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John N. Hughes (1831-1861) —
of Virginia.
Born in 1831.
Delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861.
Killed in the Civil War, 1861
(age about
30 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Stebbins Bartow (1816-1861) —
of Georgia.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
6, 1816.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1856; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; died
in office 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed by rifle
shot, while rallying his men on the Henry House Hill, during the
first battle of Manassas,
Va., July 21,
1861 (age 44 years, 318
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Richard Hanson Weightman (1816-1861) —
of New Mexico.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1816.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1851; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed while commanding troops at the battle of Wilson's
Creek, near Republic, Greene
County, Mo., August
10, 1861 (age 44 years, 225
days).
Original interment at Wilson's
Creek Battlefield, Near Republic, Greene County, Mo.; reinterment
at Springfield
National Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Benjamin Johnson Brown (d. 1861) —
of Missouri.
Member of Missouri
state senate; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War.
Killed in the battle of Wilson's Creek, near Republic, Greene
County, Mo., August
10, 1861.
Original interment at Wilson's
Creek Battlefield, Near Republic, Greene County, Mo.; reinterment
at Springfield
National Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861) —
also known as Edward D. Baker —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Oregon City, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in London, England,
February
24, 1811.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1837-40; member of Illinois
state senate, 1841-45; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1845-46, 1849-51 (7th District
1845-46, 6th District 1849-51); resigned 1846; colonel in the U.S.
Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1860-61; died in office 1861; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Killed in battle at Balls Bluff, Loudoun
County, Va., October
21, 1861 (age 50 years, 239
days).
Interment at San
Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.
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Josiah McNair Anderson (1807-1861) —
also known as Josiah M. Anderson —
of Fairview, Williamson
County, Tenn.
Born near Pikeville, Bledsoe
County, Tenn., November
29, 1807.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1833-37; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1843-49; Speaker of
the Tennessee State Senate, 1843-45, 1847-49; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1849-51.
Just after having made a secession speech,
was stabbed
and killed, Looneys Creek, Marion
County, Tenn., November
8, 1861 (age 53 years, 344
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Sequatchie County, Tenn.
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Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821-1861) —
also known as Frank Terry —
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., February
18, 1821.
Son of Joseph Royal Terry (1792-1877) and Sarah David (Smith) Terry
(1793-1837).
Planter;
in 1844, he was attacked
by two rebellious slaves with knives and axes; railroad
builder; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed in action while leading Terry's Texas Rangers at
the battle of Woodsonville (also called Rowlett's Station), in Hart
County, Ky., December
17, 1861 (age 40 years, 302
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fort Bend County, Tex.; reinterment
in 1880 at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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William McPherson McIntosh (1815-1862) —
of Georgia.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., February
14, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1846-47; member of Georgia
state senate, 1855-56; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1860;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died from gunshot
wounds received at the Civil War battle at Garnett's Farm,
Henrico
County, Va., June, 1862
(age 47
years, 0 days).
Interment at Heard
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Alfred Robb (d. 1862) —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Mortally wounded in the battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee,
and died soon after, in Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn., 1862.
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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George W. Johnson (1811-1862) —
of Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky.
Born in 1811.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Confederate Governor of
Kentucky, 1861-62.
Shot
during a Civil War battle, and died soon after, 1862
(age about
51 years).
Interment somewhere
in Georgetown, Ky.
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Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (1812-1862) —
also known as Felix K. Zollicoffer —
of Tennessee.
Born in Bigbyville, Maury
County, Tenn., May 19,
1812.
Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1849; fought a pistol duel
with rival editor John L. Martin, in Nashville, Tenn., 1852; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1853-59; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed in a Civil War battle near Mill Springs, Wayne
County, Ky., January
19, 1862 (age 49 years, 245
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph at Zollicoffer
Park Cemetery, Near Nancy, Pulaski County, Ky.
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Benjamin McCulloch (1811-1862) —
also known as Ben McCulloch —
of Texas.
Born November
11, 1811.
Member of Texas
Republic Congress, 1839; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.
Killed in the Civil War at Pea Ridge, Benton
County, Ark., March 7,
1862 (age 50 years, 116
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Washington, Mason
County, Ky., February
2, 1803.
Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1838-40; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Killed while leading his forces at the Battle of Shiloh, Hardin
County, Tenn., April 6,
1862 (age 59 years, 63
days).
Original interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1867 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Clark L. Owen (1808-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Shelby
County, Ky., 1808.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Matagorda, Jackson and Victoria,
1841-42; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed at the battle of Shiloh, Hardin
County, Tenn., April 6,
1862 (age about 53
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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W. H. L. Wallace (d. 1862) —
of Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1856;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed while leading troops at the Civil War battle of
Shiloh near Pittsburg Landing, Hardin
County, Tenn., April 6,
1862.
Interment a
private or family graveyard, La Salle County, Ill.
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Barton S. Kyle (1824-1862) —
of Troy, Miami
County, Ohio.
Born in Miami
County, Ohio, 1824.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed at the battle of Shiloh, Hardin
County, Tenn., April 6,
1862 (age about 37
years).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Troy, Ohio.
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Adley Hogan Gladden (1810-1862) —
of South Carolina.
Born in 1810.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention, 1861; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh and died a few days later, April 12,
1862 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Louis Powell Harvey (1820-1862) —
also known as Louis P. Harvey —
of Shopiere, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., July 22,
1820.
Republican. Delegate to
Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1847; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1854-58; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1856
(member, Credentials
Committee); secretary of
state of Wisconsin, 1860-62; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1862; died in office 1862.
While on a trip to inspect Wisconsin troops after the battle of
Shiloh, during the Civil War, fell off a
boat and drowned
in the Tennessee River, near Pittsburg Landing, Hardin
County, Tenn., April 19,
1862 (age 41 years, 271
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Robert Eden Scott (1808-1862) —
of Virginia.
Born in Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., April 23,
1808.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1835-42, 1845-52; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Shot
and killed, in a Civil War skirmish with a band of Union
deserters, in Fauquier
County, Va., May 3,
1862 (age 54 years, 10
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.
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George Taliaferro Ward (c.1810-1862) —
also known as George T. Ward —
of Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Fayette
County, Ky., about 1810.
Whig. Member
Florida territorial council, 1833-34; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,
1838-39; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1848; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1852; delegate
to Florida secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Florida to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
candidate for Senator
from Florida in the Confederate Congress, 1861; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed while leading his regiment in the Civil War battle
at Williamsburg,
Va., May 5,
1862 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
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William High Keim (1813-1862) —
also known as William H. Keim —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born near Reading, Berks
County, Pa., June 13,
1813.
Mayor
of Reading, Pa., 1848-49; defeated (Whig), 1847; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1858-59; general
in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in the military service at Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., May 18,
1862 (age 48 years, 339
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Robert Hopkins Hatton (1826-1862) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, November
2, 1826.
Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1855; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1859-61; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed in the Battle of Seven Pines, near Richmond (unknown
county), Va., May 31,
1862 (age 35 years, 210
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tenn.
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Sydenham Moore (1817-1862) —
of Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala.
Born in Rutherford
County, Tenn., May 25,
1817.
Democrat. State court judge in Alabama, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1857-61; defeated,
1855; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died from wounds received in the Battle of Seven Pines,
Virginia, May 31,
1862 (age 45 years, 6
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Greensboro, Ala.
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Samuel Watson Black (1816-1862) —
also known as Samuel W. Black —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
3, 1816.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1852; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1857-59; Governor of
Nebraska Territory, 1859-61; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Killed in battle at Gaines Mill, Hanover
County, Va., June 27,
1862 (age 45 years, 297
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Stephen Fowler Hale (1816-1862) —
of Alabama.
Born in Crittenden
County, Ark., January
31, 1816.
Member of Alabama state legislature, 1843, 1857-61; served in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1853; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Mortally wounded during the battle of Seven Pines, and died at
Richmond,
Va., July 18,
1862 (age 46 years, 168
days).
Interment at Mesopotamia
Cemetery, Eutaw, Ala.
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John Taylor Hughes (1817-1862) —
of Missouri.
Born in Woodford
County, Ky., July 25,
1817.
Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1854; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
While leading his troops, was killed in battle at
Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., August
11, 1862 (age 45 years, 17
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862) —
of Washington.
Born in North Andover, Essex
County, Mass., March 25,
1818.
Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of
Washington Territory, 1853-57; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1857-61; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed at the Civil War battle of Chantilly, Fairfax
County, Va., September
1, 1862 (age 44 years, 160
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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Relatives:
Cousin of Charles
Abbot Stevens and Moses
Tyler Stevens. See Stevens
family of Massachusetts. |
| | | Stevens County,
Wash. is named for him. |
| | | Epitaph: "Who gave to the service of
his country a quick and comprehensive mind, a warm and generous
heart, a firm will, and a strong arm, and who fell while rallying his
command, with the flag of the Republic in his dying grasp, at the
battle of Chantilly, Va." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Isaac Ingalls Stevens:
Joseph Taylor Hazard, Companion
of Adventure: A Biography of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, First Governor of
Washington |
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George Watson Pratt (d. 1862) —
also known as George W. Pratt —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1858-59; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1862, and
died as a result, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
11, 1862.
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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John Basil Lamar (1812-1862) —
of Georgia.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., November
5, 1812.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1837; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Mortally wounded in the battle at Cramptons Gap, Frederick
County (part now in Washington
County), Md., and died the following day, September
15, 1862 (age 49 years, 314
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820-1862) —
also known as Lawrence O'B. Branch —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Enfield, Halifax
County, N.C., November
28, 1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1855-61; general
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed in the battle of Antietam, Sharpsburg, Washington
County, Md., September
17, 1862 (age 41 years, 293
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Allison Nelson (1822-1862) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Meridian, Bosque
County, Tex.
Born in Fulton
County, Ga., March 11,
1822.
Son of John B. Nelson.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1849-53; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1855; resigned 1855; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1860; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died, a war casualty, near Austin, Lonoke
County, Ark., October
7, 1862 (age 40 years, 210
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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James Streshly Jackson (1823-1862) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Fayette
County, Ky., September
27, 1823.
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1861; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Killed by rifle
shot in the Battle of Perryville, Boyle
County, Ky., October
8, 1862 (age 39 years, 11
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
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William Sydney Wilson (1816-1862) —
of Port Gibson, Claiborne
County, Miss.
Born in Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., November
7, 1816.
Son of Ephraim
King Wilson (1771-1834).
Democrat. Member of Mississippi state legislature, 1858-59, 1860-61;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1860;
Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861;
major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Mortally wounded at the battle of Sharpsburg on September 17,
1862, and died November
3, 1862 (age 45 years, 361
days).
Interment at Makemie
Memorial Presbyterian Churchyard, Snow Hill, Md.
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Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862) —
of Georgia.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ga., April 10,
1823.
Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed in the battle of Fredericksburg, Stafford
County, Va., December
13, 1862 (age 39 years, 247
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Jacob Babbitt (1809-1862) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., May 9,
1809.
Son of Jacob Babbitt (1769-1850) and Bathsheba (Stoddard) Babbitt
(1773-1852).
Democrat. Banker; cotton
manufacturer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1860;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and wounded (in a "friendly fire" accident) during the Civil
War battle of Fredericksburg, Va., and died ten days later, in
Mansion House Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., December
23, 1862 (age 53 years, 228
days).
Interment at Juniper
Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
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Relatives:
Married, October
7, 1826, to Abby Eliza Briggs (1808-1882). |
| | | Epitaph: "Know this, if I fall, it will
be in defense of our beloved Constitution." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ebenezer Allen (1804-1863) —
of Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., April 8,
1804.
Lawyer;
Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1844-45, 1845-46; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1844-45; Texas
state attorney general, 1850-52; served in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Allen, Texas is named for
him.
Died in the Civil War in Virginia, 1863
(age about
59 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas B. Monroe, Jr. (died c.1863) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1859-61; major in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Killed in the Confederate service during the Civil War, about
1863.
Burial
location unknown.
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John M. Wimer (1810-1863) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Amherst
County, Va., May 8,
1810.
Mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1843-44, 1857-58; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Killed in action at Hartville, Wright
County, Mo., January
11, 1863 (age 52 years, 248
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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James Reily (1811-1863) —
of Texas.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, July 3,
1811.
Son of John Reily and Nancy (Hunter) Reily.
Lawyer;
major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; Texas Republic
Minister to the United States, 1841-42; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S. Consul in SAINT Petersburg, 1856; colonel in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed in the Battle of Camp Bisland, on Bayou Teche, near
Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April 14,
1863 (age 51 years, 285
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Robert Lafayette Crawford (1825-1863) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Lancaster
County, S.C., 1825.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention, 1860; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed at Suffolk,
Va., April 20,
1863 (age about 37
years).
Interment at Old
First Presbyterian Church Graveyard, Lancaster, S.C.
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H. G. Berry (1824-1863) —
of Rockland, Knox
County, Maine.
Born August
27, 1824.
Democrat. Mayor
of Rockland, Maine, 1856; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Killed in battle at Chancellorville, Spotsylvania
County, Va., May 3,
1863 (age 38 years, 249
days).
Interment at Achorn
Cemetery, Rockland, Maine.
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Randal William McGavock (1826-1863) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born August
10, 1826.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1858-59; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Killed in battle near Raymond, Hinds
County, Miss., May 12,
1863 (age 36 years, 275
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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William Barksdale (1821-1863) —
of Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss.
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 (age 41 years, 315
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Eliakim Sherrill (1813-1863) —
of Shandaken, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenville, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
16, 1813.
U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1847-49; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1854-55; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Mortally wounded in battle, and died the next day, at
Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa., July 4,
1863 (age 50 years, 138
days).
Interment at Washington
Street Cemetery, Geneva, N.Y.
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Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton (1822-1863) —
of Missouri.
Born in Loudoun
County, Va., February
8, 1822.
Member of Missouri
state senate, 1858; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1862; Senator
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-63; died in
office 1863.
Died, apparently of malaria
contracted while while defending Vicksburg, in Bladon Springs,
Choctaw
County, Ala., September
3, 1863 (age 41 years, 207
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Ruffin (1820-1863) —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.
Born in Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C., September
9, 1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1853-61; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Mortally wounded in a cavalry fight before the Battle of
Bristoe Station, and died while a
prisoner of war, at Alexandria,
Va., October
13, 1863 (age 43 years, 34
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Franklin County, N.C.
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Francis M. Rotch (c.1822-1863) —
of Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born about 1822.
Son of Francis Rotch.
Farmer;
member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1860-61; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Contracted an unspecified
disease while with the Army of the Potomac during the Civil
War, and died from it about a year later, in Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
28, 1863 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Hillington
Cemetery, Morris, N.Y.
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James S. Wadsworth (1807-1864) —
of New York.
Born in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., October
30, 1807.
Republican. Candidate for Governor of
New York, 1862; general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died of wounds received in the Battle of the Wilderness,
Virginia, May 8,
1864 (age 56 years, 191
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
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Albert Gallatin Jenkins (1830-1864) —
of Virginia.
Born in Cabell
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
10, 1830.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1857-61; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Mortally wounded in the Battle of Cloyds Mountain, and died
near Dublin, Pulaski
County, Va., May 21,
1864 (age 33 years, 193
days).
Original interment at New
Dublin Presbyterian Cemetery, Dublin, Va.; reinterment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
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Henry Clark Gilbert (1818-1864) —
also known as Henry C. Gilbert —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Salina (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga
County, N.Y., July 14,
1818.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives, 1849; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1852;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Mortally wounded at the battle of Resaca, Georgia, and died
nine days later at the Military Hospital,
Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., May 24,
1864 (age 45 years, 315
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Laurence Massillon Keitt (1824-1864) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Orangeburg
County, S.C., October
4, 1824.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1848; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1853-55,
1855-56, 1856-60; censured
by the House in 1856 for aiding Rep. Preston
S. Brooks in his caning
attack on Sen. Charles
Sumner; resigned; re-elected to his seat within a month; Delegate
from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Mortally wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, and died the
next day, near Richmond (unknown
county), Va., June 4,
1864 (age 39 years, 244
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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William Waigstill Avery (1816-1864) —
of Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Born in Burke
County, N.C., May 25,
1816.
Son of Isaac Avery and Harriet (Erwin) Avery.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North Carolina state legislature, 1842; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1860;
delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62.
Mortally wounded while fighting Union guerillas in Tennessee,
and died in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., July 3,
1864 (age 48 years, 39
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Burke County, N.C.
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Samuel Allen Rice (1828-1864) —
also known as Samuel A. Rice —
of Mahaska
County, Iowa.
Born in Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
27, 1828.
Lawyer;
Iowa
state attorney general, 1856-61; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War.
Mortally wounded at Jenkins' Ferry, Ark., April 30, 1864, and
died at Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, July 6,
1864 (age 36 years, 161
days).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
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Alexander Wilkin (c.1820-1864) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Orange
County, N.Y., about 1820.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer; secretary
of Minnesota Territory, 1851-53; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War.
Killed in battle at Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 14,
1864 (age about 44
years); highest ranking volunteer from Minnesota to be killed in
the Civil War.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Allison Owens (1833-1864) —
also known as William A. Owens —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born September
19, 1833.
Mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Shot and
wounded at the Civil War battle of Snicker's Gap, and died
the next day, July 19,
1864 (age 30 years, 304
days).
Interment at Settler's
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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William Jones (1803-1864) —
of Spencer
County, Ind.
Born in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., 1803.
Whig. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-41; colonel in the Union
Army during the Civil War.
Died in battle at Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 22,
1864 (age about 61
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philemon Thomas Herbert (1825-1864) —
also known as Philemon T. Herbert —
of Mariposa, Mariposa
County, Calif.; El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Pine Apple, Wilcox
County, Ala., November
1, 1825.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1853-55 (10th District 1853-54, 6th District
1854-55); U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1855-57; in 1856, drunk
at breakfast, he shot
and killed Thomas Keating, a waiter at the Willard Hotel in
Washington; charged
with murder,
twice tried,
and eventually acquitted; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Wounded at the Battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864, and died in
Kingston, DeSoto
Parish, La., July 23,
1864 (age 38 years, 265
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Kingston, La.
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John Gregg (1828-1864) —
of Texas.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ala., September
28, 1828.
State court judge in Texas, 1856; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed in action on the Charles City Road near Richmond (unknown
county), Va., October
7, 1864 (age 36 years, 9
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Aberdeen, Miss.
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Henry Marchmore Shaw (1819-1864) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., November
20, 1819.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1853-55,
1857-59; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed near New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., November
1, 1864 (age 44 years, 347
days).
Interment at Shawboro
Cemetery, Shawboro, N.C.
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Michael Cook (1828-1864) —
of Rice
County, Minn.
Born in Morris
County, N.J., March 17,
1828.
Son of Richard Cook (1787-1880) and Nellie Louisa (Courter) Cook
(1793-1845).
Carpenter;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1857-62 (5th District 1857-60, 8th District
1861-62); major in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Wounded in the Civil War battle of Nashville, and died eleven
days later in the Cumberland field
hospital, Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
27, 1864 (age 36 years, 285
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Faribault, Minn.
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Silas Allen Yerkes (1834-1865) —
also known as Silas Yerkes —
of Vergennes, Kent
County, Mich.
Born near Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
14, 1834.
Son of Anthony Yerkes and Esther (Allen) Yerkes.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1861; resigned 1861; major in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Methodist.
Badly wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, September 19, 1863, and
apparently died as a result, in Vergennes, Kent
County, Mich., October
26, 1865 (age 31 years, 12
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cassius Fairchild (1829-1868) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in 1829.
Son of Jairus
C. Fairchild.
Democrat. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1860; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War.
Died, from war wounds, 1868
(age about
39 years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Jacob Carl Maria DeGress (1842-1894) —
also known as Jacob Carl DeGress —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Cologne (Köln), Germany,
April
23, 1842.
Son of Carl Franz Wilhelm von Gress and Johanna Walburga (di Bramino)
von Gress.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Texas
superintendent of public instruction, 1871-74; mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1877-80.
Catholic.
Died, of complications of his Civil War injuries, March 19,
1894 (age 51 years, 330
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Carl Franz Wilhelm von Gress and Johanna Walburga (di Bramino) von
Gress; married, January
1, 1867, to Bettie Buckner Young; married, August 2,
1882, to W. M. Johnston. |
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