George Washington Taylor

George Washington Taylor[3949] M V P K Y

Photo: One we don’t have is in Helm, Defend, 153. His source: Mrs. Robinson; Helm now owns photo. Dink has individual photo.[3950]

Born: A George W. Taylor buried Taylor Cem., born July 19, 1823[3951] [Would have been 42 in 1865. No Conf. Vet. marker. Same man?] 19 July 1823.[3952] 19 July 1829.[3953]

Married: It is known from two excerpts from a book by his contemporary that Taylor was married, but his wife’s name is not given. Both refer to his home being in Fauquier County near the Rappahannock River. One excerpt seems to place his residence between Brandy Station, Culpeper County, and Fayettesville, Fauquier. In December 1863, “Taylor… wished to rejoin his wife, who lived not far distant….”[3954] In September 1864, “Taylor was not at home, but his wife welcomed me and gave minute information as to the state of affairs in general.”[3955] With a George W. Taylor buried Taylor Cem., Mary F. Taylor; Dec. 21, 1840– April 3, 1894.[3956] [He would have been 42 in 1865. No Conf. Vet. marker. Same man?] One stone for both. Mary F. Taylor (21 December 1840–3 April 1894.) “We which have believed do enter into rest.”[3957]

Died: A George W. Taylor buried Taylor Cem., Remington; died April 3, 1902.[3958] [Would have been 42 in 1865. No Conf. Vet. marker. Same man?] “We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love brethren.” “Buried in private cemetery. From Remington take Route 656 East about 1 ½ miles. Just before you reach Rt. 655 turn right onto private road and cross Railroad. Cemetery about 300 yards on very high hill.”[3959] 3 April 1902;[3960] buried Taylor Cemetery, Remington.[3961] Taylor Family Cemetery.[3962]

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Stories, Letters & Biographies: “[O]nly the few slept who had learned to do so a few years prior under cannon’s boom. … Juleps all around was the final issue. … [H]e tried no more to play upon them practical jokes.”[3963] “Juleps all around was the final issue.” See Stories Chapter under Robert Henry Downman.

CSR: 5’11”, dark complexion, black hair, blue eyes; enlisted 1 April 1863; absent for horse April 1863; AWOL July to August 1863; detached as Scout for Genl. Wickham April 1864; captured 1 April 1865 Dinwiddie Courthouse; wounded left thigh; released on Oath 14 June 1865 Washington D.C. Hospital.

Additional Information: Private.[3964] Wounded at Stephensburg and captured at Five Oaks in 1865. Bealeton.[3965] Led a party of seven men who crossed the Rappahannock River on foot in a midnight downpour as part of a horse raid circa December 1863. See reference for more of this story.[3966]