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Born in c.1841. In 1860 he was a merchant at St Iningoes & Ridge P.O., St Mary's Co., Md. 2nd Lieut., 2nd Md. Artillery: 15th August 1861. On 9th August 1864 he submitted his resignation in protest at the conduct of Confederate troops during the Chambersburg Raid: “My sense of honor and rights as a man, and my duty as a christian to my fellow beings, in view of the ****ing outrages perpetrated by our troops in the recent invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania, will not permit me longer to fill the post I now occupy, to take place immediately, and do not hesitate to say, after waiting a reasonable time for the acceptance of this resignation I will not serve another day in this army, feeling as I do, that the disgrace of being cashiered would not be so great a dishonor as indirectly lending my aid to the robbery of villages and burning of the houses of defenceless women and children.” Placed under arrest by Jubal Early on 22nd August 1864, and sent to the army stockade in Staunton, but released on the order of the Secretary of War on 1st September 1864. Once he had calmed down, he wrote to Richmond explaining that his resignation had been written in the heat of the moment and asked that it be overlooked. Post-war farmer in St Mary’s Co. In 1880 he was listed in the census as married to Willie C. Bean, with five children. [Trout, Galloping Thunder, facing p.161; Ruffner, Maryland’s Blue & Gray, pp.296.]
Born in Co. Derry, Ireland, on 17th December 1822. Resident of Petersburg, Va. Lieut., Co.D, 5th Va. Cav.: 17th May 1861. Discharged in April 1862. Lieut. & A.D.C. to Longstreet: 24th August 1863. Wounded by a sharpshooter on 21st November 1863, and by a shell fragment in the back on 26th July 1864. “Capt. Dunn seemed never to tire having the officers of the army at his residence [in 1864]. He had served upon the staff of Gen. Longstreet, and had been wounded. Now that we were near his home his house was always open, and I fear his good wife was often sorely tried when a number of us were nolens volens taken to dinner by the captain.” – W.M. Owen. On 22nd July 1864 “a shell struck Captain Dunn’s house, in the city, and exploded. The Captain was in his dressing room, shaving. A fragment entered the room, scattering the plastering about and wounding him. His family, wife and children, were in an adjoining room, and were badly frightened, but not hurt. They immediately resolved to seek safer quarters, and selected the convent at Columbia, S.C., as a place of refuge, where they resided until it was burned by Sherman’s army.” Died in Petersburg on 1st January 1893. Buried in Blandford Cemetery. Moxley Sorrel described him as “an excellent gentleman.” [Sorrel, At The Right Hand Of Longstreet, p.266; Owen, In Camp & Battle With The Washington Artillery Of New Orleans, pp.332-333, 338, 355; Krick, Staff Officers In Gray, p.118.]
Chaplain, 13th S.C. Inf. On 28th December 1862 the surgeon of the regiment wrote: "While I write I hear Chaplain Beauschelle preaching at a tremendous rate. He seems to think everyone is very deaf. I should prefer to hear some ludicrous old negro preacher, for that would afford me some amusement." Dickert, writing of 3rd May 1863 at Chancellorsville, states that "As our brigade was moving through the thicket in the interval between our main line and the skirmishers, and under a heavy fire, we came upon a lone stranger sitting quietly upon a log. At first he was thought an enemy...it turned out to be Rev. Boushell, a methodist minister belonging to one of McGowan's...regiments, who became lost from his command in the great flank movement of Jackson...and said he came down to see how the battle was going and to lend aid and comfort to any wounded soldier should he chance to find one in need of his services." Was captured at Gettysburg. The regimental surgeon wrote again, on 28th October 1863: "Old Jim Beauschelle, our chaplain, is out of prison and is back with us again. He was at Fort Delaware awhile, and was then sent to Johnson's Island in Lake Erie. He looks better than I ever saw him. He has a new hat, new shoes, and everything new, and looks like a new man. He speaks very highly of the Yankees and the way they treated him and of the good fare they gave him. He seems perfectly delighted with the North and the Yankees. I am sorry they did not handle him rather roughly and cure him of his wonderfully good opinion of them." By 19th September 1864 he was at home in S.C. [Welch, A Confederate Surgeon’s Letters To His Wife, pp.40 & 82; Dickert, History Of Kershaw’s Brigade, pp.215-216.]
Born in Spartanburg Dist., S.C., on 17th January 1844. Son of Edward B. Ballenger & Cassia Ann Hempley. Sgt., Co.C, 13th S.C. Inf. Promoted 2nd Lieut. for gallantry at Deep Bottom on 28th July 1864. Col. Hunt’s letter of recommendation stated that “After advancing through a dense wood and driving back the first line of battle the enemy we encountered the second line of battle with a battery of artillery posted behind field works. Our line being in considerable confusion and subjected to heavy fire from both artillery and infantry was about to retire when Sergt. Ballenger rushed forward causing others to follow him, routing the enemy and compelling him to abandon a portion of his artillery which fell into our possession, I consider our success due in a great measure to the conduct of Sergt. Ballenger. Company H 13th Regt. being without an officer, I ordered Sergt. Ballenger to take command of said company with a view to recommend him for promotion should he establish himself as a disciplinarian. Since the 28th of July last he has commanded Company H in three engagements with credit to himself and command. Company has two officers -- Captain and 1st Lieutenant, the Captain a prisoner of war and his right arm amputated. Enlisted men present 30. Total aggregate - 53. Having applied to have Company H disbanded is the reason why I now ask for him to be reassigned to Company E. There is no man in Company "E" that I can recommend for promotion.” “A few months later, he was appointed to one of the companies of Dunlop's Battalion of Lee's Sharpshooters, three companies of which were made up out of McGowen's Brigade. He remained in this outfit until he was severely wounded in the arm and hip on the picket line at Petersburg. He was carried to a hospital in Richmond and was there at the time of the surrender at Appomattox. After four months, he was well enough to return home and was ordered to the State capitol building in Columbia to take the oath of allegiance. Ballenger didn't like this idea, so he slipped off and bringing his army sword with him, he walked several miles out of the city and boarded the train for home. He finally returned home safely. This story is from Dr. Landrum's book on Spartanburg County.”
Born in Annapolis, Md., on 17th March 1814. Was taken to France in 1826 by the Marquis de Lafayette, and educated there. Married Martha Stuart Thornton in 1841. Major, 1st Va. Inf.: May 1861. Moxley Sorrel wrote about him at some length: “He was an old Maryland fox hunter, handsome and distinguished looking, and had lived long in France, almost domiciled there. He was connected with many of the best people of Maryland and Virginia, and had hosts of friends. Fond of good liquor, it was almost every night that he was a bit full, and then there were wild scenes with his well-known hunter, Fox, who could do anything or go anywhere with the Colonel on him. Skinner was a fine swordsman, and had brought from France a long, straight, well-balanced double-edged cuirassier’s saber. In his cups the fine old Colonel would swear he should die happy could he have one chance to use that steel on the enemy. The chance came and Skinner was ready for it. At the second battle of Manassas a battery of six guns was mauling some of our infantry horribly. His regiment…was thrown at it, ‘Old Fred’, as the men affectionately called him, leading well in advance. Out flashed the French saber, and he was among the gunners in a trice. His execution was wonderful; sabering right and left he seemed invulnerable, but down he came at last, just as his men swept over the guns in a fine charge. It was the end of the Colonel’s soldiering, but although frightfully wounded in the chest and body he survived for many years. So lively was the old beau sabreur, that only a few years ago he came to New York to fight John Wise because of some fancied slight to a member of his family – Wise, too, his life-long friend! As there could be no fighting, Wise had to do some nice diplomatic work to soothe the irate Colonel and smooth over the affair.” Lt-Colonel: 18th November 1861. Another account of his wounding at 2nd Manassas reads: “It was said of Lt-Col. F.G. Skinner….that he rode ahead of his regiment in a charge on a battery and with his saber struck a gunner so frightful a blow on the collar-bone that the man’s head was well-nigh severed. Another artillerist the Colonel smote through ribs and heart before he himself fell wounded.” He never returned to active duty after this wound, although he was promoted Colonel on 3rd July 1863. Retired to the Invalid Corps on 6th February 1865. After the war, “he had lost his property, and resolutely faced the future, and went to New York in 1865. He joined the editorial staff of the Turf, Field & Farm, worked with energy, and rapidly made friends throughout the North. In the spring of 1871 he went to Egypt, and remained there until December, 1872, a trusted friend of the Khedive.” Died in Charlottesville on 21st or 22nd May 1894. Buried in Westminster Churchyard, Baltimore. [Sorrel, At The Right Hand of Longstreet, pp.29-30.]
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Captain, Co.I, 2nd Va Cavalry. On 21st September 1861 a fellow officer wrote in a letter:- "We are still on the same duty and there is nothing much to write about but the exploits of Jack Alexander. He has been up to his old tricks again; utterly disregarding all rules of military life, relying on his wit and good fellowship to see him through. Up to now his reliance has not been in vain but at last has reached its limit. He was sent up to Leesburg with two companies for a short time on some special duty, and finding it a very charming place to be stationed, determined to stay there. Col. Radford ordered him to join the regiment near Fairfax Court House but he failed to obey the order. It was repeated several times but with the like result. At last Col. Radford reported him to Beauregard and a peremptory order was sent. Even that he did not obey but reported alone in a style which would have made you think the Prince of Wales was on a visit. He was dressed in an elegant suit of black velvet, with ruffled shirt and fancy-topped boots and in a handsome carriage drawn by two handsome black stallions. His arrival created some amusement among his friends, but had no effect on headquarters where General Beauregard declined to see him but sent him word that if he did not report with his company to his regiment within forty-eight hours he would be under arrest." In April 1862 the same officer predicted that Alexander would not be re-elected, but he was still there in January 1863. He had been captured by 1st March 1863. During the 1862 Valley Campaign a number of Yankees were captured who had in their possession a large number of negro women & children. "But a short distance had been made when the little brats began to show signs of breaking down and Jack, ordering a halt, directed each of the prisoners to take one of the little sables in his arms, telling them they had brought them there, and he'd be d--d if they should not carry them back! The order was obeyed, but with evident reluctance, and the march was recommenced, among the audible titterings of our boys and the suppressed curses of the Yanks...The scene was most ludicrous..." [Blackford, Letters From Lee’s Army, pp.18, 43, 82, 158, 170.]
Born in Oglethorpe Co., Ga., on 26th March 1841. The second of nine children born to David Crenshaw Barrow & Sarah Pope. Attended G.M.I. & West Point, from which he resigned 3 days after Georgia's secession - during his third year. Temporary drill-master of the Troup Artillery at the outbreak of war [Lieut. of Infantry: 16th March 1861]. Adjt., 16th Ga. Inf.: 19th July 1861. Promoted Captain & A.A.G. to Howell Cobb on 6th March 1862. Wounded at Lee’s Mill on 16th April 1862. Rejoined Cobb's staff after Sharpsburg. When the General transferred to Florida in December 1862 he made his H.Q. at Quincy, "and here Jim Barrow became the principal military adviser of his command. The General called him 'the best...tactician in the Army'" While stationed at Quincy, he "fell in love with a charming widow named Rhoda Kilcrease, a stately, blue-eyed blonde...Jim and Rhoda became engaged in December 1863, and set the following April as their wedding date." However, on 31st December it was "put aside for a time" after Rhoda heard of the death of a third brother. When Howell Cobb was sent to Georgia to command state troops there, Barrow reluctantly resigned from the staff in order to stay in Florida; Cobb wrote to him: "I feel today that I am parting not only with the best of officers but the kindest of sons." Promoted Lt-Col., 64th Ga. Inf.: 26th May 1863. Killed at Olustee on 20th February 1864:- "The 64th Regiment, its ammunition running low, was on the point of retreat when Barrow seized the colors...rallied his men, and led a counterattack. The troops responded by overrunning the Federal position in their front...but Jim Barrow was left on the field, dead of a bullet wound through his heart." “When Jim’s body passed through Macon, the train was met by the Howell Cobb family, and Mary Ann placed an evergreen wreath and bouquet on the casket.” Buried at Oconee Hill. [Krick, Staff Officers In Gray, p.69; Stegeman, These Men She Gave: The Civil War Diary of Athens, Georgia, pp.103-105.]
Born in 1833. The eldest of three brothers - the other two of whom were killed in the war. Pvt., Co.D, 1st Va. Cav.: 21st July 1861. Transferred to Co.D, 6th Va. Cav., on 15th September 1861. 2nd Lieut.: 20th April 1862. At Brandy Station he killed Col. "Grimes" Davis of the 8th N.Y. Cav. in personal combat; later in the battle he was permanently disabled by a canister shot through the shoulder. H.B. McClellan described the Davis incident in more detail: “[He] had just returned from picket duty, when the advance of the enemy was reported. He joined in the charge….and his horse was badly wounded. When Flournoy retired after having checked the enemy, Allen remained in the woods. Seeing an officer in the road, perhaps seventy-five yards in front of a column which was halted, Allen advanced upon him with his horse at a canter. The officer’s attention was given to his own men, toward whom he was waving his sword as if to order them forward. Remembering that he had but one shot in his pistol, Allen reserved his fire until within sword’s length of his foe. Perceiving his danger, Colonel Davis turned upon Allen with a cut of his sabre, which Allen avoided by throwing himself on the side of his horse. At the same moment he fired and Colonel Davis fell.” Transferred to the Invalid Corps on 15th November 1864. Paroled at Winchester on 15th April 1865. Died in 1918. Buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Berryville, Va. [McClellan, I Rode With Jeb Stuart, p.265; civilwardata.com]
Born in Baltimore, Md., on 11th May 1828. Son of Charles Stuart. “According to his obituary, as a young man he left a responsible position with a large firm in Baltimore to go to sea on a sailing vessel. He traveled around the world several times, visiting the principal ports of the Old World and the Orient. He was also shipwrecked, barely escaping with his life. It was apparently due to this time at sea that he was always known subsequently as ‘Captain’ Stuart.” Married Ida Charlotte Marmelstein in c.1851, and had six children. Was running a business in Valdosta, Ga., when war began. Pvt., Co.H, 26th Ga. Inf.: 25th October 1861: “I took leave of my dear wife and daughter, whom I left in care of my good old negro slave Uncle March, and my dog Champ, and started to take part in defence of our homes and loved ones.” Elected Sgt. Wounded at Gaines Mill, at 2nd Manassas, and twice at Sharpsburg – “one in each arm”. Elected 3rd Lieut. on 20th December 1862. Promoted 2nd Lieut. after Bristoe Station. Wounded on 6th May 1864: “I received quite a painful wound in my left ankle while making the last charge, which might have been more serious but for the protection of a cavalryman’s boot which I took from a poor unfortunate while he lay unconscious on the field at Chancellorsville. Being unable to follow in pursuit of the fleeing Blue Coats, I limped about assisting the wounded…” Wounded in left lung at Monocacy on 9th July 1864 – “presumably by some concealed sharp-shooter as the enemy had ceased firing and were on a hurried retreat. When wounded I lay where I fell, in care of Sam Lindsey, one of our company, who had me removed next morning to Frederick City and placed in a comfortable, improvised hospital filled with wounded and apparently all the good women of the town busily engaged administering to the sufferer.” Was captured together with the other patients. P.O.W. in Fort McHenry. Exchanged. Admitted to Gnl. Hospital No. 9, Richmond, with a chest wound, on 6th October 1864. Sent to Camp Lee the next day. Assigned to the Provost Dept. and sent to Andersonville. After a mere twelve days “exposed to bad weather and night work unsuited to my feeble condition, the surgeon sent me home….reporting the case to General McCoombs [sic] he assigned me to home duty, hunting absentees from the army. I gathered up, I think, twelve in all, and sent them forward as directed. This was my last official duty to the close of the war.” On furlough when the war ended. “After the war, he and his family moved to Savannah and then to Valdosta, where he ran the Stuart Hotel, becoming "one of the most popular and well-known hotel keepers in that part of the State." In 1887 they moved to Thomasville, where he first operated the Waverly Hotel until it burned, after which he built the Stuart House hotel, which he and his son, Ardie Stuart, operated for many years. Charles Thompson Stuart died on July 6, 1916, at the age of 88. He is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Ga.” More information, including photographs, may be found at http://members.aol.com/TomTullis/ctstuart.htm
Born in Crawfordville, Ga., on 1st July 1823. Graduated from U.Ga. in 1843. Step-Brother of Vice-President Alexander H. Stephens. Described by the latter’s biographer as “mild-mannered, studious and pliable.” Educated at Crawfordville Academy & Franklin College. Graduated in law from U.Va. in 1845, and then spent some months studying at Harvard. Married Emmeline Thomas Bell, a young widow, in February 1852. They settled in Sparta, Hancock Co., Ga. Planter & lawyer. “Linton had rigid convictions. Compromise was foreign to his nature. ‘He worked badly in joint harness,’ commented one observer, and was too outspoken to appeal to the people. He never could command their affection as his brother did.” Elected to State Legislature in 1853. Was defeated for Congress in 1855. His wife died from puerpal sepsis in January 1857, after giving birth to their fourth child, “and Linton nearly went mad with grief.” Lt-Colonel, 15th Ga. Inf.: 15th July 1861. Resigned on 19th December 1861. Captain, Co.E, 7th Ga. Bn.: 15th August 1863. Major: 12th September 1863. Lt-Colonel: 8th October 1863. No record after 10th February 1864. He was extremely hostile to Jefferson Davis, describing him as a “sly, secretive, malignant hypocrite” and “a bloated piece of incompetence”. Married Mary Salter in June 1867. In January 1871 he was charged with hindering operation of the Enforcement Act: the matter was quashed. Died in Sparta on 14th July 1872, of “congestion of the lungs and bowels. He had been sick a little over a week. In many ways Linton Stephens was just as high-strung and prone to illness as his older brother. Like Aleck, he wasa perfectionist, often driving himself relentlessly in his work. His health had been poor since 1868, but with his marriage to Mary Salter and the quick addition of three more young mouths to feed, he had rarely found time to relax. He had recently added another burden of his alredy extensive business interests: service as the state’s counsel I its investigation of the Bullock ring’s frauds. Perhaps the strain had become too much for him.” Buried near Crawfordville. [Krick, Lee’s Colonels; Schott, Alexander H. Stephens Of Georgia, pp.43, 153-154, 225, 385, 484-485, 490.]
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