★★★ Funk, John Henry Stover

John Henry Stover Funk​

Born: June 28, 1837

Birthplace: Fredericksburg, Virginia

Father: Christopher Funk 1812 – 1893

(Buried: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia)​

Mother: Elizabeth "Eliza" Arnold 1810 – 1884

(Buried: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia)​

Education:

1860: Graduated from Winchester Medical College in Winchester, Virginia​

Occupation before War:

1860 – 1861: Medical Doctor in Marion County, Virginia

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Captain of Company A, 5th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1862: In April, Elected Lt. Colonel of 5th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1864: After Col. Baylor was killed leading the brigade at Second Manassas, Funk became Colonel of 5th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Temporarily commanded his brigade as the senior Colonel during the Battle of Chancellorsville after Brigadier General Paxton was killed.​

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1863: In command of the 5th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment at Culps Hill at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.​

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1863: On October 26th, Funk and the regiment were involved in a skirmish with federal cavalry, where 5 bullets cut through his clothes without wounding him​

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1864: Mortally wounded during the Battle of Winchester, Virginia on the 19th of September.​

Died: September 21, 1864

Place of Death: Winchester, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 27 years old

Burial Place: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia

 

[Pollaco]

The 5th Virginia was part of the Stonewall Brigade wasn't it?

 

[Pollaco]

I found a very good biography of him but it was written by our Luke Freet so I'll leave the rest to him.

 

[Tom Elmore]

According to, Confederate Colonels, A Biographical Register, by Bruce S. Allardice (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2008), Funk graduated in 1860 from the Winchester Medical College in Winchester, Virginia, not the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.

 

[Luke Freet]

I found a very good biography of him but it was written by our Luke Freet so I'll leave the rest to him.

I believe your refering to this post.

Col. John H. S. Funk: Stonewall Brigade | Other Soldiers, Politicians, & Men

I am wondering why this man was not promoted to command the brigade after the Mule Shoe, instead of Col. William Terry, who was his junior in rank. I will leave a breif biographical blurb. Col. John H. S. Funk was born in Frederick County, Virginia, 28th June 1837. He became Captain of A...

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[Luke Freet]

Funk, for most of 1863 and '64, was the senior Colonel of the brigade. William Terry was a mere major at Gettysburg; and yet he was chosen over Funk to command the triple consolidated brigade of Virginians following the disaster at the Mule Shoe.