★★★ Hyman, Joseph Henry

Joseph Henry Hyman
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Born: March 24, 1835

Birthplace: Tarboro, North Carolina

Father: Henry Hyman 1806 – 1856

(Buried: Tarboro Primitive Baptist Churchyard, Tarboro, North Carolina)​

Mother: Martha E. Hyman Unknown – 1846

(Buried: Tarboro Primitive Baptist Churchyard, Tarboro, North Carolina)​

Wife: Sallie Polk Rayner 1845 – 1905

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas)​

Children:

Susan Polk Hyman Matlock 1867 – 1960​

(Buried: Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Texas)​

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Harry Hyman 1871 – 1934​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas)​

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Mary Rayner Hyman King 1876 – 1933​

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, Texas)​

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Sallie Josephine Hyman Kirkpatrick 1878 – 1948​

(Buried: City of Weslaco Cemetery, Weslaco, Texas)​

Education:

Graduated from University of North Carolina

Occupation before War:

Wealthy Farmer in Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Captain Company G, 13th​ North Carolina Infantry Regt.​

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1862 – 1863: Major of 13th​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Lt. Colonel of 13th​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1863 – 1865: Colonel of 13th​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Wounded in the foot at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Colonel Hyman led 232 men onto the field at Gettysburg. The regiment would suffer 70% casualties during the battle.​

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1865: Led Scale's Brigade at Appomattox, Virginia​

Occupation after War:

Real Estate Broker in Stephenville, Texas​

Died: February 6, 1901

Place of Death: Stephenville, Texas

Age at time of Death: 65 years old

Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas

 

[Pollaco]

Gen. Alfred Scales was absent due to sick leave which left Colonel Hyman in charge of the brigade at Appomattox.Scale's brigade had been Gen. Dorsey Pender's old brigade.Hyman had been Col. of this unit ever since Scales was promoted to brigadier on June 13, 1863.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

My great-great-grandfather, David Land from Wilkes County, NC was a late-war conscript assigned to Company I 13th NC. He was a 40-year-old father of seven. He arrived in Virginia just before the Overland Campaign. He was captured on April 2, 1865, and survived about 2 months as a POW at Hart Island, NY.

 

[LaChrisRJ]

Thank you for this entry!

Col. Joseph Henry Hyman is my 1st cousin, 5x removed.

His mother, Martha Elizabeth (Porter) Hyman, was born on December 5, 1811 in Tarboro, NC.