Facts: - placeofburial label: place of burial - battles: csa of bull run - battle of antietam - battle of : gettysburg usa : - battle of newton -lrb- alabama -rrb- - seven days battle - second battle - death date: circa 1866 1828 - allegiance: confederate 1863 states of america 1863 united states of america - birth date: 1828 - serviceyears: 1861 & ndash ; 65 - name: joseph g. sanders - branch: csa usa - unit: flag_of_georgia_non_official florida cavalry -lrb- us -rrb- . svg 31st georgia volunteer infantry florida 1st - laterwork: millwright - death place: dekalb county , georgia - rank: 35px us -rrb- captain -lrb- csa -rrb- 35px second lieutenant -lrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joseph g. sanders .
joseph g. sanders was a soldier from the u.s. state of alabama who served as a commissioned officer in both the confederate and union armies during the u.s. civil war .after initially joining the 31st georgia infantry regiment as a private in 1861 , he was elected captain of company c in that regiment a year later , fighting for the south until he resigned his commission in january 1864 and returned to alabama , claiming ill health .once he had returned home , sanders switched sides and joined the 1st regiment of florida cavalry -lrb- u.s. -rrb- , where he obtained a provisional commission as a second lieutenant in f company of that regiment .while it was not unheard-of for soldiers of one side to enlist in the army of the other , it was virtually unheard-of for an officer of one force to be commissioned in the other , once the war had begun .quickly establishing a reputation as a local '' bushwacker , '' sanders wreaked havoc with local ' rebel ' civilians -- many of whom were his own neighbors -- who accused him of stealing their horses , cattle and other possessions in contradiction of the laws of war .sent on a recruiting mission in early 1865 into the florida interior by his superior brigadier general alexander asboth , sanders disobeyed his orders and spent four months in the forks of the creek swamp near campbellton , florida , from which he emerged on 14 march to attack the southern alabama town of newton .defeated by local militiamen , sanders returned to federal lines where he managed to talk his way out of a court-martial and was permitted to resign his commission , after being characterized by asboth as '' grossly negligent '' and '' incompetent . ''after killing a citizen of newton who was part of a posse sent to arrest him , sanders fled to dekalb county , georgia , where his victim 's father is alleged to have hunted him down and killed him .