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The
Spartanburg Herald, Wednesday, August 17, 1910
Confederate
Veterans’ Edition
“The
Confederate Soldiers of Spartanburg County”
Anderson, James M. – Born July 26, 1835,
Spartanburg. Enlisted September 1861, Co. B., 13th S.C.V.,
Capt. B.T. Brockman. Transferred to McGowan’s Brigade. Farming.
Adair, George W. – Born July 4, 1846,
Fountain Inn. Enlisted September 1862, Co. l., 10th S.C.V.,
Capt. Edward Roberts. Slightly wounded in front of Atlanta. Farming.
Brown, Joe – Born at Spartanburg. Enlisted
in 1864, Co., B. Capt. John Wheeler, 22nd S.C. Farmer
Ballard, Tom – Born Nov. 20, 1841, Polk
County, N.C. Enlisted Co. K., 50th Reg., Capt. Sam Wilkins.
Farming.
Barnett, William H. – Born April 13, 1842,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted Aug. 21, 1861, Co. B., 1st S.C.V.
Cav., Capt. N.N. Nesbitt. Wounded at Gettysburg, third day of battle.
Farmer.
Brannon, Rufus – Born July 14, 1846,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted May 1864, Co. A., 1st S.C. Bat.,
Capt. D.A. Smith. Transferred to 3rd Reg. Farming.
Brannon, Augustus G. – Born Nov. 6, 1841,
near Boiling Springs. Enlisted about Nov. 3, 1861, Co. C., Holcombe
Legion, Capt. Jno. Earle Bomar. Was in quartermaster’s department at
close of war. Wounded at Petersburg Oct. 7, 1864, on picket lines.
Farmer.
Byars, Joseph – Born Oct. 22, 1832, Union.
Enlisted Sept. 3, 1861, Co. F., 18th S.C. Reg., Capt. Felix
Walker. Wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865. Farming.
Bragg, Jonas Brewton – Born March 23, 1844,
near Woodruff. Enlisted Dec. 27, 1861, Spartan Guards, Holcombe Legion,
infantry, Capt. W.P. Roebuck. Was prisoner at Point Lookout at close of
war. Farming. “Served in the Army of Northern Virginia in 1862. In
Mississippi in 1863, siege of Charleston, fall of 1863, and in siege of
Petersburg in 1864 and 1865. Captured in the enemy’s works on March 23,
1865 after making a successful charge in their lines. I was 21 years old
the day I was captured.”
Burroughs, Thaddeus C. – Born April 12, 1836,
Mobile, Ala. Enlisted 1861, Co. C., 3rd Reg., Capt. Benjamin
Kennedy. Transferred from Richmond, Va., to Charleston, S.C. Wounded at
Petersburg in front of the blow-up. Farmer. “I was transferred from
Richmond, Va., to Charleston, S.C., then back to Petersburg, Va. Was
wounded through shoulder and was confined in bed 15 months.”
Bonner, Andrew Jackson – Born Feb. 12,
1848, Grassy Pond. Enlisted Oct. 20, 1864, Co. E., 4th Reg.,
Capt. J.S. Ezell. Was promoted to 3rd lieutenant. Was 3rd
lieutenant at close of war. Preaching and farming. “Our army was
disbanded at Spartanburg after surrender.”
Bradley, Thomas D. – Born Feb. 22, 1846,
Rutherfordton, N.C. Enlisted Feb. 22, 1863, Co. I., 50th N.C.
Reg., Capt. John Eaves. Farming.
Bright, Toyyas – Born May 6, 1841, near
Spartanburg, Enlisted 1861, Co. C., Evans’ Regiment, Capt. May, Slightly
wounded in last year of war at Jackson, Miss. Farming
Cannon, William Clark – Born Aug. 24, 1841,
New Prospect. Enlisted Aug. 1861, Co. C., 13th S.C. Reg.,
Capt. D.R. Duncan. Discharged from regular service and went into a
mounted home guard company. Was first lieutenant at close of war.
Merchant.
Clifton, Wesley H. – Born March 27, 1835,
Union Co., Enlisted August 1861, Co. B., 15th S.C. Reg., Capt.
William Gist. Wounded in the battle of the Wilderness and Gettysburg.
Farmer. “I remember all the battles, but took no special note of any
incident that I can relate, as I never have been reconstructed. I have
never attended any reunion.”
Carlisle, Dr. James H. – Born at Winnsboro,
May 4, 1825, graduated South Carolina College, 1845; professor of
mathematics, Wofford College, 1854-1875; president Wofford College,
1875-1902; president emeritus 1902-1909; died at Spartanburg, Oct. 21,
1909.
Casey, James – Born 1834, Hobbysville, S.C.
Enlisted May 1862, Co. E., Capt. George Dean, 2nd S.C. Farmer.
Christopher, Meredith B. – Born Jan. 6, 1837,
at Reidville. Enlisted Feb. 1861, Co. K., 5th S.C. Reg., Capt.
William Choice. Wounded at James Mill, June 27, 1862. Farming.
Crow, Robert C. – Born Feb. 26, 1849, near
Enoree. Enlisted Dec. 1861, Co. B., 1st Reg. S.C.V., Capt. N.N.
Nesbitt. Wounded July 11, 1863, Boonesboro, Md. Farming.
Castleberry, Frank B. – Born July 8, 1848,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted 1864, Co. A., 4th S.C. Reg.,
Capt. Wright. Farming. “I was just a piece of a soldier. I belonged to
the little boy crowd, 4th S.C. State Troops.”
Connor, W.M. – Born Dec. 7, 1847,
Charleston. Enlisted August 1864, Co. F., 2nd Reg. S.C. Art.,
Capt. Tom Legare. Cotton and banking and salesman. “I surrendered with
Johnson’s army at Greensboro, N.C., April 26, 1865. Was in picket
skirmishes on James Island, S.C. and picket skirmishes in North Carolina,
and at battle of Averysboro, N.C., and also a battle of Bentonville, N.C.
Was never wounded, but had several balls to go through my hat and coat.
Had my right and left man cut down several times in engagements.”
Cantrell, J.C. – Born Feb. 28, 1840,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted June 1, 1861, Co. K. Hampton Legion, Capt.
J.C. Camp. Transferred to 16th N.C. Reg. Wounded at
Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. Farming. “Helped take 11,000 prisoners at
Harper’s Ferry.”
Dickson, David Samuel – Born Feb. 9, 1847,
Greenville Co. Enlisted May 10, 1864, Co. B., 1st S.C. Reserve
Force. Farming. “During the war I had a very serious case of measles,
which I have never gotten over from exposure. I know of no information I
can give in connection with the war.”
Dorrill, William Henry – Born Feb. 9, 1830,
Charleston. Enlisted April 1862, Marion’s Men of Winyah, 7th
S.C. Cav., Capt. John H, Tucker, Detailed report Capt. Joseph Brown at
Georgetown, S.C. Assistant quartermaster at close of war. Commission
merchant, county official and merchant. “Went in camp at Camp Marion at
Georgetown, S.C., Nov. 1861. Ordered to Pawley’s Island, coast defense,
by Gen. A.M. Manigault, where mustered into Confederate service in April
1862. Ordered to Virginia, May 1862. Remained in service until surrender
of General Robert E. Lee.”
Dearman, Samuel Decatur – Born Dec. 23, 1830,
near Ashville, N.C. Enlisted October 1861, Reeley Rifles, Greenville Reg.,
Capt. T.B. Roberts. Contracting and building. “We enlisted for one year.
When reorganized, enlisted for three years, or during the war. Elected
other officers. Then I belonged to the 16th S.C. Reg., orderly
sergeant Co. A., Capt. C.M. McDunklin, Col. McCulough. I was taken sick
at ****, Miss., on the 12th of December 1864. The regiment
left me at Salem, Ala. The general was wounded in the foot and could not
ride and left his horse for me to ride home. I was at the surrender. He
gave me furlough for 20 days after I delivered his horse. The surrender
came on me at home.”
Dillard, John Turner – Born Nov. 14, 1832,
Laurens County. Enlisted April 23, 1862, Co. B., 13th S.C.
Reg., Capt. Ben Brockman. Wounded Aug. 23, 1862, second battle of
Manassas. Farmer.
Dillard, G.M. – Born 1844, near Clinton.
Enlisted 1862, Co. G., 16th S.C. Reg., Capt. Gilreath.
Farming. “In battle near Atlanta, Ga., and Franklin, Tenn.”
Drummond, Seaborn Simpson – Born Sept. 20,
1844, near Woodruff. Enlisted Sept. 1862, Co. B., 1st S.C. Cav.,
Capt. Niles Nesbitt. Farmer.
Erwin, Thomas G. – Born March 20, 1854,
Spartanburg District. Enlisted first of war, Co. A., Holcombe Legion,
Capt. A.C. Brown. Farming.
Ezell, Samuel Bryson – Born Feb. 8, 1847,
Spartanburg County. Graduated from Wofford College, 1875. Enlisted June
1864, Co. D., 2nd Bat. S.C. Reserves, Capt. D.H. Smith. Was
second sergeant and battalion guide at close of war. Deputy sheriff
1868-73; student at Wofford College 1873-75; merchant 1876-1910.
Ezell, Landrum C. – Born May 16, 1843, near
Gaffney. One year Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Enlisted June
28, 1861, Cowpens Guards, 9th S.C. Reg., Col. Blanding
commanding, Capt. William M. Foster. Re-enlisted Feb. 8, 1862, Co. H.,
Palmetto Sharpshooters. Promoted to second sergeant, after disabled,
commissary sergeant, Bratton’s Brigade. Wounded at Frazer’s Farm, June
30, 1862, and Spottsylvania May 12, 1864. Preacher. “Participated in the
following battles; Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Gaines’ Mill, Frazer’s Farm,
in 1862; in the Wills Valley fight in 1863; in the Wilderness, May 6, 8,
and 12, 1864; in quite a number of skirmishes and smaller battles. At
Frazer’s Farm wounded in left arm and hand; in the evening of the 12th
of May shot in right hand and thigh near Spottsylvania. Joined the
regiment in August 1864, and was in the commissary department until the
surrender. Heard General Lee’s address to the soldiers, not far from the
apple tree near where my wagons were packed.”
Epting, George – Born in 1836, Newberry.
Enlisted 1864, Co. I., 9th S.C. Reg., Capt. W.D. Camp.
Transferred to 5th S.C. Reg. Promoted to orderly sergeant of 5th
Reg. Carpenter.
Fowler, William Dixon – Born April 21, 1844,
Laurens County. Enlisted July 1862, Co. E., James’ 3rd S.C.
Bat., Capt. W.H. Fowler, (my father). Was orderly sergeant at close of
war. Principally planting. “Was severely wounded at Snod Grass Hill and
Chickamauga, was slightly wounded at Knoxville, Tenn., was captured at
battle of Cedar Run, Va., but escaped at night; was dangerously wounded at
battle Spottsylvania Court House, Va. Our battalion was partly or wholly
engaged in all the principal battles of Virginia. The company went in 120
strong and was recruited along during the war and my recollection is that
there were only about 20 at the surrender, which occurred at Greensboro,
N.C., April 1865.
Franklin, Young F. – Born August 19, 1841, in
Union County. Enlisted April 1, 1861, Co. D., Capt. Tom Ferguson, 3rd
S.C. Was scout for Johnson army at close of war. Wounded at Cedar Run
October 1863. Farmer.
Gardner, Newman A. – Born March 11, 1833 in
Cleveland County, N.C. Enlisted in 1861, Co. K., Capt. John Brown
Jenkins. Was nurse in hospital at close of war. Farmer.
Galbraith, R.D. – Born Nov. 13, 1848,
Yorkville, S.C. Enlisted Nov. 17, 1864, Co. G., Capt. Robert McClure, 4th
Regiment. Promoted to Orderly Sergeant. Merchant.
Green, John W. – Born Feb. 23, 1848, near
Wadesboro, N.C. Enlisted March 1864, Co. B., Freeman’s Bat., Capt. Henry
Allen. Farming and merchandising.
Gentry, L. Miles – Born Oct. 19, 1826,
Spartanburg. Enlisted in Co. K. under Capt. Joe Walker, Jenkins’
Regiment. Transferred to quartermaster’s department to take tax in time.
Farmer and sheriff. “Deputy United States Marshall sent me to Washington,
D.C., with Col. Avery and James Herndon, of York County, and Robert
Aldrich, of Barnwell. Was there 57 days waiting Ku Klux committee. Came
home and was arrested as a Ku Klux; kept in Castle Thunder with about 85
Democrats three weeks. Sent to Columbia jail; was in room with 7 sheriffs
and ex-sheriffs. Never got before United States commissioner. Still
under bond.”
Gowan, M.V. – Born Oct. 13, 1833, Spartanburg
Co., Enlisted July 16, 1861, Co. 1, Holcombe Legion, Capt. W.P. Bishop.
Was promoted to corporal. Wounded Aug. 30, 1862, at second Manassas.
Farmer
Gordon, Francis Marion – Born Dec. 8, 1836,
Laurens County. Enlisted April 10, 1861, Co. D., 3rd S.C.
Reg., Capt. T.B. Ferguson. Was first lieutenant at close of way. Wounded
at Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, 1863. Farmer.
Hill, G.W. – Born May 25, 1839. Enlisted
September 1861, Co. A. Capt. Bill Smith. Holcombe Legion Infantry. Was
in prison at close of war at Point Lookout. Farmer.
Howe, Henry – Born July 30, 1848, Wellford.
Enlisted October 1864, Co. l., 4th S.C. Reg., Capt. Tom Wood.
Carpenter.
Hall, John C. – Born Jan. 26, 1831, New
Prospect. Enlisted July 1, 1862. Co. F., 7th S.C. Reg., Capt.
Head. Wounded Sept. 12, 1862, Sharpsburg, Md. Farming
Hembree, W.M. – Born Dec. 4, 1846, Union
County. Enlisted July 1864, Co. A., Ballinger’s Bat., Capt. Daniel
Smith. Transferred to Gist’s Guards. Farmer. “I went out with the S.C.
Reserves, 1864. In January 1864, I was transferred to the Gist Guards,
Capt. Chichester, Heavy Artillery.”
Hill, G.W. – Born May 23, 1839, Tennessee.
Enlisted Sept. 1861, Co. A., Holcombe Legion, Infantry, Capt. Ben Smith.
Was in prison at Point Lookout at close of war. Farming.
Holtzclaw, Thomas W. – Born Oct. 12, 1845,
Spartanburg Co., Wounded in 1864at Fort Harrison, near Petersburg.
Farmer. “I enlisted first in Co. H., Holtzclaw Co., Heyward Bat., James
Island, 1863, Transferred to Co. F., 1st Reg. S.C.V., Bratton’s
Brigade, in 1864. I was with General Lee when he surrendered at
Appomattox or near that place. Louis Southern, at Greenville, was
captain.”
Hughey, James R. – Born Feb. 28, 1839,
Newberry. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861, Thickety Rifles, Capt. Boyd, 15th
S.C.V. Promoted to 1st Corporal. Wounded July 3, 1863 at
Gettysburg, Pa. Farmer
Irwin, T.A. – Born Sept. 18, 1846,
Greenville. Enlisted spring of 1864, Spartan Rangers, attached to 1st
S.C. Cav., Capt. W.T. Wilkins. Southern Railway clerk, freight office.
“Spring of 1862, while with Holcombe’s Legion – I, at age of 15, and my
father, William Irwin, at age of 44, fought side by side on march to
battle, coming to swollen stream, I carried our guns and my father carried
me, only one got wet. In 1865 my life was saved by being a good swimmer.”
Jackson, Stephen – Son of Henry Jackson and
Mary Blakeney. Born in Chesterfield County, S.C., Feb. 14, 1808; his
parents then living in the northwestern part of the county, where he also
lived during his entire life. He was elected to the legislature and
served as a member from this county two terms, from 1832, and was also
re-elected after the war, serving in the early seventies. From 1852 to
1854 he held the office of sheriff and was with Judge Henry McIver. Also
held the office of county commissioner for thirty-seven years and there,
perhaps, has been no citizen of the country who knew it better or was
better known throughout its bounds. He was a man of robust health and was
rarely ever sick. On the 18th day of November 1887, he died at
his home, near Mr. Croghan, at the ripe age of nearly eighty years.
Johnson, J.J. – Born Aug. 7, 1839, Greenville
County. Enlisted August 1861, Co. F., 13th S.C. Reg., Capt.
Compton. Wounded Dec. 13, at Fredericksburg. Farming. “Lost left arm.”
Johnson, Richard Neptune – Born Oct. 14,
1840, Rutherford County, N.C. Enlisted Feb. 1862, Co. G., 1st
S.C. Rifles, Capt. W.H. Pennonneau. Farming. “Served most of the time
with heavy artillery around Charleston. Was at Averysboro and
Bentonville, and surrendered at Greensboro.”
James, Jas. M. – Born Sept. 16, 1840, Union
County. Enlisted June 3, 1861, Co. F., 5th Reg. S.C.V., Capt.
A. H. Foster. Re-organized into Co. I., 5th Reg. Capt. William
Camp. Was in prison at Fort Delaware at close of war. Slightly wounded
at Seven Pines. Farming. “Was not sick a day during war and never missed
guard duty or roll call.”
Jeffreys, John Floyd – Born Nov. 14, 1848, at
Yorkville. Enlisted Nov. 17, 1864, Co. G., 4th S.C.M., Capt.
Robert McClure. Was sergeant at close of war. Clerking and
merchandising.
Kimbrell, J. S. – Born March 3, 1842 in
Spartanburg. Enlisted in 1864. Co. B., Capt. William Smith Johnson
Battalion. Farmer.
Kirby, A.H. – Born Jan. 1, 1829, Spartanburg
County. Academic education. Enlisted January 1861, Jenkins’ Regiment,
State Troops, Capt. John Beason. Transferred to quartermaster’s
department. Quartermaster for tax in kind at close of war. Farmer,
county commissioner and magistrate. “I was at home the most of the time
during the war. My business before the war was merchandising. Two of my
clerks volunteered and both were killed, or died. One was killed in the
battle of Seven Pines, in Virginia, the other died in Charleston while in
service. Not being in a condition to go to the front at the beginning of
hostilities I was placed in the quartermaster’s department.”
Knight, Miles Marion – Born Jan. 24, 1830,
near Reidville. Enlisted in fall of 1861, Co. B., 13th S.C.
Reg., Capt. B.F. Brockman. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Chancellorsville,
Spottsylvania, Deep Bottom and Fussel’s Mills. Farmer. “Surrendered at
Appomatox.”
Killian, David E. – Born Feb. 4th
1838, Catawba County, N.C. Enlisted in 1861. Co. A. Capt. W. Goss,
Palmetto Sharp Shooters. Carpenter.
Knighton, Miles Oliver – Born Jan. 29,1834 on
Tyger river. Enlisted Dec. 25, 1861, Co. E., 18th S.C. Reg.
Capt. A.M. Tucker. Farming.
Knight, Miles Marion – Born Jan. 24, 1830,
near Reidville. Enlisted in Fall of 1861, Co. B., Capt. B.F. Brockman, 13th
S.C. Regiment. Was wounded at Cold Harbor, Chancellorsville,
Spottsylvania, Deep Bottom, and Fussells Mills. Farmer. Surrendered at
Appomattox.
Leonard, John Percy – Born June 14, 1846 at
Reidville, Enlisted August 1864, Spartan Rangers, Capt. William Wilkins.
Farmer
Littlejohn, James Andrew – Born Oct. 25,
1841, Pacolet Mills. Enlisted Feb. 1861, Co. G., Pacolet Guards, 5th
S.C. Reg., Capt. J.Q. Carpenter. Was corporal at close of war. Wounded
at Seven Pines, May 5, 1862. Farmer.
Law, Thomas Hart – Born Aug. 26, 1838,
Hartsville. Graduated at the Citadel and Charleston & Columbia
Theological Seminary. Enlisted July 1863. Chaplain at Fort Caswell,
N.C. Minister. “I was in the theological seminary when the war began,
and after entering the ministry was sent by my presbytery to serve as
chaplain in the army, and went for that purpose to Fort Caswell, N.C.”
Lee, Jerry R. – Born Oct. 15, 1847,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted August 1864, Co. B., 1st S.C.
Bat., Capt. Daniel Smith. Transferred to Co. K., 3rd Reg.
Farming. “I surrendered with Johnson’s army in North Carolina, returning
home May 15, 1865.”
Lucas, Robert Hume – Born Aug. 16, 1825,
Charleston. Enlisted in beginning of war and served through to the end.
Was engineer of coast defenses generally. Never higher rank than that of
captain of engineers. Varied and eventful. “Did all I could, as best I
could. Am too feeble to write incidents, personal or otherwise, but make
effort to tell of a little thing I never have seen in any history of the
war. Over the gate of Fort Sumter floated a large flag and on its face
were the words ‘Lasiate ogul sperangavoie che outrante’ all arranged by
General Ripley and the interpretation, ‘Who enters here leaves all hope
behind.’ All taken from the Italian poet, Dante, who gives these words as
being on the portals of hell. All remained until finally shot to pieces
by the guns of the enemy on Horn’s Island. I merely mention the
circumstance, as it has never appeared in any history of the war, that I
know of. Old Sherman said once ‘War was hell.’ He did much to make it
more so. ‘Now on the brink of the River Jordan and about to cross over a
breaking old canoe, without ballast and a broken paddle.’”
Mahaffy, Madison Powland – Born May 1, 1842,
Spartanburg. Enlisted in 1861, Co. I. Capt. Ed. Roberts, 16th
Regiment. Wounded near Atlanta, June 1863. Farmer.
Morgan, Levi Jefferson – Born May 10, 1840,
Greenville County. Enlisted in winter of 1862, Co. H., 16th
S.C.V., Capt. Fusman. Slightly wounded at Greensboro, doing picket duty
in 1865. Farming and cotton milling.
Moore, Nathan N. – Born 1831, North Carolina.
Enlisted 1861, Co. K, SC reg., Capt. Bridges. Farming.
Montgomery, Benjamin Landrum – Born April 10,
1841, Spartanburg County. Enlisted August 1861, Co. I, 7th
Texas Reg., Capt. William Brown. Wounded May 12th at Raymond,
Miss.
Morrow, George A. – Born Aug. 12, 1848, Glenn
Springs. Enlisted Nov. 1864, Co. A., 4th S.C. Reserves, Capt.
Thomas Wright. Farming.
McElrath, R.T. – Born Nov. 18, 1842,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted Dec. 28, 1862, Co. E., 2nd S.C.
Cav. Wounded at Sugar Loaf, S.C., by explosion. Farming. “I was in
battle at Gettysburg in 1863. I was forced to retreat and swim the
Potomac River. My pony was small and washed away. I caught to the tail
of a large Morland horse in front of me and went safe.”
Moseley, James H. – Born Nov. 29, 1839,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted Aug. 27, 1861, Co. E., 13th Reg.,
Capt. J.L. Wolford. Farmer. “I was in twenty-three pitched battles
besides the small ones and skirmishes. I was never wounded. I was with
Jackson when he was shot.”
McKinney, Thomas Inbilee – Born Aug. 18,
1845, Rutherford County, N.C. Enlisted 1862. Co. T., 1st N.C.
Cavalry, Captain Thines. Private. Farmer.
McMillin, John Washington – Born May 26, 1837
at Fingerville. Enlisted February 18, 1861, Co. F., 1st Reg.
Capt. Compton, Col. O.E. Edwards. Wounded at Fredericksburg December 18,
1861. Severe wound in arm. Farmer.
Miller, Edward Belton – Born June 27, 1844,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted 1863, Co. A., Holcombe Legion, Captain A.H.
Prown. Wounded in battles around Petersburg March 5, 1865, Farmer. “Was
in principal battles around Petersburg and served awhile at Fort Sumter.”
McAbee, Thomas Jefferson – Born June 15,
1845, Spartanburg County. Enlisted Jan. 10, 1862, Co. I., 5th
S.C. Reg. Captain Bill Camp. Farming and cotton milling.
Martin, Marcus L. – Born February 16, 1844,
in Spartanburg County. Enlisted March 11, 1862, Co. H. Capt. John
Martin. Palmetto Sharpshooters. Promoted to Corporal. Wounded at battle
of Wilderness. Farmer. “I was in all battles from Williamsburg to the
Wilderness.”
Mabrey, Robert – Born Oct. 24, 1845, Union
County. Enlisted Feb. 1, 1862, Co. B., 5th S.C. Reg., Capt.
D.A. Townsend. Farming and mill work.
Maybry, G.H. – Born May 14, 1846, Spartanburg
County. Enlisted May 1864, Co. K., 5th S.C. Reg., Capt.
William Choice. Wounded at the charge of Fort Harris, Sept. 30, 1864,
near Richmond, Va. Farmer. “One thing happened to me: After being left
on the battlefield wounded in three different places, while trying to
crawl out, I was halted and shot the fourth time.”
McBee, Alberry J. – Born Aug. 8, 1833,
Roebuck. Enlisted July 2, 1862, Co. A., State Guards, 3rd S.C.
Reg., Capts. Hants and Richardson. Wounded at Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 18,
1864. Farmer.
McAbee, Elisha – Born June 5, 1845, South
Carolina. Enlisted Co. I., 13th S.C. Reg., Capt. Frank Trenby.
Wounded at Petersburg. Farming.
Nolen, William Calvin – Born in March 15,
1838, Spartanburg. Enlisted Feb. 1, 1861, Co. E., 1st Art.
Capts. DeTreville and James P. Knight. Re-enlisted in 6th S.C.
Cav. Was prisoner at Raleigh, N.C., at close of war. Wounded September
1864, at Burgess’ Mill, near Petersburg. Farmer
Oxley, Stephen – Born Nov. 18, 1842, Lenior
County, N.C. Enlisted 1861, Co. A., 3rd N.C. Reg., Capt.
Robert Drazeel. Wounded May 3, 1863, at Chancellorsville. Farming.
O’Shields, W. D. – Born Nov. 29, 1838,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted Co. F., 13th S.C.V., known as
Pacolet Volunteers, Aug. 27, 1861, and served throughout the entire war.
Was taken prisoner April 9, 1865, and carried to Washington and held there
until the assassination of President Lincoln, after which he was
transferred to Johnson’s Island, Sandusky, Ohio, where he remained a
prisoner of war until its close. He was wounded at North Anna River May
13, 1864. He participated in Seven Days fighting around Richmond,
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, Gettysburg, Spottsylvania
and others. After the war he entered the profession of teaching, which he
followed for 35 successive years. For the past few years he has been in
very ill health and unable to do any work.
Pearson, William Jefferson – Born Aug. 10,
184*, Reidville. Enlisted August 1864, Co. A, 1st Reg., Capt.
Smith. Transferred from 18 year-old boys to 1st S.C. Reg.
Farming.
Potter, Sidney – Born in 1846 in Spartanburg
County. Enlisted in 1865, Co. A., Capt. Smith. Farmer. “I was
furloughed home taken sick with chills and I went to Greenville, S.C. with
17 year old boys.”
Potter, Abraham – Born in 1841, Spartanburg.
Enlisted in 1861, Co. K., Capt. John Brown, 5th S.C.
Transferred to 13th, S.C. Farmer.
Pedrson, T.M. – Born Dec. 16, 1846 at
Cashville, Spartanburg County. Co. K., 3rd Regiment. Captain
J.P. Wofford, 3rd, S.C.V. Private. Farmer.
Potter, Dock – Born Feb. 2, 1840 in
Spartanburg County, Co. E., Capt. Wofford, 13th S.C. Promoted
to Second Sergeant. Wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1864. Farmer.
Phillips, James S. – Born Oct. 25, 1841,
Union County. Enlisted December 1861, Co. F., 18th S.C. Reg.,
Capt. Felix Walker. Was orderly sergeant at close of war. Wounded May
20, 1864, at Clay’s Farm, Va. Grist and Cotton mills. “Taken prisoner
April 1, 1865, at Five Forks, Va. Contained at Point Lookout until June
17, 1865.”
Rains, James – Born Oct. 4, 1828, Buncombe
County, N.C. Enlisted in 1861, Co. D., 13th N.C. Reg., Capt.
Robertson. Was in prison at close of war. Farming.
Reid, S.B. – Born Dec. 13, 1846, Greenville
County. Enlisted August 1864, Co. B., 1st Bat., S.C. Reserves,
Capt. Edward Powell. Was sergeant at close of war. Merchandising.
Ross, Jesse H. – Born Oct. 3, 1845,
Spartanburg. Enlisted Dec. 7, 1862, Co. D., 19th S.C. Reg.,
Capt. Chedion. Was lieutenant at close of war. Carpenter.
Royston, William S. – Born July 8, 1841,
Spartanburg Co., Enlisted April 13, 1861, Co. C., 5th S.C.
Reg., Capt. J.H. McDowell. Wounded at Fraser’s Farm. Farming. “Capt.
R.B. Seay was first captain of company; after his death, Capt. William
Choice. He resigned and then Capt. J.H. McDowell. We all surrendered at
Appomattox Court House.”
Sharpe, Hugh T. – Born 1846, In Laurens Co.,
Enlisted July 14, 1864, Co. E., Williams Bat. Capt. E. Cooper.
Transferred to Black’s Cav., Co. E. Carpenter.
Solesbee, Henry Jefferson – Born Dec. 16,
1846, Spartanburg County. Enlisted June 1864, Co. C. 1st Bat.
Reserve Force, Capt. W.T. Wilkins, known as Spartanburg Rangers. Was
bugleman at close of war.
Seay, James Matthew – Born Feb. 11, 1842, at
Spartanburg. Enlisted in 1860, Co. C., Capt. George Cofield, Wounded at 2nd
Manassas. Farmer.
Stribling, James – Born 1837, Alabama.
Enlisted 1862. Co. E., 18th Reg. Captain Marvin Tucker.
Transferred to the Gist Guards. Farming.
Thomas, William T. – Born July 10, 1847, at
Cavins. Enlisted July 1864, Blackstock Co., 3rd Reg., Capt.
John Wofford. Was first corporal at close of war. Farming
Turner, John Akins – Born Sept. 7, 1848,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1864, Co E. 4th S.C.
Reg., Capt. Jno. Ezell. Wounded at Cheraw, S.C., March 1865. Farming.
“I was taken prisoner at Cheraw and paroled.”
Thomason, James A. – Born Jan *, 1842, Burke
County, N.C. Enlisted May 7, 1861, Co C. 16th Reg., Capt John
Pickens. Farmer. “At Cumberland Gap, Tenn., Nov. 7, 1863, our command
was captured under command of Gen. Fraser. Twelve hundred men were
surrendered with the understanding that we were to be **** the ground.
Then we were but under a strong guard and marched *** days, got to
Lexington before ** struck the train. The next place we found ourselves
was in Camp Donglass at Chicago, shut up until Robert E. Lee surrendered
and the treatment we got there will be a disgrace to the government in
ages to come, where it is known to shut men up and serve them to eat dogs
and rats. They can’t do anything worse. There are several things I would
like to acquaint on with, but I guess I had better stop. I have a piece
of poetry I composed concerning our capture and I would like for you to
give it a place in The Herald, and if you please send me one copy of the
paper.”
Vassey, Jonas – Born in 1846, Rutherford
County, N.C. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1864, Co. M., Palmetto Sharpshooters, Capt.
F.G. Latham. Wounded Oct. 7, 1864, on the Darlington Road, in the hand.
Farming.
Vaughn, S. – Born 1845, Greenville, S.C.
Enlisted 1861, Co. D. Hampton Legion, Captain Dr. Austin. Last part six
months in prison. Farmer.
Waddle, W.C. – Born Sept. 30, 1835, Laurens
County. Enlisted Dec. 25, 1861, Co. E., Holcombe Legion, Capt. William
Roebuck. Farming.
Wall, John Calvin – Born Dec. 9, 1841.
Enlisted Oct. 1864. Was in detached service. Farmer.
Walden, Robert Alonzo – Born June 17, 1841,
near Cedar Springs. Enlisted Nov. 1861, Co. C., Holcombe Legion, Capt.
J.E. Bomar. Was third sergeant at close of war. Farmer.
Wallace, C.A. – Born Mar. 8, 1845,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted 1862, Co. F., 13th S.C. Reg.,
Capt. Compton. Transferred to Rhett’s Bat. Farming.
Walker, Newton F. – Born Jan. 12, 1845,
Spartanburg County. High school and classical education. Enlisted Aug.
1861, Co. K., Spartan Rifles, 5th Reg. S.C.V., Capt. Jos.
Walker. Supt. South Carolina Institution for the Education of the Deaf
and Blind.
Waldrep, W.M. – Born March 2, 1842, near
Cross Anchor. Enlisted Oct. 1861, Co. B., 15th S.C. Reg.,
Capt. Sheldon. Farmer.
Ward, John W. – Born Dec. 25, 1834, 12 miles
south of Spartanburg. Enlisted Aug. 25, 1861, Co. B., 1st S.C.
Cav., Capt. Miles Nesbitt. Promoted to sergeant. Was sergeant at close
of war. Wounded April 10, 1865, near Goldsboro, N.C. Farming.
Watson, Robert – Born May 27, 1821, Enoree.
Enlisted 1862, S.C. Reserves. Capt. Benjamin Wofford. Farming.
West, Andrew J. – Born Sept. 5, 1822, near
Moon Station. Enlisted July 1861, Vandyke’s Co., afterwards Charleston
Bat., Capt. Vandyke. Was in prison in Point Lookout at close of war.
Farmer.
West, J.L. – Born Jan. 13, 1845, Glenn
Springs. Enlisted Jan. 1863, Co. E., 18th S.C.V., Capt. F.
Marion Tucker. Farming.
West, Joseph – Born Sept. 6, 1846, Marietta,
Ga. Enlisted Aug. 16, 1863, Co. I., 30th Ga. Bat. Cav., Capt.
Osborne. Farming.
West, John Wesley – Born Dec. 15, 1844,
Walnut Grove. Enlisted 1863, Gist’s Guard, S.C.V. Art., Rhett’s Brigade,
Capt. Edward Chichester. Transferred from Boyce’s Bat. to Chichester’s.
Farming.
West, R.J. – Born Jan. 13, 1846, Spartanburg
County. Enlisted 1862, Co. A., Gist’s Guard, Charleston Bat., Capt.
Chichester. Farmer.
West, S.N. – Born June 30, 1843, near
Pauline. Enlisted Dec. 1861, Co. A., Holcombe Legion. Capts. William
Smith and T. Brady. Wounded at Second Manassas. Farming.
West, S.W. – Born 1834, near Moore’s.
Enlisted 1862. Co. C., 22nd Reg. S.C.V., Capt. Wakefield.
Wounded near Birmingham Sept. 13, 1863. “Discharged at Scranton December
1863.”
Wofford, Joseph L. – Born Jan. 17, 1833,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted 1860, Spartan Rifles, Capt. Joseph Walker.
Was major of 13th Reg. at close of war. Wounded at last battle
of Fredericksburg. Physician. “After remaining in Charleston for some
time, the regiment disbanded and entered the Confederate service. I came
home, made up a company, which became Co. E., 13th Reg., Col.
Edwards. At the last battle of Fredericksburg my right thigh was broken
and shattered with a Minnie ball, from which wound I am still suffering.”
(photo listed)
West, Thomas Henry – Born Feb 10, 1840, at
Glenn Springs. Enlisted April 1861, Co. K., 3rd Reg. S.C.
Inf., Capt. B.B. Foster. Promoted to fourth corporal. Wounded in leg and
left shoulder at Cedar Creek, Va. and Spottsylvania. Farmer.
West, William T. – Born March 30, 1846,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted Feb. 13, 1864, Co. C., 13th S.C.
Reg., Capt. D.R. Duncan. Wounded at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864.
Mechanic. “I surrendered with Lee at Appomattox and saw the two generals,
Lee and Grant, meet.”
Wood, Thomas Jefferson – Born Jan. 8, 1844,
Greenville County. Enlisted August 1861, Co. B., 38th Georgia,
Capt. McCleskey. Farmer
Williams, John Henry – Born April 19, 1841,
Union County. Enlisted August 22, 1861, Co. B., 15th S.C.V.
Capt. William H. Gist. Transferred to Gen. R.E. Lee’s headquarters.
Promoted to sergeant. Was courier at Lee’s headquarters at close of war.
Wounded at Second Manassas, Aug. 30, 1862, and at Chancellorsville, May 3,
1863. Farmer and magistrate. “Twice wounded and disabled from field
service; was detailed and sent to Gen. R.E. Lee’s headquarters and was
sergeant in charge of couriers for Cols. James L. Corley, chief
quartermaster, and R.G. Cole, chief commissary of Lee’s army. These
colonels were on Gen Lee’s staff. I surrendered at Appomatox Court House
with Lee’s army on April 10, 1865; got my parole the next day, and on the
third day started for home on horseback, and reached my home in Union
after about ten days’ ride. Just after the surrender I was sent to Gen.
Grant’s headquarters by the chief quartermaster of Lee’s army with a
dispatch to Col. Lorrence, Grant’s chief quartermaster. While riding on
both sides of the road I viewed Grant’s splendid army, so finely equipped
with everything pertaining to war. I could only wonder how it was that
Lee’s army could hold out so long against such odds as to numbers and
resources. But the end had come and I was in their midst, had fought them
for four years, and the great Robert E. Lee, the general of the world’s
generals, said stop the war and bloodshed, made his own terms of
surrender, and the chivalrous general, U.S. Grant, accepted the terms and
the war ended. And forty-five years have passed and gone and may we have
a happy reunion in Spartanburg Aug. 17-18, 1910.”
Wilkins, John C. – Born August 30, 1845 on
North Pacolet River. Enlisted July 1861. Pacolet Volunteers, Capt. W.P.
Compton, 13th S.C. Transferred to Co. K., 5th S.C.V.
Wounded at battle of Wilderness in 1864. Farmer
Webster, John Robert – Born June 12, 1845,
Walnut Grove. Enlisted March 23, 1862, Co. F., 18th S.C. Reg.,
Capt. Sidney Walker. Re-enlisted Co. K., 9th Reg., S.C. Cav.
July 3, 1863, Capt. Harlan. Was sergeant at close of war. Farmer. “I
first enlisted for one year. Being under age when my time was out I was
discharged and on coming 18 years of age enlisted in Co. K., 5th
S.C. Cav., commanded by Capt. J.G. Harlan. I was captured Dec. 1, 1864,
at Stoney Creek and spent the winter at Point Lookout.”
Woodruff, Phillip P. – Born July 6, 1840,
near Woodruff. Enlisted Dec. 1860, Co. B., 1st S.C. Cav.,
Farmer. “I was in several battles, was with Hampton all around Gettysburg
and many other places. There were four of us brothers in all in the same
company. Three of us went all through the war and only one got wounded.
We were in all the fighting that the regiment got in and all four living
yet. None of us has ever got any pension and don’t look for any. One of
us lives in Georgia, the other three are near where we were born. The one
in Georgia is 78, one 75, I am 70, the youngest one is 65.”
Westmoreland, Jesse G. – Born Feb. 27, 1842,
on Enoree River, Spartanburg County. Enlisted Dec. 26, 1861, Co. F.,
Holcombe Legion. Capt. W.P. Roebuck. Was mail carrier at close of war.
Wounded Aug. 23, 1862, on the Rappahammock River, Va. Farmer.
Westmoreland, J. White – Born Aug. 8, 1845,
Cashville. Enlisted Dec. 1862, Co. E., 14th S.C. Reg., Capt.
H.F. Griffith. Wounded at the Wilderness, 1864. Farmer and merchant. “I
joined the army at Fredericksburg, Va., in Dec. 1862, Co. E., 18th
S.C. Reg., McGowan’s Brigade, A.P. Hill’s Division, Jackson’s Corps. Was
in every battle that the command was in from the day I went in till we
surrendered at Appomatox Court House April 9, 1865. Was severely wounded
at Chancellorsville and the Wilderness and Spottsylvania but never hurt
enough to leave the hold and never missed a day’s duty, only on furlough,
from the time I went in till Lee surrendered.”
Wingo, Lewis Landrum – Born Feb. 15, 1836,
Beech Springs township, Spartanburg County. Enlisted Jan. 1862, Co. E., 2nd
S.C. Cav., Capt. George B. Dean. Promoted to corporal. Farmer.
Wingo, Thomas Abel – Born Nov. 9, 1824.
Enlisted April 15, 1862, Co. F., Palmetto Bat., Capt. F.S. Schultz.
Promoted to corporal. Farmer.
Wingo, Andrew Jackson – Born Sept.18, 1833,
Wellford. Enlisted Jan. 1, 1862 (Co. E., 2nd S.C. Cav., Capt.
George B. Dean. Farming.
Wofford, Enoch F. – Born April 10, 1846,
Smith’s Store. Enlisted Dec. 1861, Co. E., 18th Reg., S.C.V.
Capt. F. Marion Tucker. Transferred to Gist’s Guard Art. Slightly
wounded at Fort Sumter, also at Fort Royal, Va. Farmer. “One hundred ten
volunteered in Co. E., with about forty recruits. I think about twenty
are living.”
Ward, John W. – Born Dec.21, 1834, 12 miles
south of Spartanburg. Enlisted Aug. 25, 1861, Co. B., 1st S.C.
Cav., Capt. Niles Nesbitt. Was sergeant at close of war. Wounded April
10, 1865, near Goldsboro, N.C. Farming.
Westmoreland, Sanford Preston – Born Sept.
17, 1843, Spartanburg County. Enlisted 1862, Co. E., Holcombe Legion,
Capt. W.P. Roebuck. Transferred to 3rd Reg. Wounded at
Maryland Heights, Sept. 15 and at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. Farmer.
“I went from Holcombe Legion to 3rd Reg., and in 1864 I was
detailed as a sharpshooter to the 3rd Bat., at Winchester and
stayed until just before the war ended. I was sent back to my old Co. K.,
3rd Reg.”
Willis, France – Born April 13, 1822,
Cleveland County, N.C. Enlisted March 1, 1860, Co. E., 13th
S.C. Reg., Capt. Joe Walker. Was in prison at close of war. Farming.
Willis, Holman Javan – Born June 15, 1841,
near White Plains. Enlisted Feb. 1861, Co. I., 13th S.C. Reg.,
Capt. F.M. Trimmier. Promoted to corporal. Was commissary wagon guard at
close of war. Wounded in battle of the Wilderness, Va. Farming.
Willis, Perry Dolphus – Born June 21, 1847,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted 1864, Spartan Reserve Cav., Capt. W.T.
Wilkins. Transferred to 2nd and 3rd Cav. Farming.
Wilson, Marion – Born Sept. 28, 1834,
Spartanburg. Enlisted 1862, Co. A., State Guard, 3rd S.C.
Reg., Capt. Willie Hance. Wounded in Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 17, 1863.
Farming.
Webster, William M. – Born Nov. 4, 1846, Polk
County, N.C. Enlisted Feb. 1864, Co. K., 1st N.C. Reg., Capt.
*, W. Addington. Merchandising and farming.
Wingo, Henry Anderson – Born June 28, 1847,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted Aug. 15, 164, Co. A., 1st Bat.,
S.C. Reserves, Capt. Daniel H. Smith. Transferred to 3rd S.C.
Reg. Farming and millwright. “Failed only one night to stack arms during
retreat from Charleston to surrender at Greensboro.”
Wood, James – Born Jan. 11, 1833, Spartanburg
County. Enlisted July 20, 1861, Co. I., 34th N.C. Troops,
Capt. J.Q. Simmons. Promoted from corporal to first lieutenant. Was
captain at close of war. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and
Petersburg. Farming. “I served from July 1861 to April 1862 as corporal,
on 17th of April 1862 was elected first lieutenant. On Sept
30, 1862 was promised to captain and served as such until April 9, 1865
and surrendered at Appomatox Court House, Va.
Wood, Thomas Jefferson – Born Jan. 1844,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted Aug. 1861, Co. B., 38th Ga. Reg.,
Capt. McCleskey. Farmer
Woodruff, William C. – Born May 9, 1845.
Enlisted Feb. 1863, Co. B., 1st S.C. Cav., Capt. Niles
Nesbitt. Farming.
Westmoreland, Mantrey Taylor – Born Feb. 25,
1847, near Enoree. Enlisted Sept. 1863, Co. E., 14th S.C. Reg.
Capt. H.P. Griffith. Wounded at Wilderness May 6, 1864. Farmer. “Was
with Lee when he surrendered.”
Williams, Robert M. – Born July 3, 1842, near
Friendship Church, Spartanburg County. Enlisted 1861, Co. K., 3rd
S.C. Reg., Capt. Kennedy. Wounded at Chickamauga. 1863, left leg
amputated. Farming.
Waddell, Sam – Born Nov. 2, 1838, Spartanburg
County. Enlisted Aug. 16., Co. E., 14th S.C. Reg., Capts.
Brown and H.P. Griffith. Wounded Aug. 16 at the Negro fight in Virginia.
Farming.
Wall, James Madison – Born Sept. 6, 1843, at
Spartanburg. Enlisted February 1863, Co. K. Capt. William Choice, 5th
S.C. Regiment. Farmer.
Wall, Eli F. – Born July 31, 1847 at
Spartanburg. Enlisted July 1864, Co. A. 3rd S.C. Battalion,
Capt. Daniel Smith. Transferred to Co. D. 3rd S.C.V. Farmer.
Was in two engagements at Bentonville and Aveborough, N.C. March 1865,
surrendered at Greensborough, N.C., April 29, 1865
W****er, Henry J. – Born Dec. 22, 1833,
Lexington County. Enlisted 1862, 7th S.C. **, Capt. John
Hard. Was ** of the cloth for government at close of the war. Farming.
Wyatt, James P. – Born Dec. 18, 1841,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted 1861, Co. I., 34th N.C. Reg.,
Capt. James Wood. Wounded at Spottsylvania, Va. Farming and mill work.
Wright, Columbus M. – Born Jan. 9, 1845, near
Woodruff. Enlisted Dec. 1862, Co. E., Holcombe Legion, Capt. A.B.
Woodruff. Slightly wounded at Jannett Station, Va. Farmer.
Yarborough, David – Born June 15, 1845,
Spartanburg County. Enlisted Aug. 1864, Co. C., Lucas Art., Capt. T. B.
Hanes. Farming.
Yarborough, H.P. – Born Dec. 24, 1846, Union
County. Enlisted 1864, Co. H., 1st S.C. Reg., Capt. L.C.
Winsmith.
(Note: This film is located at the Greenville
Library Main Branch, College Street, in a Misc. box for various papers
from Spartanburg County – dates and papers are scattered with no
particular order. This section was located towards the end of the film. p.
15, 22, 23. The article had a few persons listed twice and day of birth
varied.)
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