Hartwell Fulgham

     Hartwell Fulgham was born in 1832 in Halifax County, North Carolina.¹

Hartwell married Eliza BURT, daughter of Dr. William Jefferson BURT and Caroline Walton MATHEWS, on 23 June 1853 in Lowndes County, Mississippi.^1,2

During the Civil War, Hartwell Fulgham enlisted in Miller's Co. E, 1st Battalion Mississippi Cavalry in 1861 in Lowndes County, Mississippi. (Miller's)1st Cavalry Battalion was formed during the summer of 1861 and served in the Western Department and the Army of theMississippi. It took an active part in the fight at Belmont,then on April 2, 1862 merged into Lindsay's Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel John H. Miller and Major D.C.Herndon were in command.1st Cavalry Regiment was assembled during the spring of 1862. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Carroll, DeSoto, Tishomingo, Itawamba, Quitman, Noxubee, Bolivar, and Pontotoc. The unit served in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, then was assigned to W.H. Jackson's, Ross', Cosby's, and F.C. Armstrong's Brigade, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. It contained 22 officers and 220 men in July, 1862 and confronted the Federals in various conflicts in Mississippi. Later the regiment was involved in the operations in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee where its casualties were 2 killed and 27 wounded. It went on to fight in North Georgia and Alabama but only a few surrendered in May,1865.