★★★ Christie, Daniel Harvey

Daniel Harvey Christie​

Born: March 28, 1833

Birthplace: Frederick County, Virginia

Wife: Elizabeth Ann Norfleet

(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia)​

Children:

Frank Stuart Christie 1856 – 1871​

(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia)​

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Lucy Carver Christie Eley 1858 – 1898​

(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia)​

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Harvey L. Christie 1860 – 1928​

(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia)​

Occupation before War:

Music Teacher & Merchant in Norfolk, Virginia​

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Helped Establish Military School in Henderson, North Carolina​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Major of 23rd​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1863: Colonel of 23rd​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded during the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia​

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1862: Wounded in leg during the Battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia​

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1863: Shot through the lungs during the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania​

Died: July 17, 1863

Place of Death: Winchester, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 30 years old

Burial Place: Stonewall Confederate Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia

 

[Luke Freet]

Can't imagine what it'd be like living through a lung wound in those days with lead bullets.

 

[Lubliner]

Can't imagine what it'd be like living through a lung wound in those days with lead bullets.

He lingered long enough to be transported back to Virginia from the field of battle. That was a ride like no other, I bet.
Lubliner.

 

[Pollaco]

His unit was part of George B. Anderson's brigade, Which was part of D.H.Hill's Division. He even for a brief while commanded Anderson's brigade. I'm not sure if it was Anderson's Malvern Hill wounding or his getting shot in the foot at Antietam that caused his absence and Christie's brief commanding. I'm guessing the Antietam wound.

 

[Pollaco]

The 23rd North Carolina was formerly the 13th Volunteers in July 1961. It was redesignated into the 23rd on November 14, 1861. Then reorganized on April 16, 1862.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Remembering an officer who was mortally wounded and died due to his wounds received at the Battle of Gettysburg Salutes!

 

[rpkennedy]

His unit was part of George B. Anderson's brigade, Which was part of D.H.Hill's Division. He even for a brief while commanded Anderson's brigade. I'm not sure if it was Anderson's Malvern Hill wounding or his getting shot in the foot at Antietam that caused his absence and Christie's brief commanding. I'm guessing the Antietam wound.

The 23rd North Carolina was in Samuel Garland's brigade, not George B. Anderson's. Same division though.

Ryan

 

[ErnieMac]

The 23rd North Carolina was part of Iverson's Brigade at Gettysburg and suffered heavily in that commander's poorly organized attack on the Federal First Corps lines on July 1. The 23rd NC reportedly suffered 287 casualties out of 316 men engaged, Christie being one of them. Christie was reportedly quoted as saying that he realized he would not to again lead his men into battle, but would do his best to see that the "Imbecile Iverson" never would.

 

[Luke Freet]

The 23rd North Carolina was part of Iverson's Brigade at Gettysburg and suffered heavily in that commander's poorly organized attack on the Federal First Corps lines on July 1. The 23rd NC reportedly suffered 287 casualties out of 316 men engaged, Christie being one of them. Christie was reportedly quoted as saying that he realized he would not to again lead his men into battle, but would do his best to see that the "Imbecile Iverson" never would.

It seems the brigade as a whole suffered the worst casualty percentage of any brigade of the entire battle. And that was all from that one action on the first day.

 

[ErnieMac]

Over the next couple of days the Confederates buried the fallen North Carolinians in four pits near the line where they fell. In 1873 the bodies were exhumed and taken South. By the turn of the century the area was well known as Iverson's Pits and John Forney, the land's owner, would claim that workers would not remain in those fields as night approached. Believers in the paranormal claim Iverson's Pits as being one of the most haunted sites on the battlefield.