Ward, George T.
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Ward, George T.
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Ward, George T.
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George T. Ward of Leon County sat in the Secession Convention at Montgomery, Ala. Jan. 6, 1861 when the committee submitted a Secession Ordinance accompanied by a report in favor of immediate secession; Ward of Leon County, Fla. & Jackson Morton of Santa Rosa County led the opposition in an effort to amend the odinance to defer action until after Georgia & Alabama had seceded; they were overruled and on Jan. 19 the ordinance was passed by a vote of 62 to 7.
At some point in his life, Ward and Alston fought a gun duel just outside Tallahassee, and Ward was hurt but survived; as a high ranking officer in Florida's 2nd Regiment, Ward was later killed in action in the Civil War at the Battle of Williamsburg.
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Florida Confederate Officer in the U.S. Civil War
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