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| date_of_birth =[[January 16]], [[1847]]
| place_of_birth =Madison, Georgia
| date_of_death =[[1913]]
| place_of_death =
| occupation =Grocer, lumber exporter
| religion =Methodist
| spouse =Mary Roberts
| parents =Ernest L.
| children =Mary, Ben, Elizabeth, [[Wilds Lucius Wittich|W. L. Wittich, Jr.]]
}}
'''Wilds Leroy Wittich''' was a grocer and lumber exporter.
==Military service==
At the outset of the [[Civil War]], Wittich was studying at the [[Wikipedia:Georgia Military Institute|Georgia Military Institute]]. He joined [[Wikipedia:Cobb's Legion|Cobb's Legion]] and served until being wounded in Virginia. After recovering, he joined Company E of the 56th Alabama Regiment in the fall of [[1863]].
==Post-war==
After the war, Wittich settled in Greenville, Alabama, where he worked as a clerk. In [[1868]] he married Mary Roberts, the daughter of his employer. The same year Wittich moved to Pensacola where he opened a wholesale grocery operation. In [[1876]] he entered the lumber export business.
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[[Category:People buried in St. Michael's Cemetery|Wittich, Wilds Leroy]]
