Col. William Giroud Burt

Birth: Feb. 11, 1843 Edgefield Edgefield County South Carolina, USA
Death: Aug. 29, 1890 Bossier Parish Louisiana, USA

Colonel, 22nd SC Infantry C.S.A.
Proud Confederate Soldier

Col. William Giroud Burt is the son of William Miles Burt and Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Atkinson Burt of Edgefield County, South Carolina. (Information provided by Nancy Yankie.)

Occupation before War:
Stone Cutter in Richland County South Carolina Civil War Career:
1861: Private in Company H 7th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
1861: Discharged from Confederate Army due to hernia
1861 – 1863: 1st Sgt. Company A 22nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment
1863 – 1864: 1st Lt. Company A 22nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment
1864 – 1865: Colonel of 22nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment

Occupation after War:
Planter in Bellevue Bossier Parish Louisiana Adjutant General of Louisiana State National Guard

Burial:
Bellevue Cemetery  Bossier Parish Louisiana, USA

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