TSBF
would like to invite anyone who had an ancestor present at the battle
to send us any information you might have on that individual. Period
photographs or other pictorial representations of those individuals
are highly desirable. Our intention is to create a web page dedicated
to the men and women who were directly involved or affected by this
battle. Please contact and/or send your information to
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James McGranor
served in US Army during the Civil War. He enlisted in the first unit,
13th Regt. Union Infantry, Co. I, for 3 months and when that
enlistment was up he joined the 4th Union Cavalry, 64th Regt., Company
E, out of Pittsburgh, Penna. and served in that unit August 16, 1861 -
October 28, 1864 with the rank of Private. He was shot in the right
thigh, during a Cavalry battle at the Battle of Trevellian Station,
Virginia on June 11, 1864. When he was discharged from the Hospital in
Pittsburgh, his personal description is as follows: Age, 23 years;
height, 5 feet 10 inches; weight, 151 lbs.; complexion, Dark; hair,
Black; eyes, blue-grey.
He applied for
a Disability Pension from the US Army on December 29, 1879 and had
difficulty securing it due to the different spellings of his name in
Army records. When he had originally joined the Army the name was
spelled McGranner, by the time he joined the 4th Cavalry, the spelling
had changed to McGrainer, and when he applied for his pension it had
been changed to McGranor. After he passed away Mary Ann continued the
fight for Pension from the U.S. Govt. finally getting it July 23,
1890.
(From the
Official Records of the Sixty-Fourth Regiment, 4th Cavalry)
Trevilian
Station
Sheridan's
second raid, the objective point of which was Lynchburg, on account of
the delay, as in the first, culminated at Trevilian Station. In the
early part of the engagement, the Fourth and Second regiments coming
upon the rear of a body of the enemy's troops which had cut off
Custar's command, by a vigorous charge of dismounted men scattered the
foe, stampeding their horses, and giving them an easy prey to Custar.
Immediately
after, the Fourth was separated in the thick woods; one squadron under
Colonel Covode taking the right of the First Division, the remainder
under Major Biddle, moving to the centre of the brigade and holding
the line near the railroad, where it successfully held the enemy at
bay.
At four P. M.,
the regiment being again united, a charge was ordered. With a yell the
squadrons advanced at a run, losing forty-five men in passing a
distance of one hundred yards, but bearing down all before them.
Driven from his first position, the enemy took shelter behind the
railroad embankment. For a few minutes the contest raged with great
fury, and it seemed doubtful whether the position could be held, when
Captain Martin, with the reserve squadron, arrived most timely upon
the left rear of the enemy's line, attacking it in flank. His line
wavered and the Fourth with renewed energy pushed forward to the
railroad, driving his forces in rout and confusion. The following day
was given to the destruction of the railroad. The enemy appearing in
too great force to warrant further advance, Sheridan retired.
(From
obituary for Mary Ann Dailey McGranor) James was a Dispatch Carrier
for General George Armstrong Custer during the Civil War.
(James and Mary
Ann must have moved to Pittsburgh, Penna. shortly after the 1860
Federal Census was done, as he joined the Army in Pittsburgh n 1861)
VAH
Thanks to
Pat Parris for this submission.
Keating, Michael Wayne. Nankin,
Michigan.
Enlisted in Company E, Seventh
Cavalry, Sept. 30, 1862, at Scio, for 3 years, age 31.
Mustered Jan. 23, 1863.
Taken prisoner at Trevilian
Station, Va, June 11 1864.
Died of disease at
Andersonville, Ca., Aug. 29, 1864.
Buried in National Cemetery at
Andersonville, Ga.
Grave No. 7164
Thanks
to Andrew L. Roberts for this submission
Christian
Edward Zipperer Lowndes County, Georgia
(b.
Jan 18, 1824 in Lowndes County, GA – d. April 21, 1914 in Coleman,
FL –Sumter County) enlisted in Captain Bird’s Mounted Company on
Sept 7, 1861 at Savannah, GA. He was discharged by venture of the
Conscription Act on May 6, 1862. He enlisted in Bank’s Company of
Partisan Rangers on Nov 10, 1862, at Savannah, GA. This unit became
Company B, 21 Battalion, GA Cavalry on Feb 11, 1863. He was elected 3rd
Lieutenant on Mar 20, 1863 & was promoted to 2nd
Lieutenant in July 1863. He was transferred to Company E, 7th
Regiment, GA Cavalry on Feb 13, 1864. He was captured at the Trevilian
Station, VA battle on June 11, 1864 & was sent to Fort Delaware,
Delaware. He took the oath of allegiance to the US government &
was released on June 4, 1865.
Thanks
to Connie Sands for this submission
