Manuel Simeon Corley Birth: 10 February 1823 (Lexington County, South Carolina, U.S.A.) Death: 20 November 1902 (Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina, U.S.A. Corley was born in Lexington County, South Carolina, and was a student in Lexington Academy four years then engaged in business pursuits in 1838. He opposed the first attempt at secession of South Carolina, from …
Monthly Archives: January 2020
Alex Joseph Bourn
Pvt. Alex Joseph Bourn 1844-1884 Co A, 26th SC Infantry, CSA of Horry County, SC. Bourn Enlisted January 1, 1862 in Waccamaw, S.C. at the age of 17 by Capt. Samuel Smart. Bourn was seriously wounded at June 16, 1862 at the Battle of Secessionville. He was reported absent without leave on February 8, 1864. …
David Joseph Blanton
Pvt. David Joseph Blanton Co K, 26 Regt SC Vol Inf CSA Born 1834. Died Feb 26, 1865 in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Virginia and buried there in grave W-52 of the Hallowed Confederate Ground of the Hollywood Cemetery. Private Blanton died of intermittent fever at Jackson Hospital February 26, 1865. Enlisted January 1, 1862 …
Amaziah Whitman Gentry
Pvt. Amaziah Whitman Gentry SC Inf Birth: Sep. 26, 1832 Starr Anderson County South Carolina, USA Death: Dec. 5, 1924 Starr Anderson County South Carolina, USA Son of Moody Gentry and Elizabeth Arnold, he married Lucy Carolyn/Caroline Campbell about February 1860 in Starr, Anderson County, South Carolina. Confederate Soldier Civil War Service Records. Amaziah Gentry …
Andres/Andreas Rodriguez/Rodriges
Born in 1833 in San Fernando De Rosas, Zaragoza, Mexico. Died in September 14, 1914, buried in Zaragoza, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico Son of Ygnacio Torres and Maria Josefa Rodriguez de Luna. Recruited from a small Mexican village along the bank of the Rio Grande and mustered into service in the 8th Texas Infantry Company …
Edward Richard Simms
Private Edward Richard Simms born March 14, 1837, in Sumter County, SC. On April 8, 1861, he enlisted, Sumter Volunteers (Company D, 2nd South Carolina Infantry) transferred to Company K, South Carolina Infantry, August 26, 1861, mustered in with Brooks Artillery, upon organization January 28, 1862, wounded September 17, 1862, at Sharpsburg, Maryland, wounded Gettysburg, …
Henry Holcombe Bunch
Henry Holcombe Bunch Was Born In 1842 In Lafayette Co. Mississippi To Parents William Smith Bunch And Martha Raney Holcombe. He Served In Co. A 28th Mississippi Regiment Cav. And Was Paroled May 12th 1865 In Gainesville Alabama. He Died March 15,1920 In Caldwell Co. Texas. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33987242/henry-holcombe-bunch
Smith Jackson Bunch
Was Born In 1840 To Parents William Smith Bunch And Martha Raney Holcombe. He Died In Vicksburg Mississippi on Jan. 5th 1863. Co. C 1st Mississippi Cav. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18750474/smith-jackson-bunch
Elijah R. Amick
Pvt. Elijah R. Amick Co. C, 15th SC Infantry Birth 1844 Death Sept. 6, 1863 Wounded at Gettysburg-captured-died of wounds at US Camp Letterman Hospital, Gettysburg, buried there. Removed to Magnolia Cemetery Charleston SC, 1870. Buried on row 1, grave 10 as Lt. Emick (the old German family name). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10396339/elijah-r_-amick
Jacob Madison McKay
Pvt. Jacob Madison McKay born in Timmonsville,S.C. on 18 April 1837 and died 1918. He is Buried in McKay Cemetery in Timmonsville, Florence County,S.C., He fought in the 8th S.C. Infantry Co. E. He was wounded 20 Sept. 1863 in the Battle at Chickamauga,Ga.. He was captured 8 May 1864 in Spotsylvania Va. and sent …