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| With many thanks to William Oliver Stone, second great-grandnephew of George Barton Stone, for sharing the pictures above of G. B. Stone and his home, the Stone Plantation, Montgomery, Alabama. He, also, contributed the following, titled "In Memory of George Barton Stone." George Barton Stone, son of Barton W. and Caroline (Walton) Stone, born March 29th, 1837, died June 9, 1862, age 27. Volunteering the 15th May 1861, in Co. E 6th Regt. Ala. Vols, he endured all the privations of a soldier with becoming fortitude and exhibited through life those enabling qualities that made him the loved one of all who knew him. Wounded on the 31st of May in the Battle of Seven Pines and suffering severely there from, he remarked, "I have done all that I could for my country's good. I now commend myself to the mercy of my heavenly Father." George Barton Stone, a private in the 6th Alabama under the command of Col. John B. Gordon of Rodes' Brigade, Hill's Division, was mortally wounded at Seven Pines but arranged to telegraph his father in Montgomery, Alabama, requesting upon his death, his body be returned home. Estate records indicate, a few days after his death, George's body was transported via rail in a walnut and inner lined zinc casket from Virginia back to Alabama. He is buried near his father, Barton Warren Stone, a pioneer of the Catoma Settlement and his grandfather, Warren Henley Stone, an honored veteran of the Revolutionary War, in the Stone Family Cemetery in Burkeville, Alabama. George's name is inscribed with his fallen Confederate Brothers of Alabama on the honored Lomax Gate at Oakwood Cemetery in downtown Montgomery. Ironically, in April of 1865, General Wilson, with his Union Forces, negotiated the unofficial terms of surrender with the Mayor and City Counsel of Montgomery, just west of Catoma Creek, encamped on Stone Family Plantation lands. E-Mail William ================================================ With much appreciation to Sue Maxwell, who submitted this roster of the Coosa Independent Volunteers, Co. B, 12th Alabama Inf. Sue's 2-g-grandfather, Private J. J. Epperson, was killed in the battle. Coosa Independent Volunteers, Coosa County, Alabama Roster of Officers: Joseph F. Bradford, Captain Henry W. Cox, 1st Lieutenant William D. Lennard, 2nd Lieutenant Patrick Thomas, 3rd Lieutenant J. c. Goodgame, 1st Sergeant J. H. Blalock, 2nd Sergeant B. D. Thomas, 3rd Sergeant R. A. Mitchell, 4th Sergeant T. J. Webb, 1st Corporal W. P. Gaddis, 2nd Corporal T. H. Mitchell, 3rd Corporal W. Y. Goodgame, 4th Corporal Roster of Privates: Allen, w. C.; Autry, John J.; Adkins, w. C.; Ballard, Felix; Barnett, Lewis; Bazemore, F. M.; Blackburn, J. J.; Blair, Robert J.; Blake, William H.; Bridges, Jeff; Brown, William D.; Bryant, E. C.; Burt, S. H.; Burton, George A.; Burton, Samuel A.; Butler, J. H.; Buxbee, I. P.; Calfee, William J.; Calloway, G. W.; Campbell, W. H. V.; Carr, Henry; Coker, Thomas G.; Corley, John M.; Corley, R. C.; Cotton, W. J.; Crew, John S.; Epperson, J. J.; Erwin, David; Favor, Joseph C.; Finch, J. W. Mc'n; Fitzgerald, T. W.; Garnett, C. C.; German, A. J.; German, R. T.; Hagan, David C.; Harman, James; Haynes, John M.; Hestaley, R. Y.; Hollingsworth, J. W.; Honeycutt, John H.; Jacobs, Nic T.; Jones, Ben F.; Kannady, Thomas M.; Kelly, John B.; Lipsey, Charles; Little, Frank G.; Littlejohn, John M.; Liveoak, M. L.; Looney, Oliver P.; Mallory, R. H. J.; Marbury, Thomas M.; Martin, Asa T.; Massengale, John T.; May, Edmond N.; McBrayer, Jeff T.; McDonald, Const.; McElrath, R. M.; McElrath, Thomas J.; McKinney, William; McNatt, Riley D.; McPherson, J. O.; Mizzle, Thomas S.; Moon, Jesse; Morgan, Frank J.; Morgan, Frank A.; Newman,Peter; Pete, William Rufus; Phillips, John B.; Phillips, William S.; Pinson, B. F.; Porter, John; Richardson, H. H.; Robinson, Thomas G.; Sharbutt, Joseph M.; Shaw, M. M.; Smith, A. G.; Smith, Ervin C.; Smith, John S.; Smith Josiah R.; Thomas, H. Clay; Thomas, Henry C.; Thomas, John C.; Vann, David; Veazey, John J.; Veazey, William H.; Walker, John; White, Jesse H.; Wilkinson, Ben R.; Wilkinson, J. B.; Wood, Elisha B. S.; Wood, Henry B.; Young, John W. E-Mail Sue ========================================= We are very grateful to Samuel Eugene Smith for his kindness in sharing an excerpt from his g-grandfather, Samuel Aven Smith's journal. Samuel Smith lost a leg in the battle. He later became a doctor in York County, South Carolina, where he lived out his life. Click here to read the journal excerpt. E-Mail Samuel ========================================= The following was contributed by Charles McNamara concerning Samuel P. Prescott of the 96th NY Volunteers. Samuel P. Prescott was a private with the 96th New York volunteers who was discharged with wounds in July, 1862. He entered with the regiment at age 20 in March, 1862. Assuming it took the army a month or so to move him to a hospital in Washington, D.C., I am assuming he might have been wounded at 7 pines. The casualties list for the 96th New York show one wounded enlisted man at the Battle of Seven Pines. E-Mail Charles ========================================== Submitted by Joyce Sells about her g-g-uncle, John S. Settle, who died at Seven Pines. John S. Settle, a g-g-uncle of mine, was killed in the Battle of Seven Pines. He was born in 1843 in Stewart County, TN, and was the brother of my g-grandmother. E-Mail Joyce =========================================== Contributed by Robin Wildfang about her g-g-grandfather, George Clay Campbell, of the 7th TN Infantry, who was wounded at Seven Pines. My g-g-grandfather, George clay Campbell, enlisted in C Company of the 7th regiment of the TN Infantry in Gallatin, TN on May 24th, 1861, as a private (from the Nat'l Records Office, Confederate Army records). He was wounded in both legs on May 31, 1862, at the battle of Seven Pines behind enemy lines and was carried off the field and sent home on furlough, eventually to be discharged because of the wounds (from the Soldier's Application for Pension). He lived to a ripe old age, however, applying for his pension in 1924, at the age of 85, from Nashville, TN. E-Mail Robin =========================================== This interesting information about the flag bearer of the 16th Miss Inf at the Battle of Seven Pines was shared by Andrew Miller. My grandmother's aunt wrote in 1882: "Steele [Irvine, her brother] distinguished himself in 1862, at the Battle of Seven Pines before Richmond, when the standard bearer was killed. Steele immediately grasped the flag and carried it ahead of the whole army. The flag was so riddled by bullets, that it was never used after that battle, but was presented to the 16 Miss, his regiment." E-Mail Andrew =========================================== With appreciation to Roan Webb, a descendant of Col. William Roane Aylett, who fought in the Battle of Seven Pines. I have an ancestor who fought at the large and bloody engagement of Seven Pines. He fought along the lines of Gen. Armistead. He was commander of Co. D, the Taylor Grays, of the 53rd Virginia regiment. His name was Col. William Roane Aylett. I can't find any pictures of him. I have the location of his grave located at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Aylett, VA. He was wounded at Gettysburg during the great cannonade. He was also wounded again at Bermuda Hundred. He would later be captured at Sailor's Creek and taken to Johnson Island in Ohio. He was a blood relative of the great Patrick Henry and was featured during the movie "Gettysburg" right before Pickett's Charge, while Gen. Armistead was naming a few of his men. I read that he fought very gallantly during the Peninsula Campaign. Born in May of 1833; died in August of 1900. E-Mail Roan ============================================= An obituary for Susan Johanson's ggg-uncle, Robert C. Nevitt, who was killed in the Battle of Seven Pines. Robert Cornelius Nevitt was a Palmetto Rifleman of Anderson, SC, also, called the SC Palmetto Sharp Shooters-Jenkins Regiment. My Aunt Frances told me that her grandmother, Bettie Crosby Nevitt Clarke, said that a wagon was sent to Virginia for his body. Robert Nevitt was brought back and buried in the Nevitt Family Burial Grounds, in Anderson, SC, beside his mother, Elizabeth Hutchinson Nevitt. Six years later, his father, William Miles Nevitt, Jr., was buried there under the Poplar tree. Click here to read Robert Nevitt's obituary. E-Mail Susan ============================================== The following information was shared by John Ussery, who, also, submitted the images and documents below. Many thanks to John, they are most appreciated! John's 2-g-grandfather, Sgt. Major John C. Ussery, was captured in the battle. The 23rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment took part in the Battle of Seven Pines. I'm aware that "D" Company, "The Pee Dee Guards" was in the battle, as were other companies of the 23rd, but I'm not certain how many other companies of this regiment were involved. |
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| Sgt. Major John Calvin Ussery, John's 2-g-grandfather, who is mentioned in the article from book, "History of the Pee Dee Guards." |
| Flag of the 23rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment. This flag was later captured at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. It is now on display at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh, NC. |
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| Excerpt from "History of the Pee Dee Guards" by H. C. Wall describing the unit's fighting in the Battle of Seven Pines. |
| Copy of document showing that John was taken prisoner of war and was transferred from Fort Monroe, VA to Fort Delaware, DE, on June 5, 1862. He was later paroled on October 15, 1862 and returned to his unit, shocking all of the men who thought he was dead. |
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| Copy of the document showing that John was placed on the "Roll of Honor" for his service from May 10, 1862 - May 30, 1862. |
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| John Calvin Ussery was mistakenly reported as dead, when he had actually been taken prisoner of war. this is a copy of the letter sent to his parents notifying them of his "death." |
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| E-Mail John =============================================== Contributed by Desiree St. Paul Gomilla, whose 2-great-grandfather, Major Henry Honore St. Paul, CSA, was brevetted to the rank of Colonel on the Battlefield of Seven Pines. You can find out more about Desiree's family on one of my "Old New Orleans" pages, click here. Henry Honore St. Paul was born in Antwerp, Belgium to French (not Belgian) parents. He was brevetted to the rank of Colonel on the Battlefield of Seven Pines. He, also, fought at Williamsburg. He led a battalion of French-speaking soldiers, "St. Paul's Battalion of Sharpshooters, Chausseurs a Pied" (foot soldiers). He was not affiliated with "The Fighting Tigers" of Louisiana, but he fought alongside the Washington Artillery, and is written up in "Foreigners in the Confederacy," as well as, "In Camp and Battle with the Washington Artillery." He wrote a camp newspaper during the battles. It was handwritten and wound up on the top and bottom with 2 pencils. His inkwell was lost or destroyed in one of the battles, so that was the end of the newspaper. He brought his troops into the Confederate Army at Montgomery. He walked with a cane and was an attorney by trade. He lived in Mobile, AL and New Orleans, LA. He attended the University of Transylvania (now part of the University of Kentucky law school). He resigned his post as commanding officer in the CSA due to his health -- either injuries incurred during battle or because of other health reasons (we know that he walked with a cane prior to the war). After resigning his commanding position, he went to work for General Dick Taylor and became quartermaster in Mobile, AL. He is sometimes mistakenly written up as two different people: Henry St. Paul of Louisiana and Henry St. Paul of Alabama, but they are one in the same. He was married to Amanda Pucheu, daughter of Jules Pucheu, of New Orleans. Mr. Pucheu was an accountant who was murdered at his place of employment when his daughter from his first marriage was only about two years old; Amanda was raised by his second wife, her stepmother, Adele Ollie Pucheu. The first time Major Henry Honore St. Paul set eyes on Miss Amanda Pucheu, she was sitting on the steps of St. Mary of the Victory Church on Chartres Street, playing with dolls. He decided then that he wanted to marry her. Prior to the War Between the States, Major Henry St. Paul owned about seventeen pieces of property between Louisiana, Alabama and, we believe, Mississippi. The Federals confiscated all of this property for back taxes (including the property which is now "The Grand Hotel" in Point Clear, AL), leaving Major St. Paul only with a small house on St. Ann Street in the back of the French Quarter. Admiral David Farragut, who captured the Port of New Orleans, set a bounty on Major St. Paul's head partly because Major St. Paul had written a pamphlet, "Our Home and Foreign Policy." Major St. Paul was forced to live (while not in combat) in hiding between New Orleans and Mobile for the remainder of the war. E-Mail Gomilla ================================================ With thanks to Charles W. Anderson, 3-great-grandson of Joseph Riley Curtis, who was killed at the Battle of Seven Pines. My 3-great-grandfather, Joseph Riley Curtis, was killed at the Battle of Seven Pines/Fair Oaks on May 31, 1862. He fought for Company F, 5th Alabama Regiment (The Cahaba Rifles) under Capt. Christopher C. Pegues. Joe, as he was known, only signed up while the company was reorganizing on March 10, 1862. He was a private. Joe was born to Joseph W. Curtis (1794-1865), an English immigrant, and Harriet __ in 1826, possibly in St. Clair Co., AL. The family was in Shelby Co. in 1830 and had moved to Montgomery by 1831. They moved to Wetumpka some time in the 1840's. The census of 1850 found Joe serving as an overseer to the family of Mrs. Margarett Mardis in Shelby Co. By 1854, Joe was elected Marshal of Selma, AL, near the town of Cahaba. He would serve in this capacity until 1858. In 1856, he married Louisa Mardis, daughter of the same Margarett Mardis he had once been employed by. However, Louisa died the next year. Fortunately, though, he met a beautiful Irish immigrant orphan named Anna Eleanor Cunningham (1838-1912) while on business in Montgomery and they were married there in February, 1858. Also, that year, though he lost out as Marshall in Selma, he was elected constable. Their first child, Katherine Giovanni Curtis, was, also, born later that year. In 1860, Joe became embroiled in a shadowy incident known only to us as the "Goldsby Affair." It culminated in a confrontation between Joe and Mr. Goldsby, where Joe drew his gun on the other man. Goldsby raised his hands, causing Joe to shoot. The bullet passed through one of Goldsby's hands and hit one Dr. Richardson, who was trying to calm the situation down, in the head. Dr. Richardson died and Joe and his family quickly left town, settling in nearby Cahaba. A second child was born that year (Alabama Curtis, may have died young). The next year he was sent out to Marion to capture a suspected abolitionist. He had a third child (Anna Louise Curtis, 1861-1942, my ancestor), that year and another child (Joe Curtis, may have died young) the next. He then signed up to fight and died at Seven Pines. We have a transcript of a newspaper listing casualties that includes his name. His burial location is not known, but I believe I noticed a ? Curtis buried in the Richmond National Cemetery near Richmond, VA. Perhaps it is him. His wife lived until 1912, outliving two more husbands. She had five more children and settled in Brierfield. She is buried there and her tombstone gives her birthplace as County Wicklow, Ireland, and mentions her first husband by name, stating that he died in the Battle of Seven Pines. I have a picture of her, click here. Visiting my grandmother's house growing up, his picture and that of his father always greeted us in the entry hall. We were told, even at a young age, that he had fought and died in the Battle of Seven Pines. It appears that she got this from her great-grandmother's tombstone, because she and her sister used to ride the train down to Brierfield to spend the day with relatives. E-mail Charles ================================================= Shared by Traci Bradley, whose g-uncle was killed in the battle. I just located a great uncle who was killed in the Battle of Seven Pines. His name was Samuel W. Oakes, killed June 1, 1862. He was a private in Co. B, 18th Virginia Infantry, Captain Claiborne's company. E-mail Traci ================================================= This information is from Ellen Pack's excellent site, Adams County, MS Genealogical and Historical Research. Natchez Fencibles, Co. G, 12th Miss Reg Adams County, MS List of those wounded and killed in the Battle of Seven Pines Wounded: James Brady Powell S. House F. J. V. LeCand C. Marsh Lt. T. Q. Munce T. S. Redd Corporal E. Scudamore Willima H. Stith George Underwood Corp. W. H. Wilson Died later from wounds received in battle: William Conner Killed in battle: Lt. A. L. Butts T. J. Carter J. C. Collins M. Haley G. Mellen D. Mulvihill ==================================================== Contributed by Patricia Edens Norton concerning William E. Dalton, who was killed at Seven Pines I had a g-uncle, William E. Dalton, who died at the battle of Seven Pines. He was seventeen years old, a native of Lunenberg and Nottoway Counties, VA. His oldest brother was my maternal g-grandfather. E-Mail Patricia ==================================================== With many thanks to Ernie Smith for sharing this information about James Thomas Moore, who was killed at Seven Pines My 2-g-grandmother, Martha Ann "Moore" Smith's only brother was killed at the Battle of Seven Pines at age 16. James Thomas Moore, b.1846 - d.1862, Pvt., Co. E, 12th Ala Reg. 3rd Brigade C.S.A. James was the third of four children and the only son of Valentine Moore and Nancy B. "Ward" Moore, originally of Orange County, NC. The Moore family, like many in NC, came to GA, AL and MS seeking a new life in the newly opened Choctaw, Cherokee and Creek Nation lands of the Mississippi Territory. My 4-g-grandmother, Charity "Lowe" Ward, b. 1775 - d. 1865, of Orange County, NC, James' maternal grandmother, had a grand farming plantation in Mount Meigs, Montgomery County, AL, where James was born, along with all his siblings. I don't know where in VA near the battlefield James is laid to rest, so if anyone has ever seen his grave, I would really appreciate a picture until I can get up there to find it myself. Ernie Smith, Charleston, SC, 2-g-grandson of William Martin Smith, 22nd Reg, Co. H Dragoons Vol. Cavalry Sgt., AL/TX E-Mail Ernie ==================================================== |