★★★ Goodwyn, Artemas Darby

Artemas Darby Goodwyn​

Born: December 10, 1827

Birthplace: Saint Matthews, South Carolina

Father: Dr. Thomas Jefferson Goodwyn 1800 – 1878
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina)

Mother: Eliza Elliott Darby 1807 – 1882
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina)

Wife: Sarah Ciples Niles 1830 – 1908
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina)

Married: 1848 in Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina

Children:

Elizabeth Reese Goodwyn Legare 1849 – 1929​

(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina)​

Occupation before War:

Planter and Politician in Columbia, South Carolina​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 2nd​ South Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded in left ankle at Battle of Savage's Station, Virginia

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1863: Retired from army due to his disability​

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Captain of Company K, 3rd​ South Carolina State Troop Regiment​

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1864 – 1865: Colonel 3rd​ South Carolina State Troops, Junior Reserves​

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1865: Furloughed his troops at Spartanburg, South Carolina​

Occupation after War:

Planter in Columbia South, Carolina​

Died: August 10, 1898

Place of Death: Columbia, South Carolina

Age at time of Death: 70 years old

Burial Place: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina