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George Washington Lassiter was born on March 19, 1841 in Chowan County, North Carolina and died October 28, 1922 in Chowan County. He is buried in the Cannon Ferry section of Chowan County.  George enlisted into the Confederate Army on February 15, 1862 in Chowan County as a private.  On March 31, 1862 he mustered into Company F, 11th North Carolina Infantry.  George saw action the battles of White Hall, NC in 1862; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1863; Falling Waters, Virginia in 1863; Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia in 1864, and the siege and fall of Petersburg in 1865.  He was taken prisoner on April 02, 1865 at Petersburg, Virginia and confined to Fort Delaware, Delaware where he took the oath of allegiance June 19, 1865.  He returned home to his civilian life as a farmer.

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