1st Lt Calhoun was born in Pendleton County, Virginia on March 4,1840. He was killed in action on July 6, 1863 in Williamsport Maryland by a shell fragment. He was serving under General John D Imboden and protecting the retreat from Gettysburg. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15548394/john-c.-calhoun
Day: December 16, 2020
Josiah Washington FultonJosiah Washington Fulton
Josiah Washington “Fult” Fulton served in the NC 21st Infantry Division and also spent time as a POW at Point Lookout, MD. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25512769/josiah-washington-fulton
Matthew David YoungMatthew David Young
Honorably served full term of the war with the last eleven months a P O W at Camp Chase, Ohio after being wounded at Missionary Ridge.
James W. MaxwellJames W. Maxwell
Served throughout the war. He saw fighting at Seven Pines, The Seven Days, Boonsboro Gap (South Mountain), Sharpsburg (Antietam), Chancellorsville, Ocean Pond (Olustee), Drewry’s Bluff, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. At Chancellorsville he was captured and sent to Camp Delaware then exchanged on 23 May 1863. He was laid to rest in the Mt. Tabor Baptist […]
Russell Lassiter BrownRussell Lassiter Brown
Russell Lassiter Brown was born in Warren County, TN in 1842. He was the 2nd child born to William Sanford Brown (1821-1908) and Nancy Dykes Brown (1821–1908). His siblings were Jackson Van Buren Brown (1840–1910), James K. Brown (1844–1918), William Almond Brown (1847–1926), Norris Burr Brown (1849–1941), Mary E Brown Hillis (1852–1898), Hezekiah Wesley Brown […]