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Isaac Peace Rodman :us34stars: Born: August 18, 1822 Birthplace: South Kingstown, Rhode Island Father: Samuel Rodman 1800 – 1882 (Buried: Brig. General Isaac P. Rodman Lot, South Kingstown, Rhode Island) Mother: Mary Peckham 1803 – 1853 (Buried: Brig. General Isaac P. Rodman Lot, South Kingstown, Rhode Island) Wife: Sally Lyman Arnold 1826 – 1899 (Buried: Brig. General Isaac P. Rodman Lot, South Kingstown, Rhode Island) Children: Isaac Peace Rodman Jr. 1848 – 1911 (Buried: Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, New Jersey) Sally Lyman Rodman Thompson 1850 – 1934 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, South Kingstown, Rhode Island) Mary Peckham Rodman 1852 – 1915 (Buried: Brig. General Isaac P. Rodman Lot, South Kingstown, Rhode Island) Samuel...
James William “Jimmy” Rogan :CSA1stNat: Born: 1835 Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Father: William Rogan 1812 – 1868 Mother: Frances Ann Bewley 1815 – 1854 Wife: Alice Linda Holloway 1851 – 1890 Children: William Holloway Rogan 1874 – 1937 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee) Education: Attended Sharon College Occupation before War: Bookkeeper in Memphis, Tennessee Civil War Career: 1861: 1st Lt. Of Company C, 15th Tennessee Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Captain of Company C, 15th Tennessee Infantry Regiment 1862: Mustering Officer in Arkansas 1862: Major of 30th Arkansas Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 30th Arkansas Infantry Regiment 1863 – 1864: Colonel of 30th Arkansas Infantry...
Andrew Jackson Rogers :us34stars: Born: July 1, 1828 Birthplace: Hamburg, New Jersey Father: Ananias Rogers 1792 – 1857 Mother: Ann Washer 1799 – 1878 Wife: Esther Frank Currant 1830 – 1853 Children: Platt Rogers Sr. 1850 – 1928 Political Party: Democratic Party Occupation before War: Hotel and Country Store Clerk in Sussex County, New Jersey 1852 – 1857: Attorney in La Fayette, New Jersey 1857 – 1863: Attorney in Newton, New Jersey Civil War Career: 1857 – 1863: Attorney in Newton, New Jersey 1863 – 1867: United States Congressman from New Jersey 1863 – 1865: Member of House Public Expenditures Committee 1865: Voted against the 13th Amendment to U.S. Constitution. 1865 – 1867: Ranking Member of House Judiciary...
Sion Hart Rogers Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: September 30, 1825 Birthplace: Raleigh, North Carolina Father: Sion Clay Rogers 1801 – 1860 Mother: Narcissa Gray Jeffreys 1806 – 1870 Wife: Jane Frances Haywood 1833 – 1870 (Buried: Raleigh City Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina) Children: William Haywood Rogers Sr. 1855 – 1942 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina) Allen Gray Rogers Sr. 1859 – 1932 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina) Sion Hart Rogers Jr. 1861 – 1929 Minerva Baker Rogers Walker 1863 – 1936 Education: Attended Lovejoy's Academy 1846: Graduated from University of North Carolina Occupation before War: 1848 – 1853: Attorney in Raleigh, North Carolina 1853 – 1855: United States Congressman...
William Peleg Rogers Born: December 17, 1819 Birthplace: Baldwin County, Georgia Father: Timothy Lincoln Rogers Sr. 1791 – 1844 (Buried: Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi) Mother: Mary Miles 1796 – 1868 (Buried: Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi) Wife: Martha Lucinda Halbert 1824 – 1880 (Buried: Oleander Cemetery, Galveston, Texas) Married: January 15, 1840 in Mississippi Children: Frances Alabama “Fannie” Rogers Harris 1842 – 1932 (Buried: San Saba City Cemetery, San Saba, Texas) Mary Rogers Bolton 1849 – 1938 (Buried: Wharton City Cemetery, Wharton, Texas) Margaret Houston Rogers Damon 1855 – 1955 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Texas) Education: Attended Medical School in Kentucky...
Edward Henry Rollins :us34stars: Born: October 3, 1824 Birthplace: Somersworth, New Hampshire Father: Daniel Rollins 1797 – 1864 (Buried: Old Town Cemetery, Rollinsford, New Hampshire) Mother: Mary Plumer 1802 – 1894 (Buried: Old Town Cemetery, Rollinsford, New Hampshire) Wife: Ellen Elizabeth West 1826 – 1893 (Buried: Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire) Children: Edward Warren Rollins 1850 – 1929 (Buried: Old Town Cemetery, Rollinsford, New Hampshire) Mary Helen Rollins Robinson 1853 – 1916 (Buried: Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire) Charles Montgomery Rollins 1856 – 1861 (Buried: Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire) Governor Frank West Rollins 1860 – 1915 (Buried: Blossom Hill Cemetery...
James Sidney Rollins :us34stars: Born: April 19, 1812 Birthplace: Richmond, Kentucky Father: Anthony Wayne Rollins 1783 – 1845 (Buried: Columbia Cemetery, Columbia, Missouri) Mother: Sallie Harris Rodes 1787 – 1856 (Buried: Columbia Cemetery, Columbia, Missouri) Wife: Mary Elizabeth Hickman 1820 – 1907 (Buried: Columbia Cemetery, Columbia, Missouri) Married: June 6, 1837 in Columbia, Missouri Children: Sophia Woodson Rollins 1839 – 1841 (Buried: Columbia Cemetery, Columbia, Missouri) Captain James Hickman Rollins 1841 – 1898 (Buried: Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, California) Laura Hickman Rollins Hockaday 1844 – 1904 (Buried: Columbia Cemetery, Columbia, Missouri) Mary Elizabeth Rollins Overall 1846 – 1924 (Buried: Columbia...
Charles Andrew Ronald :CSA1stNat: Born: January 18, 1827 Birthplace: Montgomery County, Virginia Father: Andrew Ronald Mother: Elizabeth Noell Wife: Sarah A. “Sallie” McCulloch 1840 – 1906 (Buried: Westview Cemetery, Blacksburg, Virginia) Children: Mary N. Ronald 1868 – 1940 (Buried: Westview Cemetery, Blacksburg, Virginia) Occupation before War: Attorney in Blacksburg, Virginia Served in the Mexican War 1855 – 1858: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain of Company E, 4th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1863: Colonel of 4th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1862: Leader of Stonewall Brigade during Battle of Cedar Mountain 1862: Wounded during the Battle of Kearneysville, Virginia...
Adrian Rowe Root :us34stars: Born: May 6, 1832 Birthplace: Buffalo, New York Father: Edward Root 1790 – 1850 Mother: Mary Rowe 1794 – 1888 Occupation before War: Commission Merchant in New York Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 21st New York Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1865: Colonel of 94th New York Infantry Regiment 1862: Regimental Commander at the Battle of Cedar Mountain 1862: Wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia 1862: Regimental Commander at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia 1863: Regimental Commander at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia 1863: Led 445 Men into the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1863: Acted as Brigade Commander of Paul’s Regiment, 1st Army Corps 1863: Wounded...
James McKay Rorty :us34stars: Born: June 11, 1837 Birthplace: County Donegal, Ireland Father: Richard Rorty 1818 – Mother: Catherine McKay 1816 – Civil War Career: 1861: 2nd Lt. Company D, 2nd New York Light Artillery 1861 – 1862: 2nd Lt. 14th New York Light Artillery 1862 – 1863: 1st Lt. 14th New York Light Artillery 1863: Captain of Battery B, 1st New York Light Artillery 1863: Killed while repulsing Pickett’s Charge, on the 3rd Day of Gettysburg Died: July 3, 1863 Place of Death: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Cause of Death: Killed at the Battle of Gettysburg Age at time of Death: 26 years old Burial Place: Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, New York
Ann Eliza Hegeman Rosecrans From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Born: October 4, 1823 Birthplace: New York Father: Adrien Hegeman – 1826 Mother: Eliza Balister 1794 – 1869 (Buried: Mexico City National Cemetery, Mexico City, Mexico) Husband: Major General William Starke Rosecrans 1819 – 1898 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Married: August 24, 1843 at St. Paul’s Church in New York City, New York Children: Rev. Adrian Louis Rosecrans 1849 – 1876 (Buried: Saint Paul the Apostle Church Vault, Manhattan, New York) Sister Mary Louise “Sister St Charles” Rosecrans 1852 – 1878 (Buried: Ursuline Cemetery, Saint Martin, Ohio) Lily Elizabeth Rosecrans Toole 1854 – 1939 (Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Helena...
William Starke “Old Rosy” Rosecrans :us34stars: Born: September 6, 1819 Birthplace: Delaware County, Ohio Father: Crandall Rosecrans 1794 – 1848 Mother: Jemima Hopkins 1794 – 1861 Wife: Ann Eliza Hegeman 1823 – 1883 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Married: August 24, 1843 at St. Paul’s Church in New York City, New York Children: Rev. Adrian Louis Rosecrans 1849 – 1876 (Buried: Saint Paul the Apostle Church Vault, Manhattan, New York) Sister Mary Louise “Sister St. Charles” Rosecrans 1852 – 1878 (Buried: Ursuline Cemetery, Saint Martin, Ohio) Lily Elizabeth Rosecrans Toole 1854 – 1939 (Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Helena, Montana) Anna Delores “Anita” Rosecrans 1857 – 1903 (Buried: Old Saint Mary’s...
George Washington Ross: :CSA1stNat: Born: November 22, 1825 Birthplace: Bibb County Georgia Father: Luke Ross 1775 – 1844 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery Macon Georgia) Mother: Mary "Polly" Grimes 1784 – 1845 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery Macon Georgia) Wife: Martha James Herring 1828 – 1874 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery Macon Georgia) Children: George James Ross 1847 – 1853 (Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery Macon Georgia) Occupation before War: Merchant in Houston County Georgia Merchant in Bibb County Georgia Civil War Career: 1861: 5th Sgt. Company C 2nd Georgia Battalion Infantry 1861 – 1862: Captain Company C 2nd Georgia Battalion Infantry 1862 – 1863: Major 2nd Georgia Battalion Infantry 1863: Mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg...
Lawrence Sullivan Ross :CSA1stNat: Born: September 27, 1838 Birth Place: Bentonsport, Iowa Territory Father: Captain Shapley Prince Ross Jr. 1811 – 1889 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas) Mother: Catherine Hanby Fulkerson 1812 – 1886 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas) Wife: Elizabeth Dorothy Tinsley 1846 – 1905 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas) Children: Mervin Hallum Ross 1866 – 1883 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas) Lawrence Sullivan Ross Jr. 1868 – 1914 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas) Florine Ross Harrington 1870 – 1945 (Buried: Cedarvale Bay City Cemetery, Bay City, Texas) Harvey B. Ross 1873 – 1944 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas) Dr. Frank Ritchie Ross 1876 – 1938 (Buried: Seabrook...
Leonard Fulton Ross :us34stars: Born: July 18, 1823 Birthplace: Lewiston, Illinois Father: Major Ossian M. Ross Sr. 1790 – 1837 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Illinois) Mother: Mary Winans 1793 – 1875 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Illinois) 1st Wife: Catherine Mary Simms 1830 – 1862 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Illinois) 2nd Wife: Mary Elizabeth Warren 1838 – 1896 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Illinois) Children: Leonard W. Ross 1847 – 1864 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Illinois) Mary Ross 1852 – 1856 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Illinois) Ralph Lee Ross 1853 – 1856 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lewiston Illinois) Emma B. Ross 1859 – 1875 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston...
Lewis Winans Ross: :us34stars: Born: December 8, 1812 Birthplace: Seneca Falls New York Father: Major Ossian M. Ross Sr. 1790 – 1837 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois) Mother: Mary Winans 1793 – 1875 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois) Wife: Frances Mildred Simms 1822 – 1902 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois) Children: Babe Ross (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois) John Wesley Ross 1841 – 1902 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois) Mary Frances Ross 1843 – 1844 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois) Ossian Reuben Ross 1845 – 1863 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois) Lewis Cass "Lute" Ross 1848 – 1916 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois) Frank Rutledge Ross 1851 –...
Thomas Lafayette Rosser :CSA1stNat: Born: October 15, 1836 Birth Place: Catalpa Hill Plantation, Campbell County, Virginia Father: Colonel John “Jack” Rosser 1793 – 1876 (Buried: Prairie Grove Cemetery, Prairie Grove, Arkansas) Mother: Martha Melvina Johnson 1803 – 1859 (Buried: Cremated) Wife: Betty Barbara “Betty” Winston 1844 – 1915 (Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia) Children: Sarah Overton Rosser Cochran 1864 – 1923 (Buried: Glencoe Cemetery, Big Stone Gap, Virginia) Thomas Lafayette Rosser Jr. 1867 – 1940 (Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia) William Winston Rosser 1869 – 1884 (Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia) John Pelham Rosser 1871 – 1872 (Buried: Riverview...
Laurent "Lawrence" Rousseau :CSA1stNat: Born: July 15, 1790 Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana Father: Captain Lt. Colonel Pierre Georges Rousseau 1751 – 1810 (Buried: Saint Louis No. 1 Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana) Mother: Margarethe Catherine Milhet 1767 – 1829 (Buried: Saint Louis No. 1 Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana) Wife: Mademoiselle Josephine Nesida Cruzat – Ramos 1800 – 1878 (Buried: Saint Louis No. 1 Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana) Occupation before War: 809 – 1811: Midshipman in the United States Navy 1811 – 1813: Acting Lt. in the United States Navy 1812: Served aboard the U.S.S. Viper 1813 – 1828: Lt. in the United States Navy Served aboard the Sloop of War U.S.S. Erie Served aboard the U.S.S. Jefferson...
Lovell Harrison Rousseau :us34stars: Born: August 4, 1818 Birthplace: Stanford, Kentucky Father: David Quincy Rousseau 1772 – 1833 (Buried: Buried in the road where he died by his children) Mother: Catherine “Caty” Gaines Wife: Maria Antionette Dozier 1826 – 1898 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Mary E. Rousseau Watkins 1844 – 1869 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Lt. Richard Hillaire Rousseau 1848 – 1881 (Buried: Varney Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine) Blanche Rousseau Niles 1849 – 1919 (Died in Switzerland) Lt. George Lovell Rousseau 1852 – 1882 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Occupation before War: Attorney in Bloomfield, Indiana 1844 –...
Thomas Algeo Rowley :us34stars: Born: October 5, 1808 Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Father: John Rowley Mother: Mary Algeo Hunter 1790 – 1860 (Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Wife: Isabella S. Cust 1810 – 1860 (Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Children: John C. Rowley – 1857 (Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Sarah Ellen Rowley 1847 – 1850 (Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Henry Thomas Rowley 1847 – 1924 (Buried: Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Mary Ann Rowley 1848 – 1850 (Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Robert Cust Rowley 1859 – 1901 (Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Occupation...
Grandison Delaney Royston: :CSA1stNat: Born: December 9, 1809 Birthplace: Carter County Tennessee Father: Joshua Royston Mother: Elizabeth Strother Watson Wife: Mary Clarissa Bates 1819 – 1890 (Buried: Old Washington Cemetery Washington Arkansas) Children: Charles E. Royston 1843 – 1910 (Buried: Old Washington Cemetery Washington Arkansas) Mary Elizabeth Royston 1847 – 1855 (Buried: Pioneer Cemetery Washington Arkansas) Catharine Frances Royston 1849 – 1858 (Buried: Pioneer Cemetery Washington Arkansas) Irene Royston Jett 1852 – 1932 (Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery Little Rock Arkansas) Political Party: Democratic Party Education: Attended the Presbyterian Academy in Washington County Tennessee Occupation before War: Attorney in...
Daniel Henry Rucker :us34stars: Born: April 28, 1812 Birthplace: Belleville, New Jersey Father: John Anthony Rucker 1788 – 1845 (Buried: Rucker Cemetery, Grosse lle, Michigan) Mother: Sarah Macomb 1789 – 1873 (Buried: Rucker Cemetery, Grosse lle, Michigan) 1st Wife: Flora McDonald Coodey 1824 – 1845 (Buried: Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma) 2nd Wife: Irene Curtis 1819 – 1902 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Son – in – law: General Philip Sheridan 1831 – 1888 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Ross Rucker 1841 – 1858 (Buried: Citizens Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma) Louisa Coodey Rucker 1843 – 1924 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington...
Edmund Winchester Rucker Born: July 22, 1835 Birthplace: Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee Father: Dr. Edmund Rucker 1800 – 1861 Mother: Louisa Orville Winchester 1810 – 1888 (Buried: Cragfont Cemetery, Gallatin, Tennessee) Wife: Mary Adele Woodfin 1854 – 1883 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama) Wife: Mary Thomas Bentley 1860 – 1941 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama) Children: Doctor Edmund Winchester Rucker Jr 1878 - Louise Winchester Rucker Agee Born 1875 Lilian Mary Rucker 1882 – 1883 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama) Occupation before War: Worked on the Surveying crew for Nashville & Decatur Railroad Established an Engineering & Surveying business in Memphis, Tennessee...
Thomas Hart Ruffin :CSA1stNat: Born: September 9, 1820 Birthplace: Louisburg Franklin County, North Carolina (Edgecombe County) Father: Henry John “Gray” Ruffin 1782 – 1854 (Buried: Ruffin Family Cemetery, Louisburg, North Carolina) Mother: Mary “Polly” Tartt 1791 – 1879 (Buried: Ruffin Family Cemetery, Louisburg, North Carolina) Marital Status: never married Political Party: Democratic Party Education: 1841: Graduated from University of North Carolina Law School Occupation before War: 1841 – 1844: Attorney in Goldsboro, North Carolina 1844 – 1848: Missouri Circuit Attorney for Seventh Judicial District 1848 – 1850: Attorney in Missouri 1850 – 1853: Attorney in Goldsboro, North Carolina 1853 – 1861: United States...
Thomas Howard Ruger :us34stars: Born: April 3, 1833 Birthplace: Lima, New York Father: Rev. Thomas Jefferson Ruger 1802 – 1878 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wisconsin) Mother: Maria Hutchins 1804 – 1886 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wisconsin) Wife: Helen Lydia Moore 1837 – 1912 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Children: Helen Moore Ruger Hay 1859 – 1920 (Buried: Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pennsylvania) Anna M. Ruger 1867 – 1944 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Education: 1854: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (3rd in class) Occupation before War: 1854 – 1855: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army Engineers 1854 – 1855...
Daniel Ruggles :CSA1stNat: Born: January 31, 1810 Birthplace: Barre, Massachusetts Father: Major Gardner Ruggles 1782 – 1853 (Buried: Hardwick Cemetery, Hardwick, Massachusetts) Mother: Lydia Phinney 1783 – 1833 (Buried: Hardwick Cemetery, Hardwick, Massachusetts) Wife: Richardetta Barnes Mason Hooe 1821 – 1904 (Buried: Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia) Children: George Mason Hooe Ruggles Unknown – 1853 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan) Major Edward Seymour Ruggles 1843 – 1919 (Buried: Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia) Mortimer Bainbridge Ruggles 1844 – 1902 (Buried: Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia) Gardner Ruggles 1854 – 1910 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas)...
Charles Wells Russell Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: July 22, 1818 Birthplace: Tyler County, Virginia Father: Joshua Russell 1794 – 1869 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Sistersville, West Virginia) Mother: Catherine Adams “Caty” Wells 1800 – 1824 (Buried: Wells Family Cemetery, Sistersville, West Virginia) Wife: Margaret Wilson Moore 1822 - Children: Henry Moore Russell 1851 – 1915 Charles Wells Russell Jr. 1856 – 1927 Political Party: Democratic Party Education: 1836: Graduated from Jefferson College Occupation before War: 1847 – 1860: Attorney in Wheeling, Virginia 1860: Virginia Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Virginia Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress 1862 – 1865...
David Allen Russell :us34stars: Born: December 10, 1820 Birthplace: Salem, New York Father: U.S. Congressman David Abel Russell 1780 – 1861 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Salem, New York) Mother: Alida Lansing 1782 – 1871 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Salem, New York) Education: 1845: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (38th in class) Occupation before War: 1845 – 1846: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Infantry Regiment 1846 – 1848: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Infantry Regiment 1847: Brevetted 1st Lt. for Gallantry at Paso De Ovejas & Cerro Gordo 1848 – 1854: 1st Lt. United States Army, 4th Infantry Regiment 1854 – 1862: Captain United States Army, 4th Infantry Regiment Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862...
Armistead Thomson Mason Rust :CSA1stNat: Born: January 18, 1820 Birthplace: Leesburg, Virginia Father: George Rust 1788 – 1857 (Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia) Mother: Maria Clagett Marlow 1790 – 1863 (Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia) Wife: Eliza Southgate Lawrence 1828 – 1858 (Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia) Wife: Ida Lee Rust 1840 – 1921 (Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia) Children: Frederick Goodwin Rust Unknown – 1917 (Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia) Lawrence Rust 1850 – 1895 (Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia) Armistead Rust 1853 – 1856 (Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia) Edwin Gray Rust 1869 – 1925 (Buried: Union...
William Drayton Rutherford :CSA1stNat: Born: September 21, 1837 Birthplace: Newberry, South Carolina Father: Dr. Thomas Brooks Rutherford 1801 – 1865 (Buried: Crenshaw–Finch Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina) Mother: Laura A. Adams 1808 – 1859 (Buried: Crenshaw–Finch Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina) Wife: Sallie Henderson Fair 1842 – 1921 (Buried: Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina) Children: Kate Rutherford 1863 – 1951 Education: Attended South Carolina Military Academy Attended University of South Carolina Occupation before War: Attorney in Newberry, South Carolina Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Adjutant 3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1864: Major 3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment 1862...
Henry Middleton Rutledge :CSA1stNat: Born: August 5, 1839 Birthplace: South Carolina Father: Frederick Rutledge 1800 – 1884 (Buried: Saint John in the Wilderness Cemetery, Flat Rock, North Carolina) Mother: Henrietta Middleton 1813 – 1842 (Buried: Saint John in the Wilderness Cemetery, Flat Rock, North Carolina) 1st Wife: Ann Maria “Dolly” Blake 1843 – 1872 (Buried: Calvary Episcopal Church, Fletcher, North Carolina) 2nd Wife: Margaret Hamilton Seabrook 1849 – 1925 (Buried: Saint John in the Wilderness Cemetery, Flat Rock, North Carolina) Children: Frederick Rutledge 1867 – 1958 (Buried: Calvary Episcopal Church, Fletcher, North Carolina) Thomas Pinckney Rutledge 1879 – 1954 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South...
William A. Ryan :CSA1stNat: Born: 1840 Birthplace: Alabama Father: Martin K. Ryan 1809 – 1872 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas) Mother: Nancy C. Ryan 1819 – 1873 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas) Wife: Rosine Ryan Civil War Career: 1862: Adjutant for 18th Texas Cavalry Regiment 1862 – 1863: Major of 18th Texas Cavalry Regiment 1863: Participated in the Battle of Arkansas Post 1863: Served in the Battle of Chickamuga, Georgia 1863 – 1865: Lt. Colonel of 18th Texas Cavalry Regiment 1863: Served in the Battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee 1864: Served in the Atlanta, Georgia Campaign 1865: Commander of Granbury’s Brigade at Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina 1865: Paroled by the Union Army on April 26th in...
Dr. Thomas Whitaker Salmond :CSA1stNat: Born: May 31, 1825 Birthplace: Camden, South Carolina Father: Thomas Durham Salmond 1783 – 1854 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina) Mother: Margaret Irvin 1786 – 1855 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina) Wife: Isabella Scota Whitaker 1840 – 1922 (Buried: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina) Education: 1849: Graduated from Medical College of South Carolina Occupation before War: 1849 - 1861: Medical Doctor in Kershaw District, South Carolina Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Surgeon for 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1864: Surgeon for Kershaw’s Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia 1864: Suffered from involuntary discharges of Urine 1864: Surgeon...
Edward Salomon :us34stars: Born: August 11, 1828 Birthplace: Strobeck Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia Father: Christoph Salomon 1786 – 1872 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Wisconsin) Mother: Dorothea Klussman 1793 – 1871 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Wisconsin) Wife: Elise Nebel 1828 – 1900 (Buried: Alter Judischer Friedhof, Frankfurt, Germany) Brother: Bvt. Brig. General Charles E. Salomon 1824 – 1881 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah) Brother: Brig. General Frederich Salomon 1826 – 1897 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah) Political Party: Democratic Party and Republican Party Education: Attended University of Berlin Occupation before War: 1849: Fled Germany as a...
Friederich Frederick C. Salomon Born: April 7, 1826 Birthplace: Stroberck near Halberstadt, Prussia Father: Christoph Salomon 1786 – 1872 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Wisconsin) Mother: Dorothea Klussman 1793 – 1871 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Wisconsin) 1st Wife: Mathilde Ebel 1834 – 1867 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Saint Charles, Missouri) 2nd Wife: Henrietta K. L. Ebel 1824 – 1905 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah) Children: Edward Salomon 1854 – 1858 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Wisconsin) Otto Edward Salomon 1855 – 1929 (Buried: Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah) Helene Salomon Ferron 1859 – 1928 (Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California)...
John Benjamin Sanborn Sr.: :us34stars: Born: December 5, 1826 Birthplace: Epsom New Hampshire Father: Deacon Frederick Sanborn 1789 – 1881 (Buried: McClary Cemetery Epsom New Hampshire) Mother: Lucy L. Sargent 1793 – 1863 (Buried: McClary Cemetery Epsom New Hampshire) 1st Wife: Catherine Hall 1828 – 1860 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery Saint Paul Minnesota) 2nd Wife: Anna Elmer Nixon 1832 – 1878 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery Saint Paul Minnesota) 3rd Wife: Rachel Rice 1855 – 1938 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery Saint Paul Minnesota) Children: Harriet French Sanborn 1858 – 1880 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery Saint Paul Minnesota) John F. Sanborn 1860 – 1860 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery Saint Paul Minnesota) John Benjamin Sanborn Jr. 1883 – 1964...
Christopher Columbus Sanders :CSA1stNat: Born: May 8, 1840 Birthplace: Jackson County, Georgia Father: Harris Sanders 1792 – 1866 (Buried: M. Sanders Jr. Cemetery, Banks County, Georgia) Mother: Elizabeth Smith 1799 – 1847 (Buried: M. Sanders Jr. Cemetery, Banks County, Georgia) Wife: Frances A. Scarborough 1853 – 1924 (Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia) Children: Helen Marie Armontie Sanders Hinton 1871 – 1930 (Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia) Education: 1861: Graduated from Georgia Military Institute Civil War Career: 1861 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of 24thGeorgia Infantry Regiment 1864 – 1865: Colonel of 24th Georgia Infantry Regiment 1864: Wounded during the Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia...
John Caldwell Calhoun Sanders Born: April 4, 1840 Birth Place: Tuscaloosa, Alabama Father: Dr. Charles Peak Sanders 1812 – 1899 (Buried: Pleasant Ridge Church Cemetery, Greene Co., Alabama) Mother: Elizabeth Ann Thomson 1817 – 1904 (Buried: Pleasant Ridge Church Cemetery, Greene Co., Alabama) Education: 1858 – 1861: Attended the University of Alabama Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain in 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment 1862: Participated in the Battle of Seven Pines 1862: Wounded in the leg during the Battle of Glendale 1862: Wounded during the Second Battle of Bull Run 1862 – 1864: Colonel of 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment 1863: Wounded in the Knee during the Battle of Gettysburg 1863: President of the division court...
William Price Sanders :us34stars: Born: August 12, 1833 Birthplace: Frankfort, Kentucky Father: Colonel Lewis H. Sanders Jr. 1796 – 1864 (Buried: Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Kentucky) Mother: Margaret Hubbell Price 1804 – 1878 (Buried: Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Kentucky) Cousin: President Jefferson Davis 1808 – 1889 Education: 1856: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (41st in class) Occupation before War: 1856 – 1857: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Dragoons 1856 – 1857: Frontier Duty in San Diego, California 1857 – 1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Dragoons 1857: Frontier Duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 1857 – 1861: Served in the Utah Expedition Civil War Career: 1861: 1st Lt. United States...
John Pease Sanderson :CSA1stNat: Born: November 28, 1816 Birthplace: Sunderland, Vermont Father: John Harvey Sanderson 1790 – 1845 Mother: Sarah Laurence 1799 – 1st Wife: Mary Elury Harrison 1825 – 1857 2nd Wife: Marion R. Harrison 1827 – 1905 Children: E. M. Sanderson 1860 – Minnie A. Sanderson 1864 – 1921 Political Party: Democratic Party Education: 1839: Graduated from Amherst College Occupation before War: Attorney in Fernandina, Florida Attorney and landowner in Lake City and Jacksonville, Florida 1843: Florida State Representative 1848: Florida State Senator Solicitor for Eastern Circuit of Florida 1852: Democratic Party Presidential Elector Leader in the railroad development of Florida President of...

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