Category: South Carolina

Lt. Col. Elbert Bland Birth: Apr. 29, 1823 Edgefield County South Carolina, USA Death: Sep. 20, 1863 Fort Oglethorpe Catoosa County Georgia, USA Confederate Officer. Graduated from Medical College of New York. Assistant Surgeon, Palmetto Regiment, Mexican War; Surgeon, 1st South Carolina – 1861; Capt., Company H, 7th South Carolina – April 15, 1861; Lt. […]

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Frederick Sims Lewie, BIRTH 13 Aug 1831 DEATH 20 Jun 1873 (aged 41) Co. C, 15th SC Infantry, Frederick Sims Lewie was born on August 13, 1831 to Samuel Lewey (Lewie) and his wife, Nancy Hendrix Lewie. He was married twice. His first wife was Rachel Elizabeth Leaphart to whom he was […]

Lt. Ebenezer Stenhouse Ebenezer lived most of his life in Columbia, S.C. Served in “Columbia Greys”, Co. C, 2nd SC Vols under Kershaw’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Corps, ANV, CSA. Worked his way from Sgt. up to Lieutenant. He died in Huntersville, N.C. and is buried with some siblings and other relatives in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery, […]

Lt. John Warren White of the “Spartan Rifles”, Co. “K” Palmetto Sharp Shooters, SC Vols. John Warren White, resigned after being wounded severely at Seven Pines. Rejoined in ’64 as a Private only to be shot through neck in effort to retake Ft. Harrison at Petersburg, died a month later. William White, died of Diphtheria […]

Lt. Thomas Jacob Duckett, Jr Co I 3rd Regt. SC Inf. Birth: Jan. 4, 1842 Death: May 27, 1919 Family links: Parents: Thomas Jacob Duckett (1796 – 1870) Marrcissa Dillard Duckett (1799 – 1881) Spouses: Clarissa Barksdale Duckett (1846 – 1882)* Edna A. Workman Duckett (1844 – 1928)* Inscription: Lt. Co I 3rd Regt. SC […]

Dr Edward Mortimer Boykin Birth: May 17, 1820 Camden, Kershaw County South Carolina, USA Death: Nov. 10, 1891 Camden, Kershaw County South Carolina, USA Son of John and Charlotte Mortimer Boykin. Edward, who was a physician, was elected on September 21, 1861, as first lieutenant, Mounted Squadron of Rifles, and promoted to captain on September […]

Lt. William Lancaster Grubbs Co D 2nd SC Rifles Birth: Sep. 27, 1836 Anderson County South Carolina, USA Death: Jun. 7, 1929 Kent County Texas, USA son of John Mitchell Grubbs – Nancy Ann Cox When William Grubbs was 19 years of age, he married Permelia Jane Fant on 20 December 1855 in South Carolina. […]

Major Gen Matthew C Butler Birth: Mar. 8, 1836 Greenville, South Carolina Death: Apr. 14, 1909 Civil War Confederate Major General, US Senator. He was born in Greenville, South Carolina. He was the nephew of naval heroes Oliver Hazard and Matthew Calbraith Perry, and former South Carolina Governor and Mexican War hero, Pierce Mason Butler. […]

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 […]

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. […]