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Augustus Michael Reinhardt (1842 -
1923)
Augustus Michael (A.M.) Reinhardt was born in Waleska, Ga., on June
22, 1842, the sixth of Lewis Warlick and Jane Harbin Reinhardt’s
eight children. The family moved to Cherokee County from North
Carolina in approximately 1833. A.M.’s father owned and operated a
corn mill on Shoal Creek near Waleska and farmed the land that
borders the creek.
As a young man A.M. studied law and was
admitted to the Canton Bar at age 18, just before the Civil War
began. He enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army in April
1861, and he was elected lieutenant and then promoted to captain in
1862. After being wounded in Mississippi in 1864, A.M. resigned his
commission and returned home.
In Atlanta, A.M. sought to establish his
own law practice and real estate business. He was active in
politics, and served as an alderman and mayor protem during Mayor
William A. Hemphill’s time in office.
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