{⋆★⋆} BG Brantley, William Felix

William Felix Brantley

Born: March 12, 1830
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Birthplace: Greene County, Alabama

Father: William Brantley 1800 – 1839

Mother: Marina Jolly 1805 – 1862
(Buried: Greensboro Cemetery, Grady, Mississippi)​

1st Wife: Cornelia S. Medley 1837 – 1863
(Buried: Greensboro Cemetery, Grady, Mississippi)​

2nd Wife: Julia Cunningham 1845 – 1888

Children:

Mary Thomas Brantley Knight 1858 – 1943​
(Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bel – Nor, Missouri)​
Joseph Ransom Brantley 1859 – 1869​
(Buried: Greensboro Cemetery, Grady, Mississippi)​
Infant 1861 – 1861​
(Buried: Greensboro Cemetery, Grady, Mississippi)​
Infant 1869 – 1869​
(Buried: Greensboro Cemetery, Grady, Mississippi)​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Greensboro, Webster County, Mississippi​
Attorney in Choctaw County, Mississippi​

Civil War Career:

1861: Delegate to Mississippi State Secession Convention​
1861: Captain in Mississippi State Militia​
1861 – 1862: Captain Company D, 15th Mississippi Infantry Regiment​
1862: Captain in the 29th Mississippi Infantry Regiment​
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​
1862: Lt. Colonel of 29th Mississippi Infantry Regiment​
1862 – 1864: Colonel of 29th Mississippi Infantry Regiment​
1862: Wounded in Shoulder during Battle of Stones River​
1863: Regiment Commander Battle of Chickamauga​
1863: Regiment Commander Chattanooga, Tennessee Campaign​
1864: Regiment Commander Atlanta, Georgia Campaign​
1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​
1864: Brigade Commander Franklin – Nashville, Tennessee Campaign​
1865: Brigade Commander during Carolina's Campaign​
1865: Paroled by the Union Army on May 1, 1865 Greensboro, North Carolina​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1870: Attorney in Webster County, Mississippi​

Died: November 2, 1870

Place of Death: Wiona, Mississippi

Age at time of Death: 40 years old

Cause of Death: Shot and Killed while driving his buggy home

Burial Place: New Greensboro, Cemetery Grady, Mississippi
 
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His untimely death as the result of a family feud reminds me of another Confederate general who was ambushed and killed by personal enemies after the war. Bryan Grimes of North Carolina was killed while riding in his buggy by a shotgun blast in 1880. He was to testify in a trial in favor of deporting some immigrant workers in the area where he lived. His assassin was brought to justice however unlike the person who killed William Brantley.
 
During the Atlanta Campaign Brantley led the consolidated 29th and 30th Mississippi right up to the actual battle of Atlanta. He then took over brigade command for the mortally wounded Samuel Benton and was then named brigadier general 4 days later. It seems both Benton and Brantley were commissoned brigadier generals on July 26, 1864.
 
During the Atlanta Campaign Brantley led the consolidated 29th and 30th Mississippi right up to the actual battle of Atlanta. He then took over brigade command for the mortally wounded Samuel Benton and was then named brigadier general 4 days later. It seems both Benton and Brantley were commissoned brigadier generals on July 26, 1864.
 
A Hard Trip: A History of the 15th Mississippi Infantry, CSA by Ben Wynne

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Not strictly a military history, Ben Wynne examines in this book the social components of Confederate service in the context of the experiences of a single regiment. Using first person accounts from letters, diaries, memoirs and other primary materials, the book sets the 15th Mississippi in a personal context. The narrative is chronologically arranged by the events of the western theater of the Civil War. Emphasizing the real war and not a romanticized version, the story of this unique regiment follows a group of men who entered the war with visions of glory and honor but within one year came to recognize the true nature of the conflict.



Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Mississippi 29th Infantry Regiment by John C. Rigdon

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The 29th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 29th Infantry Regiment was organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in April, 1862 with men from Grenada, Lafayette, Panola, Yalobusha, Washington, and De Soto counties. The unit served in Mississippi, then moved to Kentucky where it saw action in Munfordville. Later it joined the Army of Tennessee and was placed in General Walthall's and Brantly's Brigade where it participated in many battles from Murfreesboro to Bentonville. The 29th lost 5 killed and 36 wounded at Munfordville, had 34 killed and 202 wounded at Murfreesboro, and suffered fifty-three percent disabled of the 364 engaged at Chickamauga. It reported 191 casualties at Chattanooga and in December, 1863 was consolidated with the 30th and 34th Regiment and totalled 554 men and 339 arms. This unit reported 5 killed and 22 wounded at Resaca, and in the fight at Ezra Church the 29th/30th lost 8 killed and 20 wounded. Very few surrendered in North Carolina in April, 1865.


Cheers,
USS ALASKA
 
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