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Lieutenant George A. Woodruff |
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Lieutenant George A. Woodruff (1840 - 1863) graduated from West Point in only three years because of the start of the Civil War. Young Woodruff served valiantly in the battles of the Army of the Potomac. At Gettysburg he was mortally wounded while defending the center of the Union line with his 1st United States Field Artillery (Battery I) against General George Pickett's charge on July 3, 1863. Lingering through the night, George A. Woodruff died the following day.
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After learning of the death of his son, the Honorable George Woodruff, a well-known Calhoun County judge, traveled to Gettysburg to bring young George's body back to this city. Last rites for the gallant Civil War veteran were held in Marshall and he was buried here in Oakridge Cemetery. His brother William was killed in the Battle of Petersburg and subsequently buried in the Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Registered Site L0654
Erected 1979
Location: 614 Dibble Street (Oak Ridge Cemetery)
Marshall,
Calhoun County
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