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When the discovery of the map was first announced, all I could do was stare at it in amazement -- wondering what avenues of research it would open, what discoveries it would lead to, and what could be learned from it. Here is my first tiny stab at it. You guys know my main area of research interest is Georgia Confederate regiments - particularly regiments in Wofford's brigade. But the first named Georgia grave I noticed on the map was labeled as "D H Hallman" 23rd Ga so I figured I'd start there and see what I could find out.
In the file of Lieutenant Vincent H. Hallum, Company D, 23rd Georgia Infantry, there's this one card that explains the error.
This carded record was created when the rosters of those who died at the Stone House Hospital (US) at Antietam were transcribed. Someone making a list of those who died at the hospital, asked the name of the deceased rebel and the surgeon said V H Hallum - but the maker of the list heard D H Hallum and wrote that on the list. Other cards in his file confirm that, indeed, Vincent H Hallum was the only Lieutenant in the 23rd GA with any similar name. In fact, he is the only soldier with a name similar to Hallman. This is the man who was wounded and left behind after the Battle of Sharpsburg.
He was wounded in the right leg which resulted in a compound fracture. There is no record that his leg was amputated so I'm guessing that the wound must have been high up and pretty bad.
The first card I posted shows that Lt. "D H Hallum" of the 23rd GA was treated at the Stone House Hospital, the name given to the Poffenberger Farm which was used as one vast field hospital after the battle. The third carded record I posted - Register of Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Confederate States who were killed in battle or who died of wounds or disease - has a third name "W H Hallum." I'm guessing the "V" was simply mis-transcribed. This is a Confederate record so I was surprised to see him recorded as "killed September 17, 1862." I guess they didn't know he lived a while afterwards. How do I know?
On September 25, 1862, Vincent H Hallum, 2nd Lieutenant , Co D, 23rd Georgia, signed his own name on a parole. SO he was still alive and able to write his name on September 25. His widow, Sarah Hallum, filed for his arearage pay and received $138.69 which was approved July 23, 1863.
Vincent H Hallum's grandfather was John Hallum a revolutionary war soldier.
Vincent H Hallum's father was William Wakely Hallum (1791-1865)
Vincent H Hallum's widow was Sarah Jane Bradley Hallum (1840-1919) They were married in 1855 and had three children:
Daughter: Indiana Florence Hallum Bowen b. 1856, age 6 when her father died. She died 1925.
Son: Robert Alonzo Hallum b. 1858, age 4 when his father died. He died 1922.
Son: John Oliver Hamilton Hallum b. 1861, not yet a year old when his father died. He died in 1935.
By 1870, Sarah was remarried to Thomas L Langford, a Dry Goods Merchant, and the couple had welcomed a new baby, Austria Langford, age 8 months.
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