CS Mounger, John Clarke

John Clarke Mounger​

Born: 1809

Birthplace: Milledgeville, Georgia

Father: Major Edwin Mounger 1762 – 1816

Mother: Hannah Frances Arrington "Fanny" Clarke 1781 – 1820

Grandfather: Brig. General Elijah Clarke 1736 – 1799

(Buried: Elijah Clarke State Park, Lincolnton, Georgia)​

Wife: Lucy Heney Gartrell 1819 – 1891

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Quitman, Georgia)​

Children:

Captain Terrell Talbot Mounger 1835 – 1863 – (Died at Chancellorsville)​

(Buried: Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia)​

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Frances A. R. Mounger 1838 – 1921​

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2nd​ Lt. John C. L. Mounger 1841 – 1864 – (Died at the Wilderness)​

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Private Thomas J. Mounger​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Quitman, Georgia

Civil War Career:

1861: Enlisted and Mustered into service in June​

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1861 – 1862: Major of 9th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 9th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Absent on Sick leave during January and February​

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1863: Commander of 9th​ Georgia Infantry at Gettysburg​

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1863: Killed on the 2nd​ Day of fighting at Battle of Gettysburg​

Died: July 2, 1863

Place of Death: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Cause of Death: Killed in Battle

Age at time of Death: 53 or 54 years old

Original Burial Place: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Current Burial Place: Moved in 1971 to North Laurel Grove, Savannah, Georgia

A Letter from John and Tom Mounger to their mother:

Mrs. John C. Mounger, Quitman, Ga., writing of the death of their father, Col. John Mounger when the 9th Ga. attacked the Wheatfield at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.

Camp near Martinsburg, Va.​

July 18th 1863​

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Dear Mother,​

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I wrote you a few days ago concerning the death of our dear Father, he was killed on the 2nd of July about an hour by the sun, he is buried in a family grave yard 1/2 miles below Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the Chambers and Baltimore Turnpike. Captain Sutlive had a good coffin made for him and we put him away as well as could be expected. I have the dimensions of his coffin, so when we get a chance to move him, we can get a (coffin crossed out) box for him without any trouble. Pa died very easy, Tom says. I was not with him when he died. I was detailed and sent off after cattle some three or four days before the fight. Tom took good care of dear dear Pa until he died, but he lived only a few minutes after he was shot. He was shot with a minie ball through the right breast and a grape shot from cannon through the bowels. Dear Mother, we tried to carry him to Virginia before we buried him, but it was impossible, as the Yankees were all around us and we could not get across the river without being captured. Dear Mother, let us all try to meet him in Heaven. Tom and myself will try and be better boys. Tom kept the stars on his coat and a lock of his hair.​

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Dear Mother, in my next letter, I will send you Pa's resignation which he wrote out before he went into Pennsylvania. He intended handing it in as soon as he returned to Virginia and go home. Is nothing in the world relieve us more than to hear from home.​

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Your affectionate sons,​

John and Tom​

 

[Luke Freet]

Captain Terrell Talbot Mounger 1835 – 1863 – (Died at Chancellorsville)(Buried: Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia)Frances A. R. Mounger 1838 – 19212nd Lt. John C. L. Mounger 1841 – 1864 – (Died at the Wilderness)Private Thomas J. Mounger

Looks like his children went through hell with him.

 

[rpkennedy]

I didn't realize that he was that old.

Ryan

 

[gentlemanrob]

Remembering Lt. Colonel John Clarke Mounger! Salutes in remembrance of an officer who lost his life on the 2nd Day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

 

[Pollaco]

For their participation at Gettysburg the 9th Georgia ( Mounger's regiment) recieved the Confederate Roll of Honor.