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Private James Madison Gann, Confederate
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born January 10, 1839 to John and Mary Gann in Clarke County, Georgia
died January 3, 1927 in Haskell County, Texas
Company B, 4th Arkansas Cavalry and Company K, 10th (Witt's) Arkansas Cavalry
3rd great-grandfather

"GAN, J.M. Pvt - Enl 14 Jun 1862 at Lewisburg, AR. AWOL after 30 Apr 1863."
Source: http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/4thcob.html
"GANN, J.M. Pvt Age 25. Enl in Conway Co, AR. Ht 5' 11", eyes blue, haur lt, complx fair, born GA.
Paroled 5Jun1865 at Jacksonport, AR."
Source: http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/WittKcav.html
 
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Lieutenant Colonel John Warner Lyell, Confederate
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born January 15, 1838 to Samuel and Felicia Lyell in Richmond, Virginia
died October 16, 1902 in Eckington, Washington, D.C.
47th Virginia Infantry
Step-4rd great grandfather, he married my 4th great grandmother after she became a widow. My 3rd great grandfather was a baby when his real father (who also fought in the Civil War) died

"Military Record: Entered service at Warsaw June 4, 1861 in what became Company D, 47th Virginia. Elected Captain (Date of rank June 6, 1861). Elected Lt Col (date of rank May 1, 1862). Sseriously Wounded in Action (head) at Seven Pines. Wounded in Action (head) at Frayser's Farm. Wounded in Action (groin) at Fredericksburg. Wounded in Action August 19, 1864 (lost Left arm) at Weldon Railroad. On court martial duty. Retired to Invalid Corps December 1864. Assigned to VMI faculty. Paroled Richmond County June 1865. Post War Career: Teacher; merchant. Taught math at VMI (with brief intervals while in Kentucky and Tennessee) until mid-1890s when he moved to Washington D.C. where he died."
Source: http://archivesweb.vmi.edu/rosters/record.php?ID=955

"John Warner Lyell was the son of Samuel M. Lyell and Felicia Ann Lyell of Baltimore, Maryland. He was married to Mrs. Clara MacGowan Vardell (born 1850 in Texas). He went to Virginia Military Institute (VMI) from Warsaw, Virginia as a member of the Class of 1859. During the Civil War, he was seriously wounded in the head at the Battle of Seven Pines and again in the head at Frayser's Farm. He was shot in the groin at Fredericksburg and lost his left arm at the Battle of Weldon Railroad. He became a Professor of Mathematics at VMI after the war.

The Evening Star Tuesday, October 21, 1902
Col. Lyell’s Death
The death of Colonel John W. Lyell occurred last Thursday at his home, 227 T Street Northeast and the interment was on Saturday. The deceased was sixty-four years old, having been born in Richmond County, Virginia, in 1838 and was graduated at the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Virginia, as one of the three star graduates of the class of 1859.

He participated in more than thirty battles of the War of the Rebellion on the southern side and lost his left arm in one of the battles around Petersburg in 1864. After the war he returned to the Virginia Military Institute and became Professor of Mathematics, occupying that position until 1890, when he resigned. After leaving the military college Colonel Lyell came to this city and engaged in the feed business, from which he retired about six years ago. For several years last he was employed in connection with the twelfth census.

At the time of his death Colonel Lyell was junior warden of Trinity Episcopal Church of this city and during his connection with the Virginia Military Institute he was a member of the vestry of Lee Memorial Episcopal Church of Lexington. A widow survives Colonel Lyell.

The Baltimore Sun Monday, October 20, 1902
Funeral of Col. J.W. Lyell
The funeral services for Colonel John W. Lyell, whose death occurred at his home in Eckington on Thursday, were held yesterday at Trinity Episcopal Church, this city. Interment was at Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown. The rector of the church, Rev. Mr. Williams, officiated and the vestrymen of the church acted as pallbearers.

Colonel Lyell was in his sixty fourth year and was a son of the late Samuel M. and Felicia Ann Lyell, of Baltimore, but earlier of Richmond County, Virginia. He was well known in educational circles of the South and for more than 20 years held the Chair of Mathematics at the Virginia Military Institute, from which position he resigned about 10 years ago and retired to this city.

He served with distinction in the Confederate Army, taking part in several of the most important battles, was Lieutenant Colonel of the Forty-seventh Virginia Regiment and was several times wounded – one wound resulting in the loss of his left arm. A widow, a brother, Mr. James G. Lyell, of Wesson, Mississippi and four sisters – Mrs. Lucy E. Lyell, of Pennsylvania; Mrs. H.V. VerPlanck and Mrs. John M. Gressitt, of Baltimore and Mrs. D.G. Mobier, of Washington – survive him.

The Dallas Morning News
Wednesday, October 22, 1902
Round About Town
T.W. Vardell left for Washington, D.C., on Friday, the 17th instant, to attend the funeral of his stepfather, Colonel John W. Lyell, who died on Thursday night, October 16, after a short illness. Colonel Lyell served through the war in Stonewall Jackson’s army and finally succumbed to the effects of wounds received in the many conflicts in which he was engaged, losing his left arm on the field of the Battle of Weldon Road. Colonel Lyell spent several years in Galveston in the early 1890s and six months in Dallas in 1899, a guest of Will M. Waters, his brother-in-law, making many friends, who, with many of the graduates of the famous Virginia Military Institute of Lexington, Kentucky, where he occupied the Chair of Mathematics and Science for twenty-five years, will regret to learn of his death. Mrs. Lyell will return to Dallas with her son, Mr. Vardell and likely make her home in this city."
Source: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37206052
 
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Adjutant William Gildersleeve Vardell, Confederate

born November 8, 1840 to (most likely) Thomas and Amelia Vardell in Charleston, South Carolina
died January 12, 1873 in Galveston, Texas
12th Texas Cavalry
4th great grandfather

"H'dqrs. Burleson's Battalion }
Camp Bradford, Nov. 29, 1863 }
To persons owing military service to the Confederate States in Anderson,
Angelina, Cherokee, Ellis, Freestone, Hardin, Henderson, Hopkins, Houston,
Hunt, Jasper, Kaufman, Navarro, Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Polk, Sabine,
San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Trinity, Tyler, Van Zandt, and Wood counties,
Texas:
Under orders from Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith of the 22d of October last,
and from Brig. Gen. E. Greer of the 30th October and 21st of November, I am now
searching the above named counties, with six companies of my regiment for the
purpose of arresting and sending to Marshall, Deserters and Conscripts who fail
to report to the Enrolling Officer or the Camp of Instruction after enrollment,
and persons who may be reported to me as disloyal, by Capt. Robt. H. Badford,
the Inspection Officer accompanying me. ...

By order of A. B. Burleson,
Lt. Col. 12th Texas Cav., Com'dg Expedition
W. G. Vardell, Adj't"
Source: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/freestone/history/1863/news.txt
 
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Private James Franklin Dewberry, Confederate
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born on December 28, 1841 to Wiley and Amarela Dewberry in Manningham, Alabama
died on May 28 1913 in Marlin, Texas
Company I, 53rd Alabama Partisan Rangers
4th great grandfather

enlistment date: July 23, 1862 at Greenville, Alabama

"Captured April 19, 1865 at Stratsburgh, Alabama by General Potter.

Description: Age-22 Eyes--Gray Hair--Black Complexion--Dark Height: 5' 11" "
Source: https://www.fold3.com/page/642689069_james_franklin_dewberry/details/ (thank you @MissREP :wavespin:)
 
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Private Sylvester Wood, Confederate

born June 1, 1838 to William "Southfoot Bill" and Malinda Wood in Marion County, Arkansas.
died May 28, 1926 in Placid, Texas
Company F, 27th Arkansas Infantry, Company K, 16th Arkansas Infantry, Schanabel's Batallion Missouri Cavalry and Company F, Fristoe's Missouri Cavalry
3rd great grandfather

"WOOD, SYLVESTER Pvt - Enl 7 Nov 1861 at Carrollton, AR. Left sick in Johnson Co, AR 1 Apr 1862."
Source: http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/16infcok.html

"WOOD, SYLVESTER
Private—Enlisted in Co. K, 16th Arkansas Infantry, at Carrollton, Arkansas, November 7, 1861; joined this company at Locust Grove, Arkansas, May 21, 1862; age 24, born in Arkansas; admitted to hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas, August 28, 1863."
Source: http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/27infcof.html

"Wood Sylvester MO Cav. Schnabel's Bn."
Source: http://www.missouridivision-scv.org/mounits/schnabelbatcav.htm

"Wood, Sylvester - CO F - Pvt. - Searcy Co. Ark. Captured Searcy Co. Ark., July 4, 1864., confined to Military Prison, Little Rock, Ark. Sent to New Orleans, Lou., May 4, 1865 for exchange. Also served in Co. K, 16th Arkansas Infantry, Co. K , 27th Arkansas Infantry."
Source: http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/frisqtoz.htm

"Sylvester served in the Civil War. He was in Schnables Regt., Capt. Ben Iveys Co. the Reg. Calvary. He enlisted in May 1864 and was discharged in Oct. 1865. He was a County Jedge in Mason County, TX for four years. He received a Pension from the war, Pension #38176."
Source: http://www.usbiographies.org/texas/mcculloch/woodambrosewilliam.html
 
Private Joseph S. Deer, Confederate
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born September 4, 1845 in Evergreen, Alabama to Hardy and Mary Deer
died January 9, 1924 in Lott, Falls County, Texas
Company F, 7th Alabama Cavalry
3rd great grandfather

"Deer, Joe S. Pvt. Co. G 7th Alabama Cavalry Sep 1862 Jun 1865 No Chapter No City n/a Bestowed by Carrie L. Tomlinson President Div."
Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txvhdudc/texascrossofhonor.html


"The death of Joseph S. Deer, 7* years old, who died at his home here | last Monday afternoon, marked the passing of one of the early settlers of ! Falls county, having been a resident ! for fifty-seven years, i Dr. Deer wa- born Sept. 1. 1905, in ! Evergreen, Ala., where he lived until ; after the close of the Civil War. lie j came to Texas in 1867 and settled in Falls county, where he had lived since that time. Mr. Deer served in the Confederate Armj in the Civil War, being a mem ! her of Company F of the Seventh Cavalry of the famous Hood’s Brigade II«* enlisted <>n March 3. 1892, and was honorably discharged April id, 1865, at the close of the war. "
Source: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/43875879/

https://www.fold3.com/page/635441043_joseph_deer/
 
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Private James Madison Gann, Confederate
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born January 10, 1839 to John and Mary Gann in Clarke County, Georgia
died January 3, 1927 in Haskell County, Texas
Company B, 4th Arkansas Cavalry and Company K, 10th (Witt's) Arkansas Cavalry
3rd great-grandfather

"GAN, J.M. Pvt - Enl 14 Jun 1862 at Lewisburg, AR. AWOL after 30 Apr 1863."
Source: http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/4thcob.html
"GANN, J.M. Pvt Age 25. Enl in Conway Co, AR. Ht 5' 11", eyes blue, haur lt, complx fair, born GA.
Paroled 5Jun1865 at Jacksonport, AR."
Source: http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/WittKcav.html

Welcome, great research !!!
 
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