Cox, Charles Harding, 1844-1928.

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Charles Harding Cox, Union soldier, prospector, and postmaster, was born in 1844, probably in Indiana, and died in 1928, in Marietta, Georgia. He served with the United States Army in the 70th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, and was stationed in Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina, and participated in battles in Georgia and South Carolina. He married Hulda Jones (1865; d. 1882) and Emma Hays (1884) and lived in Decatur, Atlanta, and Ball Ground (Cherokee County), Georgia, where he tried prospecting for gold and became postmaster. He moved back to Atlanta (1920), and then to Marietta, Georgia, and served on the staff of the Atlanta branch of the Grand Army of the Republic.

From the description of Charles Harding Cox papers, 1860-1928. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173862933

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Place Name Admin Code Country
Charleston (S.C.)
Cherokee County (Ga.)
Tennessee
Indiana
Lookout Mountain (Tenn.)
Kentucky
Georgia
Atlanta (Ga.)
Roswell (Ga.)
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African Americans
Atlanta Campaign, 1864
Gold mines and mining
Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of, Ga., 1864
Sherman's March through the Carolinas
Sherman's March to the Sea
Soldiers
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Miners
Postmaster
Soldiers
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Birth 1844

Death 1928

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