Thomas Pearson August .

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Thomas Pearson August.

Birth: Oct., 1821, Fredericksburg City.
Death: Jul. 31, 1869, Richmond City.

Civil War Confederate Army Officer. After his family moved to Richmond in 1827. he worked as mechantile clerk for his father while being educated. He undertook the study of law and qualified for the bar in 1842, and served as a volunteer for the Richmond Grays in the Mexican War. In 1849 he resumed the practice of law, partnering with George Wythe Randolph and Isaac Watkins. Specializing in commercial law, he built an extensive and successful practice, and was active in the Virginia militia.

He was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1850, and returned to the General Assembly in 1857 as a member of the Senate of Virginia. During the early days of the Civil War he commanded his militia force. In May of 1861 he was commissioned Colonel of his unit when it entered service with the 15th Virginia Infantry. He served under General John B. Magruder at the Battle of Big Bethel, saw action in the Seven Days' Battles and was severely wounded at Malvern Hill. He was assigned to the War Department to assist General Samuel Cooper. He retired from disability in December 1864. Following the war he resumed his practice of law and was elected to the Richmond City Council in 1866. He was removed from the council in 1869 for failure to subscribe to the test oath. He died after contracting typhoid fever and was buried with full Masonic honors.

Cause of death: Typhoid Fever.

Burial: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia.

From The Official Records of The Confederate Army.

Col. T. P. August, Fifteenth Virginia Regiment, was wounded at the battle of Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862. Before he had reported for duty after that wound he became the subject of a preexisting disease, which was exacerbated by active service, and which incapacitated him for service in the field. He was assigned in January, 1863, as commandant of conscripts for the State of North Carolina. He has been in the conscription service since that date, never having been at any time capable of field duty. His present condition is indicated by the accompanying surgeon's certificate. It has been his condition within my personal knowledge since November, 1863, the date of his assignment to duty in the Bureau at Richmond.

I have regarded him as extremely liable to die at any moment from the effects of the disease which caused his assignment. He is not physically competent to one hour's service at the head of his regiment, and never will be. Colonel August is a lawyer of eminent ability and of high repute in the State of Virginia. He is an officer of distinguished gallantry, shot down at the head of his regiment, leading them in an assault on the breastworks at Malvern Hill The comment on the letter of Colonel August is not deemed a proner subject for remarks by a subordinate officer.

In the duties with which he has been charged in this Bureau he has exhibited a zeal, earnestness, and intelligence which have been of eminent advantage to its operations. With his skill, acquired by two years experience, his great industry, and intelligence, I am confident at this period of our struggle his place could not be fully supplied in the department to which he is allotted that of acting upon applications for agricultural exemptions and details and investigating and reporting on the law and evidence of the thousands of cases submitted to the Bureau.

John Porter McCown

John Porter McCown.

Birth: Aug. 19, 1815.
Death: Jan. 22, 1879.

Civil War Confederate Major General. Born in Tennessee, he graduated from West Point in 1840, was commissioned an officer in the US Army Artillery and served in the Seminole War on the frontier, during the Mexican War. With the start of the Civil War, he joined the Confederate Army and was appointed a Colonel in the Tennessee Corps of Artillery on May 17, 1861. Promoted Brigadier General in October 1861, he commanded the 3rd Division, 1st Geographical Division, Department and was promoted Major General of the Army Corps of Tennessee in March, 1862. He led a division in the Corinth Siege, the invasion of Kentucky and fought at Murfreesboro. He then ran into trouble with Confederate Army commander General Bragg, who brought charges against him for disobedience of orders and was court-martialed in March, 1863. For the remainder of the war, he held only minor posts. After the war, he was a teacher and a farmer

Burial: Magnolia City Cemetery , Magnolia, Columbia County, Arkansas.

JOHN PORTER McCOWN.

Cadet United States Military Academy, September I, 1835; 2d Lieutenant 4th artillery, July 1, 1840; 1st Lieutenant, September 30, 1843; Captain March 9, 1851; Brevet Captain, April 18, 1847, for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Cerrogordo.  Resigned, May 17, 1861.

Brigadier-General, Army Confederate States, October 12, 1 861.

Major-General, March 10, 1862.

Died, January 22, 1879.

COMMANDS

Lieutenant-Colonel corps of artillery, Confederate States Army, March 16, 1861.

Colonel commanding corps of artillery. Provisional Army of Tennessee, May, 1861.

3d division of Western Department, 1861.

Commands of Colonels Neely and Mark.

Division composed of brigades of Cabell and Churchill, Army of the West.

Division composed of brigades of Ector, Rains and McNair.

Army of the West, divisions of McCown, Little and Maury, June, 1862.

Department of East Tennessee, 1862.

Division in Army of Kentucky under General E. Kirby Smith.

Cassander Kingman, Rhode Island.

Cassander Kingman.

Birth: Jul. 29, 1810.
Death: Feb. 4, 1895.

Wife: Caroline M. Kingman, B. June 1, 1815, New Hampshire, d., July 13, 1897.

Children: Lydia Kingman B., 1862, R. I., Carrie M. Kingman, b., 1848, R. I., Cassander Kingman, B., 1846, R. I.

Burial: North Burial Ground, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island.
 

Rhode Island 12th., Regimental History.

Kingman, Cassander, Priv. Co. E; Res., Bristol, R. I.; Sept. 19, 1862, enrolled; Oct. 13. 1862, mustered in; July 29, 1863, mustered out.

Texas Ranger James B. Gillett.

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James B. Gillett.

Birth: Nov. 4, 1856, Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Death: Jun. 11, 1937, Temple, Bell County, Texas.

James B. Gillett was born in Austin to James Shackelford Gillett and Elizabeth Harper Gillett. He was reared in Lampasas. After a stint working as a cowboy, Gillett joined Company D, Frontier Batallion, of the Texas Rangers in 1875. As a Ranger, Gillett gained fame as an Indian fighter and as a man who could round up cattle thieves and outlaws.

In December of 1881, Gillett resigned from the Texas Rangers and was appointed assistant city marshal of El Paso; in June 1882, he was appointed marshal. El Paso was a tough border town and Gillett was known as a man without fear, despite his age. Arrow straight, he neither cursed nor drank and he claimed that "no man will ever kill me drunk". On April 1, 1885, he left law enforcement and became a cattle manager for the Estado Land and Cattle Company. Six years later, he successfully branched out on his own as a cattleman.

He chronicled his years with the Texas Rangers in his book Six Years with the Texas Rangers*--. He died of heart failure in Temple, Texas.

Wife: Mary Lou Chastain Gillett (1864 - ____).

Children: Beulah Gillett Gillett Evans (1890 - 1988).

Burial: Marfa Cemetery, Marfa, Presidio County, Texas.

Henry B. Bullard

Connecticut Light Artillery Regimental History.

 

 

Comrade Henry B. Bullard, of Guilford, who had been sick with typhoid fever for a week, succumbed, and his comrades found him a resting place under some giant yellow pines just outside
the city.

It was with heavy hearts that the comrades set about the task of burying their dead brother. Not one but wondered how soon new graves might have to be made, and those who were then engaged in the solemn duty might be the next to be laid under the sod. It was not Comrade Bullard's fortune to fight under the flag of his country, he died of disease, not from an enemy's bullet, but his heroism was the same. He had died for his country ; he had given his life for his flag :

 

" His hands were folded on his breast ,
There is no other thing expressed.
But long disquiet merged in rest."

 

HENRY B. BULLARD,

of New Haven, Conn.

Enlisted Oct. i6, 1861 ; mustered in Nov. 2, 1S61 ; died of disease contracted on Ellwood Walter, Feb. 6, 1862; buried Beaufort, S. C.

 

Authors note.  He was later buried at Nut Plains Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut..

 

Had he lived he would have brought no discredit on old Connecticut's flag; in the thickest of the fight, in the miseries of camp life, in all the hard  ships to be endured, he would have been at his post a worthy comrade, a brave man, a good citizen. And in his far-off grave beneath the pines he was not forgotten by his comrades, who prayed oft:

 

" Let angels spread their wings above ;

Let flowers forever bloom ;

Let bays, green bays, spring forth to mark

Our Comrade's sacred tomb."

Samuel Alexander Colby.

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Capt Samuel Alexander Colby.

Birth: Sep. 26, 1818, Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine.
Death: Sep. 18, 1898, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado.

Wife: Mercy Hutchins Colby (1818 - 1895).

Children: Alexander Colby (1843 - 1851), Napoleon B. Colby (1845 - 1937).

Burial: Hillside Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine.

First Maine Heavy Artillery Regimental History.

 

Captain Samuel A. Colby, 44, Bucksport, m; discharged Feb. 18, 1863.

 

Captain SAMUEL A. COLBY. Capt. Samuel A. Colby, joined as original Captain and organizer. Was a worthy citizen of Bucksport, prominent in local affairs. The climate and exposures of military life, speedily undermined and impaired his health, and he resigned Feb. 18, 1863. He lived, how- ever, for many years, retaining the respect and confidence of the people of his native town. 

Isaac Newton Moreland Turner.

Eldest son of Captain J. A. S. Turner and Rebecca Hubert Turner, born in Putnam County, Ga., April 3, 1839;  when less than year old, parents moved to Sumpter County ;  attended the common schools of Americus, and the Georgia Military Institute at Marietta, lacking one term of graduating. At 19 years of age he moved to Texas, took charge of his father's farming interests in Liberty and Polk counties and successfully managed same, his father following a year later. In the early part of 1861 he and his uncle, R. W. Hubert, enlisted and organized a company for light artillery , service, the men to be mounted, procured two six pounder cannon and drilled a number of times for that service.

Failing to get service as artillerist, and an opportunity offering to go to Virginia as infantry, the proposition to accept was unanimous and the company assembled in Livingston September 3, 1861, when a handsome flag was presented in an appropriate address by Hon. Jno. L. Henry in behalf of the lady friends of the company, to which Captain Turner made brief response, assuring them that he would bring back heroes for husbands and sweethearts. The company left immediately en route to Liberty; arriving at Wood's Springs, three miles from Liberty, a halt of some days was made. On the morning of September 9th, the company was reorganized, making some changes in officers for second and third lieutenants, when the march was resumed to Liberty and on arriving there the company was formally mustered into service and designated as Company K, Fifth Texas Regiment of Volunteer Infantry.

Captain Turner was the youngest officer of his rank in Hood's Brigade, being only 22 years of age when mustered into service. Was in every march and battle of the brigade until fatally wounded at Fort Nansemond, near Norfolk. Va., April 15, 1863, having been shot by a "sharpshooter," while in command of four companies and planning the defense of said point against the enemy with a fleet of gunboats. Was standing exposed above the breastworks when shot, was carried out that night and died the next afternoon ; was carried to Americus, Ga., and buried in the family cemetery. Was but a little more than 24 years old when killed.

Alonzo B. Thorn, 99th., Indiana Infantry.

Picture date 1863.
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Alonzo B. Thorn.

Birth: Apr. 9, 1844, Ohio.
Death: Jun. 19, 1921.

Wife: Hannah Salts Thorn (1847 - 1890).

Children: Alice M.Thorne Kelley (1873 - 1960), Aden E Thorn (1880 - 1880), Charles E., John F., Lawrence E., and Thorn..

Burial: Santa Fe Cemetery, Santa Fe (Miami County), Miami County, Indiana.

Mr. Thorn in 1880 was 35 years and working in a Grist Mill.

Indiana State Archives.

Alonzo B. Thorn, Musician, 99th., Indiana Infantry, Co. D., Enlisted August 11, 1862, at Peru, Indiana, Age 18, Mustered out at Washington D. C.

Indians 99th., Regimental History.

ALONZO B. THORN, MUSICIAN, COMPANY D.

Born February 9, 1844, in Coshocton county, Ohio; came with his parents to Miami county, Indiana, in 1856. Enlisted as a musician and went the entire round with the regiment, saying: "The regiment never marched five miles from the beginning to the end that I was not with it." This tells the story of his faithful service in a few words as well as a volume could tell it. He was married July 12, 1867, but was so unfortunate as to lose his wife by death July 13, 1890, and has remained unmarried since. He has three sons and two daughters living. The above picture was taken at Moscow, Tennessee, in 863. Comrade Thorn is a great friend to all his old comrades and says: "I hope to meet them all at the next
reunion." Address, Amboy, Indiana.

Edward W. Phillips, 5th, Massachusetts Infantry.

Edward W. Phillips.

Birth: 1842.
Death: October 13, 1867, Salem.
Age at death 25.

Father Stephen C. Phillips.
Mother Margaret M. Peele Phillips.

EDWARD W. PHILLIPS. 1st Lieut. Age 20. Single. Salem. Com. Sept. 3, 1862. Resigned on account of ill health July 13, 1863, and died at Salem, Oct. 13, 1867. Previous service in 4th Battalion, which garrisoned Fort Independence for several weeks in 1861. He was assigned to special service as Commissary of Subsistence on the voyage to New Orleans on the transport J. S. Green, which sailed from New York, Dec. 3, 1862. On arriving at New Orleans he became superintendent of the U.S. bakery there, but subsequently rejoined his regiment. He was the son of Stephen C. Phillips of Salem.

Julius A. Cushman, 10th., Massachusetts INfantry..

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Julius A. Cushman.

Birth: 1821, Stafford, Conn.
Death: September 12, 1898, Ware, Hampshire, Mass.

Father: David Cushman.
Mother: Sophia Bennett Cushman.

Wife: Ellen A. Cushman.

Children: Frank L., Marion W., and Charles A. Cushman.

Tenth Massachusetts Infantry, Company A.

Cushman, Julius A., b. Stafford, Conn. ; 36, M. ; laborer, Ware June 14, '61; on provost guard about one year from spring of '63; came back to regiment in time for Grant's campaign of '64; severely wd. June 3, '64, Cold Harbor, M. O. July 1, '64; never able to do hard work afterwards, serving for the most part as a watchman in the Otis Mills, Ware; d. Sept. 12, '98.

George W. Sumter, 1115th., Illinois Infantry.

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GEORGE W. SUMTER, First Sergeant ; born in Athens, 111., February 25, 1829. His uncle, Thomas Sumter, fought in the Revolutionary War and was at the siege of Yorktown, and saw the surrender of Cornwallis. His father, Jeptha Sumter, was in the Black Hawk war. He was partly educated in the same school that Abraham Lincoln attended. He learned the brick-making trade in Springfield, Ill., and afterwards worked in Terre Haute, Ind. He later learned the wagon maker's trade and worked for a while in New Orleans, then removed to St. Louis, and then to Leavenworth, Kan., where he enlisted in a regiment of mounted riflemen, and crossed the plains to California in 1849 > there he worked at mining and the carpenter trade until 1854, when he came to Athens, Ill. He enlisted with Company K at its organization, and was with the regiment in the battle of Chickamauga, and its other ngagements. Since the war Sergeant Sumter has had a varied career in business of different sorts, in which he has made considerable success. He has now retired from business, and resides at Hawley, Minn.

EZEKIEL K. SCHWARTZ, 115th., Illinois Infantry.

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EZEKIEL K. SCHWARTZ, First Lieutenant, was born in Lewistown, Pa., December 9, 1838. He was educated in the public schools at that place, and in the Lewistown Academy. He removed to Illinois in April, 1859, and taught school in Macon and Shelby Counties. He enlisted in Shelby county as a private in Company B in August, 1862. He was soon made a corporal, and on March 26, 1863, was promoted to be second lieutenant, and on May u, 1865, was promoted to first lieutenant. Lieutenant Schwartz was in the regiment in all its campaigns and battles, excepting a short time in the spring of 1865, when he served as aide-de-camp on the staff of the brigade commander.

He is deserving of the highest commendation for his patriotism and courage displayed on the battle-field, and for his faithfulness in all his duties of the several positions occupied by him. He was mustered out with the regiment in June, 1865, and at once, like a good soldier, returned to the duties of civil life, and engaged in farming, a short distance north of Shelbyville, Ill. He was married December 27, 1866, to Joanna C. Scott, and resided on the same farm until October 20, 1892, when he removed to Findlay, Ill., where he engaged in general mercantile business, in which he is still employed
His death was in July 8, 1909.
Burial:Glenwood Cemetery , Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois.

John G. Burchfield, 13th., tennessee CAvalry.

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Corp John G. Burchfield.

Birth: May 5, 1846, Tennessee.

Death: Mar. 8, 1935, Milligan, Carter County, Tennessee.

Wife: Laura Stella Hyder Burchfield (1876 - 1942).

Burial: Williams Cemetery, Valley Forge, Carter County, Tennessee.

13th., Tennessee Cavalry Regimental History.

 
John G. Burchfield was born near Clark's Spring, Carter county, Tenn., May 5, 1846, hence he was but 15 years old when he assisted in burning the Union brilge in November, 1861, and 17 when he joined the army in 1863.

Though a boy in years he was a man in all thru it takes to make a brave soldier, and whether we find him riding through the darkness side by side with the brave men who burned the bridge, standing his ground with the bravest at Taylor's Ford or marching and fighting with his company at Greeneville at the death of Gen. Morgan, in the charges at Morristown and Fort Brecenridge and Saulsbury, and in all the marches and battles in which his Regiment was engaged he is the same brave and fearless boy.

Corporal Burchfield has had a varied experience since the Civil War. He first went west and located at Athens, Ill.., in January, 1866, and later removed to Iniopolis, thence to Niantic, and then to Springfield, Ill.. At the latter place he was married to Miss Margaret Baumgardner, December 10, 1868, and settled at Niantic, Ill. He removed to Kansas in 1886 and thence to Washington, D. C, in December, 1890, where he resided until recently, 1902.

While in Washington he was appointed on the Capitol Police force until relieved by change of administration, but was re-instated in 1899.

We are pleased to note that our friend has received an honorable and lucrative position in the Mountain Branch  of the National Soldiers' Home for Disabled Veterans at Johnson City, Tenn.

Joseph O. H. Spinney, 9th., Illinois Cavalry.

Joseph O. H. Spinney.

Birth: 1837.
Death: Aug. 20, 1916.

Wife, Julia Bevier Spinney 1847-1924.

Burial: Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, Story County, Iowa.

Illinois Ninth Cavalry Regimental History.

 

Joseph O. H. Spinney enlisted from Bradford, October 14, 1861, in company K., of the ninth Illinois cavalry. 

 

January 1, 1864, he re-enlisted as a veteran and was appointed Sergeant, and late was promoted First Sergeant of his company, in which position he served well and faithfully until he was again promoted to First Lieutenant, September 23, 1864.

 

On the promotion of Captain Clark to a majorship Lieutenant Spinney received his commission as Captain, remaining with the company until the final muster out at Selma, Ala., October 31, 1865. 

 

Captain Spinney was one of the true and tried, who by his bravery and fine soldierly qualities won his way upward, and also gained the respect and esteem of both officers and men.  His genial, hearty speech and manner made him a general favorite.

 

His address, May, 1888, is Massena, Iowa.

Aaron Dunbar, 93rd., Illinois Infantry.

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Illinois Civil War Detail Report.

Name: DUNBAR, AARON. Rank: PVT. Company: B. Unit: 93 IL US INF.

Personal Characteristics. Residence: SELBYTOWN, BUREAU CO, IL. Age: 19. Height: 5' 6 1/2. Hair: DARK. Eyes: BLUE. Complexion: LIGHT. Marital Status: SINGLE. Occupation: FARMER. Nativity: FRANKFORT, CUMBERLAND CO, PA.

Service Record. Joined When: AUG 12, 1862. Joined Where: DOVER, IL. Joined By Whom: J W HOPKINS. Period: 3 YRS. Muster In: OCT 13, 1862. Muster In Where: CHICAGO, IL. Muster Out: JUN 23, 1865. Muster Out Where: LOUISVILLE, KY. Muster Out By Whom: CPT ALEXANDER. Remarks: PROMOTED CORPORAL & SERGEANT. SLIGHTLY WOUNDED IN BATTLE MAY 22, 1863, AT VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI.

Charles A. Cuffel, Pennsylvania Artillery.

History of Durell's Battery in the Civil War (Independent Battery D. Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery.

Charles A. Cuffel.

Birth: 1840.
Death: December 8, 1907.
Married Anna Pauline Cuffel about 1877.
Burial: Pennsylvania Graveyard, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Charles A. Cuffel 2d Lt, mustered in September 24, 1861.  Private,Promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1864; to Sergeant, September 24, 1864; to 2d Lieut., November 24, 1864; mustered out with Battery, June 13, 1865; Vet

From the Regimental History.

p. 65, A lull in the battle followed the repulse of the enemy. Although the battery was exposed to a hot fire of shot and shell, but one of its number was struck Private Charles A. Cuffel, who was serving the third gun at the lanyard. A Belgium musket ball, that had first struck the ground in front of him, glanced and hit him on the breast. He was, however, able to resume his post at the gun an hour later when the battle broke out afresh.

George F. Gale, 8th., Vermont Infantry.

Dr  George F. Gale.

Birth: 1827.
Death: 1907.

Children: George Frederick Gale (1857 - 1874).

Burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont.

From the 8th., Regimental History.

 

p. 51., Dr. Gale was well known in the state of Vermont as one of the fore- most men in his profession, was an accomplished scholar, and a gentleman of character and dignity. Governor Holbrook had appointed him surgeon of the regiment on account of his eminent abilities, but the short time which he remained with them afforded very little opportunity for the display of professional skill. After his resignation was accepted, and before his return for home, the line officers signed resolutions which were handsomely engrossed, assuring him of their confidence, and regret at his departure.  

Torrey W. Sibley, 13th., Vermont Infantry.

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Torrey W. Sibley.

Birth: August 17, 1841.

Death: March 11, 1907.

Wife: Diantha Servey Sibley 1844-1920.

Burial: Greenmount Cemetery, Burlington, Chittenden County Vermont.,

Torrey W. Sibley, Enlisted in the 13th., Vermont Infantry, Co. A., August 23, 1862, Age 21, Residence Westford, Mustered in October 10, 1862, Corp.  Wounded at Gettysburg, JUly 1, 1863.  Mustered out October 1, 1863.

William Nash. 187th., Pennsylvania Infantry.

William Nash.

Birth: Aug. 30, 1845, England.
Death: Feb. 8, 1911.
Married about 1872.
Wife: Harriett A. Nash.
Children: Mary E., Sarah I., and Emma Nash


Burial:Graceland Cemetery, Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota.

187th., Pennsylvania Infantry Company C.

William Nash, Private, Mustered in June 20, 1863; wounded with loss of leg, at Petersburg, Virginia, June 18, 1864, discharged October 31, 1865; residing Mitchell,  South Dakota. 

Colonel John Harrison Baker, 13th., Georgia Infantry.

John Harrison Baker.

Birth: August 7, 1824.
Death: April 7, 1905.
Burial: East view Cemetery, Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia.

The following is from the 61st., Georgia, Infantry Regimental History.

Lieut. -Col. J. H. Baker was then promoted to the office of colonel. He received eight wounds during the war, four of which were severe. He served through the war with credit to himself and his country. He commanded the brigade several months until near the time of the surrender, and would have been promoted to brigadier General if the war had continued.

John H. Baker, of the Thirteenth Georgia Regiment, was assigned the command of Evans' Brigade, and commanded it till near the close of the war. .