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The National Archives'
biography for George G. Hull is only a single entry since he was not
really in the military.
Blue entries are my biography.
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George Gilmer Hull was born in Clarke
County, Georgia in 1829. He was a civil engineer, beginning with a
time as Resident Engineer of the Western & Atlantic Railroad in the
early 1850's. He became Superintendent of the Atlanta & LaGrange
Railroad (name changed to Atlanta & West Point RR} in 1856. He
married Mary Alexander 1854, and they had two
daughters, though only one appears to have survived childhood. |
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After the war, in late 1866, he
left the Atlanta & West Point RR and formed a railroad construction
company which built the Macon & Augusta RR in 1869-1871. In 1868, he
was appointed the Receiver for the bankrupt Wilmington & Manchester
RR. In late 1872, he was appointed to make a new appraisal of the
Western & Atlantic RR for the Governor of Georgia. By 1880, he had
moved his family to New York, where he was listed as a Director of a
new railroad being constructed in Colorado. He died in New York in
1885, after a short illness, at the age of 56. |
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George was reported to be short
and white haired, like all the men in his family, from an early age.
He is buried in Savannah. |
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There are very few Atlanta & West
Point RR documents from the war. The only ones mentioning Hull as
Transportation Agent are the August 31, 1861 and April 19, 1862
documents. I believe his Agent duties were taken over by
Quartermasters as the Quartermaster Department grew in numbers in
early 1862. |
| May 4, 1861 |
Announced as Vol. Engr., co-operating with Capt. Echols
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| August 31, 1861 |
Appointed Transportation Agent at
Atlanta
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| April 19, 1862 |
Is issued weapons as
Transportation Agent
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| July 17, 1862 |
Made annual report to president
and stockholders of the Atlanta & West Point RR
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| December 9, 1862 |
Gilmer asks for detail of an
engineer for that road
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| February 23, 1863 |
Head of Army Engineer Bureau
recommended him be appointed to a Commission as the Navy
representative.
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| March 28, 1863 |
Recommended pay for his service on
Iron Commission
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| June 4, 1863 |
Not mentioned in the letter
establishing the Iron Commission
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| July 15, 1863 |
Notified of Atlanta defense plan
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| July 25, 1863 |
Asked by Engineer Bureau to urge
Mr. Haselhurst to go to Richmond to discuss working on the
Piedmont RR construction
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| August 3 - December,
1863 |
Captain in command of Captain
Hull's Company for local defence of Atlanta. Company was
composed of the officers and employees of the Atlanta & West
Point RR. Muster reports for him exist through December. |
| December 4, 1863 |
Asks protection for his train and
cotton going to and from Wilmington to get supplies for his
road
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| December 8, 1863 |
Asks for detail of a mason to
repair bridges
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| July 14, 1865 |
Made annual report to president
and stockholders for the previous 2 years
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| August 4, 1865 |
Applied for clemency
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