Trivia 8-8-16 What's the connection?

[Trivia Master]

Henry B. Walthall March 16, 1878 - June 17, 1936 was an American stage and film actor. He appeared as the "Little Colonel " in D.W. Griffithn's: The Birth of a Nation (1915).
What was his relationship to the civil war?

credit: @Seduzal

 

[kholland]

He was born on a cotton plantation in Alabama and his father had been a Captain in the Confederate army.

 

[donna]

Henry's father, Junius Leigh Walthall was a Captain in Confederate Army.

 

[1stMN]

Answer: His father served with the CSA during the war.

Source: https://silentology.wordpress.com/henry-b-walthall/

 

[GELongstreet]

His father, Junius L. Walthall, served as a Captain in the CSA (there are entries for both the 12th and the 62nd Alabama Infantry regiments).

 

[Reb]

Henry B. Walthall was born March 16, 1878, on a cotton plantation owned by his father in Shelby County, Alabama. His father had been a captain in the Confederate army. -wiki

 

[Stony]

Henry B. Walthall was born March 16, 1878, on a cotton plantation owned by his father in Shelby County, Alabama. His father had been a captain in the Confederate army. Henry B Walthall also played a colonel in the film-"The Birth of a Nation. "

• Henry B. Walthall as Colonel Benjamin Cameron, "The Little Colonel"

 

[JohnDLittlefield]

Henry Brazeale Walthall was born on a plantation somewhere near Shelby County, Alabama on March 16, 1878. His father was Junius Leigh Walthall, a native of Virginia, former Captain in the Confederate Army, later involved in Alabama politics.
source: https://silentology.wordpress.com/henry-b-walthall/ &
http://www.henrybwalthall.com/WalthallFamilyInformation.html

ALSO-
Walthall County, MS. is named after Henry's uncle, Edward Cary Walthall (April 4, 1831 – April 21, 1898), a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a post-bellum United States Senator from Mississippi. During the Civil War, he entered the Confederate Army as a lieutenant, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel, colonel, brigadier general, and finally a major general.
— Laure Jo LePage
source: http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/henry-b-walthall/

 

[Brenal]

His father had been a captain in the Confederate army

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

Henry's father, Junius Leigh Walthall, was a Virginia native who served as captain in the Confederate Army and, later, became a highly respected figure in Alabama politics (Williamson, pp. 83-84).

Unless there was more than one Junius L Walthall in the CSA, Junius was captain of Company E, 62nd Alabama Infantry, so designated August 6th, 1864. He had been elected captain of Company E when it was a portion of "Lockhart's Battalion" (1st Alabama Reserves) on January 18th 1864? He took part in the battle of Beaseley's Station, July 1864 - sometimes known as Chehaw Station which is where they disembarked). [He may have been Lt. in the 12th Alabama before this]

He enlisted in Talladega with Company E. He was captured later in the war and was paroled in May 1865 at Talladega, coincidentally?

Sherman's Horsemen: Union Cavalry Operations in the Atlanta Campaign By David Evans mentions him in the Rousseau's Raid chapter(s).

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Henry's father, Junius Leigh Walthall, served as 2nd Lt. with the 12th Alabama Infantry and a captain with the 1st Alabama Reserves.

 

[adisciu9]

His father, Junius Leigh Walthall, was a Virginia native who served as captain in the Confederate Army and later was active in Alabama politics.

 

[SD_CivilWarTvlr]

His father, Junius L. Walthall, was a captain in the Confederate army.

 

[MRB1863]

His father had been a captain in the Confederate army.

 

[jackt62]

His father, Junius Leigh Walthall, was a captain in the Confederate Army.

 

[FarawayFriend]

Henry Brazeale Walthall's father, Junius Leigh Walthall, was a Virginia native who served as captain in the Confederate Army and, later, became a highly respected figure in Alabama politics.

http://www.henrybwalthall.com/SweetHomeAlabama.html

From the book "Confederate officers" by Arthur Wyllie

https://books.google.de/books?id=86...&q=Confederate Captain J. L. walthall&f=false

 

[Aussie Billy Sherman]

His fsther was a captain in the rebel army

 

[truthckr]

Walthall was born March 16, 1878, on a plantation in Shelby, Ala., the son of a onetime Confederate captain who was later appointed Shelby County's sheriff.

 

[UCVRelics]

Henry B. Walthall March 16, 1878 - June 17, 1936 was an American stage and film actor. He appeared as the "Little Colonel " in D.W. Griffithn's: The Birth of a Nation (1915).
What was his relationship to the civil war?

His father was Junius L Walthall who was a Capt in the 62nd Alabama Inf and later the sheriff of Shelby county.
Another GOOD question from the Great State of Alabama. And once again if I don't get it right I will be shunned as he was from Shelby county where I live.

 

[chellers]

His father had been a captain in the Confederate army.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_B._Walthall&oldid=732455258