The following internet weblink gives the military history and personal account of Alexander Smith Erwin.
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"Alexander Smith Erwin was born in Clarksville and his mother in Athens, and the former was for many years prominent as a member of the Athens bar and also took an active part in the public life of Western Georgia, having served as judge of the Superior Court in the Western Circuit. He was also a member of the Georgia State Railroad Commission. He was born July 19, 1843, and died at Athens June 7, 1907, at the age of sixty-four. During the war he enlisted at Clarksville, going out as first lieutenant and rising to the command of his company in the Phillips Legion and in General Longstreet's Corps. He was severely wounded in the battle of Chickamauga. Mrs. Mary Erwin is still living at Athens, where she was born February 15, 1850. She was the originator of the Confederate Cross of Honor. Their childrenn are: Mary Lamar Erwin of Athens; Howell Cobb Erwin of Athens, Stanhope Erwin of Athens; Andrew Cobb Erwin of Athens; William Leonard Erwin of Athens; Julien Wales Erwin of Athens; while the three deceased children are Alexander S., John B. Lamar and Catherine Wales Erwin."
SOURCE: A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians
Vol 5 by Lucian Lamar Knight
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http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/PhillipsLegion/erwin.html
"Alexander Smith Erwin was born in Clarksville and his mother in Athens, and the former was for many years prominent as a member of the Athens bar and also took an active part in the public life of Western Georgia, having served as judge of the Superior Court in the Western Circuit. He was also a member of the Georgia State Railroad Commission. He was born July 19, 1843, and died at Athens June 7, 1907, at the age of sixty-four. During the war he enlisted at Clarksville, going out as first lieutenant and rising to the command of his company in the Phillips Legion and in General Longstreet's Corps. He was severely wounded in the battle of Chickamauga. Mrs. Mary Erwin is still living at Athens, where she was born February 15, 1850. She was the originator of the Confederate Cross of Honor. Their childrenn are: Mary Lamar Erwin of Athens; Howell Cobb Erwin of Athens, Stanhope Erwin of Athens; Andrew Cobb Erwin of Athens; William Leonard Erwin of Athens; Julien Wales Erwin of Athens; while the three deceased children are Alexander S., John B. Lamar and Catherine Wales Erwin."
SOURCE: A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians
Vol 5 by Lucian Lamar Knight
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The following internet weblink gives the military history and personal account of Alexander Smith Erwin.
http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/PhillipsLegion/erwin.html
"Alexander Smith Erwin was born in Clarksville and his mother in Athens, and the former was for many years prominent as a member of the Athens bar and also took an active part in the public life of Western Georgia, having served as judge of the Superior Court in the Western Circuit. He was also a member of the Georgia State Railroad Commission. He was born July 19, 1843, and died at Athens June 7, 1907, at the age of sixty-four. During the war he enlisted at Clarksville, going out as first lieutenant and rising to the command of his company in the Phillips Legion and in General Longstreet's Corps. He was severely wounded in the battle of Chickamauga. Mrs. Mary Erwin is still living at Athens, where she was born February 15, 1850. She was the originator of the Confederate Cross of Honor. Their childrenn are: Mary Lamar Erwin of Athens; Howell Cobb Erwin of Athens, Stanhope Erwin of Athens; Andrew Cobb Erwin of Athens; William Leonard Erwin of Athens; Julien Wales Erwin of Athens; while the three deceased children are Alexander S., John B. Lamar and Catherine Wales Erwin."
SOURCE: A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians
Vol 5 by Lucian Lamar Knight
Digital reproduction GOOGLE BOOKS
http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/PhillipsLegion/erwin.html
"Alexander Smith Erwin was born in Clarksville and his mother in Athens, and the former was for many years prominent as a member of the Athens bar and also took an active part in the public life of Western Georgia, having served as judge of the Superior Court in the Western Circuit. He was also a member of the Georgia State Railroad Commission. He was born July 19, 1843, and died at Athens June 7, 1907, at the age of sixty-four. During the war he enlisted at Clarksville, going out as first lieutenant and rising to the command of his company in the Phillips Legion and in General Longstreet's Corps. He was severely wounded in the battle of Chickamauga. Mrs. Mary Erwin is still living at Athens, where she was born February 15, 1850. She was the originator of the Confederate Cross of Honor. Their childrenn are: Mary Lamar Erwin of Athens; Howell Cobb Erwin of Athens, Stanhope Erwin of Athens; Andrew Cobb Erwin of Athens; William Leonard Erwin of Athens; Julien Wales Erwin of Athens; while the three deceased children are Alexander S., John B. Lamar and Catherine Wales Erwin."
SOURCE: A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians
Vol 5 by Lucian Lamar Knight
Digital reproduction GOOGLE BOOKS
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