas
- Battle of Fredericksburg
- Battle of Olustee
- Carolinas Campaign
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Rank at Separation: Corporal
Separation Date: APR 1865
Separation Location: Macon, Georgia, United States
Condition of Separation: Prisoner of War Paroled
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Birth: 3 MAR 1845, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
Death: 16 FEB 1927, Sugar Valley (Gordon County), Georgia, United States
Burial: Cemetery, Sugar Valley Baptist Church
INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY:
Debbie Rosenbloom
LINEAGE
- Elijah Allen Joyce (1845-1927), son of
- James Pleasant Joyce (1822-1892), son of
- Ambrose Benjamin Joyce (1781-1856), son of
- John "Coon" Joyce, Sr (1750-1814), son of
- Thomas Joyce (1722-1782), son of
- Thomas Joyce (1685-UNK), son of
- William Joass