★★★ Scruggs, Daniel Edward

Daniel Edward Scruggs​

Born: 1833

Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia

Wife: Virginia Pierpont 1834 – 1928

Children:

Edward Scruggs 1854 –​

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William P. Scruggs 1858 –​

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Daniel Scruggs 1860 – 1933​

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Lucy L. Scruggs 1863 –​

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Elizabeth Phillips Scruggs 1864 – 1950​

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Fanny A. Scruggs 1871 – 1948​

Occupation before War:

Bookkeeper in De Soto County, Mississippi​

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Bookkeeper in Texas​

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Bookkeeper in New Orleans, Louisiana​

Civil War Career:

1862: Enlisted in New Orleans Louisiana in Crescent Regiment​

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1862: Served in 5th​ Company of Washington Artillery from Louisiana​

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Detailed as Clerk to Brig. General Samuel Jones​

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Employee of Confederate Army Quartermaster Department, Richmond​

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1863 – 1864: Captain Company A, 2nd​ Virginia Light Duty Troops​

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1864: Major of 2nd​ Virginia Light Duty Troops​

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1864 – 1865: Colonel of 2nd​ Virginia Light Duty Troops​

Occupation after War:

Bookkeeper in New Orleans, Louisiana​

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Volunteer fire fighter in New Orleans, Louisiana​

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Active Freemason in New Orleans, Louisiana​

Died: November 1, 1871

Place of Death: New Orleans, Louisiana

Cause of Death: Tuberculosis

Age at time of Death: 37 or 38 years old

Burial Place: Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana

 

[Luke Freet]

Quite the number of Virginians served in the Washington Artillery. I remember Tex Rosser served as a Captain during 1861 before he transferred to Cavalry