Category: South Carolina

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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

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 […]

Pvt. Jacob Cannon Co G, 10th SC Inf Birth: 1839 Horry County South Carolina, USA Death: Feb. 7, 1934 Horry County South Carolina, USA Enlisted January 7, 1862 (Col. Manigault) & served in Co G, 10th SC Infantry, CSA (Horry Rough & Ready Infantry). Medal of Honor Recipient awarded for his actions in the Battle […]

Pvt. Elisha Tyler of Horry County, SC. He served in Co B, Manigault’s Battalion SC Artillery, CSA. He has the red trim on his uniform that was hand tinted during the WBTS. Pvt. Tyler is buried at Bayboro Baptist Church in Horry, SC. There is a small bridge in that area named after him also. […]

Pvt. Elisha Capers Bunch Birth: Feb. 13, 1828 Death: Sep. 19, 1893 Family links: Parents: John Elisha Bunch (1783 – 1839) Isabella Bunch (1796 – 1852) Spouse: Harriet Elizabeth Crawford Bunch (1856 – 1912) Children: Eliza A. Coley (1873 – 1914)* Catherine O. Isabella Bunch Jernigan (1876 – 1962)* Caroline Edith Bunch Blitch Robertson (1877 […]

Pvt James Hogan Doyle Co G 7th SC Cav Birth: 1846 South Carolina, USA Death: 1933 Texas, USA He was wounded in 1864 at the battle of Cold Harbor. Twin brother of William Earl Doyle,both served in Company G, 7th South Carolina Cavalry, Gary’s Brigade . Burial: Granbury Cemetery Granbury Hood County Texas, USA https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9283900/james-hogan-doyle

Private John Alex Sarter Co. B, 18th SC Infantry, 1835-1933. He has a VA upright Confederate stone and is buried in the Wyatt Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery in Union County, SC. http://www.confederatedigest.com/2009/09/niece-of-black-confederate-veteran-tells-her-story.html