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to send us any information you might have on that individual. Period
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are highly desirable. Our intention is to create a web page dedicated
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John and David Coleman, Co. A 6th Regiment,
Butler's Brigade, S.C.
My great great great
grandfather John Coleman and his brother David were in Co. A 6th
Regiment, Butler's Brigade. John Coleman was killed 11 June, 1864, the
first day of the Battle of Trevilian Station. David Coleman was in
that battle but lived.
John Coleman was born
in Feb.1, 1822,. At the time of The War between the States,
he lived near Fountain Inn, S. C. His family home built about 1849 is
still there. He left a wife, Anna Babb Coleman and seven children. The
oldest was Robert, a lad of 13, when his father went to war. Here are
his written words telling of those times:
" I think in the fall
of '62 there was a call for men up to 45. So my father had to go down
on the coast. Next spring they let him come home to make a crop. I
recollect I had oats sowed when he came home. That fall he had to go
off again. There was a man at home by the name of Arnold Sullivan. He
was making up a cavalry company. So my father and a great many of the
neighbors joined that company. My father took Old Dick- that was the
name of a horse he had had even since he was married-back down to the
coast on John's Island. They stayed there that winter. In the spring
they were ordered to Virginia- so he sent Old Dick home. He had bought
a mighty pretty bay mare before he went off. He took the bay mare to
Virginia in the spring of '64. So he was there til in June. Then the
11th of June the battle of Trevilian Station began. He got killed the
first day. Dr' Knight told me, he saw him lying on the field next day
and he took his comb and pocketbook and gave them to Uncle Dave .
Barnett Babb said he got a citizen to bury him.
A monument to John Coleman
is in the Rabun Creek Baptist Church Cemetary, in Laurens County, S.C.
David Coleman went on to
fight and was captured at Chapin's Farm, Virginia. He was a prisoner
of war, at Federal prison at Point Lookout, Md. He was paroled whenthe
war was over and returned to S.C.
I had another great
great grandfather Henry Hill Sprouse , born Nov. 26, 1826, also from
near Fountain Inn,S. C. who was in the same regiment and company as
John Coleman. Henry Hill Sprouse and his wife Mary Caroline Hopkins
Sprouse set up house keeping in the Fairview Presbyterian Church
community. A letter written by him on Aug. 21, 1863, from John's
Island, S. C., to his brother William Washington Sprouse states
his health was very "porley", but he had the best riding nag
in the Confederacy and would not take a $1000 for her. He thought the
War surely would be lost in less than a year.He also fought and was
captured at the Battle of Treviian Station. He was taken as a prisoner
to Pt. Lookout, Md. where he died on April 25, 1865, just as the war
was ending. His name appears on the monument located on Md. Route 5 at
the site where the remains of most of the Confederate prisoners were
reinterred in the 1870's. He is listed at H.H. Sprouse, Co.A, 6
S.C.Cav. His widow was 35, left with 5 children, the oldest nine. Her
house soon burned. She died in 1869, and her grave is in Fairview
Cemetary. The five children were scattered and raised among relatives.
Respectfully submitted by
Caroline Smith Sherman
My
great,great,great uncle Corporal Charles A Jackson and his Uncle Sgt
Alonzo Foster fought with the 6th
New York Veteran Volunteer Cavalry at Trevilian Station under the
command of Sheridan. I have a book written for the men of the 6th
by Alonzo which documents the events of the battle in his own words.
He lost his best friend Corporal Milton Bennett of Amagansett New
York, who is buried somewhere on the battle field.
Reminiscences and record of the 6th New York
v.v. cavalry, by Alonzo Foster, late Sergeant Co. F.
With
our thanks, Submitted by
Henry
Huecker
Richard Samuel Baylis (my great grandfather)
Adjutant 5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment
General Custers Michigan Brigade
Born: Nov 22,1830 Ontario County New York
Died: Sept 14,1886 Milan, Michigan
Wounded through the body at Trevelians, June 12,1864.
Brevet Lt.Col in 1865.
After the war he was a Lawyer, and the PostMaster for S.Johns,Michigan. He was over 6 feet tall and 225#.
With our thanks, submitted by
Robert H. Baylis
Knoxville,Tennessee
Anthony
Shriver, Company K, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry
June 22, 1864
"I have been requested by the 6th Sergeant of
Company K, 6th Cavalry to send to you the enclosed money which was
taken from Anthony Shriver, who I understand is a relative of yours.
He was seriously wounded at the battle of Trevillians Station on the
12th, last and fell into the hands of the enemy. Our men were unable
to bring him off, but saved this money which I now send to you"
PDF of Document
Anthony
Shriver was a Prussian immigrant drafted in to Union Service. He
apparently succumbed to wounds and died on June
12.
Submitted
by Patrick Hourigan.
Charles W. Austin, Private in Company A of the Fifth
Michigan Cavalry
Enlisted at Waterford, Michigan on August 16, 1862,age
of seventeen. 5’7”, 145 lbs., brown hair, light complexion, and
gray eyes. Part of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade under George
Armstrong Custer. Mustered in on August 26, 1862, and saw action in
crucial fighting during the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. He
was wounded on July 8, 1863 at the Battle of Boonsboro, Maryland
when he was struck in the right side by piece of enemy shell.
Campaigns included Brandy Station,the Wilderness
and Trevillian Station. Captured at the Battle of Trevillian Station.
Confined at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia on June 20, 1864 and
sent to Andersonville prison on June 21, 1864. Paroled February 26,
1865 and was returned to Federal authorities on March 10, 1865.
Honorably discharged at Tripler Hospital on May 25, 1865.
For a more complete biography we recommend going to http://daughterof24thmichigan.blogspot.com (as featured by the CWPT)
Thanks to
Kristina Austin Scarcelli
Great
Great Granddaughter of Abner D. Austin, Private,
Company I, 24th Michigan Infantry of the Iron Brigade of the West
Great
(3x) Niece of Charles W. Austin, Private,
Company A, 5th Michigan Cavalry of the Michigan Brigade
Calvin Farnham Johnson 16th
Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
John F. Spooner 4th South Carolina
Volunteer Cavalry, Company I , Private
From the Georgetown District of
S.C. Killed In Action 11 June 164, aged 18
Thanks to Jamie Dozier
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
