CS Ellis, John Thomas

John Thomas Ellis
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Born: March 16, 1827

Birthplace: Amherst County, Virginia

Father: Richard Shelton Ellis 1775 – 1846

(Buried: Amherst Cemetery, Amherst, Virginia)​

Mother: Emily Henrietta Douglass 1800 – Unknown

(Buried: Amherst Cemetery, Amherst, Virginia)​

Wife: Mildred Irving "Millie" Garland 1831 – 1910

(Buried: Amherst Cemetery, Amherst, Virginia)​

Children:

Mildred Garland Ellis Strode 1854 – 1898​

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Rose Alexander Ellis 1857 –​

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John Thomas Ellis Jr. 1860 – 1925​

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Marian D. Ellis 1863 – 1940​

Education:

1848: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute​

Occupation before War:

Teacher and Merchant in Amherst, Virginia​

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Amherst County, Virginia Commissioner of Revenue​

Civil War Career:

1861: Enlisted in 19th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment on April 15th​​

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1861 – 1862: Captain of Company H, 19th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Major of 19th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded in thigh at the Battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia​

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1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 19th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Mortally wounded by cannon ball before Pickett's Charge on 3rd Day at Gettysburg​

Died: July 3, 1863

Place of Death: Pickett Division Hospital, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Cause of Death: Died of his wounds

Age at time of Death: 36 years old

Original Burial Place: Pickett's Division Hospital, Beams Mill Apple Orchard, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Burial Place: In 1872, Moved and Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

 

[Tom Elmore]

Struck in the face by a bounding enfilading solid shot fired from "Round Top" [either Little Round Top or perhaps McGilvery's artillery line] during the cannonade on July 3. Someone had shouted, "Look out!" and when he raised his head up he was immediately struck. He was first carried to the shade, then transported to the field hospital. Lieutenant Wood wrote: "In Colonel Ellis we lost a good officer - a good man as well as a polished gentleman." (Reminiscences of Big I, by Lt. William Nathaniel Wood, Company A, 19th Virginia)