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Gilbert Taylor Abernathy 1820-1888 civil war service questions (Help) I am the Great Great Grandson of Gilbert Taylor Abernathy 1820-1888, I believe he was a Colonel in the Confederacy He had at least three brothers who also served, John S Abernathy - Corporal - Killed in battle of Cheat Mountain Alfred Harris Abernathy - Colonel in 53rd TN captured at Fort
Curious case of Capt. Chas. Lewis, US becoming Pvt. Chas. Lewis, CS According to Abernathy Capt Chas Lewis was a U S officer at Holly Springs at the time of Van Dorn’s raid and was subsequently shunned for his association with the debacle He resigned from the U S army and enlisted in the 17th Miss in Holly Springs and went to Fredericksburg, Va to his new Confederate unit as a Private There are a couple of errors; Abernathy says Lewis was in the pre
The Unknown Hero of Allatoona Pass | Atlanta Campaign The following letter to the Editor, written by J P Abernathy of Sherman, Texas, was originally published in the Cartersville Weekly Tribune-News on December 7, 1949
Eight Mississippi Soldiers Assigned to Captain Moody’s Battery on July . . . Additional details on the infantry detachment mentioned by Col Alexander were provided by William Meshack Abernathy, who at the time of the battle was a private serving in Company B, of the 17th Mississippi: "We were supporting Moody's battery [on July 2] and it lost so many men that volunteers were called for to help them man their guns
Biographic Profiles - We Will Remember Alfred Harris Abernathy :CSA1stNat: Born: February 26, 1822 Birthplace: Giles County, Tennessee Father: Charles Clayton Abernathy 1790 – 1877 (Buried: William Abernathy Cemetery, Giles County, Tennessee) Mother: Susannah Woody Harris 1800 – 1840 (Buried: William Abernathy Cemetery, Giles County, Tennessee) Wife: Elizabeth Todd Butler
Confederate Guerrilla Ancestors | Researching Civil War Records . . . Capturing Abernathy the group were riding toward a wood to kill the boy when a regiment of Confederate cavalry from General Joseph Wheelers command intercepted them Abernathy was released and Brixey captured, two others were with him but managed to escape, James Canaster and Martin Phips
Southern slaves at Gettysburg - Simon was with Pvt William M Abernathy of the 17th Mississippi from the outset of the war, until the surrender at Appomattox Simon attended to him in a Union hospital in Philadelphia after Abernathy was wounded at Gettysburg Simon later named his son William, after his master
List of Blacks (Slave and Free) with the Confederate Army at Gettysburg As of August 2018, from primary sources collected or reviewed over the past 30 years, I have confirmed the presence of 72 slaves who accompanied the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Gettysburg campaign I also show four who were probably present, for a grand total of 76 Four
One Hundred Documented Slaves and Free Blacks with the Confederate Army . . . There were doubtless several hundred black slaves (along with some free blacks) who accompanied the Confederate army to Gettysburg, as inferred by British army officer Arthur Fremantle, who counted 20-30 blacks following just three brigades (Semmes, Barksdale and Kershaw) on the march northward