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Benjamin William Abner Joseph John Frederick Watson :CSA1stNat: Born: June 9, 1828 or 1830 (named for his father's six brothers) Birthplace: Charleston, Virginia (now West Virginia) Father: Richard Price Watson 1792 – 1860 (Buried: Watson Family Cemetery, Ellis County, Texas) Mother: Elizabeth "Bettie" Cooke McGeehee 1799 – 1877 (Buried: Prince Edward County, Virginia) Wife: Mary E. Scott 1835 – 1851 (Married 1850) (Buried: Texas) Margaret Ruth Overstreet 1835 – 1870 (Married 1854) (Buried: Watson Family Cemetery, Ellis County, Texas) Brother-in-law: Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield Scott 1786 – 1866 (Buried: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Children: John Franklin Watson...
Robert Haden Abercrombie Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: September 11, 1838 Birthplace: Cross Keys, Macon County, Alabama Father: Milo Bolling Abercrombie Sr. 1806 – 1860 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama) Mother: Sarah Lee Haden 1810 – 1850 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama) Wife: Frances Rebecca “Fannie” Gary 1841 – 1912 (Buried: Tuskegee City Cemetery, Tuskegee, Alabama) Children: Robert Haden Abercrombie Jr. 1860 – 1860 (Buried: Tuskegee City Cemetery, Tuskegee, Alabama) Frances Haden “Fannie” Abercrombie Baker 1861 – 1921 (Buried: Tuskegee City Cemetery, Tuskegee, Alabama) Annie Eliza “Ann” Abercrombie Jordan 1866 – 1888 (Buried: Tuskegee City Cemetery, Tuskegee, Alabama) Newton Abercrombie 1868 – 1869...
Alfred Harris Abernathy :CSA1stNat: Born: February 26, 1822 Birthplace: Giles County, Tennessee Father: Charles Clayton Abernathy 1790 – 1877 (Buried: William Abernathy Cemetery, Giles County, Tennessee) Mother: Susannah Woody Harris 1800 – 1840 (Buried: William Abernathy Cemetery, Giles County, Tennessee) Wife: Elizabeth Todd Butler Unknown – 1886 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Children: Mary Catherine Abernathy Eason 1846 – 1919 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Benjamin Butler Abernathy 1851 – 1904 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Butler Abernathy 1851 – 1904 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Dr. Charles Alfred Abernathy 1853 – 1928 (Buried: Maplewood...
George William Abert Jr. :CSA1stNat: Born: April 28, 1829 Birthplace: Lowndes County, Mississippi Father: Colonel Charles Harrison Abert 1795 – 1867 (Buried: Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Mississippi) Mother: Jane C. Burgess 1805 – 1860 (Buried: Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Mississippi) Wife: Martha “Pattie” Virginia Barry 1838 – 1913 (Buried: Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Mississippi) Children: Maria Barry Abert Cary 1862 – 1933 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Education: Attended Western Military Institute Attended Kentucky Military Institute Civil War Career: 1861: Sgt. Company K, 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Captain Company E, 4th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion 1862: Discharged on...
Charles William Adams :CSA1stNat: Born: August 16, 1817 Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Father: Benjamin Adams Jr. Mother: Susannah Goodhue Wife: Lucy Helen Everett 1828 – 1889 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Children: Thomas C. Adams Unknown – 1884 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Edward Frederick Adams 1849 – 1899 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Catherine Everett Adams Keller 1856 – 1921 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama) Marshall Cranworth Adams 1869 – 1940 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Occupation before War: Attorney, Judge and Cotton Planter in Helena, Arkansas Civil War Career: 1861: Delegate to Arkansas State Secession Convention 1861...
David Wyatt Aiken :CSA1stNat: Born: March 17, 1828 Birthplace: Winnsboro, South Carolina Father: David Aiken 1786 – 1860 (Buried: Sion Presbyterian Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina) Mother: Nancy Kerr 1794 – 1859 (Buried: Sion Presbyterian Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina) 1st Wife: Martha DuBose “Mattie” Gaillard 1833 – 1855 (Buried: Saint Johns Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina) 2nd Wife: Virginia Carolina Smith 1832 – 1900 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Greenwood, South Carolina) Brother: Colonel Hugh Kerr Aiken 1822 - 1865 (Buried: Sion Presbyterian Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina) Children: Ella Gaillard Aiken Smart 1853 – 1924 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Greenwood, South Carolina) Louisa Gaillard...
Hugh Kerr Aiken Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: July 5, 1822 Birthplace: Winnsboro, South Carolina Father: David Aiken 1786 – 1860 (Buried: Sion Presbyterian Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina) Mother: Nancy Kerr 1794 – 1859 (Buried: Sion Presbyterian Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina) Brother: Colonel David Wyatt Aiken 1828 – 1887 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Greenwood, South Carolina) Wife: Mary Rees Gayle 1829 – 1910 (Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana) Children: Nannie Aiken 1855 – 1857 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Dr. John Gayle Aiken 1859 – 1935 (Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana) Dr. Hugh Kerr Aiken Jr. 1867 – 1921 (Buried: Laurens City Cemetery, Laurens, South Carolina)...
Robert Clatworthy Allen :CSA1stNat: Born: June 22, 1834 Birthplace: Shenandoah County, Virginia Father: Robert Allen 1794 – 1859 (Buried: Longwood Cemetery, Bedford, Virginia) Mother: Frances Rebecca Harvey 1806 – 1873 (Buried: Longwood Cemetery, Bedford, Virginia) Wife: Mary E. Wingfield Education: 1855: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute Occupation before War: 1855 – 1861: Attorney in Salem, Virginia Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Major of 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1861: Served in the First Battle of Manassas Virginia 1862: Elected Colonel of his regiment on April 20th 1862 – 1863: Colonel of 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1862: Regimental Commander Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia 1862: Regimental...
Edward Clifford Anderson :CSA1stNat: Born: January 7, 1839 Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia Father: George Wayne Anderson 1796 – 1872 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Mother: Eliza C. Stites 1805 – 1865 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Wife: Jane Margaret Randolph 1840 – 1914 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Children: Jefferson Randolph Anderson Sr. 1861 – 1950 (Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) George Wayne Anderson 1863 – 1922 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Elizabeth Clifford Anderson 1864 – 1876 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Margaret Randolph Anderson Rotch 1866 – 1941 (Buried: Mount Auburn...
Edward Clifford Anderson Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: November 8, 1815 Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia Father: George Anderson 1767 – 1847 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Mother: Eliza Clifford Wayne 1774 – 1818 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Wife: Sarah McQueen Williamson 1816 – 1884 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Children: Nina Anderson Pape 1842 – 1905 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Lt. Edward Moffitt Anderson 1843 – 1923 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Georgia Anderson Crane 1846 – 1880 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Occupation before War: 1834 – 1850: Served in United States...
John Hansford Anderson :CSA1stNat: Born: August 6, 1831 Birthplace: Lebanon, Tennessee Father: Francis “Frank” Anderson Jr. 1798 – 1838 Mother: Eleanor Nell Barkley 1801 – 1870 Wife: Virginia Annie Burnett 1830 – 1900 Education: Attended Irving College Occupation before War: Merchant in Nashville, Tennessee Civil War Career: 1861: Captain of Company C, 10th Tennessee Infantry Regiment Escaped Capture during the Siege of Fort Donelson, Tennessee 1862: Aide to General Albert Sidney Johnston, Battle of Shiloh 1862: Wounded during the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee 1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 8th Tennessee Infantry Regiment 1863 – 1865: Colonel of 8th Tennessee Infantry Regiment 1863: Wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga...
Samuel Smith Anderson :CSA1stNat: Born: September 20, 1819 Birthplace: Cumberland County, Virginia Father: Benjamin Dabney Anderson Sr. 1794 – 1855 Mother: Louisa Ann Payne 1799 – 1876 Wife: Harriet Tisdale 1825 – 1899 Education: 1841: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (18th in class) Occupation before War: 1841 – 1842: Brevet 2nd Lt. 2nd United States Army, Artillery 1842 – 1847: 2nd Lt. 2nd United States Army, Artillery 1847 – 1855: 1st Lt. 2nd United States Army, Artillery 1855 – 1861: Captain, 2nd United States Army, Artillery 1861: Resigned from United States Army on April 27th Civil War Career: 1861: Adjutant General for Virginia State forces 1861: Lt. Colonel of Provisional Army of Virginia 1861: Major...
Francis Stanley “Frank” Armistead :CSA1stNat: Born: April 1835 Birthplace: Upperville, Virginia Father: Colonel Walker Keith Armistead 1785 – 1845 (Buried: Armistead Family Cemetery, Upperville, Virginia) Mother: Elizabeth Stanly Armistead 1791 – 1861 (Buried: Armistead Family Cemetery, Upperville, Virginia) Education: 1856: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (34th in class) Occupation before War: 1856: Brevet 2nd Lt. of United States Army, Infantry 1856 – 1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 10th Infantry Regiment 1856 – 1857: Frontier Duty at Fort Ridgely, Minnesota 1857 – 1861: Served on the Utah Expedition 1859 – 1860: Provost Marshal in Utah Expedition 1860 – 1861: Leave of Absence from United States Army 1861...
Turner “The Black Knight” Ashby :CSA1stNat: Born: October 23, 1828 Birthplace: Rose Bank Plantation, Fauquier County, Virginia Father: Colonel Turner Ashby Sr. 1789 – 1837 (Buried: Ashby Cemetery, Delaplane, Virginia) Mother: Dorethea Farrar Green 1789 – 1865 (Buried: Aquia Episcopal Church, Aquia, Virginia) Wife: Never Married Signature: Occupation before War: Farmer & Businessman in Virginia Accomplished Horseman from a young age Served in the The Mountain Rangers Virginia Militia Avid Politician who ran for the Virginia State House of Delegates Whig and Follower of Henry Clay Disapproved of Secession in Virginia Competed in English Style Horse riding tournaments Civil War Career: Assigned to Command of the...
James Lockhart Autry Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: January 28, 1830 Birthplace: Jackson, Tennessee Father: Micajah Autry 1793 – 1836 (Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi) Mother: Martha Wyche Putney 1796 – 1866 (Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi) Wife: Jennie Valiant 1835 - 1912 Children: James Lockhart Autry Jr. 1859 – 1920 (Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas) Occupation before War: Attorney in Holly Springs, Mississippi 1854 – 1859: Mississippi State Representative 1858 – 1859: Speaker of Mississippi State House of Representatives Civil War Career: 1861: Lt. Company B, 9th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 1861: Lt. Colonel of 9th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 1861: Offered...
Isaac Erwin Avery :CSA1stNat: Born: December 20, 1828 Birthplace: Amherst, North Carolina Father: Colonel Isaac Thomas Avery 1785 – 1864 (Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Morganton, North Carolina) Mother: Harriet Eloise Erwin 1795 – 1858 (Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Morganton, North Carolina) Wife: Martha Susan Taylor 1842 – 1936 (Buried: Mount Hebron Baptist Church, Burke County, North Carolina) Education: Attended University of North Carolina Occupation before War: Plantation Manager of Avery Family Plantations Yancey and Burke Contractor for building of Western North Carolina Railroad Company Part Owner of Western North Carolina Railroad Company Known to have been a large man weighing over 200 lbs. Civil War...
Isaac Wheeler Avery Jr. :CSA1stNat: Born: May 2, 1837 Birthplace: Saint Augustine, Florida Father: Isaac Wheeler Avery Sr. 1806 – 1841 Mother: Mary Moore King 1810 – 1888 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Wife: Emma Bivings 1849 – 1914 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Children: Infant Avery 1879 – 1880 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Albert Wheeler Avery 1880 – 1917 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Infant Avery 1882 – 1882 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Education: Attended Oglethorpe University in Savannah, Georgia Occupation before War: Attorney in Georgia Civil War Career: 1861: Private in Oglethorpe Light Infantry 1862: Captain of Company I...
William Roane Aylett :CSA1stNat: Born: May 14, 1835 Birthplace: King William County, Virginia Father: General Philip Aylett 1787 – 1848 (Buried: Aylett Graves at Fairfield Plantation, Aylett, Virginia) Mother: Judith Page Waller 1794 – 1850 (Buried: Aylett Graves at Fairfield Plantation, Aylett, Virginia) Great Grandfather: Patrick Henry 1736 – 1799 Wife: Alice Roane Brockenbrough 1838 – 1895 (Buried: Saint David’s Episcopal Church, Aylett, Virginia) Children: Sarah B. “Sallie” Aylett Goodwyn 1861 – 1942 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) Martha Waller “Pattie” Aylett Callaway 1863 – 1899 Twin Two Aylett 1866 – 1869 (Buried: Aylett Graves at Fairfield Plantation, Aylett, Virginia) Twin One Aylett 1866 – 1869...
Thomas Glascock Bacon :CSA1stNat: Born: June 24, 1812 Birthplace: Edgefield, South Carolina Father: Edmund Bacon 1776 – 1826 (Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Mother: Eliza Fox 1780 – 1871 (Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Wife: Angeline M. J. Gallman 1821 – 1913 (Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Children: William Washington Bacon 1839 – 1849 (Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Education: Attended Pendleton Classical Institute Occupation before War: Served in the Seminole and Mexican – American Wars Clerk in Edgefield South Carolina Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 7th South Carolina Infantry...
John Brown Baldwin :CSA1stNat: Born: January 11, 1820 Birthplace: Spring Farm Staunton Virginia Father: Judge Briscoe Gerard Baldwin Sr. 1789 – 1852 (Buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia) Mother: Martha Steele Brown 1791 – 1870 (Buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia) Wife: Susan Madison Peyton 1822 – 1899 (Buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia) Education: 1838: Graduated from University of Virginia Occupation before War: Attorney in Staunton, Virginia 1848 – 1861: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates 1856 – 1864: Member University of Virginia Board of Visitors Colonel in Virginia State Militia 1860: Supporter of John Bell for President Campaign 1860 – 1861: Worked entirely to try to...
Mottrom Dulany Ball :CSA1stNat: Born: June 23, 1835 Birthplace: Oak Mount Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia Father: Spencer Mottrom Ball 1801 – 1859 (Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia) Mother: Mary Dulany 1813 – 1856 (Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia) Wife: Sarah Lewis Wright 1838 – 1923 (Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia) Children: Sarah Lewis Ball 1866 – 1944 (Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia) Mottrom Corbin Ball 1868 – 1904 (Buried: Falls Church Episcopal Church Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia) Caroline Ball Mackall 1869 – 1949 (Buried: Lewinsville Presbyterian Cemetery...
John Goff Ballentine Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: May 20, 1825 Birthplace: Pulaski, Tennessee Father: Andrew Mitchell Ballentine 1791 – 1863 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Mother: Mary Tuttle Goff 1805 – 1890 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Wife: Mary Elizabeth Laird 1832 – 1917 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Children: Sallie Leverette Ballentine 1856 – 1944 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) John Goff Ballentine Jr. 1863 – 1919 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Adelaide Ballentine 1868 – 1950 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Margaret Palmer Ballentine 1870 – 1871 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Andrew Mitchell...
John Pierson Bane :CSA1stNat: Born: October 1835 Birthplace: Bane Giles County, Virginia Father: Jesse Bane 1791 – 1875 (Buried: First Bane Cemetery, Giles County, Virginia) Mother: Jane Anne Carr 1796 – 1868 (Buried: First Bane Cemetery, Giles County, Virginia) Wife: Julianna Grayson Occupation before War: Farmer in Giles County, Virginia Farmer and Rancher in Seguin, Texas Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain in Company D, 4th Texas Infantry Regiment 1862: Wounded in the arm during Battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia 1862 – 1863: Major of 4th Texas Infantry Regiment 1863 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of 4th Texas Infantry Regiment 1863: Wounded during Battle of Chickamuga, Georgia 1864 – 1865: Colonel of 4th Texas Infantry...
William Taylor Sullivan Barry: :CSA1stNat: Born: December 10, 1821 Birthplace: Columbus Mississippi Father: Major Richard B. Barry 1788 – 1869 (Buried: Friendship Cemetery Columbus Mississippi) Mother: Mary Sullivan 1795 – 1863 (Buried: Friendship Cemetery Columbus Mississippi) Wife: Sarah Fearn 1824 – 1895 (Buried: Friendship Cemetery Columbus Mississippi) Political Party: Democratic Party Education: 1841: Graduated from Yale College Occupation before War: 1844 – 1853: Attorney and Planter in Columbus Mississippi 1849 – 1851: Mississippi State Representative 1853 – 1855: United States Congressman from Mississippi 1853 – 1855: Member of House District of Columbia Committee 1855: Speaker and Mississippi State Representative...
Clark Russell Barteau :CSA1stNat: Born: April 7, 1835 Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Wife: Mary Cosby Wife: Zura Eckford 1839 - Children: Hattie Barteau 1866 – 1953 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Education: Attended Wesleyan University in Ohio Occupation before War: 1858: Visited the South to view slavery first hand liked what he Saw Teacher in Hartsville, Tennessee Principal of the Hartsville Male Academy Newspaper Editor Secession Supporter even though born in Ohio Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Private Company D, 7th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion 1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment 1863 – 1864: Colonel of 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment 1864 – 1865: Colonel of 22nd Tennessee...
Francis Stebbins Bartow :CSA1stNat: Born: September 6, 1816 Birth Place: Savannah, Georgia Father: Dr. Theodosius Bartow 1770 – 1857 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Mother: Frances Louisa Stebbins 1792 – 1872 Wife: Louisa Greene Berrien 1827 – 1916 Education: 1835: Graduated from Franklin College Took Legal Classes at Yale College Occupation before War: Attorney in firm of Barlow, and Lovell, Law Firm, Savannah, Georgia 1840: Campaigned for William Henry Harrison for President Captain of 21st Oglethorpe Light Infantry, Georgia Militia Civil War Career: 1861: Delegate to Georgia State Secession Convention 1861: Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress 1861: Chairman of Confederate...
Frederick Samuel Bass :CSA1stNat: Born: October 27, 1831 Birthplace: Brunswick County, Virginia Father: Benjamin S. Bass 1765 – 1840 Mother: Sarah “Sally” Pitway 1802 – 1879 Wife: Mary Ezell 1839 – 1869 Children: Robert Bass 1869 – Unknown Education: 1851: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute Occupation before War: School Teacher in Petersburg, Virginia & Warrenton, North Carolina Professor at Marshall College in Marshall, Texas Civil War Career: 1861: Captain of Company E, 1st Texas Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1864: Major of 1st Texas Infantry Regiment 1862: Wounded during the Seven Days Campaign 1863: Wounded during the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1863: Wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga 1863...
Joel Allen Battle :CSA1stNat: Born: September 19, 1811 Birthplace: Davidson County, Tennessee Father: Isaac Battle 1775 – 1846 (Buried: Battle Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Mother: Lucinda Atkinson Mayo 1788 – 1832 (Buried: Battle Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) 1st Wife: Sarah M. Searcy 1816 – 1835 (Buried: Searcy Cemetery Rutherford, County, Tennessee) 2nd Wife: Adeline Mosely 1814 – 1883 (Buried: Battle Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Children: Adeline M. Battle (Buried: Battle Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) William Seary Battle 1834 – 1862 (Buried: Shiloh Confederate Burial Trench, Hardin County, Tennessee) Lt. Joel Allen Battle Jr. 1838 – 1862 (Buried: Shiloh Confederate Burial Trench, Hardin County, Tennessee)...
James M. Baxter :CSA1stNat: Born: September 7, 1825 Birthplace: Laurens District, South Carolina Father: William Baxter – 1875 (Buried: Liberty Springs Presbyterian Church, Cross Hill, South Carolina) Mother: Nancy McGowen 1781 – 1854 (Buried: Liberty Springs Presbyterian Church, Cross Hill, South Carolina) Wife: Frances Nance 1832 – 1896 (Buried: Rosemont Cemetery Newberry, South Carolina) Married: May 17, 1860 in Newberry, South Carolina Children: Lucy Williams Baxter Hunt 1864 – 1945 (Buried: Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina) Frances Nance Baxter McIntosh 1870 – 1930 (Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, South Carolina) Education: Graduated from Erskine College Studied law under General Garlington in...
George Wythe Baylor :CSA1stNat: Born: August 24, 1832 Birthplace: Fort Gibson, Indian Territory Father: Dr. John Walker Baylor 1782 – 1835 (Buried: Dunbarton Cemetery, Adams County, Mississippi) Mother: Sophia Marie Weidner - 1862 (Buried: City Cemetery No. 1, San Antonio, Texas) Brother: C.S. Congressman, Col. John Robert Baylor of Texas 1822-1894 (Buried: Montell and Laguna Cemetery, Montell, Texas) Wife: Sally Sydnor Education: Attended Rutersville College Occupation before War: Worked for United States Army at the Commissary Depot 1854 – 1859: Worked for U.S. Commissary in California 1859 – 1861: Hunter and Indian Fighter in Weatherford, Texas Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: 1st Lt. Company H 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles...
John Robert Baylor :CSA1stNat: Born: July 20, 1822 Birthplace: Paris, Kentucky Father: Dr. John Walker Baylor 1782 – 1835 (Buried: Dunbarton Cemetery, Adams County, Mississippi) Mother: Sophia Marie Weidner Unknown – 1862 (Buried: City Cemetery No. 1, San Antonio, Texas) Brother: C.S. Colonel George Wythe Baylor 1832 – 1916 (Buried: Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas) Wife: Emily Jane Hanna 1827 – 1917 (Buried: Montell and Laguna Cemetery, Montell, Texas) Children: John William Baylor 1844 – 1896 (Buried: La Mota Ranch Cemetery Cotulla Texas) Walker Keith Baylor 1847 – 1928 (Buried: Mission Burial Park South San Antonio Texas) Elizabeth Baylor Affleck 1851 – 1931 (Buried: City Cemetery No. 1 San Antonio Texas) Frances...
James Hamilton Beard :CSA1stNat: Born: July 28, 1833 Birthplace: Lowndes County, Alabama Father: Edward Darrell Beard 1803 – 1844 (Buried: Canton Bend Methodist Church, Wilcox County, Alabama) Mother: Caroline Videau Rembert 1814 – 1844 (Buried: Canton Bend Methodist Church, Wilcox County, Alabama) Wife: Catherine Hoyle "Kate" Tomkies 1835 – 1917 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Frierson, Louisiana) Children: Corinne Gayle "Queen" Beard Scott 1860 – 1947 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Frierson, Louisiana) Occupation before War: Merchant in Shreveport, Louisiana Steamboat Captain in Louisiana Civil War Career: 1861: Captain Shreveport Greys Company D, 1st Louisiana Battalion 1861 – 1862: Major of 1st Louisiana Battalion 1862...
Franklin King Beck :CSA1stNat: Born: May 21, 1814 Birthplace: Duplin County, North Carolina Father: John Beck Mother: Margaret Goode 1783 – 1822 (Buried: Camden Cemetery, Camden, Alabama) Wife: Martha Jefferson Tait 1828 – 1859 (Buried: Camden Cemetery, Camden, Alabama) Children: John James Beck 1846 – 1848 (Buried: Camden Cemetery, Camden, Alabama) William Rufus King Beck 1849 – 1885 (Buried: Camden Cemetery, Camden, Alabama) Judge James Tait Beck 1851 – 1906 (Buried: Camden Cemetery, Camden, Alabama) Education: 1837: Graduated from Yale Law School Occupation before War: Attorney and Planter in Camden, Alabama 1851 – 1853: Alabama State Representative 1855 – 1857: Alabama State Representative Civil War Career: 1861...
Risden Tyler Bennett Born: June 8, 1840 Birthplace: Wadesboro, North Carolina Father: Rev. Neville James Bennett 1800 – 1852 (Buried: Magnolia Heights Cemetery, Wadesboro, North Carolina) Mother: Catherine “Kitty” Harris Bennett 1798 – 1866 (Buried: Magnolia Heights Cemetery, Wadesboro, North Carolina) Wife: Katherine Isabella Shepherd Bennett 1835 – 1916 (Buried: Magnolia Heights Cemetery, Wadesboro, North Carolina) Children: Mary Austin Bennett Little 1866 – 1955 (Buried: Magnolia Heights Cemetery, Wadesboro, North Carolina) Effie Neville Bennett Leak 1867 – 1957 (Buried: Eastview Cemetery, Wadesboro, North Carolina) Kate Shepherd Bennett Bennett 1869 – 1943 (Buried: Magnolia Heights Cemetery, Wadesboro, North Carolina) Fred...
Charles Christopher Blacknall :CSA1stNat: Born: December 4, 1830 Birthplace: Granville County, North Carolina Father: Thomas Blacknall Jr. 1806 – 1833 Mother: Caroline G. Boswell 1812 – 1900 (Buried: Kittrell Cemetery, Kittrell, North Carolina) Wife: Virginia Baskerville 1830 – 1902 (Buried: Kittrell Cemetery, Kittrell, North Carolina) Children: Oscar William Blacknall Sr. 1852 – 1918 (Buried: Kittrell Cemetery, Kittrell, North Carolina) William Henry Blacknall 1854 – 1924 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina) Charles Lee Blacknall 1856 – 1928 (Buried: Kittrell Cemetery, Kittrell, North Carolina) Emma Blacknall 1859 – 1905 (Buried: Kittrell Cemetery, Kittrell, North Carolina) Occupation before War: Farmer...
William Barrett Blair :CSA1stNat: Born: September 25, 1818 Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia Wife: Judith Cornelia Nicholl 1823 – 1908 (Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia) Children: Mary Louisa Blair Anderson 1849 – 1933 (Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia) Henry Wayne Blair 1851 – 1884 (Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia) Education: 1838: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (11th in class) Occupation before War: 1838 – 1840: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery 1840 – 1852: 1st Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery 1850 – 1861: Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, United States Army 1861: Resigned from United States Army on...
James Douglas Blanding :CSA1stNat: Born: June 26, 1821 Birthplace: Columbia, South Carolina Father: Colonel Abram Blanding 1776 – 1839 (Buried: Circular Congregational Church, Charleston, South Carolina) Mother: Mary Caroline DeSaussure 1794 – 1862 (Buried: Circular Congregational Church, Charleston, South Carolina) Wife: Lenora Agnes McFaddin 1831 – 1886 (Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina) Children: Mary Adelaide Blanding Haman 1849 – 1949 (Buried: Vaiden Cemetery, Vaiden, Mississippi) Caroline DeSaussure Blanding Upshur 1852 – 1940 (Buried: Brownsville Family Cemetery, Exmore, Virginia) Lenora Blanding Holman 1853 – 1897 (Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina) Emma Blanding 1855 – 1856 (Buried...
Alexander Robinson Boteler :CSA1stNat: Born: May 16, 1815 Birthplace: Shepherdstown, Virginia (West Virginia) Father: Dr. Henry Boteler 1779 – 1836 Mother: Priscilla Robinson 1797 – 1826 Wife: Helen Macomb Stockton 1815 – 1891 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, West Virginia) Children: Elizabeth Stockton “Lizzie” Boteler Shepherd 1837 – 1886 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, West Virginia) Angelica Peale Boteler Didier 1838 – 1912 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Helen Macomb “Tippie” Boteler Pendleton 1840 – 1914 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, West Virginia) Charlotte “Lottie” Boteler Johnson 1844 – 1899 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Political Party: Whig...
Colonel Lawson Botts Sr. Born: July 25, 1825 Birthplace: Fredericksburg, Virginia Father: General Thomas Hutchinson Botts 1800 – 1854 (Buried: Fredericksburg Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia) Mother: Ann Carter Willis 1805 – 1827 (Buried: Willis Hill Cemetery, Maryes Heights, Virginia) Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Bibb “Bettie” Ranson 1829 – 1909 (Buried: Zion Episcopal Churchyard, Charles Town, West Virginia) Children: Fanny Botts 1853 – 1853 (Buried: Zion Episcopal Churchyard, Charles Town, West Virginia) Thomas Hutchinson Botts II 1854 – 1914 (Buried: Zion Episcopal Churchyard, Charles Town, West Virginia) James Ranson Botts 1857 – 1885 (Buried: Zion Episcopal Churchyard, Charles Town, West Virginia) Lawson Botts Jr. 1859 – 1866...
William Wade Boyd :CSA1stNat: Born: January 19, 1819 Birthplace: Union District, South Carolina Wife: Harriet Adaline Brem 1821 – 1881 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Children: William Wallace Boyd Sr. 1843 – 1912 (Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Emma C. Boyd Sparks 1851 – 1903 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Robert E. Boyd 1852 – 1885 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Occupation before War: Tailor in Marietta & Atlanta, Georgia Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 19th Georgia Infantry Regiment Occupation after War: 1862 – 1878: Tailor in Atlanta, Georgia Deputy Grandmaster of Freemasons of Georgia Died: July 9, 1878 Place of Death: Atlanta, Georgia Age at time of...

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