★★★ Hundley, Daniel Robinson

Daniel Robinson Alexander Campbell Hundley​

Born: December 12, 1832

Birthplace: Madison County, Alabama

Father: Dr. John Henderson Hundley 1796 – 1881

(Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama)​

Mother: Melinda Robinson 1804 – 1884

(Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama)​

Wife: Mary Ann Hundley 1834 – 1913

(Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama)​

Children:

Margaret M. Hundley Fletcher 1855 – 1928​

(Buried: Decatur City Cemetery, Decatur, Alabama)​

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Edith Hundley Minega 1858 – 1924​

(Buried: Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Mississippi)​

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Warren Harris Hundley 1861 – 1897​

(Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama)

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Mary Alexander Hundley Toney 1863 – 1944​

(Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama)​

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John Henderson Hundley 1866 – 1905​

(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)​

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Elisha Estes Hundley 1872 – 1950​

(Buried: Peebles Cemetery, Mooresville, Alabama)​

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Lucy Hundley Toney 1874 – 1940​

(Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama)​

Education:

Attended Bacon College, University of Virginia​

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1855: Graduated from Harvard law school​

Occupation before War:

1855 – 1856: Attorney in Huntsville, Alabama​

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1856 – 1861: Manager of His father in laws real estate in Chicago, Illinois​

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1860: Author of Social Relations in our Southern States​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Captain, Company D, 2nd​ Confederate Regiment

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1862 – 1865: Colonel of 31st​ Alabama Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded during the Battle of Port Gibson​

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1864: Captured at Big Shanty, Georgia on June 15, 1864​

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1864 – 1865: Held Prisoner at Johnson's Island Union Prison​

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1865: Released from Prison by Union Army in July of 1865​

Occupation after War:

Attorney, Author and Newspaper Editor in Huntsville, Alabama​

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Author of Prison Echoes of the Great Rebellion Narrative​

Died: December 27, 1899

Place of Death: Mooresville, Alabama

Age at time of Death: 67 years old

Burial Place: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama

 

[Pollaco]

He is also author of "Social Relations In Our Southern States". I haven't read the book but I hear it's an analysis of class structure in the antebellum South.

 

[Pollaco]

He actually escaped from Johnson's Island on January 2, 1865 but was recaptured several days later. He kept a diary of his prison stint and took it with him on his escape, when he was recaptured his diary was taken from him. This diary was returned to him by mail in 1874.He filled in some of the gaps by memory and soon published "Prison Echos of the Great Rebellion".