Found Photo: George Anthony Haynes, Confederate Soldier
Name(s): Geo Anthony Haynes
Date: N/A
Description: Civil War-era photo, possibly a tintype
Location: N/A
This is a studio portrait of a Virginia Confederate volunteer named George Anthony Haynes. He enlisted at Richmond, Virginia as a private on April 21, 1861 at the age of 20. He was promoted to 2nd Corporal on April 22, 1862, and later appointed Ordnance Sergeant on August 17, 1863. The 21st Virginia Infantry participated in General R. E. Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign, and also participated in General T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Valley Campaigns. Haynes was paroled at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
In 1873, George married a woman named Emily Anderson, who was from Caroline County, Virginia. They settled in Richmond. George Haynes died in 1904. He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery.
