★★★ Aiken, David Wyatt

David Wyatt Aiken
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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)​

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Louisa Gaillard Aiken 1855 – 1855​

(Buried: Saint Johns Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina)​

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David Aiken 1857 – 1901​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Greenwood, South Carolina)​

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Eliza Aiken Taylor 1859 – 1951​

(Buried: Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina)​

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Virginia Aiken Neville 1861 – 1943​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Greenwood, South Carolina)​

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Emma Harper Aiken 1862 – 1863​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Greenwood, South Carolina)​

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US Congressman Wyatt Aiken 1863 – 1923​

(Buried: Melrose Cemetery, Abbeville, South Carolina)​

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Mary Aiken Pritchard 1865 – 1958​

(Buried: Westview Cemetery, Blacksburg, Virginia)​

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Mattie Aiken 1866 – 1888​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Greenwood, South Carolina)​

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Augustus Marshall Aiken 1869 – 1940​

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, South Carolina)​

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Joel Smith Aiken 1871 – 1951​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Greenwood, South Carolina)​

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Daniel Kerr Aiken 1873 – 1874​

(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Greenwood, South Carolina)​

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Nancy Aiken Stull 1875 – 1969​

(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Buchanan, Virginia)

Education:

Attended Mount Zion Institute in Winnsboro, South Carolina​

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1849: Graduated from South Carolina College​

Occupation before War:

Teacher and Planter in Abbeville District, South Carolina​

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Editor of Winnsboro News and Herald Newspaper ​

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1855: Founding Member of South Carolina Agricultural Society​

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1858: Attended Political Convention in Mobile, Alabama​

Civil War Career:

1861: Private in 7th​ South Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: Adjutant of 7th​ South Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1864: Colonel of 7th​ South Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded in the lungs at the Battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland​

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1863: Regimental Commander at Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania seeing action near the Peach Orchard at Gettysburg.​

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1863 – 1864: Confederate Post Commander in Macon, Georgia​

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1864: Resigned as Colonel on July 14th​ due to the wounds he received​

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1864 – 1866: South Carolina State Representative​

Occupation after War:

1864 – 1866: South Carolina State Representative​

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1869 – 1877: Owner and Editor of The Rural Carolinian Magazine ​

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Trustee of Davidson College​

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1869: Secretary and Treasurer, South Carolina Agricultural Society​

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1872: Activist for National Grange Order of Patrons of Husbandry​

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1873 – 1885: Member of National Grange Executive Committee​

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1875 – 1877: President of South Carolina Grange​

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1875: Chairman of National Grange Executive Committee​

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1876: South Carolina Delegate Democratic Party National Convention​

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1877 – 1887: United States Congressman from South Carolina​

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1877 – 1887: Member of House Agriculture Committee​

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1877 – 1881: Member of House Patents Committee​

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1883 – 1887: Chairman of House Education Committee​

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1886: Was not a candidate for re-nomination to U.S. Congress​

Died: April 6, 1887

Place of Death: Cokesbury, South Carolina

Age at time of Death: 59 years old

Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Greenwood, South Carolina

 

[gentlemanrob]

Remembering the Officers at the Battle of Gettysburg! Salutes Thanks Colonel Aiken for your service to the Confederate Cause.

 

[Pollaco]

Col. Aiken was wounded and captured at Antietam.A Major White took over command. Then when White was killed, a Captain John S. Hard briefly took over command of the 7th. Hard would be promoted to major the following day.

 

[Pollaco]

It sounds like Col. Aiken resigned his commission as Colonel when he was appointed as commander of Macon , Georgia.He was offered this appointment when He couldn't return as commander of the 7th. South Carolina.
S.

 

[Andy Cardinal]

Col. Aiken was wounded and captured at Antietam.A Major White took over command. Then when White was killed, a Captain John S. Hard briefly took over command of the 7th. Hard would be promoted to major the following day.

Any more info about his wounding? I havent been able to find too much. I believe he was treated at the Reel barn and left just before the barn was hit by artillery fire and burned down, burning most if not all the wounded men inside.