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Born: August 21, 1821, Smyrna, Rutherford County, Tennessee
Died: July 3, 1863, Gettysburg Pennsylvania, age 41
(or d. 2 Jul 1863 within Union lines)
General William Barksdale was born in Smyrna, Rutherford County
Tennesse on August 21, 1821, the son of William Barksdale, and
Nancy Hervey Lester. His Grandfather had removed his family from
Virginia to Tennessee in 1808 and his father was a soldier in
the War of 1812.
When William had reached the age of 16, he and his 3 brothers,
Harrison, Fountain and Ethelbert left their family home and
attended the University of Nashville, after which he studied law
at Columbus Mississippi, being admitted to the Bar prior to his
21st Birthday.
He began the practice of Law, but within a year tired of it and
became the editor of the Columbus (Miss) Democrat, a staunchly
States Rights, Pro slavery publication. Barksdale often used the
paper as a soapbox for his own strongly secessionist views.
He enlisted in the Army during the Mexican War and soon rose to
the rank of Captain and assistant - commissary of volunteers in
the 2nd Mississippi Regiment from January of 1847 until August
of 1848. Barksdale's natural love of the military was evident on
several occassions during that time, such as the one recalled by
Reubin Davis, also of Mississippi, whom he would later defeat
for a Congressional seat.
"Barksdale appeared on the scene in his shirt sleeves at a
battle line at which I was present", said Davis. "When I asked
why he was there at the front instead of in the Quartermaster's
office, and why he was so dressed, he responded 'I thought you
lads were in for some warm work presently, and,as it is a hot
day, I thought I could do better without my coat!'"
Upon his return to Mississippi after the war, Barksdale soundly
defeated Reubin Davis and General Alexander Bradford for
Democratic Congressman in 1853, and was as soundly re-nominated
in 1855, when the Know Nothing Party was at it's peak. He was
re-elected serving in Congress until 1861, when he resigned his
seat after proclaiming Mississippi's secession from the Union on
January 12.
Upon his return to Mississippi from Washington, Barksdale was
made quartermaster general of the Mississippi Army, from March
of 1861 until he entered the Confederate service as colonel of
the 13th Mississippi regiment, organized in Virginia. His
regiment saw action early in the war at Manassas, and Edwards
Ferry, and he commanded his regiment in the action before
Richmond. In April, 1862 General Griffith of the Mississippi
Brigades recommended his colonel for promotion to Brigadier
General from rank, but the appointment was not made.
At the battle of Savage Station, Griffith was mortally wounded,
and Barksdale was given the command in Griffith's absence. The
Mississippians gained a reputation for cool level-headed and
reliable service under the command of Barksdale thru the
Pennisular campaign. In July, McLaws recommended his promotion
with the additional endorsement of General Lee, who said of his
command at Malvern Hill that Barksdale "displayed the Highest
qualities of the soldier - Seizing the colors himself, and
advancing under a terrific fire of artillery and Infantry." In
August the appointment was finally made, and Barksdale was
assigned to the brigade to which his old regiment, the 13th ,
belonged.
Barksdale commanded his brigade in all of the ensuing battles of
the Army of Northern Virginia, with the exception of Second
Manassas, when he was at Harper's Ferry defending the
Confederate installations there.
Barksdale's Mississippians arrived into the field near
Gettysburg well past midnight on July 2,1863. The Mississippi
Brigades made Camp at Willoughby Run at about 9 o'clock on the
morning of July 2nd, with Colonel E. P. Alexander and the
Washington Artillery. According to Longstreet, Lee had not yet
formalized his plans for an engagement at this time, having not
yet heard from his Cavalry, nor was he totally aware of the
strength or movements of the enemy, since his latest
intelligence on the Union forces was from a Federal despatch
which was captured during the night of July 1st.
After copious reconnaissance, formulation of a plan and issuance
of orders was finally achieved. Pursuant to those orders, the
Divisions took their places of defense as follows:
"The Confederate Left was covering the North and East curve of
the enemy's line. Johnson's division near Culp's hill, Early and
Rode's extending the line to the right through Gettysburg:
Pender's division on the right of Rode's; the other divisions of
the Third Corps resting on Seminary Ridge, with McLaws's
division and Hood's three Brigades near General Headquarters"
In what he would later classify as a time - saving effort,
Longstreet ordered the rear division to double on the front,
which brought Anderson's regiments in line with the outpost
guard of Sickles. Anderson's division was positioned from right
to left in the following order of Brigades: Wilcox, Perry,
Wright, Posey and Mahone.
At this point, in the absence of Cavalry for intelligence,
General Hood was ordered to send his scouts in advance of the
double line of deployment , which brought McLaws on the right of
Anderson with Hood's division on McLaws' right., directly across
from the Peach Orchard, so that Hood almost enflanked Sickle's
left.
While waiting across from the Peach Orchard, Barksdale
repeatedly requested of McLaws and Longstreet permission to
charge "that little battery across the way, " referring to the
9th Massachusetts Battery at the Trostle house. He was told to
wait. Chafing at the bit, he implored Longstreet "Give me just
five minutes, and that battery and it's guns will be ours".
Longstreet's reply was "Just hold on, we'll all be going in
presently".
Colonel E.Porter Alexander and the Washington artillery had been
brought up onto the line of McLaws's to provide artillery
support for the impending infantry advance to the Federal
batteries and infantry regiments of Sickle's corps placed on a
line against the Emmitsburg road from the fields before the
Roundtops to the Cemetery facing Cemetery Ridge. Alexander's
report states that "About 4 p.m. I placed five batteries in
action against a heavy artillery and infantry force of the enemy
about 500 yards distant in a Peach Orchard on the Emmetsburg
[sic] pike. After a spirited engagement of a half hour, the
enemy's guns were silenced and the position was immediately
carried by the infantry and the enemy fell back to its position
on the mountain where our infantry gallantly pursued him. The
sum total of my losses were killed, 19, wounded 114. There were
also 2 killed and 3 wounded of a detachment of 8 gallant
Mississippians at Captain Moody's guns, who volunteered to help
maneuver them on very difficult ground." The "difficult ground"
most likely refers to bringing these batteries into position
from the Pitzer woods behind the Confederate line to this
position about 500 yd's. from the Peach Orchard.
It was during the cannonade which Alexander described that
Barksdale repeatedly requested permission to advance to "that
little battery" in the Peach Orchard. The fiery Mississippian
was certain that his men would show the same mettle they had
shown at Fredericksburg the previous December, and could hold
off the entire Army of the Potomac if necessary. Every time
McLaws would near the Mississippians, Barksdale would assure him
that the Federal battery could "be taken in five minutes."
McLaws was in a quandary of his own , due to the apparently
severed communication between Longstreet and Lee, the result of
difference of opinion in the order of battle for the day. As any
good soldier, McLaws wanted to please his superior, and would
not presume to issue an order without the knowledge that this
was Longstreet's wish, yet Longstreet inquired as to his plans.
Added to this, Barksdale's impetuous nature and desire for
ending the nagging inconvenience of the Federal Battery in the
Peach Orchard had him asking repeatedly of Mc Laws for
permission to charge the battery. Longsteet rode to Mc Laws line
and Barksdale saw the opportunity to lobby for his cause. He
emplored "General, I wish you would let me go in, I could take
that battery in five minutes!" "Wait a little," Longstreet
responded, "We shall all be going in presently."
Finally, as J.C. Lloyd of the 13th Mississippi remembered it,
"Directly in our front, only a few steps, are Generals
Longstreet, McLaws, Barksdale, and our beloved Colonel Carter,
with their glasses, taking a last look over the field". At this
point, two men of the 17th Mississippi were ordered forward to
remove the rails from a fence, so the line could charge unbroken
across the field.
Barksdale called all of the commanders of his regiments together
to issue the orders he had just formulated with Longstreet and
Mc Laws, and,referring to the Federals some 600 yards in front,
said "The line in front must be broken. To do so, let every
Officer and man animate his comrades by his personal presence in
the front line." Barksdale mounted a fine White charger, and
rode across the rear of his line as the drums beat assembly, and
each officer moved to the front and called his line to
attention.
The brigades were lined from the left with the 18th, then the
13th, 17th and the 21st on the right. Barksdale emerged from the
rear of his Brigade and rode to the left passed the 21st and
17th, and stopped in front of his old regiment, the 13th,
awaiting the arrival of Captain G.B. Lamar, McLaws' aide de
camp, to issue the direct order to advance from his divisional
commander.
Harry Pfanz in Gettsyburg-The Second Day remarks that "Perhaps
McLaws sent Lamar to Barksdale after it was apparent that his
brigade was delayed: no one said. But when Lamar reached
Barksdale with the order to go forward, the news made the
general's face 'radiant with joy'. Barksdale ordered his four
regiments over the wall. (Had they gone beyond the wall too soon
they would have masked Moody's and Gilbert's batteries and
exposed themselves to Federal fire unnecessarily.)"
Lamar recalled that,as he received the order, Barksdale was
"radiant with joy. He was in front of his men with his hat off,
and his long, white hair reminded me of the white plume of
Navarre."
Pvt. T. M. Scanlon of the 17th Mississippi recalls Barksdale's
speech to his men prior to the charge: "These were his commands:
Halt! Front! Order Arms! Load! Fix Bayonets! The entrenchment
500 yards in front of you at the red barn, and that park of
artillery as well as the cone mountain (Little Round Top), which
is covered with riflemen screened by huge boulders, and beside
that entrenched line there is another 200 yards beyond which we
are also expected to take. This is an heroic undertaking and
most of us will bite the dust making this effort. Now if there
is a man here that feels this is too much for him, just step two
paces to the front and I will excuse him. We will proceed to
within 75 yards of the entrenchment withholding our fire. There
you will receive the command, Halt! Ready! Fire!, after which,
without command you will charge with the bayonet."
Barksdale then snapped out his order " Attention,
Mississippians! Battalions forward! Dress to the colors and
Forward to the foe! Onward, Brave Mississippians, for Glory,!"
and rode out to lead the charge, as far as fifty yards in front
of his men.
Within minutes the Brigades had crossed this farmland up and
down a series of gentle swales which lay in front of the
skirmish lines of the Pennsylvanian regiments of Brigadier
General Charles A. Graham, and the rifled guns of the New Jersey
Light, 2nd battery under the command of Captain A.Judson Clark.
The Mississippians showed their veteran strength and
determination as they swept forward, through the fire of the
artillery rending huge gaps through them that would immediately
close as the Mississippians drew together and forward through
the fields. Barksdale's men simply overran the Federal troops
going forward to the Peach Orchard, capturing at least fifty
Union Infantry men, including General Graham.
By this time, Barksdale and his men had reached the Emmitsburg
road and, gaining the high ground, Barksdale wheeled the 13th,
17th and 18th to the left up the road, as the 21st continued
deeper into the Peach Orchard then followed the line to the
left.
In front of the 21st, Colonels Holder and Griffin of the
Mississippians (17th and 18th) implored Barksdale to stop and
reform, to which Barksdale replied "NO! Crowd them now, We've
got them on the run! Move your regiments!"
Barksdale barked at his men in a gruff authoritarian manner
"Advance, advance! Brave Mississippians, one more charge and the
day is ours!" This statement brought cheers from his men,
according to J.S. McNeily, who chronicled the charge at the
Peach Orchard in Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade at Gettysburg:
Most Magnificent Charge of the War in 1913. He goes on :
"Barksdale moved bravely on, the guiding spirit of the battle."
When he was wounded in the area of Plum Run, North and East of
the Trostle Farm, he saw his courier, W.R.Boyd and said "I am
killed! Tell my wife and children that I died fighting at my
post." At that time, Boyd was wounded in the leg, which made it
impossible for him to assist his General. He left Barksdale's
side with the Federals closing in on them from less than fifty
yards. As Boyd was retreating, his horse was shot out from under
him. Boyd closed in on Barksdale again, and was told that, if he
could get to a battery of the Washington Artillery which had
moved to a distance of about 250 yards away, to "order them to
the front."
Boyd was successful in so doing, and attempted to return to
Barksdale's side, but could only get within 40 yards of where
the General lay. Boyd closes his report by saying "The last
words of this ardent patriot, gallant man and dying hero that
ever fell upon the ears of his own countrymen should nerve and
incite them to his highest standards of duty. The ordeal through
which his brigade passed in this fight may be judged when it is
told that of the 1,420 bayonets carried into it, 730 were lost
in Killed, Wounded and Missing."
Barksdale and his Mississppi Brigade had severed the Union line,
but could not hold this position, or advance to establish
stronger defenses, due to failure of Wofford and Semmes to
follow the Mississippians through at the point of the break in
the federal line, and due to the almost limitless refreshment of
the Union forces under Hancock which battled the Confederate
lines.
Barksdale had boasted upon entering Pennsylvania on June 24th
that his men had not been bested previously, nor would they be
now. His optimism extended throughout his charge, and, as he lay
mortally wounded on a make shift surgeon's table at the
Hummelbaugh farm he warned the blue clad officers and surgeons
that "Hancock had better watch his back, Old Peter has a
surprise for you in the morning!"
Mason: Barksdale was a member of Columbus Lodge, #5, Columbus,
Mississippi
13th Infantry Regiment
HISTORICAL NOTES:
This regiment was ordered to Corinth and enlisted in the
Confederate service May 13-15, 1861, for twelve months. The date
of organization of the Thirteenth Regiment is May 14, 1861,
William Barksdale being elected Colonel. Soon afterward the
regiment was ordered to Union City, Tenn., where it remained
attached to the army under General Polk until ordered to
Lynchburg, whither the regiment started July 14. Immediately on
reaching Lynchburg they were ordered to Manassas, and reached
the railroad junction during the night of July 20 and the
morning of the 21st, the day of the battle. As soon as possible
they were advanced to the field, with much marching and
countermarching in the intense heat and stifling dust. The
orders were to report to General Longstreet, but for convenience
they were attached to Jubal A. Early's brigade, which was
stationed in the rear of Beauregard's line on Bull Run, near
McLean's ford. The famous battle of the 21st was brought on by
the Federals attacking on the Confederate flank, behind the run.
This battle raged from ten o’clock, and General Early did not
get orders to participate in it until two, when he immediately
marched to the scene of conflict. "This brigade," Beauregard
reported, "was marched by the Holtham house across the fields to
the left, . . . and under a severe fire into a position in line
of battle near Chinn's house, outflanking the enemy's right. At
this time the enemy had formed a line of truly formidable
proportions. The woods and fields were filled with their masses
of infantry and cavalry. It was a magnificent spectacle as they
threw forward their cloud of skirmishers on the slopes of the
ridge for another attack. But as Early formed his line Elzey's
brigade and other regiments advanced, almost simultaneously,
with great spirit from their various positions. At the same
time, too, Early resolutely assailed their right flank and
rear." It was then the rout began.
Casualties: 6 wounded in the Thirteenth.
After this the regiment was assigned to the brigade tinder Gen.
N. G. Evans, including the Seventeenth and Eighteenth, stationed
in the vicinity of Leesburg. October 20 they marched from Goose
Creek to Fort Evans, on the Potomac. October 21 a force of the
enemy crossed the river from Maryland, under Colonel Baker, and
after the first encounter had been sustained by a company of the
Seventeenth Mississippi, four detached companies, including
Fletcher's of the Thirteenth became warmly engaged and drove
back the Federal advances. While the other regiments met the
Federal advance from Ball's Bluff and achieved a famous victory,
Barksdale's remaining nine companies held back the other columns
of the enemy at Edwards ferry, remaining there after the others
had gone back to Leesburg with the Federal prisoners. Next day
Barksdale attacked the Federals who had crossed the river on his
front and drove them to the river with heavy loss. The loss of
the regiment was 4 killed, 2 wounded, 1 missing. Eckford's and
Randall's companies were the advance line in this engagement.
The Attala men, under Fletcher, were distinguished in the Ball's
Bluff battle, several of them being among the first to reach a
Federal battery, which was captured.
The winter camp was at Catoctin Mountain, near Leesburg. The
regiment was assigned to the Mississippi brigade organized under
Gen. Richard Griffith, who took command at a brigade review at
Camp Carolina December 9, 1861.
After the retreat to Culpepper and transfer to Yorktown, the
regiment was reorganized for three years of the war, April 26,
1862. They were not in battle on the Yorktown line or during the
retreat, and though under fire at Seven Pines, were not actively
engaged.
Before the seven days' battles before Richmond, June, 1862,
Griffith's brigade included with the Thirteenth, the
Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Twenty-first, and was part of
Magruder's division, which first went into battle on the 29th,
on the railroad near Savage Station. In the opening of this
action General Griffith was mortally wounded, and his place was
taken by Colonel Barksdale. The Thirteenth was employed during
this battle as reserve for McLaw's division.
At the battle of Malvern Hill, July 1, the brigade was formed in
line of battle in a wood, under fire of batteries and gunboats,
after which, at about six o'clock in the evening, they made a
charge, attempting to carry the Federal batteries. Here
Lieutenant-Colonel Carter was wounded, and Major McElroy took
command. Colonel Barksdale praised the conduct of Major Inge,
Adjutant-General, and Captain Costin, Aide-de-Camp. Major Watts
and Hawkins, of the brigade staff, were required to attend the
dying General. The Thirteenth gained an advanced position and
held it for nearly an hour without support.
The loss of the Thirteenth in both engagements was 28 killed and
107 wounded.
McElroy, promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, commanded the regiment
in the Maryland campaign September, 1862. With McLaw's division
they diverged from Lee's column to cooperate with Jackson's
corps in the capture of Harper's Ferry.
On the 12th Barksdale's and Kershaw's South Carolina brigade
began to scale the Maryland heights, Major J. M. Bradley
commanding the pickets on the left of the line, skirmishing with
the Federal troops on the mountain. Next day Kershaw attacked
the entrenched line in front and Barksdale on the flank and
rear, and possession of the mountain was secured after severe
fighting. The Thirteenth was left on the mountain as a garrison
when the brigade moved to Brownsville to meet an expected
attack, and thence to join the main army. They reached the
battlefield of Sharpsburg after the battle had been raging for
several hours. The brigade had been on constant duty for five or
six days, marching throughout two nights, and many of the men
had succumbed to fatigue. The brigade went into battle with less
than 900 men and officers, formed line of battle in an open
field swept by a terrible fire of artillery, advanced and drove
the enemy from a wood in front, and held that position, the
Thirteenth and Eighteenth defeating a flank attack. McElroy,
though wounded, remained in command of his regiment. Surgeon
Austin was honorably mentioned for faithful attention to the
wounded. The regiment, taking 202 into battle, lost 6 killed, 54
wounded, 2 missing.
At Fredericksburg, December 11, 1862, Colonel Carter marched his
regiment to Carolina Street at five o'clock in the morning,
where they remained until four P.M. to support the Seventeenth
at the river side. Ten sharpshooters were sent to assist Colonel
Fiser, but no other service was required of the regiment. But
they were all the time under a very heavy and destructive fire
from the Federal batteries. After the enemy effected a landing,
the Thirteenth, holding Princess Anne Street, by a determined
fight held them back for two hours. Capt. G. L. Donald, in
command of several companies, was commended by the Colonel.
Capt. J. L. Clark was killed by a solid shot early in the
morning. Capt. T. W. Thurman was dangerously wounded and
captured. Lieut. J. M. Stovall, missing, was supposed to be
dead. The total loss was 7 killed, 59 wounded
14 captured.
April 29, 1863, part of the Federal army crossed the
Rappahannock at Deep Run, and Barksdale's brigade was left with
Early's division to observe them, while the remainder of Lee's
army moved toward Chancellorsville. Early was moving in the same
direction when the Federal troops made another crossing at
Fredericksburg. Barksdale had a line of three miles to cover,
with the Thirteenth on the right. After a desperate resistance
against the entire Federal advance, Barksdale's line was broken,
when he moved the Thirteenth and Seventeenth in position to
check the enemy and protect the rear, which they did, with the
aid of artillery. The loss of the regiment was 7 killed and 43
wounded. They were quartered at Fredericksburg until June 3,
when they began the march to the valley and Pennsylvania.
At Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863, the Thirteenth, in
Barksdale's brigade, fought in the battle against the south wing
of the Federal army. At six in the evening, when Sickles still
held the peach orchard after a terrific fight, McLaws ordered an
assault, and the storming columns of Barksdale and Wofford,
"yelling like demons, black with smoke and lusting for
hand-to-hand conflict," soon opened a gap in the line of blue.
The Federals fell back toward and across Plum Run, toward the
base of Round Top, and the onslaught was continued. "Barksdale,
conspicuous on horseback, led his Southern riflemen, who
singlehanded had barred the passage of the whole Federal army at
Fredericksburg, right into the hostile masses, where he fell
mortally wounded, and whence the remnants of his gallant troops
cut their way back with difficulty through the enveloping masses
of Blue infantry." (Battine's "Crisis of the Confederacy.")
Barksdale's loss in killed and wounded was the heaviest of any
brigade in Longstreet's corps and the heaviest of any in Lee's
army, except two North Carolina Brigades and Davis' Mississippi
brigade. The loss of the Thirteenth was 28 killed, 137 wounded,
of whom 86 were left in the field hospital when the army
retreated.
After the return to Virginia the regiment participated in the
movement of Longstreet's corps by way of Richmond and South
Carolina to Atlanta and North Georgia, reaching Ringgold after
the battle of Chickamauga was begun. By a night march they
arrived on the field on the morning of September 20 and went
into battle in support of General Hood, who broke the Federal
line. Their last fighting that day was at Snodgrass Hill, where
the victory was completed at dusk. Casualties, 1 killed, 7
wounded.
Advancing toward Chattanooga they were on duty during the siege
until November 4, when they left the base of Lookout Mountain
for the campaign in East Tennessee. They crossed the Tennessee
River, skirmished at Campbell’s Station November 16, and were in
line for the siege of Knoxville about November 20. Under the
command of Colonel McElroy, with the Seventeenth Regiment, and
supported by three Georgia regiments, all under the command of
Gen. B. G. Humphreys, they made the famous assault upon Fort
Loudon, November 29, 1863. After working their way through a
tangled abatis, they charged the works, through a wire netting
and a deep ditch, and clambered up a parapet ten or twelve feet
high, slippery with ice. Some of the officers and men gained the
summit of the parapet but they were shot down and dragged others
down in falling. All the time they were under a furious fire
from another part of the fort. Here Kennon McElroy was killed.
"The loss of the heroic McElroy is irreparable," wrote General
Humphreys . "He was shot at the angle of the wall at the head of
his regiment," wrote General Longstreet. "He was a man of very
fine courage, united to a self-possession on all occasions, with
a knowledge of his duties and a natural capacity for command
which inspired confidence and made him always conspicuous."
After leaving Knoxville the brigade was sent, December 16, to
Clinch Mountain Gap, where a body of the enemy fled at their
approach. Major Donald, commanding the Thirteenth, was sent in
pursuit, and he captured the camp and outfit of the One Hundred
and Seventeenth Indiana, which was very welcome.
The winter quarters were at Russellville, Tenn., whence they
moved in the last of March to Bristol. At Gordonsville, Va., May
3, they received orders to join General Lee on the Rappahannock.
May 6, with the advance of Longstreet's corps, they went into
battle in the Wilderness, Major Donald commanding, winning new
renown on that bloody field. They were in almost constant action
and frequent battles throughout the campaign of 1864, at
Spottsylvania Courthouse, May 8-12; at, Hanover Junction, May
27; at Cold Harbor early in June, and at Petersburg June 19. In
the latter part of July they were sent from the Petersburg lines
to support Early in the Shenandoah Valley, where they were in
the engagements at Berryville, Charlestown, Rockfish Gap, and
Cedar Creek.
In the Wilderness battles the regiment had 18 killed, 61
wounded, 12 missing. Among the severely wounded were Lieut.
William Davis (Company C), Captain Currie, Lieut. R. C. Kelly
(Company I).
The returns, in October, after this battle show Major Donald in
command of the brigade.
At the battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, the brigade was
conspicuous in taking the Federal position in the early part of
the battle. When the return attack was delivered by Sheridan the
brigade met the advance coolly and with an effective fire. It
was not until their flank was exposed by the panic in other
commands that they yielded.
November 20 they returned to Richmond and during the winter they
were posted at Garnett's farm and on the Darbytwn and Newmarket
roads. April 1-2 they marched through Richmond and began the
retreat to Appomattox Courthouse.
In the final returns the remnant of the heroic Thirteenth was
commanded by Lieut. W. H. Davis.
FIELD OFFICERS:
Colonels -- William Barksdale, promoted as Brigadier-General
June 27, 1862, killed at Gettysburg July 2; J. W. Carter killed
at Gettysburg July 2; Kennon McElroy, killed at Knoxville.
Lieutenant-Colonels -- M. H. Whitaker, to reorganization; J. W.
Carter promoted; Kennon McElroy, promoted; John M. Bradley, died
of wounds; A. G. O'Brien. Majors -- Isham Harrison, to
reorganization; Kennon McElroy, promoted; J. M. Bradley, wounded
at Gettysburg, promoted; G. L. Donald. Adjutants -- E. A.
Miller, E. P. Harman. Surgeons -- J. T. Gilmore, promoted as
Brigade Surgeon; L. M. Austin, died; John Clopton, transferred;
S. Baruch. Assistant Surgeons -- A. C. Anderson, A. N. Ballinger
J. C. Shinks, M. McManning, H. D. Green. Quartermaster -- J. H.
Turner, promoted to brigade staff. Commissary -- D. P. McAllum,
R. C. Topp. Chaplain -- Farish, T. S. West. Ensign -- A. T.
Harvey.
BATTLES:
Appomattox
ROSTERS:
Company A -- [Co. B first year] Winston Guards (raised in
Winston County, MS)
Company B -- [Co. C first year] Wayne Rifles, aka Wayne Guards
(raised in Wayne County, MS)
Company C -- [Co. F first year] Kemper Legion (raised in Kemper
County, MS)
Company D -- [Co. E first year] Newton Rifles (raised in Newton
County, MS)
Company E -- [Co. A first year] Alamutcha Infantry (raised in
Lauderdale County, MS)
Company F -- [Co. G first year] Lauderdale Zouaves (raised in
Lauderdale County, MS)
Company G -- [Co. I first year] Secessionists (raised in Clarke
County, MS)
Company H -- [Co. K first year] Spartan Band (raised in
Chickasaw County, MS)
Company I -- [Co. D first year] Minute Men of Attala (raised in
Attala County, MS)
Company K -- [Co. H first year] Pettus Guards (raised in
Lauderdale County, MS)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
REFERENCES:
Howell, H. Grady. For Dixie Land I'll Take My Stand
Rowland, Dunbar. Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898
http://www.researchonline.net/mscw/unit95.htm.
The Civil War in Mississippi
http://www.researchonline.net/mscw/msstart.htm
(History Channel 17 Feb 2004 "April 1865" had scences of Gen.
Barksdale's charge at Gettysburg)
Barksdale, William (1821-1863) of Columbus, Lowndes County,
Miss. Brother of Ethelbert Barksdale. Born in Rutherford County,
Tenn., August 21, 1821. Served in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; U.S. Representative from Mississippi, 1853-61
(at-large 1853-55, 3rd District 1855-61); general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War. Killed in battle at
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa., July 2, 1863. Interment at
Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Miss. See also: congressional
biography.
BARKSDALE, William, 1821-1863
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BARKSDALE, William, (brother of Ethelbert Barksdale), a
Representative from Mississippi; born in Rutherford County,
Tenn., August 21, 1821; attended the University of Nashville;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced
practice in Columbus, Lowndes County, Miss.; for a time was
editor of the Columbus Democrat; served in the Mexican War as
quartermaster of the Mississippi Volunteers; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1852; elected as
a Democrat to the Thirty-third and to the three succeeding
Congresses and served from March 4, 1853, until January 12,
1861, when he withdrew; entered the Confederate Army during the
Civil War as colonel of the Thirteenth Regiment of Mississippi
Volunteers; promoted to the rank of brigadier general on August
12, 1862; commanded a Mississippi brigade in Longstreet’s corps;
killed in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; interment
in Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
Bibliography
DAB; McKee, James W. “William Barksdale and the Congressional
Election of 1853.” Journal of Mississippi History 34 (May 1972):
129-58; Tyson, Raymond W. “William Barksdale and the
Brooks-Sumner Assault.” Journal of Mississippi History 26 (May
1964): 135-40.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barkett-barlett.html.
Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
Biographies B page 815
BARKSDALE, William (brother of Ethelbert Barksdale), a
Representative from Mississippi; born in Rutherford County,
Tenn., August 21, 1821; attended the University of Nashville;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced
practice in Columbus, Lowndes County, Miss.; served in the
Mexican War as quartermaster of the Mississippi Volunteers;
delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in
1852; elected as a State Rights Democrat to the Thirty-third and
to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4,
1853, until January 12, 1861, when he withdrew; accompanied
Representative Preston S. Brooks, of South Carolina, to the
Senate Chamber when the latter made an attack upon Senator
Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, and made himself somewhat
conspicuous in preventing the interference of others present;
entered the Confederate Army during the Civil War as colonel of
the Thirteenth Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers; promoted to
the rank of brigadier general on August 12, 1862; commanded a
Mississippi brigade in Longstreet's corps; killed in the Battle
of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; interment in Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
_Nathaniel BARKSDALE Sr.______+
| (1720 - 1790) m 1748
_Nathaniel BARKSDALE Jr._|
| (1760 - 1830) m 1784 |
| |_Mourning DICKENSON __________
| (1725 - ....) m 1748
_William BARKSDALE Sr._|
| (1787 - 1834) |
| | _James GARDEN "the Immigrant"_
| | | (1750 - 1773)
| |_Nancy "Anne" GARDEN ____|
| (1769 - 1835) m 1784 |
| |_Sarah WIMBISH _______________
| (1750 - ....)
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|--William BARKSDALE C.S.A.
| (1821 - 1863)
| ______________________________
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|_Nancy Hervey LESTER __|
(1800 - ....) |
| ______________________________
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|_________________________|
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_Daniel GUERRANT (GUERIN) I "the Immigrant"_+
| (1662 - ....) m 1690
_Pierre "Peter" GUERRANT (GUERIN) Sr._|
| (1697 - 1750) m 1732 |
| |_Marie L'ORANGE ____________________________+
| (1663 - 1721) m 1690
_Peter (Pierre) GUERRANT (GUERIN) Jr._|
| (1737 - 1819) m 1756 |
| | _Anthony TRABUE\TRABUC "the Immigrant"______+
| | | (1669 - 1724) m 1704
| |_Magdalene TRABUE ____________________|
| (1715 - 1787) m 1732 |
| |_Magdalene VEREUL\VERRUEIL _________________+
| (1683 - 1731) m 1704
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|--Daniel GUERRANT
| (1775 - 1850)
| _Charles PERRAULT\PERROW "the Immigrant"____
| | (1667 - 1717) m 1700
| _Daniel P. PERROW Sr__________________|
| | (1702 - 1761) m 1720 |
| | |_Marguerite CHASTAIN _______________________+
| | (1667 - ....) m 1700
|_Mary PERROW (PERAULT) _______________|
(1739 - 1805) m 1756 |
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|_Mary Marie RENNO ____________________|
(1709 - ....) m 1720 |
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Mother: Elizabeth BROOKE |
Matthew Fontaine Maury, oceanographer, was also known as the
"Pathfinder of the Seas" because he was the first to chart the
ocean floors. There is a statue of him in Richmond, VA, and a
monument to him in VA.
Books on Mathew Fontain Maury: Matthew Fontaine Maury by Charles
Lee Lewis.
Format: Library Binding, 264pp. ISBN: 0405130457
Publisher: Ayer Company Publishers, Incorporated Pub. Date:
January 1980
Matthew Fontaine Maury, the Pathfinder of the Seas by Charles
Lee Lewis
Format: Hardcover ISBN: 0404039847 Publisher: AMS Press, Inc.
The Matthew Fontaine Maury Camp #1722 Has Accomplished The
Marking Of Three Confederate Graves Within The Fredericksburg
Confederate Cemetery Recently.
The Graves of Private William A. Jackson, Brigadier General
Abner Monore Perrin and Major General Dabney Herndon Maury Are
Now Adorned With The "Confederate Cross Of Honor." In Addition,
We Have Also Marked The Grave Of "Rebel Butler" At The
Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery.
http://www.geocities.com/commanderscvcamp1722/Confederate_Cross_O
f_Honor.html
Children:
2 Diana Fontaine MAURY b: 25 Jun 1837 + Spotswood Wellford
CORBIN b: 22 Jan 1835
2 Elizabeth Herndon MAURY b: 25 Jun 1835 d: 1903 + William Arden
MAURY
2 Richard Launcelot MAURY b: 9 Oct 1840 d: 14 Oct 1907
2 John Herndon MAURY b: 21 Oct 1842 d: 27 Jan 1863
2 Mary Herndon MAURY b: 13 Nov 1844 d: 17 Nov 1928 + James
Rhodes WERTH
2 Eliza Hull MAURY b: 5 Dec 1846 d: 1881 m. Thomas WITHERS SEP
1878
2 Matthew Fontaine MAURY b: 9 Jan 1849 d: 31 Dec 1886 m.Rose
ROBINSON 18 Dec 1877
2 Lucy Minor MAURY b: 8 May 1851 d: 7 Nov 1915
U.S. Naval officer and oceanographer who was the founder of the
U.S. Naval Observatory; Confederate Head of Coast, harbour and
river defences; Inventor of a torpedo; pioneer of wind and
current charts.
_Matthew MAURY "the immigrant"_
| (1686 - 1752) m 1716
_James MAURY _________________|
| (1718 - 1769) m 1743 |
| |_Mary Anne FONTAINE ___________+
| (1690 - 1755) m 1716
_Fontaine MAURY _____|
| (1761 - 1824) |
| | _James WALKER _________________
| | | (1691 - ....)
| |_Mary "Mollie" WALKER ________|
| (1724 - 1798) m 1743 |
| |_Ann Tunstall HILL ____________
| (1708 - ....)
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|--Mathew Fontaine MAURY C.S.N.
| (1806 - 1873)
| _______________________________
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| _Richard BROOKE of Smithfield_|
| | (1732 - 1792) |
| | |_______________________________
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|_Elizabeth BROOKE ___|
(1760 - ....) |
| _Francis TALIAFERRO of Epsom___+
| | (1707 - 1756) m 1730
|_Ann Hay TALIAFERRO __________|
(1740 - 1782) |
|_Elizabeth HAY ________________+
(1696 - 1758) m 1730
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_Alexander MCCANTS Jr._+
| (1798 - 1870) m 1819
_John Thomas MCCANTS C.S.A._|
| (1821 - 1893) m 1835 |
| |_Martha Jones DANIEL __+
| (1801 - 1860) m 1819
_John Blackwell MCCANTS _|
| (1853 - 1926) |
| | _Thomas BURROWS _______+
| | | (1785 - 1828) m 1805
| |_Sarah BURROWS _____________|
| (1817 - 1863) m 1835 |
| |_Jane SNOWDEN _________+
| (1785 - ....) m 1805
|
|--Roderick R. MCCANTS
| (1892 - 1957)
| _______________________
| |
| ____________________________|
| | |
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|_Mary A._________________|
(1859 - 1924) |
| _______________________
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|____________________________|
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Mother: Eliza Palmer ADAIR |
_William MONROE II___+
| (1695 - 1760)
_Andrew J. MONROE _______________|
| (1749 - 1836) |
| |_Rachel PIPER _______
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_Thomas Bell MONROE Sr._|
| (1791 - 1865) m 1812 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Ann BELL _______________________|
| (1760 - ....) |
| |_____________________
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|
|--Thomas Bell MONROE Jr. C.S.A.
| (1833 - 1862)
| _William ADAIR ______+
| | (1719 - ....) m 1749
| _John ADAIR 8th Gov. of Kentucky_|
| | (1757 - 1840) m 1784 |
| | |_Mary MOORE _________
| | (1729 - ....) m 1749
|_Eliza Palmer ADAIR ____|
(1790 - 1871) m 1812 |
| _Henry PALMER _______
| | (1740 - ....)
|_Catherine PALMER _______________|
(1768 - 1854) m 1784 |
|_Ann BENOIST ________
(1740 - ....)
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_Francis John WEST Sr._+
| (1631 - 1696)
_Richard WEST _______|
| (1664 - 1727) m 1706|
| |_Susanna SOULE ________+
| (1642 - 1684)
_Charles N. WEST ____|
| (1720 - 1765) |
| | _______________________
| | |
| |_Elizabeth CANNEDY __|
| (1683 - 1750) m 1706|
| |_______________________
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|--Noah WEST
| (1749 - ....)
| _______________________
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| _____________________|
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| | |_______________________
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|_Deborah WILLIAMSON _|
(1713 - 1790) |
| _______________________
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