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In Honor and Remembrance of Our Ancestors
Who Fought or Served in the American Civil War
CONFEDERATES
Pvt. Robert Bascum Blankenship
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Pvt. Robert Bascum Blankenship
39th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Company I
Cumming's Brigade, Stephenson's Division,
E. Kirby Smith's Corps
C.S.A.
Prisoner of War
Robert Blankenship was born in Yancey County, North Carolina in 1844 and settled with his family in Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia on December 24, 1858. He joined the 39th Georgia Infantry on March 4th, 1862. He fought at Bridgeport, Alabama, and then in Gen. Bragg's 1862 Kentucky Campaign through the Cumberland Mountains. He fought at Mt. Sterling, Covington, and Frankfort, Kentucky. From there he went to Knoxville, Tennessee. Afterwards, he went to Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he was wounded during the Battle of Baker's Creek on May 16, 1863 and lost his left leg below the hip. He was captured and paroled on May 19, 1863. He died on January 29, 1929, in Plains, Georgia and is buried in Gordon County, Georgia. He also had two brothers to serve - one in the 65th GA Inf., Co. A, and the other in the 11th GA Inf., Co. D.
(G-G-Grandfather of Greg Wright)
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Pvt. Francis Marion Hesterly
19th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Company A
C.S.A.
Prisoner of War
Francis Marion Hesterly was born on September 29, 1836. He enlisted in Company A of the 19th Georgia Volunteer Infantry along with his brother, Thomas, on June 11, 1861. This company was raised in Fulton County and was called the "Georgia Volunteers." They spent the winter of 1861-1862 in garrison duty at Manassas Junction. In the spring of 1862, they joined a brigade at Yorktown under the command of Gen. John Bell Hood. During the Peninsula Campaign, the 19th GA fought at West Point, Seven Pines,
Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Frazier's Farm and Malvern Hill. Hood rose to division command and James Jay Archer assumed command of the brigade now in
AP Hill's "Light Division". The brigade lost heavily at Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas, Antietam, and at Fredericksburg. Marion was captured either sometime during the Peninsula Campaign or at Cedar Mountain and was paroled from Ft. Monroe, VA on Sept. 1, 1862. He rejoined his regiment before Antietam.
In early 1863, the 19th GA was transfered to Alfred Colquitt's brigade (the 28th's brigade). After Chancellorsville, the brigade was sent to Charleston to take part in the defense of the city and in February of 1864 fought at Olustee, FL. In May of 1864, the 19th GA found itself back in Virginia. It took part in the fighting at Drewry's Bluff, Cold Harbor, and the defense of Petersburg. Ordered to North Carolina to help stem the advance of Sherman, their last fight was at Bentonville, N.C.
Francis was captured the last day of this battle, March 21, 1865. He was taken to New Bern, N.C. and sent by ship to Hart's Island, N.Y. arriving there on April 10, 1865. He was released June 15 and from there - walked home to Georgia. He was a "railroad man" before and after the war. He died on May 13, 1915.
(G-G-G-Grandfather of Gene Harmon)
Pvt. Thomas B. Hesterly
19th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Company A
C.S.A.
Thomas Hesterly was born in 1843. He enlisted in Company A of the 19th Georgia Volunteer Infantry along
with his brother, Francis, on June 11, 1861. This company was raised in
Fulton County and was called the "Georgia Volunteers." Thomas never saw
action. He was discharged on February 1, 1862 on account of a fractured leg
and ankle joint sustained in a train accident. The injury required surgery.
(G-G-G-G-Uncle of Gene Harmon)
Pvt. John Ross Hooks & wife
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Pvt. John Ross Hooks
53rd Alabama (Hannon's) Partisan Rangers
Company E
C.S.A.
John Ross was a private with Company E, 53rd Alabama Partisan Rangers. This unit was better known as Hannon's Partisan Rangers and they participated in more than eighty-five various types of engagements during the war. The photo is of Mary Ann and John Ross Hooks.
(G-G-Grandfather of Sue Oswalt and G-G-G-Grandfather of Jimmy Oswalt)
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Pvt. John Jackson
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Pvt. John Jackson
1st Alabama Cavalry
Company C
33rd Alabama Volunteer Infantry
C.S.A.
John Jackson was born in Sinking Cove, Tennessee in 1842. He joined Company C, 1st Alabama Cavalry. and was later a member of the 33rd Alabama Regiment from August 1862 to December 1864. He was wounded three times and saw action at Marietta, Georgia, Chickamauga, and Nashville, Tennessee.
(Ancestor of Chester Jackson)
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Pvt. Francis Marion Massingill
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Pvt. Francis Marion Massingill
28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Company G
C.S.A.
Francis Marion Massingill enlisted as a Private in Company G, 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, on August 12, 1861. The roll for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. There are no later records. He died in 1867.
(G-G-G-Uncle of Lamar Bennett)
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Pvt. Issac N. Mincey
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Pvt. Issac N. Mincey
65th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Company F
C.S.A.
Issac Mincey enlisted as a Private in Co. D Infantry Battalion, Smith's Legion, Georgia Volunteers, on June 17, 1862. He transferred to Co. F, 65th Regiment Georgia Infantry in March, 1863. He was in the hospital from Feb. 10 - Aug. 30, 1864. Pension records state he died of chronic diarrhea at home on sick furlough on May 31, 1864.
(G-G-G-Grandfather of Jerry and Jack Holmes)
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Pvt. Kinchen C. Mincey
65th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Company F
C.S.A.
Kinchen Mincey was born in Habersham County, Georgia, on July 27, 1838. He enlisted as a Private in Co. D, Infantry Battalion, Smith's Legion, Georgia Volunteers, on June 17, 1862. He was on detached service at Loudon, Tennessee in December, 1862. He transferred to Co. F., 65th Regiment Georgia Infantry, in March, 1863. He was detailed as a sapper and miner with the Engineer Corps in August, 1863. The roll dated Aug. 31, 1864, last on file, shows him absent, on detached service with Capt. McCally by order of Gen. Buckner.
(G-G-G-G-Uncle of Jerry and Jack Holmes)
Capt. Stephen Pollard
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Capt. Stephen Pollard
7th Regimental Cavalry
Company B
40th Regimental Georgia Volunteers
Company G
C.S.A.
Stephen Pollard was born in Fayette, Carroll County, GA on August 19, 1829 and married Mary A. Vines on July 27, 1850. He enlisted June, 1862 in Carroll County, GA with the 7th Regimental Cavalry, Company B, also known as "Claiborne's Regimental Partisan Rangers/7th Regimental Confederate Partisan Rangers" (transferred from Company B to Company L, 7th Confederate Cavalry in March, 1863). In June of 1862, he was a private, moving to the rank of Captain in September of 1863, then 1st Corp January of 1864, but then demoted back to private in July of 1864. He was a member of this cavalry regiment until April 29, 1864 when he was detailed home to buy a horse (he lost his on April 28, 1864). He was cut off from his company/regiment at the time Union General Sherman and the Yankee army took Atlanta and Confederate General Hood and the
Confederate army retreated. He is listed as AWOL from Company L, 7th Regimental Confederate Cavalry, when he actually joined up with General Hood's army in Company G, 40th Regimental GA Volunteers. He served with this unit until General Hood surrendered his army to General Sherman in April, 1865 in North Carolina. At the age of 70, Stephen Pollard died in Temple, Haralson County, GA on October 24, 1899. His widow, Mary, lived until shortly after the turn of the century, dying in 1904. Both graves are in Liberty Christian Church Cemetary, Haralson County, in Temple, Georgia.
(G-G-Grandfather of Pappy Harmon)
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Pvt. Marcus B. Toney
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Pvt. Marcus B. Toney
1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry
Company B
44th Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Company C
C.S.A.
Prisoner of War
Marcus Toney enlisted as a private in Company B, 1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry on May 10, 1861 in Nashville, Tennessee. He fought at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, on October 8, 1862, and was voluntarily captured while attending to the CSA wounded left behind. He was later paroled and rejoined his unit. He then fought at the Battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. While at Dalton, Georgia in March, 1864, he transferred to the 44th Virginia Company C in Virginia to fight with his cousin. He fought at the Battle of the Wilderness and then at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, where he was captured at the Mule Shoe Salient. He was imprisoned for the remainder of the war at Pt. Lookout, Maryland, and later at Elmira, New York. He was discharged June 15, 1865. In 1905, he wrote about his war experiences in the book The Privations of a Private. He died in 1929 and was buried at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.
(Ancestor of Steve Toney)
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FEDERALS
Pvt. William Walter Fritts
1st Tennessee Infantry
Company F
U.S.A.
William Walter Fritts mustered into the Union army in Anderson County, Tennessee, in about 1861 or 1862. He fought in the Atlanta Campaign and after the fall of Atlanta, his unit was relieved August 11 and ordered to Knoxville, Tenn. He served on duty there and in East Tennessee till March, 1865. He took part in an expedition from Irish Bottom to Evans' Island on January 25, 1865. He was ordered to Cumberland Gap on March 16, 1865, and served duty there till August. He mustered out August 8, 1865. No photo is available at this time.
(Ancestor of James Campbell)
Capt. William L. Hurst
and son
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Capt. William L. Hurst
11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry
U.S.A.
Prisoner of War
William Hurst was born on Dec. 5, 1829, in Quicksand Creek, Breathitt County, Kentucky. He lived in Jackson, Ky., where he was a lawyer, Unionist, and slaveowner with his father, but sold all but two of his slaves prior to the Civil War. He received a commission in 1862 as Captain, and while recruiting his own cavalry company, fought with Confederate guerrillas near Lee City, Ky. William was shot in the eye and taken prisoner along with his father. They were sent to Libby Prison, where they were both eventually exchanged for 40 Confederate civilians. William then recruited two companies for the 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.) and began to recruit a third when he accepted a position in 1863 as Commissioner of the Board of Enrollment for the 9th Ky. District. After the war he settled in Campton, Kentucky, where he continued in law and politics throughout Eastern Ky. until his death on Oct. 14, 1920.
(Father-in-law of Joyce Toney's aunt, June Hatton Hurst.)
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Sgt. James S. McConnell
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Sgt. James S. McConnell
15th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
Company A
U.S.A.
James McConnell joined the U.S. Army at the age of 16 at Munsfordville, Kentucky, on May 20, 1862. He served with the 15th Kentucky, Co. A (U.S.) and fought at Perryville, Stones River (where he was wounded), Chickamauga and the Atlanta Campaigns. He was discharged at Lexington, N.C., on July 17, 1865. He returned to his home in Shelby County, Kentucky, and made his living as a carpenter, blacksmith and wagon builder until his death on July 3rd, 1915, at Clay Village, Kentucky.
(G-Grandfather of Jere and Tony McConnell)
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Pvt. Joshua Oliver
86th Ohio Infantry
1st Ohio Heavy Artillery
2nd Minnesota Cavalry
U.S.A.
Joshua Oliver enlisted at age 18 as a private in Co F, 86th Ohio Infantry, on May 28, 1862, and mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio, on Sept. 25, 1862. He then enlisted at age 19 as a private in Co I, 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery Regt., on June 23, 1863. He mustered out some time in 1864. He enlisted at age 21 as a private in Co I, 2nd Minnesota Cavalry Regt., on May 9, 1864. He mustered out on November 22, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee. He survived the war and went on to settle in the Dakota territories. No photo is available at this time.
(G-G-Grandfather of Robert W. Hughes)
Capt. Oliver G. Smith
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Capt. Oliver G. Smith
3rd Ohio Cavalry
Company F
17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Companies B & H
U.S.A.
Oliver Smith enlisted on Aug. 17, 1861, at the age of 33 and was commissioned as a Captain of the 3rd Ohio Cavalry, Company F. The initial term of enlistment was for three years. On Sept. 15, 1862, he fought at the battle of Munfordville, Kentucky, where he was thrown from his horse and injured. He was subsequently discharged from the cavalry on Oct. 26, 1862, where he returned to his home in Michigan. After recovering, he re-enlisted on March 31, 1864, as a private in the 17th Michigan Infantry, Company B. He fought at the Battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House. On July 10, 1864, he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and was given command of Company H. During the siege of Petersburg, he was discharged from the Army on Feb. 27, 1864, and returned to Michigan. No records exist of why he was discharged, but he eventually received a pension for acute dysentery in 1890 and died three months later on Sept. 24 at the age of 62.
(G-G-G-Grandfather of Mark C. Thomann)
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Peter Waymire
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Peter Waymire
135th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Company H
U.S.A.
Peter Waymire served with Company H, 135th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Volunteers. He served for 100 days and during this time he was at Nashville, Tennessee and Stephens, Alabama. His rank is unknown.
(G-Grandfather of Joe Oswalt and G-G-Grandfather of Jimmy Oswalt)
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- CIVILIANS -
Jacob Conrad Edelman
Photo from Joe Adams Collection,
re850826@edelman-rp.com,
All Rights Reserved.
Obituary
Drawdy Cemetery
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Jacob Conrad Edelman
(1835-1918)
Prisoner of War
Jacob Edelman was born in Rainrod, Vogelsberg, Germany, in 1835. In 1847, Jacob immigrated to the U.S. and eventually settled in what was to become West Virginia. From the start of the Civil War in 1861, he worked on a steamboat and used a local mill to grind grain for Confederate soldiers. In 1863 he was arrested by Union soldiers for aiding the Confederacy and imprisoned at Brownstown (now Marmet), W. Va. His case was appealed and he was eventually released on the grounds of foreign protection, since he was not a naturalized citizen and thus did not hold loyalties to either side. After the war he became a US citizen, an engineer, school trustee, postmaster, land agent, County Commissioner, a member and later president of the Boone County Court, and was elected to the state legislature and served two terms as a member of the House of Delegates. He died in 1918 and is buried at Drawdy Cemetery in Boone County, West Virginia.
(G-G-Grandfather of Steve Toney)
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