John Wesley Hodnett
John Wesley Hodnett was born around 1839 in Georgia to William Hodnett and Caroline Finley. His father was a farmer who owned $6,000 of real estate and $8,000 of personal property. The family lived in Troup County, Georgia. Hodnett enlisted in the Confederate army on July 8, 1861, and mustered in as a private in Company K of the 13th Georgia Infantry. The regiment took part in the Second Battle of Manassas and the Battle of Antietam. A friend declared that Hodnett was a “good Citizen a good Soldier & better still a Christian.” He fell ill with smallpox in the fall of 1862 as his regiment returned from Antietam, and he “died in an old out house nere Middletown Verginia” on November 24, 1862.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(304)Hodnett, John W.18391862-11-24
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 28

  • (442) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Taylor, undated
  • (444) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Benjamin F. Hodnett, 23 July 1861
  • (445) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett and Henry H. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 1 August 1861
  • (446) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 7 September 1861
  • (447) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 7 October 1861
  • (448) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 7 October 1861
  • (449) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 7 October 1861
  • (450) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Benjamin F. Hodnett, 8 October 1861
  • (451) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 14 December 1861
  • (452) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Benjamin F. Hodnett, 15 February 1862
  • (453) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 21 February 1862
  • (454) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 8 March 1862
  • (455) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 30 March 1862
  • (456) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 2 May 1862
  • (457) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 3 May 1862
  • (458) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett and Samuel G. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 15 May 1862
  • (459) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 6 June 1862
  • (460) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 13 June 1862
  • (461) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 16 June 1862
  • (462) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 20 June 1862
  • (463) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, undated
  • (464) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 24 July 1862
  • (465) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to William H. H. Hodnett, 28 July 1862,
  • (466) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 1 October 1862
  • (467) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 16 October 1862
  • (468) [associated with] ~ J. A. Palmer to Edward H. Myers, 1862
  • (470) [associated with] ~ Thomas J. Hodnett to William C. Hodnett et al., 13 February 1863
  • (491) [writer] ~ John W. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, undated

People - Records: 14

  • (304) Hodnett, John W. is the [sibling of] (305) Hodnett, Mary Elizabeth
  • (304) Hodnett, John W. is the [cousin of] (306) Hodnett, Henry H.
  • (304) Hodnett, John W. is the [sibling of] (307) Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin
  • (304) Hodnett, John W. is the [sibling of] (308) Hodnett, Samuel G.
  • (304) Hodnett, John W. is the [sibling of] (309) Hodnett, William Henry Harrison
  • (304) Hodnett, John W. is the [sibling of] (311) Hodnett, Thomas Jefferson
  • (304) Hodnett, John W. is the [sibling of] (314) Hodnett, Robert Ridley
  • (304) Hodnett, John W. is the [sibling of] (315) Hodnett, George Troup
  • (304) Hodnett, John W. is the [sibling of] (316) Stephens, Susan
  • (312) Hodnett, William Collier is the [parent of] (304) Hodnett, John W.
  • (313) Hodnett, Caroline is the [parent of] (304) Hodnett, John W.
  • (317) Stephens, William Anderson is the [sibling-in-law of] (304) Hodnett, John W.
  • (319) Hodnett, John Alexander is the [cousin of] (304) Hodnett, John W.
  • (4236) Moore, John F. is the [sibling-in-law of] (304) Hodnett, John W.

Places - Records: 2

  • (298) [birth] ~ Georgia
  • (897) [death] ~ Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (2) [enlisted] [K] ~ 13th Georgia Infantry
SOURCES

1860 United States Federal Census, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Record from John W. Hodnett, available from Fold3.com; J. A. Palmer to E. H. Myers, 1862, Nau Collection.