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| B. F. McGee at The Big House at age 90 |
Benjamin Franklin McGee was born in Plantersville, Alabama in 1830.
B. F. McGee married Virginia Oden in 1855 and they relocated to Childersburg, Alabama, where her family had settled. A farmer and veterinarian, he fought in the Civil War in the 30th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Like most confederate soldiers, he joined and fought under the leadership of friends and relatives. His wife’s relative and neighbor, Lt. Henry Penn Oden, organized the company and was his commanding officer. B. F. McGee entered the Confederate States Army as a sergeant in February, 1862.
Henry Penn Oden would be killed at Vicksburg, early in the War. B. F. McGee would be paroled, but would join the 30th Alabama again and fight on until the end of the War when his regiment surrendered in North Carolina in May, 1865.
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