George Edward Tayloe

Col. George Edward Tayloe, C.S.A., was a planter and soldier in the Confederate Army, reaching the rank of Colonel. Born in what was then known as "Big Lick," at his father’s families Iron Furnace and Plantation, Cloverdale, to George Plater Tayloe and Mary Elizabeth Langhorne later of Buena Vista. He entered the Virginia Military Institute on Aug. 1, 1854, and graduated July 5, 1858, ranking 7th in a class of 19.https://archivesweb.vmi.edu/rosters/record.php?ID=708 Tayloe entered the Confederate States Army as a Major and was decommissioned a Colonel at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park.
==Early Life==
His paternal grandfather was John Tayloe III, of The Octagon House, the wealthiest planter in the country, and paternal grandmother was Ann Ogle, daughter of Maryland Governor Benjamin Ogle.. His maternal grandfather was Col. William C Langhorne and maternal grandmother was Catharine Callaway. He was raised at his father’s house in Roanoke, Buena Vista formerly “Roanoke Plantation”, previously owned by his father-in-law William Langhorne, with whom he traded the Tayloe’s Cloverdale Furnace.https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/228eb316-a497-4ee3-9791-e1fbb5eb2553/content
==Military Career==
Tayloe entered service June 11, 1861, as Captain in Company D, 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment under Col. Sydenham Moore. He was recorded on sick leave Aug-Oct, 1861. He was seriously wounded in action May 19, 1862, at Battle of Seven Pines where Sydenham Moore was mortally wounded. Later he was appointed Lt. Col. April 29, 1863. He was commended for role at Battle of Gettysburg. He was appointed Col. on Oct 31, 1864, and then Commanded Brig. Gen. G. M. Sorrel's brigade in Appomattox Campaign and was Paroled at Appomattox. 
===Tayloe's Brigade (Col George E. Tayloe)===
*3rd GA: Ltc Claiborne Snead - 401
*22nd GA: Cpt George W. Thomas - 321
*48th GA: Cpt Alexander C. Flanders - 343
*64th GA: Cpt James G. Brown - 194
*2nd GA Bttn: Maj Charles J. Moflett - 125
*10th GA Bttn: Cpt Caleb F. Hill - 203
==Career==
The son's of John Tayloe III were early developers of cotton in the Alabama Canebrake
specifically in Marengo County; later Marengo, Hale, and Perry Counties, before the Civil War. After the War, he sold his interests in Alabama and purchased a farm in Orange Co. Va. where his wife's family was from and where he died in 1879.
==Marriage and Family==
Tayloe married Delia Smith Willis, daughter of Col. George Willis and Sallie Innes Smith of Wood Park, Orange Co. Va. Her paternal grandfather was Col. Byrd Charles Lewis Willis, whose ancestors include William Byrd I, Charles Carter (of Cleve), and Robert Carter I|King Carter; and paternal grandmother was Mary Willis Lewis. They had 7 Children: 1- George Willis Tayloe (Elizabeth Coleman Strother Williams); 2- Mary Langhorne Tayloe (John Kerfoot Souther); 3- William Randolph Tayloe (Elizabeth Coles Watkins); 4- Innes Sterling Tayloe; 5- Edward Ingle Tayloe; 6- Kathrine Murat Tayloe (Thomas Hardy Simes); 7- Rosa Fielding Tayloe (David Hungerford Griffith);
8- Lomax Plater Tayloe (Lena Janet Tayloe, Myrtle Townes Tayloe).https://archivesweb.vmi.edu/rosters/record.php?ID=708
Category:1838 births
Category:People from Virginia
Category:1879 deaths
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