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William Wirt Allen :CSA1stNat: Born: September 11, 1835 Birthplace: New York City, New York Father: Wade Hampton Allen 1794 – 1851 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama) Mother: Eliza Sayre 1805 – 1892 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama) Wife: Susan Pendleton Ball 1840 – 1915 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama) Children: Wade Allen 1859 – 1913 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama) Joseph Virginius Allen 1866 – 1917 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama) George B. Allen 1869 – 1951 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama) William S. Allen 1872 – 1926 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama) Charles Pollard Allen Sr. 1877 – 1937 (Buried: West Laurel Hill...
James Patton Anderson :CSA1stNat: Born: February 16, 1822 Birthplace: Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee Father: Colonel William Preston Anderson Mother: Margaret Lapsley Adair 1794 – 1875 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Wife: Henrietta Buford “Etta” Adair 1834 – 1917 (Buried: Oak Hill East Cemetery, Palatka, Florida) Children: William Preston Anderson 1856 – 1900 Theophilus Beatty Anderson Sr. 1859 – 1916 (Buried: Oak Hill East Cemetery, Palatka, Florida) James Patton Anderson Jr. 1860 - Elizabeth Cromwell Anderson 1863 – 1904 Margaret Bybee Anderson 1866 – 1965 (Buried: Oak Hill East Cemetery, Palatka, Florida) Education: 1842: Graduated from Jefferson College Medical School Occupation before War...
William Brimage Bate :CSA1stNat: Born: October 7, 1826 Birth Place: Bledsoe's Lick, (Castalian Springs) Tennessee Father: James Henry Bate 1804 – 1842 (Buried: Weathered Cemetery, Castalian Springs, Tennessee) Mother: Amanda Patience Weathered 1806 – 1885 (Buried: Weathered Cemetery, Castalian Springs, Tennessee) Wife: Julia Peete 1834 – 1910 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Children: Mary Irby “Mazie” Bate Mastin 1856 – 1941 (Buried: Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Texas) Education: Common Education 1852: Graduated from Lebanon law school Occupation before War: Clerk for Steamboat Company Newspaper Editor 1846 – 1848: 1st Lt. In 3rd Tennessee Infantry during Mexican War 1849 – 1851: Tennessee...
John Stevens Bowen :CSA1stNat: Born: October 30, 1830 Birthplace: Bowen's Creek, Georgia Father: William Parker Bowen 1802 – 1859 Mother: Ann Elizabeth Wilkins 1802 – 1861 Wife: Mary Lucretia Preston Kennerly 1835 – 1904 Children: Menard Kennerly Bowen 1855 – 1899 Anna Beauregard Bowen 1860 – 1940 John Sydney Bowen 1862 – 1925 Education: Attended University of Georgia 1848 – 1851: Attended West Point Military Academy Occupation before War: 1853 – 1856: Served in the United States Army rising to 2nd Lt. 1857 – 1861: Served in the Missouri State Militia rising to Lt. Colonel Civil War Career: 1861: Colonel of 2nd Missouri Volunteers Militia Regiment 1861: Chief of Staff to Brig. General Daniel M. Frost 1861: Captured...
John Cabell Breckinridge Confederate States Secretary of War :CSA1stNat: Born: January 16, 1821 Birthplace: Cabell's Dale Plantation near Lexington Kentucky Father: Joseph Cabell Breckinridge 1788 – 1823 (Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky) Mother: Mary Clay Smith 1787 – 1864 (Buried: Not Known) Wife: Mary Cyrene Burch 1826 – 1907 (Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky) Children: John Cabell Breckinridge (Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky) Clifton Rodes Breckinridge 1846 – 1932 (Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky) Frances Viley Breckinridge Steele 1848 – 1924 (Buried: Triangle Public Cemetery, Triangle, Virginia) John Witherspoon Breckinridge 1850 – 1892 (Buried: Lexington...
John Calvin Brown Born: January 6, 1827 Birthplace: Giles County, Tennessee Father: Duncan Brown 1780 – 1848 (Buried: Bethany Cemetery, Bryson, Tennessee) Mother: Margaret Smith 1782 – 1864 (Buried: Bethany Cemetery, Bryson, Tennessee) 1st Wife: Ann E. Pointer 1830 – 1858 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) 2nd Wife: Elizabeth Childress 1842 – 1919 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Children: Marie Brown McMillan 1865 – 1887 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery Pulaski, Tennessee) Daisy Brown 1868 – 1885 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee) Education: 1846: Graduated from Jackson College Occupation before War: Attorney in Pulaski, Tennessee 1860: Constitution Party Presidential Elector Civil...
Matthew Calbraith Butler :CSA1stNat: Born: March 8, 1836 Birth Place: Greenville, South Carolina Father: Dr. William Butler Jr. 1790 – 1850 (Buried: Christ Episcopal Church, Greenville, South Carolina) Mother: Jane Tweedy Perry 1799 – 1875 (Buried: Christ Episcopal Church, Greenville, South Carolina) 1st Wife: Maria Pickens 1833 – 1900 (Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Married: February 25, 1858, Edgefield, South Carolina 2nd Wife: Nannie DeSaussure Bostick 1859 – 1942 (1906) (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Married: 1906 Children: Dr. Francis “Frank” Wilkinson Pierce Butler 1858 – 1924 (Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) William Wallace Butler 1860 –...
Benjamin Franklin Cheatham :CSA1stNat: Born: October 20, 1820 Birth Place: Nashville, Tennessee Father: Leonard Pope Cheatham 1792 – 1863 Mother: Elizabeth Davis Robertson 1796 – 1881 Wife: Anna Bell Robertson 1838 – 1888 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Children: Benjamin Franklin Cheatham Jr. 1867 – 1944 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Patton Robertson Cheatham 1869 – 1914 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Joseph Johnston Cheatham 1872 – 1942 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Medora Cheatham Hodgson 1878 – 1969 (Buried: University of South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tennessee) Alice Cheatham Malone 1880 – 1906 (Buried: Mount Olivet...
Thomas James Churchill Born: March 10, 1824 Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky Father: Samuel Churchill 1779 – 1863 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Mother: Abigail Pope Oldham 1789 – 1854 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Wife: Anne Maria Sevier 1830 – 1917 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Married: July 31, 1849 in Little Rock, Arkansas Children: Abbie Churchill 1854 – 1876 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Samuel Johnson Churchill 1856 – 1915 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Ambrose Sevier Churchill 1858 – 1860 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Juliette Johnson Churchill Hankins 1861 – 1941 (Buried: Mount Holly...
Henry DeLamar Clayton Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: March 7, 1827 Birth Place: Pulaski County, Georgia Father: Nelson Clayton 1796 – 1868 (Buried: Rosemere Cemetery, Opelika, Alabama) Mother: Sarah Leith Carruthers 1800 – 1873 (Buried: Rosemere Cemetery, Opelika, Alabama) Wife: Victoria Virginia Hunter 1832 – 1908 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Eufuala, Alabama) Children: Victoria Virginia Clayton Williams (Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia) Sarah Elizabeth Bowler Clayton Walthour 1852 – 1928 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Eufuala, Alabama) Theresa Emily Clayton 1855 – 1856 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Eufuala, Alabama) Henry DeLamar Clayton Jr. 1857 – 1929 (Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Eufuala, Alabama) Bertram Tracy Clayton 1862...
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne Born: March 17, 1828 Birthplace: Ovens County Cork Ireland Father: Dr. Joseph Cleburne 1792 – 1843 Mother: Mary Ann Ronayne 1792 – 1829 Girlfriend: Susan Tarleton 1840 – 1868 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Career in Europe: 1846 – 1849: Served in the British Army rising to rank of Corporal Occupation in United States: Immigrated to the United States, settling in Helena, Arkansas Worked as a Pharmacist in Helena, Arkansas Half Owner of The Democratic Star Newspaper 1856: Wounded during a street fight in Helena, Arkansas, Shot in Back Attorney in Helena, Arkansas Civil War Career: Member of the Yell Rifles, Arkansas Militia 1861: Captain of Yell Rifles helped seize the U.S. Arsenal in...
Howell Cobb Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: September 7, 1815 Birthplace: Cherry Hill, Jefferson County, Georgia Father: John Addison Cobb 1788 – 1855 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) Mother: Sarah Robinson Rootes 1792 – 1863 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) Wife: Mary Ann Lamar 1818 – 1889 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) Married: May 26, 1835 Children: Zachariah Lamar Cobb 1837 – 1840 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) John Addison Cobb II 1838 – 1925 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Americus, Georgia) Lamar Cobb 1840 – 1907 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) Howell Cobb Jr. 1842 – 1909 (Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia) Henry Jackson Cobb 1844 – 1848...
George Bibb Crittenden Born: March 20, 1812 Birth Place: Russellville, Kentucky Father: U.S. Senator John Jordan Crittenden 1787 – 1863 (Buried: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky) Mother: Sarah O. Lee 1787 – 1824 (Buried: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky) Education: 1832: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (26th in class) Attended Transylvania University Occupation before War: 1832 – 1833: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Infantry Regiment 1832: Served in the Black Hawk Expedition 1833: Garrison Duty at Augusta Arsenal in Augusta, Georgia 1833: Garrison Duty at Fort Mitchell, Alabama 1833: Resigned from United States Army on April 30th 1837 – 1842: Attorney in the State of Kentucky 1842 –...
Daniel Smith Donelson :CSA1stNat: Born: June 23, 1801 Birth Place: Sumner County, Tennessee Father: Samuel Donelson 1758 – 1803 Mother: Mary Smith 1781 – 1857 (Buried: Rock Castle Cemetery, Hendersonville, Tennessee) Wife: Margaret Branch 1811 – 1871 (Buried: Hendersonville Presbyterian Church, Hendersonville, Tennessee) Children: Elizabeth Donelson Williams 1831 – 1918 (Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Mary Ann Donelson Martin 1834 – 1916 (Buried: Hendersonville Presbyterian Church, Hendersonville, Tennessee) Sarah Donelson Bradford 1836 – 1869 (Buried: Bradford – Eppes Cemetery, Leon County, Florida) Rebecca Donelson Dismukes 1840 – 1911 (Buried: Gallatin City Cemetery Gallatin, Tennessee) Martha B...
Arnold Elzey Jr. Born: December 18, 1816 Birthname: Arnold Elzey Jones Jr. Birthplace: Elmwood Plantation, Somerset County, Maryland Father: Colonel Arnold Elzey Jones Sr. 1785 – 1839 (Buried: Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Churchyard, Princess Anne, Maryland) Mother: Anne Wilson Jackson 1788 – 1866 (Buried: Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Churchyard, Princess Anne, Maryland) Wife: Ellen Irwin 1825 – 1902 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Children: Arnold Jones Elzey 1849 – 1881 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Education: 1837: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (33rd in class) Occupation before War: 1837 – 1839: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery 1839 – 1849: 1st Lt. United States...
James Fleming Fagan Born: March 1, 1828 Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky Father: Steven Fagan 1804 – 1840 Mother: Catherine Stephens 1801 – 1881 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) 1stWife: Mura Elisiff Beall Unknown – 1869 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) 2ndWife: Elizabeth Rapley 1861 – 1936 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Children: William F. Fagan 1852 – 1852 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Irene Fagan Cockle 1857 – 1922 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Lady Elizabeth Fagan Bridgeman (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas) Jim Fagan Watson 1874 – 1936 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas)...
Charles William Field Born: April 6, 1828 Birthplace: Versailles, Kentucky Father: Willis Field Sr. 1778 – 1837 (Buried: Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Kentucky) Mother: Isabella Miriam Buck 1785 – 1849 (Buried: Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Kentucky) Wife: Monimia Fairfax Mason 1835 – 1914 (Buried: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Children: Cornelia Mason Field 1859 – 1861 (Buried: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Wiley Roy Mason Field 1861 – 1938 (Buried: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Education: 1849: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (27th in class) Occupation before War: 1849 – 1851: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Dragoons 1851 – 1855: 2nd Lt. United States Army...
John Horace Forney :CSA1stNat: Born: August 12, 1829 Birth Place: Lincolnton, North Carolina Father: Jacob Forney 1787 – 1856 (Buried: City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Alabama) Mother: Sabrina Swope Hoke 1800 – 1881 (Buried: City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Alabama) Wife: Septa Sexta Middleton Rutledge 1836 – 1920 (Buried: City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Alabama) Children: Emma Rutledge Forney 1864 – 1953 (Buried: City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Alabama) Jacob Forney 1868 – 1902 (Buried: Springville Cemetery, Springville, Alabama) Mary Caroline Forney 1871 – 1939 (Buried: City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Alabama) Sabina Swope Forney Stevenson 1873 – 1966 (Buried: City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Alabama) Annie Rowan Forney Daugette 1876 – 1974...
Samuel Gibbs French Born: November 22, 1818 Birthplace: Mullica Hill, New Jersey Father: Samuel French 1779 – 1852 Mother: Rebecca Clark 1790 – 1879 (Buried: Eglington Cemetery, Clarksboro, New Jersey) 1st Wife: Eliza Matilda Roberts 1825 – 1857 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Married: April 26, 1853 in Adams County, Mississippi 2nd Wife: Mary Fontaine Abercrombie 1837 – 1900 (Buried: Saint John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida) Married: January 12, 1865 Children: Matilda Gibbs French Thompson 1856 – 1941 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Samuel Gibbs French Jr. 1866 – 1950 (Buried: Saint John’s Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida) Robert Abercrombie French 1872 – 1959 (Buried...
Franklin Gardner :CSA1stNat: Born: January 29, 1823 Birthplace: New York City, New York Father: Lt. Colonel Charles Kitchell Gardner 1787 – 1869 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Mother: Anne Eliza McLean 1801 – 1880 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Wife: Marie Celeste Mathilde Mouton 1831 – 1915 (Buried: Saint John Cemetery, Lafayette, Louisiana) Education: 1843: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (17th in class) Occupation before War: 1843 –1845: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 7th Infantry Regiment 1845 – 1847: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 7th Infantry Regiment 1846: Brevetted 1st Lt. for Gallantry at Battle of Monterey, Mexico 1847: Brevetted Captain for Gallantry at Battle...
Albert Creswell Garlington :CSA1stNat: Born: June 9, 1822 Birthplace: Oglethorpe Count, Georgia Father: Christopher Garlington 1792 – 1864 (Buried: Chandler Cemetery, Calhoun, Georgia) Mother: Eliza Aycock 1801 – 1892 (Buried: Chandler Cemetery, Calhoun, Georgia) Wife: Sally Moon 1828 – 1910 (Buried: Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina) Married: December 8, 1846 Children: Octavia E. Garlington Fair 1849 – 1928 (Buried: Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina) Brig. General Ernest Albert Garlington 1853 – 1934 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Meredith William Garlington 1855 – 1896 (Buried: Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina) Harry M. Garlington 1865 – 1936 (Buried: Rosemont...
Jeremy Francis Gilmer :CSA1stNat: Born: February 23, 1818 Birth Place: Guliford County, North Carolina Father: Robert Shaw Gilmer Sr. 1770 – 1845 (Buried: Alamance Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, North Carolina) Mother: Anna Forbes 1786 – 1861 (Buried: Alamance Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, North Carolina) Wife: Louisa Frederica Alexander 1824 – 1895 (Buried: North Laurel Grover Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Children: Louise Porter Gilmer Minis 1852 – 1921 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Henry H. Gilmer 1854 – 1919 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Education: 1839: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (4th in class) Occupation before War: 1839 – 1845: 2nd Lt. in...
John Brown Gordon :CSA1stNat: Born: February 6, 1832 Birthplace: Upson County, Georgia Father: Rev Zachariah Herndon Gordon 1796 - (Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia) Mother: Malinda Cox 1805 – 1867 (Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia) Wife: Fannie Rebecca Haralson 1837 – 1931 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Married: September 18, 1854, at Myrtle Hill, near La Grange, Georgia Children: Hugh Haralson Gordon 1855 - 1937 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Frank Gordon 1858 – 1907 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) John Brown Gordon Jr. 1865 - 1884 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Frances “Fannie” Haralson Gordon Smith 1868 – 1951 (Buried: Dublin Town Cemetery...
Bryan Grimes Jr. :CSA1stNat: Born: November 2, 1828 Birth Place: Pitt County, North Carolina Father: Bryan Grimes Sr. 1793 – 1860 (Buried: Avon Cemetery, Pitt County, North Carolina) Mother: Nancy Gist 1798 – 1829 (Buried: Grimesland Cemetery, Grimesland, North Carolina) 1st Wife: Elizabeth Hilliard Davis 1833 – 1857 (Buried: Grimesland Cemetery, Grimesland, North Carolina) 2nd Wife: Charlotte Emily Bryan 1840 – 1920 (Buried: Grimesland Cemetery, Grimesland, North Carolina) Children: Bryan Grimes III 1852 – 1852 (Buried: Grimesland Cemetery, Grimesland, North Carolina) Elizabeth “Betty” Grimes Mordecai 1853 – 1946 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina) Nancy Grimes 1854 - 1854 (Buried: Grimesland Cemetery...
Henry “Harry” Heth :CSA1stNat: Born: December 16, 1825 Birthplace: Black Heath, Virginia Father: Captain John Heth 1798 – 1848 Mother: Margaret L. Pickett 1801 – 1850 Wife: Harriett Clay Selden 1834 – 1908 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Children: Nannie Randolph Heth 1861 – 1912 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Education: 1847: Graduate from West Point Military Academy – (38th in class) Occupation: 1847: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Infantry Regiment 1847 – 1853: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 6th Infantry Regiment 1853 – 1855: 1st Lt. United States Army, 6th Infantry Regiment 1855 – 1861: Captain United States Army, 10th Infantry Regiment 1861: Resigned from United States Army...
Daniel Harvey Hill :CSA1stNat: Born: July 12, 1821 Birth Place: York District, South Carolina Father: Solomon Hill 1776 – 1825 Mother: Nancy Cabeen 1779 – 1851 Wife: Isabella Morrison 1825 – 1904 (Buried: Davidson College Cemetery, Davidson, North Carolina) Married: 1848 Children: Robert Hall Morrison Hill 1850 – 1857 (Buried: Davidson College Cemetery, Davidson, North Carolina) Willie Morrison Hill 1855 – 1856 (Buried: Davidson College Cemetery, Davidson, North Carolina) Nancy Lee Hill 1857 – 1938 (Buried: Davidson College Cemetery, Davidson, North Carolina) James Irwin Hill 1864 – 1866 (Buried: Davidson College Cemetery, Davidson, North Carolina) Education: 1842: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (28th in class)...
Thomas Carmichael Hindman Jr. Born: January 28, 1828 Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee Father: Thomas Carmichael Hindman Sr. Mother: Sallie Holt Hindman Wife: Mary Watkins Biscoe Hindman 1838 – 1876 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Helena, Arkansas) Education: 1843: Graduated from Lawrenceville Classical Institute Occupation before War: 1846 – 1848: Served in the Mexican War rising to 2nd Lt. Attorney in Helena, Arkansas 1854 – 1856: Mississippi State Representative 1859 – 1861: United States Representative from Arkansas Civil War Career: 1861: Colonel of 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Brigadier General of Confederate Army, Infantry 1862: Wounded during the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee 1862 – 1865: Major General...
Robert Frederick Hoke :CSA1stNat: Born: May 27, 1837 Birth Place: Lincolnton, North Carolina Father: Colonel Michael Hoke 1810 – 1844 (Buried: Old White Cemetery, Lincolnton, North Carolina) Mother: Frances Burton 1815 – 1868 (Buried: Old White Cemetery, Lincolnton, North Carolina) Wife: Lydia Van Wyck 1849 – 1915 (Married: 1 – 7 – 1869) (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina) Children: Van Wyck Hoke 1871 – 1949 (Buried: Yanceyville Presbyterian Church, Yanceyville, North Carolina) Michael Hoke 1874 – 1944 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina) Lydia Maverick Hoke Webb 1877 – 1960 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina) Frances Burton Hoke Pollock 1879 – 1972 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery...
Benjamin Huger Born: November 22, 1805 Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina Father: Francis Kinloch Huger 1773 – 1855 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina) Mother: Harriet Lucas Pinckney 1783 – 1824 (Buried: French Protestant Huguenot, Charleston, South Carolina) Wife: Elizabeth Celestine Pinckney 1805 – 1882 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Children: Major Benjamin Huger Jr. 1831 – 1867 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Colonel Francis Kinloch “Frank” Huger 1837 – 1897 (Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Caroline Pinckney Huger Preston 1843 – 1878 (Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina) Education: 1825: Graduated from West Point...
Bushrod Rust Johnson :CSA1stNat: Born: October 7, 1817 Birthplace: Belmont County, Ohio Father: Noah Johnson – 1844 Mother: Rachel Spencer French Wife: Mary E. Hatch 1825 – 1858 (Buried: Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Children: Charles Johnson Education: 1840: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (23rd in class) Occupation before War: 1840 – 1844: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment 1840 – 1842: Served in the Seminole War in Florida 1843: Garrison Duty at Fort Stansbury, Florida 1843 – 1844: Garrison Duty Jefferson Barracks, Missouri 1844 – 1847: 1st Lt. United States Army 3rd Infantry Regiment 1844 – 1845: Frontier Duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 1845: Frontier Duty at Fort Jesup...
Edward Johnson Born: April 16, 1816 Birth Place: Midlothian in Chesterfield County, Virginia Father: Dr. Edward Johnson 1784 - Mother: Caroline Turpin Education: 1838: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (32nd in class) Occupation before War: 1838 – 1861: Served in the United States Army, rising to Major Distinguished himself during the Mexican War Presented Sword by the State of Virginia for his service in Mexican War Civil War Career: 1861: Colonel of 12th Georgia Infantry Regiment 1861: Participated in the Battle of Rich Mountain 1861: Participated in the Battle of Cheat Mountain 1861: Participated in the Battle of Greenbrier River 1861 – 1863: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry 1862: Wounded by...
David Rumph Jones :CSA1stNat: Born: April 5, 1825 Birth Place: Orangeburg, South Carolina Father: Donald Bruce Jones 1792 – 1853 Mother: Mary Elvira Rumph 1795 – 1854 Wife: Sarah Rebecca Taylor 1831 – 1917 (Buried: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia) Children: Evelyn Taylor Jones Yorke 1857 – 1919 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Mary Belle Jones 1858 – 1929 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Education: 1846: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (41st in class) Occupation before War: 1846: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Infantry Regiment 1846 – 1849: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Infantry Regiment 1846 – 1848: Served in the Mexican War 1847 – 1848: Adjutant for United...
Samuel Jones :CSA1stNat: Born: December 17, 1819 Birthplace: Powhatan County, Virginia Wife: Julia Rush Read 1827 – 1908 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Children: Emma Read Jones 1852 – 1941 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Education: 1841: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (19th in class) Occupation before War: 1841: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Artillery 1841 – 1847: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Artillery 1846 – 1851: Assistant Mathematics Professor at West Point 1847 – 1853: 1st Lt. United States Army, 1st Artillery 1853 – 1861: Captain United States Army, 1st Artillery 1858 – 1861: Staff Member of the Judge Advocate of Washington, D.C. 1861: Resigned from...
James Lawson Kemper :CSA1stNat: Born: June 11, 1823 Birthplace: Mountain Prospect, Madison County, Virginia Father: William Kemper 1776 – 1853 Mother: Maria E. Allison Kemper 1787 – 1873 Wife: Cremora “Belle” Conway Cave Kemper 1837 – 1870 Married: July 4, 1853 in Madison, Virginia Children: William Meade Cave Kemper 1857 – 1886 Frances Merriweather Kemper 1859 – 1863 Florence Kemper Thompson 1859 – 1944 James Lawson Kemper Jr. 1864 – 1890 Lucy Virginia Kemper Lynch 1867 – 1915 (Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia) Jessie McRae Kemper 1868 – 1891 Heber Johns Kemper 1870 – 1950 (Buried: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California) Education: 1842: Graduated from Washington College Occupation...
Joseph Brevard Kershaw :CSA1stNat: Born: January 5, 1822 Birthplace: Camden, South Carolina Father: U.S. Congressman John Kershaw 1765 – 1829 (Buried: Kershaw Family Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina) Mother: Harriett DuBose 1791 – 1845 (Buried: Kershaw Family Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina) Wife: Lucretia Douglas 1825 – 1902 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden ,South Carolina) Children: Rev. John Kershaw 1847 – 1921 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina) Mary Martin Kershaw Shannon 1848 – 1934 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina) Harriet DuBose Kershaw Lang 1850 – 1930 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina) Charlotte Douglas Kershaw 1851 – 1923 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South...
Evander McIver Law :CSA1stNat: Born: August 7, 1836 Birth Place: Darlington, South Carolina Father: Ezekiel Augustus Law 1809 – 1882 (Buried: Presbyterian Church, Darlington, South Carolina) Mother: Sarah Elizabeth McIver 1815 – 1885 (Buried: Presbyterian Church, Darlington, South Carolina) Wife: Jane Elizabeth Allison Latta 1844 – 1920 (March 9, 1863) (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bartow, Florida) Children: Evander McIver Law Jr. 1864 – 1922 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bartow, Florida) William Latta Law 1866 – 1925 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bartow, Florida) Annie Law 1871 – 1932 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bartow, Florida) Edwin Augustus Law 1875 – 1928 (Buried: Wildwood Cemetery, Bartow, Florida) Education: Graduated from...
Fitzhugh Lee Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: November 19, 1835 Birthplace: Clermont Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia Father: Sydney Smith Lee 1802 – 1869 (Buried: Old Christ Church Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia) Mother: Anna Maria Mason 1811 – 1896 (Buried: Old Christ Church Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia) Wife: Ellen Bernard Fowle 1853 – 1933 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Children: Colonel Fitzhugh Lee Jr. 1875 – 1954 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Ellen Bernard Lee Rhea 1873 – 1959 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Anna Lee 1872 – 1872 Colonel George Mason Lee 1877 – 1934 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Education: 1856: Graduated from West Point Military...
George Washington Custis Lee :CSA1stNat: Born: September 16, 1832 Birthplace: Fortress Monroe, Virginia Father: General Robert Edward Lee 1807 – 1870 Mother: Mary Anna Randolph Custis 1808 – 1873 Nickname: Boo Education: 1854: Graduated West Point Military Academy – (1st in class) Occupation before War: 1854 – 1855: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army Engineers 1855 – 1859: 2nd Lt. United States Army Engineers 1859 – 1861: 1st Lt. United States Army Engineers Civil War Career: 1861: Captain Confederate Army Engineers 1861 – 1863: Colonel and Aide to President Jefferson Davis 1863 – 1864: Brigadier General and Aide to President Jefferson Davis 1863: Volunteered to take Rooney’s place as Prisoner of War so Rooney could be...
William Henry Fitzhugh “Rooney” Lee :CSA1stNat: Born: May 31, 1837 Birthplace: Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia Father: General Robert Edward Lee 1807 – 1870 (Buried: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia) Mother: Mary Ann Randolph Custis 1808 – 1873 (Buried: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia) 1st Wife: Charlotte Georgiana Wickham 1841 – 1863 (Buried: Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) 2nd Wife: Mary Tabb Bolling 1846 – 1924 (Buried: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia) Children: Robert Edward Lee III 1860 – 1862 (Buried: Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Charlotte Carter Lee 1862 – 1862 (Buried: Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Mary Tabb Lee 1867 – 1871 (Buried: Lee Chapel Museum...
Lunsford Lindsay Lomax :CSA1stNat: Born: November 4, 1835 Birth Place: Newport, Rhode Island Father: Mann Page Lomax 1787 – 1842 Mother: Elizabeth Virginia Lindsay 1796 – 1863 Wife: Elizabeth Winter Payne 1850 – 1932 (Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia) Children: Elizabeth Lindsay Lomax Wood 1874 – 1951 (Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia) Anne Taylor Lomax 1887 – 1961 (Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia) Education: 1856: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (21st in class) Occupation before War: 1856: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Cavalry 1856 – 1857: Served at Cavalry School of Practice in Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1856 – 1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Cavalry...

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