Lee's Body Guards
Lee's Body Guards

Author: Michael C Hardy

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021-03-29

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1439667543

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They considered themselves "Lee's Body Guard," cavalrymen specifically recruited to serve as scouts, couriers and guides for General Robert E. Lee. Though their battle experiences might pale compared to those of soldiers under J.E.B. Stuart and Wade Hampton, the men of the 39th Virginia served crucial roles in the Confederate army. From the fields of Second Manassas to Appomattox Court House, they were privy to the inner workings of the Confederate high command. They were also firsthand witnesses to the army's victories and triumphs and to its tragedies and trials, from losing Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville to losing the opportunity to win the war at Gettysburg. Award-winning author Michael C. Hardy chronicles the experiences of this unique group of Confederate cavalrymen.

The Ross Family
The Ross Family

Author: Ross Chappell

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13:

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John Ross was born in about 1695 in Scotland. He was a soldier in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 and was transported to America in 1716. He married Sarah and they had ten children. He died in 1759 in Hanover County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky and Alabama.

Confederate Colonels
Confederate Colonels

Author: Bruce S. Allardice

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 0826266487

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"Allardice provides detailed biographical information on 1,583 Confederate colonels, both staff and line officers and members of all armies. In his introduction, he explains how one became a colonel -- the mustering process, election of officers, reorganizing of regiments -- and discusses problems of the nominating process, seniority, and "rank inflation""--Provided by publisher.

The Garth Family
The Garth Family

Author: Rosalie Edith Davis

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 646

ISBN-13:

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John Garth was living on the Spotsylvania County frontier by 1733. He and his wife Mary were settled in present-day Madison Co., VA. Their son John Garth (1713-1786) married three times: (1) Rachel?; (2) by 1761, Hannah; and (3) in 1775, Louisa Co., VA, Mrs. Elizabeth (Price?) Clark, widow. He died in Shelby or Henry Co., Kentucky. He was the father of at least eight children. His son Thomas Garth (1740-1812) married Judith Bocock, the daughter of Salem Bocock by 1761. Several generations of descendants are given.

Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg
Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg

Author: John W. Busey

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2017-01-25

Total Pages: 2370

ISBN-13: 1476624364

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This reference book provides information on 24,000 Confederate soldiers killed, wounded, captured or missing at the Battle of Gettysburg. Casualties are listed by state and unit, in many cases with specifics regarding wounds, circumstances of casualty, military service, genealogy and physical descriptions. Detailed casualty statistics are given in tables for each company, battalion and regiment, along with brief organizational information for many units. Appendices cover Confederate and Union hospitals that treated Southern wounded and Federal prisons where captured Confederates were interned after the battle. Original burial locations are provided for many Confederate dead, along with a record of disinterments in 1871 and burial locations in three of the larger cemeteries where remains were reinterred. A complete name index is included.