Allen S. Cutts
Allen Sherrod Cutts | |
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Born | December 4, 1826 |
Died | March 17, 1896 | (aged 69)
Allegiance | Mexican American War
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Spouse(s) |
Fannie O. Brown (m. 1854) |
Allen Sherrod Cutts (December 4, 1826 – March 17, 1896) was a
Pre-War
Cutts was born in
Civil War
At the outbreak of the Civil war, Cutts raised a battery of Artillery in Georgia, known as the Sumter Artillery. The battery arrived in Virginia after the First Battle of Bull Run, and saw action at the Battle of Dranesville. In 1862 Cutts expanded the battery to a battalion, the 11th Georgia Artillery Battalion, becoming its commander. This work was rewarded with promotions to the ranks of major (May 22, 1862), lieutenant colonel (May 26, 1862) and colonel (April 22, 1864).[2] The Battalion served in the Artillery Reserve of the Army of Northern Virginia under William N. Pendleton in the Seven Days Battles.[3] It remained near Richmond, Virginia, for a time, missing the Second Battle of Bull Run. Cutts' battalion fought in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, again in the Artillery Reserve;[4] They also fought at Gettysburg, without Cutts, commanded by John Lane.[5]
Cutts resumed command in time for the
Lane, later a lieutenant colonel, commanded whenever Cutts was on leave. It is likely that Cutts was absent due to illness at the conclusion of the war. Lane was in command just before the
Post war
After the war, Cutts farmed and traded in cotton. He then entered politics as a Democrat, serving as mayor of Americus in 1874–1875, 1877–1878, and 1893–1896. As a member of the Georgia General Assembly in 1890 and 1891, Cutts tried unsuccessfully to secure state funding for the Confederate Soldiers' Home.[12] He died in office in 1896, and was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Americus.[13]
References
Inline
- ^ Smith, p. 275
- ^ Georgia in the War 1861-1865, p. 67.
- ^ Sibley, p. 19.
- ^ Sibley, pp. 33, 39, 45.
- ^ Lane became a major on April 4, 1863, and lieutenant colonel on March 1, 1865; see Georgia in the War 1861-1865, p. 67.
- ^ Sibley, pp. 58, 64.
- ^ Sibley, pp. 73-74.
- ^ Sibley, pp. 113, 131, 140, 149, 157, 166, 185.
- ^ Wise, p. 842.
- ^ Wise, p. 917.
- ^ Sibley, pp. 204, 217.
- ^ Living Monuments: Confederate Soldiers' Homes in the New South pp. 54-55.
- ^ The Sumter Flying Artillery
General
- Jones, Charles E., Georgia in the War 1861-1865, Augusta, Ga. : C.E. Jones, 1909.
- Rosenburg, R. B., Living Monuments: Confederate Soldiers' Homes in the New South, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1995. ISBN 0-8078-2109-8
- Sibley, F. Ray, Junior, The Confederate Order of Battle, volume 1, The Army of Northern Virginia, Shippensburg, PA: White Mane, 1996.
- Smith, Gordon Burns, History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861, Volume One, Campaigns and Generals, Boyd Publishing, 2000.
- Wise, Jennings C., The Long Arm of Lee: the History of the Artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia, New York: Oxford University Press, 1959.