Francis Lawton Mobley (1836-1862) was born in Georgia to the Reverend George Griffen Mobley and Mary Grantham Mobley. In 1856, he married Rhoda Gaskins. Mobley mustered into the 50th Georgia Company I, on March 4, 1862, as a junior second lieutenant and was promoted to a full second lieutenant in June of the same year. Mobley suffered a minor bullet wound on September 14, 1862 in the Battle of South Mountain but remained with his company. On September 17, 1862 he participated in the Battle of Antietam and received a more serious injury. Mobley was sent to a makeshift hospital in Winchester, Virginia and died on October 9, 1862.
From the description of Francis Lawton Mobley Papers, 1861-1916, undated, 1861 - 1862. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 714159469
