Not much is known about Henry Ballard, except that he was an engineer before the Civil War, and a soldier in the Confederate Army, Company F, 2nd Virginia Cavalry, Fitzhugh´s Regiment, Lee Div., under the commands of General J.E.B. Stuart, Colonel Thomas Munford, and Captain William Graves. Prior to the war, Mr. Ballard had been …
Monthly Archives: April 2021
Levi Pace Corr
Levi Pace Corr (1817-1897), son of a Methodist minister, willed the freedom of his slaves as soon as it was legal to do so. (It was legal to do so in his lifetime, but any slave freed after 1806 would have to leave Virginia within one year. Having nowhere to go, that would not have …
Leander Franklin “Doc” Crumley
Leander Crumley was born 10 June 1829 and died 30 March 1863 at his home while on sick leave from the service. He served in the 52nd Georgia Infantry along with his brothers, John Clark, Alexander Doster, and Francis Marion Crumley. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88434241/leander-francis-crumley
Isaac Marion Whitney
Isaac Marion Whitney served as a Captain until the Battle of Bentonville when he was breveted to Major for leading the battle due to his commanders being injured. He resided most of his life in Walker and Fayette Counties in Alabama and had both a half brother, a brother-in-law and a brother who also served …
Tilman Howell Wheat
Tilman Howell Wheat born 6 March 1839 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Later in life Tilman married Nancy Hendricks and lived in the Moore’s Bridge area of Tuscaloosa. Tilman was a farmer by trade and Nancy was a housewife. He also played the organ at Bethabara Church where he attended, it was also said that he …
Richard Caswell Hallmark
Richard Caswell Hallmark was born on 29 March 1831 to Mynatt Hallmark and Polly Mary Calvert Hallmark. He married Mary E. Armstrong on 9 January 1854 in Blount County, Alabama. He is shown on the rolls of Company K, 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment, but it is unknown when he enlisted as he is not shown …
Benajamin Hudson Russell
2nd Lt. Benjamin Hudson Russell was born in 1827 in Russellville, Alabama to George Daniel Russell and Leah Jackson Hudson Russell. He enlisted on 16 August 1861 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. He was killed at the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee on 31 December 1862. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42278098/benjamin-hudson-russell
John Andrew Geupel
John Andrew Geupel (pronounced GUY-PULL) was born in Wunsiedel, Bavaria (Germany) on the 18th of April in the year 1829 under the family name Johann Andrew Geupel. The death of his parents sent him to an orphanage where he learned the skills of a Tinner. Out to see the New World, John was 19 years old …
Samuel Andrew McGinniss
On Friday, March 7, 1862, just two weeks after his 18th birthday, Samuel Andrew McGinniss enlisted in the 55th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company E “The Westmoreland Greys” under the command of Captain J. Bailey Jett at Fort Lowry (Tappahannock).[1] Andrew’s youngest uncle, John, had been a member of Company E for almost a year. Andrew …
William Henry Kitchens
Enlisted March 1st, 1862 in Clinton, Jones County, Georgia. He served in the Army of Northern Virginia’s Second Corps until his capture on May 6th, 1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness. He was sent to Fort Delaware, Delaware where he remained as a POW until March 7th, 1865 when he was selected for a …