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James Barbour Terrill Born: February 20, 1838 Birthplace: Bath County, Virginia Father: Colonel William H. Terrill 1800 – 1877 (Buried: Warm Springs Cemetery, Warm Springs, Virginia) Mother: Elizabeth Pitzer 1805 – 1858 (Buried: Warm Springs Cemetery, Warm Springs, Virginia) Wife: Charlotte Eucebia Drewry 1838 – 1916 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Children: James Mercer Terrill 1862 – 1884 (Buried: Unknown) Emily Barbour Terrill Vaden 1864 – 1943 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Education: 1858: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute – (16th in class) Studied law in Lexington, Virginia at school of John W. Brockenbrough Occupation before War: Attorney in Warm Springs, Virginia 1859 –...
William Terry :CSA1stNat: Born: August 14, 1824 Birthplace: Amherst County, Virginia Father: Thomas Randolph Terry Jr. 1793 – 1874 Mother: Catherine Robinson 1795 – 1867 Wife: Emma Wigginton 1824 – 1909 (Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia) Children: (7) John Young Terry 1858 – 1910 (Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington) Frank Hanson Terry 1860 – 1937 (Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia) Lizzie Terry Dennis 1864 – 1953 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) William Henderson Terry 1864 – 1966 (Buried: Old Johnson Fork Baptist Cemetery, Drewrsburg, Indiana) Charles Calvin Terry 1866 – 1942 (Buried: Buffalo Springs Cemeter,y Stanford, Kentucky) Lelar A. Terry Denham 1876 – 1959...
William Richard Terry Born: March 12, 1827 Birth Place: Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia Father: William Terry 1788 – 1863 Mother: Letitia Johnson 1796 - Wife: Mary Adelaide Pemberton 1832 – 1912 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Children: Fannie Terry Cecil 1856 – 1938 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Lelia Terry 1860 – 1936 Harriston H. Terry 1862 – 1885 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Lettie Terry Elbridge 1866 – 1943 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Jubal Earley Terry 1869 – 1924 Walter Terry 1872 - Education: 1850: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute (15th out of 17) Attended University of Virginia Occupation before War: Merchant and Farmer in...
Allen Thomas Born: December 14, 1830 Birthplace: Howard County, Maryland Father: Captain Dr. Allen Thomas 1783 – 1855 (Buried: Saint Johns Cemetery of Howard Co., Ellicott City, Maryland) Mother: Eliza Bradford Dall 1795 – 1840 (Buried: Saint John’s Cemetery of Howard Co., Ellicott City, Maryland) Wife: Anne Octavie Bringier 1839 – 1917 (Buried: Ascension of our lord Catholic Church, Donaldsonville, LA.) Children: Allen G. Thomas 1858 – John Ridgely Thomas 1870 – Julian Bringier Thomas 1875 – Dall Thomas 1875 – 1956 Education: 1850: Graduated from Princeton University Occupation before War: 1850 – 1857: Attorney in Maryland 1857 – 1861: Planter in Louisiana 1857 – 1861: Colonel in Louisiana State Militia Civil War...
Bryan Morel Thomas Born: May 8, 1836 Birth Place: Milledgeville, Georgia Father: Abel Thomas 1805 - 1873 (Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia) Mother: Sarah (Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia) Wife: Mary Jones Withers 1844 – 1916 (Married: November 14, 1864) (Buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Georgia) Father – in – law: Major General Jones Marshall Withers 1814 – 1890 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Children: John Sherrod Thomas 1869 – 1945 (Buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Georgia) Sylla Thomas Hamilton 1875 – 1946 (Buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Georgia) Harriet Huger Thomas Unknown – 1951 (Buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Georgia) Education: 1858: Graduated...
Edward Lloyd Thomas Born: March 23, 1825 Birthplace: Clarke County, Georgia Father: Rev. Edward Lloyd Thomas Sr. 1785 – 1852 (Buried: Oxford Historical Cemetery, Oxford, Georgia) Mother: Mary Stewart Hogue 1784 – 1861 (Buried: Oxford Historical Cemetery, Oxford, Georgia) Wife: Jane Hazeltine Gray 1832 – 1920 (Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Children: Dr. Edward Gray Thomas 1855 – 1930 (Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Education: Graduated from Oxford College Occupation before War: 1847 – 1848: Served in the Mexican War rising to rank of 2nd Lt. Farmer in Whitfield County, Georgia Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment 1862: Wounded during the Battle of Beaver Dam...
Meriwether Jefferson “Swamp Fox” Thompson Born: January 22, 1826 Birthplace: Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, Virginia (West Virginia) Father: Captain Meriwether Thompson 1790 – 1859 Mother: Martha “Patsy” Slaughter Broadus 1796 – 1880 Wife: Emma Catherine Hays 1825 – 1886 (Buried: East Louisiana State Hospital Cemetery, Jackson, Louisiana) Children: Henry Bolivar Thompson 1852 – 1901 (Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana) Marcie Abel Thompson Bailey 1860 – 1937 (Buried: Mount Mora Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Missouri) Education: Receive basic Training in Military Tactics in Charleston, South Carolina Occupation before War: Store Clerk Employee in Virginia and Pennsylvania Store Clerk Employee in St. Joseph...
Lloyd Tilghman Born: January 18, 1816 Birthplace: Rich Neck Manor, Claiborne, Maryland Father: James Tilghman 1799 – 1859 (Buried: Rehobeth Presbyterian Church, Rehobeth, Maryland) Mother: Ann Caroline Shoemaker 1797 – 1872 Wife: Augusta Murray Boyd 1819 – 1898 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Children: Frederick Boyd Tilghman 1847 – 1924 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Sidell Tilghman 1849 – 1927 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Horatio Southgate Tilghman 1851 – 1875 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Education: 1836: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (46th in class) Occupation before War: 1836: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Dragoons 1836: 2nd Lt. United...
Robert Augustus Toombs :CSA1stNat: Born: July 2, 1810 Birth Place: Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia Father: Robert Toombs 1775 – 1815 Mother: Catherine “Kitty” Huling 1789 – 1848 (Buried: Toombs Cemetery, Washington, Georgia) Wife: Martha Julianna DuBose 1813 – 1883 (Buried: Rest Haven Cemetery, Washington, Georgia) Children: Lawrence Catlett Toombs 1831 – 1832 (Buried: Toombs Cemetery, Washington, Georgia) Mary Louisa Toombs Alexander 1833 – 1855 Sallie Toombs Du Bose 1835 – 1866 (Buried: Rest Haven Cemeter,y Washington, Georgia) Education: Attended Franklin College 1828: Graduated from Union College Occupation: Attorney in Washington, Georgia 1836: Commanded a Company during the Creek War 1837 – 1840: Georgia State...
Thomas Fentress Toon :CSA1stNat: Born: June 10, 1840 Birth Place: Columbus County, North Carolina Father: Anthony Fentress Toon 1803 – 1853 (Buried: Western Prong Baptist Church, Whiteville, North Carolina) Mother: Mary McMillian Kelly 1818 – 1884 (Buried: Western Prong Baptist Church, Whiteville, North Carolina) 1st Wife: Carrie E. Smith 1845 – 1880 (Buried: Fair Bluff United Methodist Church Cemetery, Fair Bluff, North Carolina) 2nd Wife: Rebecca Elizabeth Ann Cobb 1852 – 1934 (Buried: Meadowbrook Cemetery, Lumberton, North Carolina) Children: Caroline Augustus Toon Rowland 1867 – 1953 (Buried: Greenmount Cemetery Wendell, North Carolina) Mamie Toon Irby 1875 – 1955 (Buried: Old Brick Church Cemetery Monticello, South...
Edward Dorr Tracy Jr. :CSA1stNat: Born: November 5, 1833 Birth Place: Macon, Georgia Father: Judge Edward Dorr Tracy Sr. 1791 – 1849 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia) Mother: Susan Griffin Campbell 1808 – 1834 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia) Wife: Ellen Elizabeth Steele 1833 – 1868 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia) Children: Susan Tracy Collins 1858 – 1912 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia) Georgia Elizabeth Tracy Wadley 1860 – 1921 (Buried: Wadley Cemetery, Monroe County, Georgia) Education: 1851: Graduated from University of Georgia Occupation before War: Attorney in Macon, Georgia Attorney in Huntsville, Alabama 1860: Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention 1860...
James Heyward Trapier Born: November 24, 1815 Birthplace: Windsor Plantation, Georgetown County, South Carolina Father: Benjamin Foisssin Trapier 1775 – 1838 Mother: Hannah Shubrick Heyward 1782 – 1867 Wife: Elizabeth Heyward 1832 – 1906 (11 – 4 – 1851) (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina) Children: Hannah Heyward Trapier Jervey 1857 – 1935 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina) Education: 1838: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (3rd in class) Occupation before War: 1838: 2nd Lt. United States Army 1st Artillery 1838 – 1839: 2nd Lt. United States Army Engineers 1839 – 1848: 1st Lt. United States Army Engineers 1848: Resigned from United States Army on February 28th 1848 –...
William Feimster Tucker Born: May 9, 1827 Birthplace: Iredell County, North Carolina Wife: Martha Josephine Shackelford 1831 – 1920 (Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Mississippi) Children: Margaret Josephine Tucker Unknown – 1889 (Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Mississippi) Jennie Tucker Buchanan 1852 – 1934 (Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Mississippi) Rosa Tucker Battle 1866 – 1946 (Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Mississippi) William Feimster Tucker Jr. 1869 – 1941 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Woodville, Mississippi) Education: 1848: Graduated from Emory & Henry College Occupation before War: Attorney in Houston, Mississippi Probate Judge for Chickasaw County, Mississippi Civil War Career...
Robert Brank Vance :CSA1stNat: Born: April 24, 1828 Birth Place: Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina Father: David Vance II 1792 – 1844 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina) Mother: Elmira Margaret Baird 1802 – 1878 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina) Wife: Harriett Valencia McElory 1837 – 1887 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina) Children: David Vance 1854 – Unknown James Noel “J.N.” Vance 1862 – 1926 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Virginia) Zebulon Foster “Zeb” Vance Sr. 1867 – 1929 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Virginia) Mary Laura Vance Wilbar 1871 – 1918 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Virginia) Education: Attended Common Schools...
Alfred Jefferson Vaughan Jr. Born: May 10, 1830 Birthplace: Dinwiddie County, Virginia Father: Alfred Jefferson Vaughan Sr. 1800 – 1871 Mother: Dorothy Hunt 1809 – 1834 Wife: Martha Jane Hardaway 1838 – 1911 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Children: Mary Virginia Vaughan Jefferies 1858 – 1930 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Lucy Vaughan 1864 – 1942 Alfred Jefferson Vaughan III 1867 – 1942 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) William Franklin Vaughan 1874 – 1953 (Buried: Shady Grove Cemetery, Clarendon, Arkansas) Infant Vaughan 1878 – 1878 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Education: 1851: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute (15th in class) Occupation before War...
John Crawford Vaughn Born: February 24, 1824 Birthplace: Monroe County, Tennessee Father: James Alfred Vaughn 1798 – 1868 (Buried: Madisonville Cemetery, Madisonville, Tennessee) Mother: Mary “Sarah” Jane Crawford 1796 – 1856 (Buried: Madisonville Cemetery, Madisonville, Tennessee) Wife: Florence Jones Vaughn 1844 – 1896 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Georgia) Children: John Crawford Vaughn Jr. 1872 – 1934 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Georgia) Education: 1830 – 1841: Attended Bolivar Academy Occupation before War: Served in the Mexican War rising to Captain Participated in the California Gold Rush unsuccessful Owner of Hotel and Railroad in Sweetwater, Tennessee 1856 – 1862: Sheriff of Monroe...
John Bordenave Villepigue :CSA1stNat: Born: July 2, 1830 Birthplace: Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina Father: Paul Frances Villepigue 1795 – 1862 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina) Mother: Agnes Mattuce Unknown – 1859 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina) Education: 1846 – 1847: Attended South Carolina Military Academy Attended The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina 1854: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (22nd in class) Occupation before War: 1854 – 1855: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army Dragoons 1854 – 1855: Garrison Duty at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri 1855 – 1857: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Dragoons 1855: Served at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 1855: Served in...
Henry Harrison Walker :CSA1stNat: Born: October 15, 1832 Birth Place: Sussex County, Virginia Father: John Harrison Walker 1808 – 1852 (Buried: Hunting Quarter Plantation Cemetery, Sussex County, Virginia) Mother: Mary Louise Cargill 1808 - Wife: Mary Stuart Mercer 1841 – 1925 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, New Jersey) Children: Alice Stuart Walker Lewis 1877 – 1973 (Buried: Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey) Education: 1853: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (41st in class) Occupation before War: 1853 – 1855: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Infantry 1853 – 1854: Garrison Duty at Newport Barracks, Kentucky 1854: Frontier Duty at Fort Thorn, New Mexico 1854 – 1855: Frontier Duty at Fort...
James Alexander Walker :CSA1stNat: Born: August 27, 1832 Birthplace: Augusta County, Virginia Father: James Alexander Walker 1793 – 1865 (Buried: Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church, Fort Defiance, Virginia) Mother: Hannah Mary Henton 1798 – 1880 (Buried: Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church, Fort Defiance, Virginia) Wife: Sarah Ann Poage 1835 – 1904 (Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia) Children: Margaret Walker Jordan 1859 – 1937 (Buried: Newborn Cemetery, Dublin, Virginia) Willie Brown Walker Caldwell 1860 – 1946 (Buried: Evergreen Burial Park, Roanoke, Virginia) Alexander E. Walker 1863 – 1932 (Buried: Florence Cemetery, Florence, Alabama) Dr. John Frank Walker 1865 – 1890 (Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville...
Leroy Pope Walker Born: February 7, 1817 Birthplace: Huntsville, Alabama Father: John Williams Walker 1783 – 1823 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama) Mother: Matilda Pope 1791 – 1835 (Buried: Church Street Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Wife:__________________ Hopkins Wife: Eliza Dickson Pickett 1832 – 1885 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama) Children: Clifton Walker John Percy Walker Matilda Pope Walker 1851 – Eliza Pickett Walker 1853 – 1854 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama) Dr. Leroy Pope Walker Jr. 1855 – 1941 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama) Education: 1833 – 1835: Attended University of Alabama Attended University of Virginia Occupation before War...
Lucius Marshall Walker :CSA1stNat: Born: October 18, 1829 Birthplace: Columbia, Tennessee Father: James Walker 1792 – 1864 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Columbia, Tennessee) Mother: Jane Maria Polk 1798 – 1876 Brother: Col. Joseph Knox Walker Wife: Cecile Garth Walker Stockton 1836 – 1915 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia) Children: Lucius Marshall Walker Jr. 1863 – 1933 (Buried: Olivet Presbyterian Church, Owensville, Virginia) Education: 1850: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (15th in class) Occupation before War: 1850 – 1851: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Dragoons 1850: Attended Cavalry School of Practice at Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1850 – 1851: Conductor of Recruits in Texas 1851 –...
Reuben Lindsay Walker Born: May 29, 1827 Birth Place: Logan, Virginia Father: Captain Meriwether Lewis Walker 1801 – 1861 Mother: Maria Lindsay 1795 – 1871 1st Wife: Maria B. Eskridge 1827 – 1855 (Buried: Lindsay Family Cemetery, Ruckersville, Virginia) 2nd Wife: Sally Elam 1834 – 1904 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Children: Susan Pleasant Walker Satterfield 1861 – 1939 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Sally Lindsay Walker Morris 1870 – 1920 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Education: 1845: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute Occupation before War: Civilian Engineer and Farmer in Virginia Civil War Career: Captain of Purcell Artillery Battery 1861: Served in the...
William Stephen Walker :CSA1stNat: Born: April 13, 1822 Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Father: Duncan Stephen Walker 1794 – 1835 Mother: Mary Blenchynden Bache 1808 – 1873 Wife: Dorthea Frederica Ignatius “Dora” Hernandez 1828 – 1907 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Children: Anita Hernandez Walker 1859 – 1920 Lillie Duncan Walker Peeples 1863 – 1929 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Louise Hernandez Walker 1867 – Dora Hernandez Walker 1869 – 1895 William Stephen Walker Jr. 1871 – 1941 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Education: Attended Private School in Georgetown, District of Columbia Occupation before War: 1847 – 1848: Served in the Mexican War rising to Captain 1855 – 1861...
William Henry Wallace Born: March 24, 1827 Birthplace: Laurens District, South Carolina Father: U.S. Congressman Daniel Wallace 1801 – 1859 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Union, South Carolina) Mother: Elizabeth Davis 1808 – 1840 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Union, South Carolina) Wife: Sarah Smith Dunlap 1833 – 1900 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Union, South Carolina) Children: Helen Elizabeth Wallace Sheppard 1853 – 1948 (Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Frances Wallace Maxwell 1857 – 1930 (Buried: Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina) Laura Butler Wallace 1859 – 1861 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Union, South Carolina) Sarah Nance Wallace 1865 – 1866 (Buried: Forest...
Edward Cary Walthall Born: April 4, 1831 Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia Father: Barrett White Walthall 1799 – 1881 (Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi) Mother: Sarah Southall 1807 – 1865 (Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi) Wife: Mary Leckie 1833 – 1898 (Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi) Children: Infant Son Walthall Unknown – 1861 (Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi) Occupation before War: Attorney in Coffeeville, Mississippi District Attorney for Tenth Judicial District of Mississippi Civil War Career: 1861: Lt. of 15th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 1861: Lt. Colonel of 15th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 1862: Colonel of 29th...
Richard Waterhouse Born: January 12, 1832 Birthplace: Rhea County, Tennessee Father: Unknown Mother: Unknown Occupation before War: Ran away from home as a teenager to serve in the Mexican War Served in Mexican War at the age of 19 years old Rejoined his family and lived in San Augustine, Texas 1849 – 1861: Mercantile Businessman in San Augustine, Texas Civil War Career: 1862 – 1864: Colonel of 19th Texas Infantry Regiment 1862: Led a Charge against Federals at Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana 1864: Participated in the Red River Campaign 1864: Served in the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana 1864: Served in the Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana 1864: Appointed Brigadier General by General Edmund Kirby Smith 1865: Brigadier...
Stand Watie :CSA1stNat: Born: December 12, 1806 Birthplace: Oothcaloga Cherokee Nation (Calhoun, Georgia) Father: David Uwatie 1773 – 1842 (Buried: Polson Cemetery, Delaware County, Oklahoma) Mother: Susanna Reese 1782 – 1832 (Buried: Polson Cemetery, Delaware County, Oklahoma) 1st Wife: Elizabeth Fields 1808 – 1828 2nd Wife: Isabel Hicks 1813 – 1858 3rd Wife: Eleanor Looney 1816 – 4th Wife: Sarah Caroline Bell 1820 – 1882 (Buried: Polson Cemetery, Delaware County, Oklahoma) Children: Susannah Watie 1840 – 1861 Saladin Ridge Watie 1845 – 1868 Elias Boudinot Watie 1847 – 1847 Solon Watica Watie 1849 – 1869 Eugene Cuminskey “Miska” Watie 1851 – 1863 Ninnie “Minnehabha” Josephine Watie 1853 – 1875 (Buried: Polson...
Thomas Neville Waul Born: January 5, 1813 Birthplace: Sumter District, South Carolina Father: Thomas Waul Mother: Annie Waul Wife: Mary A. Simmons Waul 1820 – 1904 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas) Education: Attended South Carolina College Occupation before War: School Teacher in Florence, Alabama Lawyer and Judge in Vicksburg, Mississippi Planter in Gonzales County, Texas 1854: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Representative Civil War Career: 1861: Delegate to Texas State Secession Convention 1861 – 1862: Texas Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress 1862 – 1863: Colonel of Waul's Legion 1863: Captured during the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi 1863: Held as a Prisoner of War until October...
Henry Constantine Wayne :CSA1stNat: Born: September 8, 1815 Birth Place: Savannah, Georgia Father: U.S. Associate Justice James Moore Wayne 1790 – 1867 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Mother: Mary Johnson Campbell 1794 – 1889 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Wife: Mary Louisa 1821 – 1873 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Education: 1838: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (14th in class) Occupation before War: 1838: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1838 – 1842: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1842 – 1851: 1st Lt. United States Army, 1st Artillery 1846 – 1860: Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, United States Army 1860...
David Addison Weisiger Born: December 23, 1818 Birthplace: Chesterfield County, Virginia Father: Daniel Weisiger 1776 – 1848 Mother: Seignora Tabb Smith 1795 – Unknown 1st Wife: Rebecca Durell McIndoe 1827 – 1846 (Buried: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia) 2nd Wife: Alice Sydnor Barksdale 1835 -1856 (Buried: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia) 3rd Wife: Louise Christine Perkinsine Bland 1827 – 1911 (Buried: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia) Children: Infant Son Weisiger 1844 – 1844 (Buried: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia) Infant Son Weisiger 1845 – 1845 (Buried: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia) Infant Weisiger 1863 – 1863 (Buried: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia) Occupation...
Gabriel Calvin Wharton :CSA1stNat: Born: July 23, 1824 Birthplace: Culpeper County, Virginia Father: John Redd Wharton 1796 – 1868 Mother: Eliza Hansborough Colvin 1808 – 1873 Wife: Anne Rebecca Radford 1843 – 1890 (Buried: Radford Family Cemetery, Radford, Virginia) Children: William Radford Wharton Sr. 1864 – 1916 (Buried: Radford Family Cemetery, Radford, Virginia) Education: 1847: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute (2nd in class) Occupation before War: Civil Engineer in Virginia Mining Engineer in Arizona Territory Civil War Career: 1861: Major of 45th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1863: Colonel of 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment 1861: Participated in the fighting in Western Virginia 1863 – 1865...
John Wilkins Whitfield Born: March 11, 1818 Birthplace: Franklin, Tennessee Father: Wilkins Whitfield 1770 – 1841 Mother: Polly Mary Sturdivant 1786 – 1866 1st Wife: Catherine M. Dansbury 1819 – 1846 2nd Wife: Sarah Bates Dibrell 1827 – 1918 (Buried: Devine Evergreen Cemetery, Devine, Texas) Children: John A. Whitfield 1854 – 1909 (Buried: Devine Evergreen Cemetery, Devine, Texas) Occupation before War: Served in the Mexican War rising to the rank of Lt. Colonel 1848 – 1851: Tennessee State Representative Indian Agent to the Pottawatomie’s in Westport, Missouri 1854 – 1855: Kansas Territory Delegate to U.S. House of Representatives 1855 – 1856: Indian Agent to the Arkansas Indians 1856 – 1857: Kansas Territory Delegate to...
Williams Carter Wickham :CSA1stNat: Born: September 21, 1820 Birth Place: Richmond, Virginia Father: William Fanning Wickham 1793 – 1880 (Buried: Wickham Cemetery at Hickory Hill, Hanover, Virginia) Mother: Ann Butler Carter 1797 – 1868 (Buried: Wickham Cemetery at Hickory Hill, Hanover, Virginia) Wife: Lucy Penn Taylor 1830 – 1913 (Buried: Hickory Hill Cemetery, Ashland, Virginia) Children: John Wickham 1848 – 1848 Henry Taylor Wickham 1849 – 1943 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Anne Carter Wickham Byerly 1851 – 1939 (Buried: Old Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Virginia) Julia Leiper Wickham 1859 – 1873 (Buried: Hickory Hill Cemetery, Ashland, Virginia) William Fanning Wickham 1860 – 1900 (Buried: Grace...
Louis Trezevant Wigfall :CSA1stNat: Born: April 21, 1816 Birthplace: Edgefield, South Carolina Father: Levi Durant Wigfall – 1818 (Buried: Wigfall Family Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Mother: Eliza Thomson Wigfall Wife: Charlotte Maria Cross Wigfall (Buried: Lorraine Park Cemetery, Woodlawn, Maryland) Children: Frances Halsey Wigfall 1844 – 1897 (Buried: Lorraine Park Cemetery, Woodlawn, Maryland) Louise Sophie Wigfall Wright 1846 – 1915 (Buried: Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, Owings Mills, Maryland) Mary Frances “Fannie” Wigfall Taylor 1852 – 1924 (Buried: Lorraine Park Cemetery, Woodlawn, Maryland) Education: Attended University of Virginia 1837: Graduated from South Carolina College Occupation before War...
John Stuart “Cerro Gordo” Williams :CSA1stNat: Born: July 10, 1818 Birthplace: Mount Sterling, Kentucky Father: Samuel L. Williams 1781 – 1872 (Buried: Machpelah Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Kentucky) Mother: Frances “Fannie” Cluke 1797 – 1855 (Buried: Machpelah Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Kentucky) 1st Wife: Ann Patton Harrison 1823 – 1844 (Buried: Winchester Cemetery, Winchester, Kentucky) 2nd Wife: Henrietta H. Lindsay 1827 – 1916 (Buried: Machpelah Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Kentucky) Children: Mary Elliott Williams Holloway 1843 – 1933 (Buried: Winchester Cemetery, Winchester, Kentucky) Education: 1839: Graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio Occupation before War: Attorney in Paris, Kentucky 1846 – 1848: Served in...
Claudius Charles Wilson :CSA1stNat: Born: October 1, 1831 Birth Place: Effingham County, Georgia Father: Dr. Josiah Stewart Wilson 1805 – 1833 Mother: Eliza Wife: Katherine McDuffie Morrison 1823 – 1904 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Children: John M. Wilson Anna Belle Wilson Karow 1863 – 1924 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Education: 1851: Graduated from Emory College Occupation before War: 1851 – 1859: Attorney in Savannah, Georgia 1859 – 1860: United States Solicitor General, Eastern Georgia District 1860 – 1861: Attorney in Savannah, Georgia Civil War Career: 1861: Captain in 25th Georgia Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1863: Colonel of 25th Georgia Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1863...
Charles Sidney Winder :CSA1stNat: Born: October 18, 1829 Birthplace: Easton, Maryland Father: Edward Stoughton Winder 1798 – 1849 (Buried: Wye House Cemetery, Easton, Maryland) Mother: Elizabeth Tayloe Lloyd Winder 1800 – 1880 (Buried: Wye House Cemetery, Easton, Maryland) Wife: Alice Lloyd Winder 1832 – 1921 (Buried: Wye House Cemetery, Easton, Maryland) Children: Edward Lloyd Winder 1858 – 1939 (Buried: Wye House Cemetery, Easton, Maryland) Elizabeth Lloyd Winder 1860 – 1862 (Buried: Wye House Cemetery, Easton, Maryland) Lizzie Winder 1861 – 1862 (Buried: Wye House Cemetery, Easton, Maryland) Education: 1850: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (22nd in class) Occupation before War: 1850 – 1851: Brevet 2nd Lt...
John Henry Winder Born: February 7, 1800 Birthplace: Rewston Plantation, Somerset County, Maryland Father: Brig. General William Henry Winder 1775 – 1824 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Mother: Gertrude Polk 1781 – 1872 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) 1st Wife: Elizabeth Shepherd 1804 – 1825 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) 2nd Wife: Caroline Ann Cox Children: William Sidney Winder 1828 – Captain William Andrew Winder 1829 – 1903 Major John Cox Winder 1831 – 1896 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina) Thomas P. Winder 1830 – Getrude Winder 1832 – Education: 1820: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (11th in class) Occupation before War: 1820 –...
Henry Alexander Wise Born: December 3, 1806 Birthplace: Accomack County, Virginia Father: John Wise 1765 – 1812 (Buried: Wise Cemetery, Accomack County, Virginia) Mother: Sarah Corbin Cooper 1777 – 1813 (Buried: Wise Cemetery, Accomack County, Virginia) 1st Wife: Ann Elizabeth Jennings 1808 – 1837 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) 2nd Wife: Sarah Sergeant 1817 – 1850 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 3rd Wife: Mary Elizabeth Lyons 1817 – 1901 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Signature: Children: Mary Elizabeth Wise Garnett 1829 – 1898 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Obadiah Jennings Wise 1831 – 1862 (Buried: Wise Cemetery, Accomack County, Virginia)...
William Tatum Wofford :CSA1stNat: Born: June 28, 1824 Birth Place: Habersham County, Georgia Father: William Hollingsworth Wofford 1789 – 1826 (Buried: Cassville Cemetery, Cassville, Georgia) Mother: Nancy M. Tatum 1791 – 1867 (Buried: Cassville Cemetery, Cassville, Georgia) 1st Wife: Julia Adelaide Dwight 1830 – 1878 (Buried: Cassville Cemetery, Cassville, Georgia) Married: August 1, 1859 2nd Wife: Margaret Langdon 1824 - Married: 1880 Children: Mary Tatum Wofford 1860 – 1863 (Buried: Cassville Cemetery, Cassville, Georgia) Martha Louisa Wofford 1862 – 1863 (Buried: Cassville Cemetery, Cassville, Georgia) Laura Wofford 1865 – 1865 (Buried: Cassville Cemetery, Cassville, Georgia) Helena D. “Lena” Wofford Harley 1866...

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