Gettysburg

[Littlestown]

And I really feel that I WAS there, shot July 3rd off my horse, confronting Custer.

Did you die that day?

 

[lelliott19]

May sound like a strange Q but do you know what color your horse was or any distinguishing characteristics?

Also, in an earlier post you referred to Nathan Pugh "and his expensive horse." How do you come to that conclusion? Was it a wonderful, noble beast? Or did Pugh just have the reputation of wealth? Was Young your Brigade commander? Do you know his rank at the time?

What about the man last name Cheeseboro? What was his first name and rank? Do you know what became of him?

What about Clanton or Sinkfield. Do you recognize either of those names?

Do you recognize this man?

 

[James B White]

I'm thinking this book might clear it right up: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0786464321/?tag=civilwartalkc-20 According to the table of contents, there's a list of officers in Cobb's Legion--can't be that many majors to research how many were wounded or killed at Gettysburg. Anyone got a copy or have it at their library? Rhett, have you looked at sources like that to try to find the major?

 

[Rio Bravo]

Rhett - your experience reminds me of the case of James Leininger who, at the age of two and a half years old,began expressing aviation knowledge that surpassed not just a typical toddler's ability,but that of his Parents ! He began reciting a collection of information and had recurring nightmares about being shot down by a Japanese plane with a red sun on it's wings. Lt James McCready Huston, a 2nd WW fighter Pilot from Uniontown was killed near Iwo Jima, more than 50 years before James Leininger was born. Lt Huston was shot down on March 3rd 1945 whilst on his 50th mission- his last before going home.

 

[lelliott19]

Here's the link to video about the case to which @Rio Bravo refers. See above^^^^^^

 

[ErnieMac]

The fighting at Hunterstown occurred on July 2 about 3 miles +/- north of the battle on the East Cavalry Field that took place on the 3rd. Cobb's Legion suffered some serious casualties at Hunterstown, but does not seem to be as heavily involved the following day. The battalion command structure at the time appears to have been Colonel Pierce M. B. Young, Lieutenant Colonel William G. Delony and Major Gilbert J. Wright. At Hunterstown Young was unhorsed and Delony received a saber wound in the head. I do not see any mention of Wright being injured.

 

[Allie]

The fighting at Hunterstown occurred on July 2 about 3 miles +/- north of the battle on the East Cavalry Field that took place on the 3rd. Cobb's Legion suffered some serious casualties at Huntertown, but does not seem to be as heavily involved the following day. The battalion command structure at the time appears to have been Colonel Pierce M. B. Young, Lieutenant Colonel William G. Delony and Major Gilbert J. Wright. At Hunterstown Young was unhorsed and Delony received a saber wound in the head. I do not see any mention of Wright being injured.

Wright lived to the end of the war.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

No, even in my dream, I don't see Custer...I didn't even know Custer was there until I read it years later. A small note: My mother was born on the same day as Custer, and died on the same day as Custer--not the same years, of course!

 

[rhettbutler1865]

You actually remember confronting Custer?

No, I never saw Custer...not even in my dreams. I just know from reading that he was there.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Wright lived to the end of the war.

Wright did live...was promoted colonel, then general right before the end of the war. Then went back to Georgia and became a judge (law). I know he was wounded in the foot at Brandy Station, and again later, but was up on his horse before he had healed.

 

[Allie]

Okay, having been through the records on fold3 - as near as I can determine five men held the rank of major under Young at some time.

Gilbert Wright we've already discussed - he was promoted and lived to the end of the war.

Benjamin Yancey, Zechariah Rice, and Malcolm D. Jones all lived to the end of the war.

William Deloney died a prisoner of a leg wound received in September 1863, after Gettysburg.

So, none of these men were killed at Gettysburg, and there is nothing in any of their records to suggest any were seriously wounded at that time. By the way going through cavalry majors' records is really boring - they seem to have spent their entire existence requisitioning forage.

Am I missing anything?

 

[Littlestown]

Rhett, obviously you have already researched all of this. What conclusions as to who you think "you were", did you come to?

 

[rhettbutler1865]

May sound like a strange Q but do you know what color your horse was or any distinguishing characteristics?

Also, in an earlier post you referred to Nathan Pugh "and his expensive horse." How do you come to that conclusion? Was it a wonderful, noble beast? Or did Pugh just have the reputation of wealth? Was Young your Brigade commander? Do you know his rank at the time?

What about the man last name Cheeseboro? What was his first name and rank? Do you know what became of him?

What about Clanton or Sinkfield. Do you recognize either of those names?

Do you recognize this man?

My horse (in my dream) was a dark brown color 2) Pugh's horse was $600, and he put a claim in for the horse before being killed the same day I was shot 3) Young WAS my immediate superior officer, a colonel 4) JOHN Cheeseboro-lieutenant, died at the Grass Hotel 5) Lieutenant Clanton, yes 6)don't remember a Sinkfield

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Okay, having been through the records on fold3 - as near as I can determine five men held the rank of major under Young at some time.

Gilbert Wright we've already discussed - he was promoted and lived to the end of the war.

Benjamin Yancey, Zechariah Rice, and Malcolm D. Jones all lived to the end of the war.

William Deloney died a prisoner of a leg wound received in September 1863, after Gettysburg.

So, none of these men were killed at Gettysburg, and there is nothing in any of their records to suggest any were seriously wounded at that time. By the way going through cavalry majors' records is really boring - they seem to have spent their entire existence requisitioning forage.

Am I missing anything?

I never said I was killed-just shot in the left side.

 

[Allie]

Well, there are no records of any of these men being out injured for any length of time. They have consistent pay records which show them present during the period.

 

[Littlestown]

Hi-It was Cobbs Legion. And the guide giggled when i told him on Little Round Top that I was in a Georgia cavalry regiment. He said there were no Georgia cavalry at Gettysburg--I insisted there was, and I was in it. That's why he got spooked when I told him at the marker "This is where I was shot."

Are you referring to the monument to Hampton's Cavalry Brigade on the East Cavalry Field?

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Rhett, obviously you have already researched all of this. What conclusions as to who you think "you were", did you come to?

I've thought it was Gilbert Jefferson Wright, but he was not shot at Gettysburg--earlier at Brandy Station. So...I have some work to do to find out WHO I was...

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Did you die that day?

I do not think I died at Gettysburg--only wounded.

 

[Littlestown]

I never said I was killed-just shot in the left side.

...But somehow I know I was there, and, after shooting 2 Yanks, was shot in the chest...(always exactly the same detail in my dreams for 52 of my 60 years).

Ok, so you were not killed but shot, left side or chest or left side of chest. Do you have any other memories of what happened to you?

 

[rhettbutler1865]

I feel like I'm being "attacked" concerning my dream about Gettysburg--I have stated what my dream IS--and my feeling twice that I was shot at Gettysburg, as a Confederate officer (major in my dream). I can't back this up with PROOF- how could I? It's just a dream...and a feeling...and an obsession I have with the Civil War. My house is like a Civil War museum! Now, can I move on,please?