He served in the Confederate Army as a colonel during the American Civil War , dying near Williamsburg , Virginia .
George Taliaferro Ward ( 1810 -- May 5 , 1862 ) was a major cotton planter and politician from Leon County , Florida .
George Taliaferro Ward served in the Confederate Army as a colonel during the American Civil War , dying near Williamsburg , Virginia .
George Taliaferro Ward ( 1810 -- May 5 , 1862 ) was a major cotton planter and politician from Leon County , Florida .