A Soldier's Life -- From A Confederate Soldier's Letter Home

"A soldier’s life to all appearances is one of idleness. There being no responsibilities resting upon him, he carries himself lazily about and performs reluctantly the duties which necessarily devolve upon him Far away from home sweet home and the loved ones there, surrounded mostly be strangers, and always in anticipation of a bloody struggle with the enemy, he sees but little pleasure in the things transacted in camp. Besides, a great many circumstances occur to mar what little of pleasure is allotted to him as his portion. But there is a moment of his life which is transcendentally sweet, rendered still sweeter the more seldom it appears, and that is the moment he is made the recipient of a precious letter from home. It matters not in what he is engaged, what troubles and vexations are harassing him, a letter from home renders him oblivious of all his trials and sends him dreaming such dreams as thoughts of home can alone suggest."

An excerpt from a letter home written by Corporal Taliaferro N. "Talley" Simpson (1839-1863), Company A, 3rd S.C. Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. on the evening of Tuesday, December 2, 1862 in camp outside Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Source: Far, Far From Home: The Wartime Letters of Dick and Tally Simpson, Third South Carolina Volunteers. Oxford University Press; 1st edition (June 9, 1994). Edited by Guy R. Everson and Edward W. Simpson, Jr. ISBN-10: ‎ 0195086643 ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0195086645.

The Roll Of The Known Confederate Dead Of Chester County, South Carolina 1861-1865

The following are the names, ranks, and regimental unit designations of the 376 known Confederate soldiers from Chester County, South Carolina who lost their lives in service during the War Between The States (1861-1865) including the known causes, dates, and locations of their deaths; as well as their ages at the time of their deaths and the locations of their final known resting places. 

1. Private Henry Adams
Co. D 1st Regiment SC Infantry; Died in hospital in Richmond, VA.

2. Private Robert William Adams
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Volunteers; Died on January 3, 1865 of pneumonia at Union POW camp at Elmira, NY.
Buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery (Plot 1267), Elmira, NY.

3. Private William Adams 
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on November 1, 1862 in hospital in Richmond, VA.

4. Private John Calvin Agnew
Co. B 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Sharpsburg, MD on September 19, 1862.
Died October 15, 1862 at hospital in Shepherdstown, W VA. Age 22.
Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, W VA.

5. Private George W. Agnew
Co. H 24th SC Infantry; Died on May 14, 1864 of disease at hospital in Atlanta, GA. Age 20.
Buried in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA.

6. Private R. C. M. Alexander
Co. E 3rd SC Battalion; Died during the War.

7. Private Thomas J. Allen
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on April 21, 1862 of disease in camp at Charlottesville, VA. Age 33.
Buried in University of Virginia Cemetery, Charlottesville, VA.

8. 1st Lieutenant John J. Anderson
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Fort Harrison, VA in 1864.

9. Private Oscar Asbury
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in battle.

10. Private Fred Babcock
Co. F 6th SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.

11. Private Benjamin Franklin Backstrom
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862. Age 31.
Buried in Mount Prospect Methodist Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

12. Private James M. Backstrom
Co. A, 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on June 13, 1861 of disease in camp. Age 28.
Buried in Mount Prospect Methodist Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

13. Private T. Bailey
Co. G 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Peachtree Creek, GA on July 20, 1864.

14. 1st Lieutenant John W. Baird
Co. G 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Wounded at 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862,
died on October 5, 1862 of typhoid fever at camp in Fauquier County, VA. Age 32.
 Buried in Union ARP Church Cemetery, Richburg, SC.

15. Private Hillard A. Barber
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Mortally wounded at Williamsburg, VA on May 5, 1862.
Captured and died in Union hands on May 15, 1862 at hospital in Washington D.C. Age 24.
Buried in Confederate Section of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.

16. Private John George Barber
Co. B 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Dranesville, VA on December 20, 1861.

17. Private Morgan Barnes
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Chickamauga, GA on September 19, 1863. Age 27.

18. Private N. K. Barnes
24th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Chickamauga, GA on September 19, 1863.

19. Private Joseph W. Baskin
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Sharpsburg, MD on September 19, 1862. Age 18.

20. Private Judge Beam
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease at camp in Virginia 1861.

21. Private Thomas Beam
Co. F 43 Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

22. Private Alexander Beaty
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on January 14, 1865 at home from disease contracted at
Union POW camp in Elmira, NY. Age 24.
Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fairfield County, SC.

23. Corporal Robert L. Beaty
Co. G 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on December 25, 1861 in camp of disease at Fairfax, VA. Age 25.
Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fairfield County, SC.

24. Private T. E. Beaty
Co. G 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on of disease at Germantown, PA on August 30, 1861. Age 23.
Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fairfield County, SC.

25. Sergeant J. B. Bell
Co. C 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Chickamauga, GA on September 19, 1863.

26. Private Joseph Bennet
Died in Service on May 24, 1862. Age 48.
Buried in Old Purity Presbyterian Church, Chester, SC.

27. Private Joseph Hugh Bigham
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on June 27, 1865 in Union POW camp at Fortress Monroe, VA. Age 20.
Buried in Hampton National Cemetery Confederate Section.

28. Private Zechanah Bishop
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in battle.

29. Private Edward Black
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Frayser's Farm, VA on June 30, 1862. Age 23.
Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, VA.

30. Private Thomas Black
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in battle.

31. Private George Bluff
Co. H 7th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in battle.

32. Corporal E. B. Bolick
Killed during the Siege of Petersburg, VA on July 9, 1864.

33. Private James Bong
Co. E 3rd Battalion; Killed in battle.

34. Private Charles A. Boyd
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of wounds at home.

35. Private John Leroy Boyd
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Franklin, TN on November 30, 1864. Age 32.
Buried in McGavock Confederate Cemetery (Section 82 SC Grave 29), Franklin, TN.

36. Captain Robert Boyd
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Siege of Petersburg, VA in 1864.

37. Corporal Peter Brady
Co. C 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in hospital in Columbia, SC.

38. Private George Washington Brakefield
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Drainesville, VA on December 20, 1861.

39. Private C. S. Brice
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of wounds.

40. Private Caleb Wiley Brooks
Co. I, 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease on June 3, 1862 at hospital at Manchester, Richmond, VA. Age 25.
Buried under marker in South Carolina Hospital Burying Ground, Richmond, VA.

41. Private John Brooks
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in action.

42. Private Samuel Brown
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of the Wilderness, VA on May 6, 1864.

43. Private James R. Buchanan
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on March 17, 1862 of pneumonia at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, VA.

44. Private Joseph T. Caldwell
Co. G 6th Regiment SC Volunteers; Killed at the Battle of Drainesville, VA on December 20, 1861. Age 21.
Buried in Catholic Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Blackstock, SC.

45. Private Robert F. Cameron
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Died on December 23, 1864 in Union POW camp at Elmira, NY. Age 23.
Buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery (Plot 1092), Elmira, NY.
Grave marker at family plot in Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Woodward, SC.

46. Private John Campbell
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in hospital in Richmond, VA.

47. Private Jesse S. Carter
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed on June 27, 1862 in battle near Richmond, VA. Age 22.
Buried at New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chester, SC.

48. Private John Carter
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in Richmond, VA.

49. Private Thomas Carter
Co E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died at Germantown, PA in July of 1863.

50. Private Frank Caskey
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in Dalton, GA in 1864.

51. Sergeant John Caruthers
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Drainesville, VA on December 20, 1863.

52. Private Barnette Castles
Killed at 1st Battle of Manassas, VA on July 21, 1861.

53. Private John Sterling Castles
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on September 11, 1864 of disease in Petersburg, VA. Age 44.
Buried in New Hope ARP Church Cemetery, Douglass, SC.

54. Private A. J. Chambers
Co. E 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of smallpox near Kingston, NC on January 13, 1863. Age 28.
Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, SC.

55. Private Robert P. Chambers
Co. E 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Wounded at the Battle of Sharpsburg, MD on September 19, 1862.
Died November 1, 1862 at hospital in Virginia from second amputation. Age 32.
Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, SC.

56. Private Columbus Cherry
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Gaines Mill, VA on June 27, 1862.
Died on July 12, 1864 in hospital. Age 16.
Buried in El Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chester, SC.

57. Captain Elijah Cherry
Co. H, 24th Regiment SC Infantry; killed at home on sick leave in Chester County, SC on March 23, 1864 by accident. Age 31.
Buried in Union ARP Church Cemetery, Richburg, SC.

58. Private Isaiah Cherry
Co. L 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

59. Private John H. Cherry
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Lookout Mountain, TN on November 24, 1863.

60. Private Josiah Cherry
Died in service.

61. Private James Clarke
Co. H 7th SC Battalion, transferred to the C.S. Navy. Killed at the Battle of Drewrys Bluff, VA on May 15, 1862.

62. Private L. Clark
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease in 1863.

63. Private George Clover
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Peachtree Creek, GA on July 20, 1864.

64. Private Jonathan Collins
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in Atlanta, GA.

65. Lieutenant J. W. Connors
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed during the Siege of Petersburg in 1864.

66. Private I. P. Crawford
Killed in service.

67. Private James Pinckney Crawford
Co. B 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on August 21, 1861 of disease at camp in Virginia. Age 26.
Buried at Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lancaster County, SC.

68. Private William Crawford
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.

69. Private W. C. Crocker
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed near Richmond, VA in 1865.

70. Captain Jasfien Crosby
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.

71. Private Rufus Felder Crosby
Killed in service.

72. Private Walter Scott Crosby
Killed at the Battle of Gettysburg, PA on July 2, 1863.

73. Corporal John Rivers Culp
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Hanover Junction, VA on May 24, 1864. Age 27.
Buried in Old Stone Cemetery, Fort Lawn, SC.

74. Private J. West Culp
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

75. Private John Hamilton Davidson
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed during the Siege of Petersburg, VA on July 21, 1864. Age 21.
Buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, VA.

76. Private William Gillis Davidson
Co. B 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on December 8, 1861 of typhoid fever at hospital in Charlottesville, VA.
Age 21.
Buried at Bullock Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Sharon, SC.

77. Private William Alexander Davidson
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on August 12, 1862 of typhoid fever at Winder Hospital in Richmond, VA.
Age 32.
Buried in Cedar Shoals Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester, SC.

78. Private M. T. Dawkins
Co. G 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died at Germantown, PA in July of 1863.

79. Private David S. Dickey
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.
Died on June 10, 1862 at hospital in Richmond, VA. Age 22.
Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond,VA.

80. Private George Dill
Co. L 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in service.

81. Private J. W. Dodds
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Wounded at Williamsburg, VA in May 1862.
Died in Union POW camp at Fortress Monroe, MD in June 1862.

82. Private John Alexander Dorsey
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on December 20, 1861 of pneumonia at camp near Centreville, VA. Age 23.
Buried in Capers Chapel Cemetery, Chester, SC.

83. Private Oliver Dove
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at 1st Battle of Manassas on July 21, 1861.

84. Private William B. Dunlap
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Siege of Petersburg, VA in 1864.

85. Brigadier General John Dunovant
5th Regiment SC Cavalry; Killed at the Battle of Vaughan Road on October 1, 1864 near Petersburg, VA. Age 39.
Buried in the Dunovant Family Burial Ground in Chester County, SC.
He was the highest ranked Confederate soldier from Chester County killed during the War.

86. Private Thomas Jefferson Dunovant
Co. C 1st Regiment SC Cavalry; Killed in service on May 24, 1864. Age 35.
Buried in the Dunvoant Family Burial Ground in Chester County, SC.

87. Major R. Dye
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in action.

88. Private Franklin Edwards
Killed in action.

89. Private Francis D. Marion Estes
Co. F 14th Mississippi Infantry; Died on September 19, 1862 at Camp Douglas Union POW camp in Chicago, IL.
Age 20.
Buried at Confederate Mound in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL.

90. Private Thomas J. Evans
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died at Richmond, VA.

91. Sergeant Ephraim M. Fant
Co. B 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Mortally wounded at 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.
Died on September 16, 1862 in hospital. Age 23.
Buried at Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, VA.
A Cenotaph bearing his name is located at Colvin-Cornwell Cemetery, Chester County SC.

92. Private W. T. Farrar
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Fort Harrison, VA on September 30, 1864.

93. Private James Ferguson
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on December 4, 1861 of blood poisoning in Charlottesville, VA. Age 27.
Buried in University of Virginia Cemetery, Charlottesville, VA.

94. Sergeant J. C. Ferguson
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of the Wilderness, VA on May 6, 1864.

95. Private Marion Ferguson
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in service.

96. Private Wilburn Fisher
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in Georgia.

97. Private Alex M. Folkes
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in Tennessee in July 1864.

98. Private A. M. Foulkes
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died at Morristown, TN on January 15, 1864.

99. Private H. C. Fowler
Died of wounds in service.

100. Private J. Marion Fry
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.

101. Private Adam Wylie Gaston
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on November 11, 1863 of disease at LaGrange, GA. Age 22.
Buried in Mulberry Street Confederate Cemetery, LaGrange, GA.

102. Corporal John Harrison Gaston
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.

103. Captain Joseph Lucius Gaston
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862. Age 33.
Buried in Cedar Shoals Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

104. Private William Hall Gaston
Co. E 14th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862. Age 23.
Buried in Cedar Shoals Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

105. Sergeant William Gerald
Co. D 1st Regiment SC Infantry, Killed at the Battle of Gettysburg, PA in July 1863.

106. Private James H. Gibson
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in hospital at Jackson, MS.

107. Private John Gibson
Killed in service.

108. Private John R. Gibson
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Killed at the Battle of Trevilian Station, VA on June 11, 1864.

109. Private J. F. Gillespie
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease at Podataligo, GA.

110. Private Adolphus Gladden
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in Arkansas.

111. Private A. J. Gladden
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease at Fairfax Station, VA.

112. Private J. Ed Gladden
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Died on March 24, 1865 near the end of the War. Age 28.
Buried in Mount Prospect Methodist Church Cemetery, Chester County SC.

113. Private John Goodwin
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Fort Harrison, VA in 1864.

114. Private Elijah Gosey
Rhett's Battalion (Home Guards); Died in service.

115. Private Joseph Griffin
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at 2nd Battle of Manassas on August 30, 1862.

116. Private Jeremiah Hagerty
Co. G 18th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed during the Siege of Petersburg, VA in 1864.

117. Private M. J. Hall
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in service in June 1862.

118. Private J. H. Hamilton
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Died in Columbia, SC.

119. Private John S. Hamilton
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in Charleston, SC.

120. Private William Hamilton
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in 1865.

121. Private George W. Hancock
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Richmond, VA in 1865.

122. Private Robert Harden
Killed in service.

123. Private Thomas Cornwell Harden
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Drainsville, VA on December 20, 1861. Age 21.
Buried in Cavalry Baptist Church Cemetery, Leeds, SC.

124. Captain Obadiah Harden
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Drainesville, VA on December 20, 1861.
Died at hospital in Richmond, VA on January 1, 1862. Age 34.
Buried in Bushy Fork Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

125. Private Stan Hardwick
Co. G 18th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed during the Siege of Petersburg, VA in 1864.

126. Private John Nixon Hemphill
Died in service on July 22, 1864. Age 27.
Buried at Hopewell ARP Church, Blackstock, SC.

127. Private Robert B. Hemphill
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.
Died on June 13, 1862 in Richmond, VA. Age 21.
Buried at Hopewell ARP Church, Blackstock, SC.

128. Private G. Henry
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of wounds at 1st Battle of Manassas, VA on July 21, 1861.

129. Private R. T. Holland
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Killed at the Battle of Trevilian Station, VA on June 11, 1864.

130. Private Turner Holley
Co. K 1st Regiment SC Cavalry; Died in Charleston, SC.

131. Private Andrew J. Hood
Co. H 2nd SC Cavalry; Killed at the Battle of Upperville, VA on June 21, 1863. Age 23.
Buried in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Upperville, VA.

132. Private Hugh Hood
Killed at Corinth, Mississippi in 1862.

133. Private David E. Hudson
Co. B 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on January 17, 1862 in Charlottesville, VA. Age 41.
Buried in University of Virginia Cemetery, Charlottesville, VA.

134. Private John B. Humphries
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Richmond, VA in 1865.

135. Private Martin Govan Hunsucker
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in action on September 30, 1864 at Fort Harrison, VA.

136. Private James Hunt
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease on November 21, 1861 at hospital in Manchester near Richmond, VA.
Buried at South Carolina Hospital Burial Ground, Richmond, VA.

137. Private I. Hutson
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of White Oak Swamp, VA during
the Seven Days Campaign on June 30, 1862.

138. Private Tscharner Hutson
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of White Oak Swamp, VA during
the Seven Days Campaign on June 30, 1862.

139. Private Benjamin Flavius Josephus Hyatt
Co. C 3rd Regiment Arkansas Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga, GA on September 19, 1863. Died on September 24, 1863 in hospital. Age 23.
Buried in Hyatt Family Cemetery, Monticello, AK.

140. Private Calvin S. Hyatt
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died August 3, 1861 in Richmond, VA. Age 20.
Buried in New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

141. Private Elijah Lycinus Hyatt
Co C. 3rd Arkansas Infantry; Mortally wounded and captured at the Battle of Sharpsburg, MD on September 19, 1862. Died at Sam Beeler's home, Sharpsburg, MD on October 2, 1862. Age 20.
Buried in Hyatt Family Cemetery, Monticello, AK.

142. Private George Barnes Hyatt
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died June 19, 1862 of disease at hospital in Richmond, VA. Age 20.
Buried at New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

143. Private William Harvey Hyatt
3rd Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Fort Davidson, Missouri on September 27, 1864. Died the next day. Age 17.
Buried in Hyatt Family Cemetery, Monticello, AK. 

144. Private Lovick Francis Ingram
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Died on August 12, 1864 in hospital in Richmond, VA. Age 17.
Buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA.

145. Private William J. Irvin
Co. B Hampton's Legion Cavalry; Died in Union POW camp at Elmira, NY.
Buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery (Plot 49), Elmira, NY.

146. Private John H. Jaggers
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.

147. Private Robert Jamieson
Co. E 3rd SC Battalion; Killed in action.

148. Private William Jamieson
Co. G 18th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed during the Siege of Petersburg, VA in 1864.

149. Sergeant William C. Jerrell
Co. D 1st Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Gettysburg, PA in July 1863.

150. Private Thomas J. Johnsey
4th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Drewy's Bluff, VA on May 15, 1862.

151. Private R. T. Johnson
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Wounded at the Battle of Drainsville, VA on December 20, 1861.
Died at home in Blackstock, SC in 1862.

152. Private Off Johnston
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Drainsville, VA on December 20, 1861.

153. Private William Johnston
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Died at Nance's Shop, VA in 1862.

154. Private Willie Jones
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Accidentally killed in service.

155. Private B. Jordan
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the 1st Battle of Manassas, VA on July 21, 1861.

156. Private Willis L. Jordan
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed near the Rappahannock River, VA in 1862.

157. Private Henry Madison Kee
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease on October 3, 1863. Age 23.
Buried in Union ARP Church, Richburg, SC.

158. Private Huey M. Kee
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died at home in Chester County, SC in 1862.

159. Private William E. Kelsey
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died at Culpepper, VA.
Buried in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church, Chester County, SC.

160. Private Robert Kennedy
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on October 29, 1861 of typhoid fever in hospital at Charlottesville, VA. Age 27.
Buried at University of Virginia Cemetery, Charlottesville, VA.

161. Private H. V. Killian
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Pine Mountain near Marietta, GA on June 14, 1864.

162. Private John W. Killian
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

163. Private Charles Kitchens
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in Charleston, SC in 1862.

164. Private Joshua Kitchens
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.

165. Private Samuel Kitchens
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed during the Siege of Petersburg, VA in 1864.

166. Private Henry Lambert
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Darbytown Road near Richmond, VA on October 13, 1864.

167. Private Daniel Lammons
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died at Charlottesville, VA.

168. Private James M. Lemmon
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Lookout Mountain, TN on November 24, 1863.

169. Private James Lenard
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in action.

170. Private Joseph Lenard
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in action.

171. 1st Lieutenant Robert S. Lewis
Co. D 1st Regiment SC Cavalry; Died in service on September 14, 1863. Age 29.
Buried in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church, Chester County, SC.

172. Sergeant William Edward Lewis
Co. B 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862. Age 24.
Buried in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church, Chester County, SC.

173. Sergeant James Alexander Lipford
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of wounds received on June 27, 1863 at Jackson, Mississippi. Age 26.
Buried in Capers Chapel Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

174. Private Issac Livingston
Killed in service.

175. Private Josiah Henry Locke
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on June 17, 1864 from wounds at Petersburg, VA. Age 37.
Buried at Union ARP Church Cemetery, Richburg, SC.

176. Private A. H. Loring
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in service.

177. Private James W. Love
Co. G 5th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on January 1, 1863 from typhoid fever in hospital at Richmond, VA.
Buried in Oakland Cemetery, Richmond, VA.

178. Private John Washington Love
Co. G 5th Regiment SC Infantry; Died at hospital of disease December 1862 in Richmond, VA. Age 26.
Buried in Beersheba Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Clover, SC.

179. Private T. T. Lumpkin
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Killed at the Battle of Cold Harbor, VA on June 3, 1864.

180. Private James Lyles
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died at Union POW camp in Elmira, NY. on December 10, 1864.

181. Private David Martin
Killed at the Battle of Gettysburg, PA in July 1863.

182. Private Hamilton Marlin
Killed in Arkansas.

183. Private J. D. Martin
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in service in Virginia.

184. Private Rufus Mason
Co. D 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

185. Private Abraham Mayfield
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

186. Private John Mayfield
Died during the war.

187. Colonel John Hugh Means
Colonel 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

188. Private Jesse Melton
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease in Georgia.

189. Private Samuel Millen
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862. Age 26.
Buried in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

190. Private John Millen
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in Union POW camp at Elmira, NY.

191. 2nd Lieutenant John A. Millen Sr.
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Franklin, TN on November 30, 1864.
Died on December 30, 1864 at Nashville POW hospital in Union hands. Age 33.
Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN.

192. Private J. H. Miller
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed during the Siege of Petersburg, VA in 1865.

193. Private Samuel Miller
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.

194. Sergeant Edward Mobley
4th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on February 2, 1863 of disease. Age 17.
Buried in Woodward Baptist Church Cemetery, Chester, SC.

195. Captain J. Michael Moore
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Gaines' Mill, VA during the Seven Days Campaign
on June 27, 1862. Age 23.
Buried in Catholic Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Blackstock, SC.

196. Private Thomas Wade Moore Jr.
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on March 10, 1863 of pneumonia in hospital at Petersburg, VA. Age 19.
Buried in Chisolm Family Burial Ground, Chester County, SC.

197. Private William Moore
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.

198. Private Joseph Moose
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of wounds in North Carolina during the Carolinas Campaign in 1865.

199. Private Barnes Morgan
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Chickamauga, GA on September 19, 1863.

200. Private William Robert "Willie" Morgan
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on May 7, 1863 of disease in hospital in Jerusalem, VA.
Buried in Cortland Baptist Church Cemetery, Cortland, VA.

201. Private Howard Morris
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines on May 31, 1862.
Died on June 19, 1862 at hospital in Richmond, VA. Age 22.
Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA.
Monument bearing his name located at Mouth Prospect Methodist Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

202. Private William Morris
Killed in service.

203. Private Rice Mullinax
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in service.

204. Private Samuel Lafayette McAliley
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Battle of Frasier's Farm, VA on June 30, 1862. Age 22.
Buried in Old Purity Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester, SC.

205. Private Duncan McCallum
Killed in service, buried in Little Rock, Arkansas.

206. Private William McCauly
Killed in service.

207. Corporal John H. McClintock
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on March 7, 1865 a prisoner of war in Louisville, KY. Age 22.
Buried in Cave Hill National Cemetery, Louisville, KY.
Marker located in Hopewell ARP Church Cemetery, Blackstock, SC.

208. Corporal R. N. McClintock
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Chickamauga, GA on September 19, 1863.

209. 1st Lieutenant James Law McCrorey
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Died on August 20, 1864 in Union POW camp at Fort Delaware. Age 32.
Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fairfield County, SC.

210. Private J. E. McCulley
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of wounds in Richmond, VA.

211. Corporal Thomas McCullough
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Died on August 18, 1864 in Union POW camp at Elmira, NY. Age 24.
Buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery (Plot 121), Elmira, NY.
Memorial to Thomas and his brother John at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fairfield County, SC.

212. Private John McCullough
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Died on August 15, 1864 in Union POW camp at Elmira, NY. Age 20.
Buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery (Plot 25), Elmira, NY.
Memorial to John and his brother Thomas at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fairfield County, SC.

213. Private Hiran McCullough
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease in Charlotte, NC.

214. Private Edward Jackson "Jack" McDaniel
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on February 1, 1865 at home in Chester, SC while recovering from wounds received at the Battle of Fort Harrison, VA on September 30, 1864. Age 31.
Buried in Hopewell ARP Church Cemetery, Blackstock, SC.

215. Private Joseph P. McDaniel
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Wounded at the Battle of Fort Harrison, VA on September 30, 1864 and right arm amputated. Died on October 19, 1864 at Jackson Hospital in Richmond, VA. Age 24.
Buried in Hopewell ARP Church Cemetery, Blackstock, SC.

216. Private William Lawrence McDaniel
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines on May 31, 1862.
Died on June 5, 1862 at hospital in Richmond, VA. Age 24.
Buried in Hopewell ARP Church Cemetery, Blackstock, SC.

217. 1st Lieutenant John Harvey McDill
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of the Crater during the Siege of Petersburg, VA
on July 30, 1864. Age 25.
Buried in Moffatt-Strong-McDill Family Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

218. Private William Simonton McDill
Co. G 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Drainsville, VA on December 20, 1861. Age 22.
Buried in Moffatt-Strong-McDill Family Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

219. Private Henry McElduff
Co. F 6th Regiment, SC Infantry; Died of wounds in Richmond, VA in 1862.

220. Private John McElduff
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Boonsboro, MD in 1863.

221. Private Thomas L. McElduff
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed during the Siege of Petersburg, VA in 1865.

222. Private J. S. McElheney
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died at home in Chester County, SC in 1864.

223. Private Lafayette McFadden
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.

224. Private Samuel McFadden
Co. A, 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.

225. Private William McFadden
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Drainsville, VA on December 20, 1861.
  Buried at Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

226. Private Henderson McGarity
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on March 11, 1865 in Union POW camp at Camp Chase in Columbus, OH.
Age 36.
Buried in Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery (Plot 1636), Columbus, OH.

227. Private Joseph McGarity
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.
Buried at Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church, Chester County, SC.

228. Private Lemuel McGarity
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.

229. Private Lewis J. McGarity
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.

230. Private James McKeown
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Drainsville, VA on December 20, 1861. Age 25.
Buried in McKeown Family Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

231. Private John Bingham McKeown
Co. D 17the Regiment SC Infantry; Died on August 10, 1864 in Petersburg, VA of wounds received at the
Battle of the Crater on July 30, 1864. Age 31.
Buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, VA.

232. Private John James McKeown
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Williamsburg, VA in 1862.

233. Private Samuel McKeown
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease at Union POW camp in Elmira, NY.

234. Private John McKnown
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of wounds at Johns Island near Charleston, SC.

235. Private Samuel McLaughlin
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on December 28, 1864 of wounds at hospital in Richmond, VA. Age 25.
Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA.

236. Private William J. McMillan
12 Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg, VA. on December 12, 1862.
Buried in Old Stone Cemetery, Fort Lawn, SC.

237. Private Allen McNeal
Hampton's Legion Cavalry; Died in hospital at Richmond, VA.

238. Private W. R. McNeal
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Killed at Battle of Trevilian Station, VA on June 11, 1864.

239. Private George McNitch
23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of the Crater during the Siege of Petersburg, VA on July 30, 1864.

240. Private James McNitch
23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of the Crater during the Siege of Petersburg, VA on July 30, 1864.

241. Private John McNitch
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at 1st Battle of Manassas, VA on July 21, 1861.

242. Private Sam McNitch
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at 1st Battle of Manassas, VA on July 21, 1861.

243. Private Benjamin L. McWatters
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on April 2, 1862 at Johns Island near Charleston, SC. Age 25.
Buried at McWatters Family Cemetery, Fairfield County, SC.

244. Private Charles L. McWatters
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed on August 29, 1862 at Johns Island near Charleston, SC.
Buried in Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

245. Private James D. McWatters
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on July 2, 1862 in Charleston, SC. Age 16.
Buried in Historic Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC.

246. Private John McWatters
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on November 9, 1864 of disease at the Union POW camp at Elmira, NY.
Buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery (Plot 834), Elmira, NY.

247. Private Sam H. McWatters
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.

248. Private Ancil Walker McWatters
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on February 21, 1864 of disease at Union POW camp in Elmira, NY. Age 31.

249. Private J. Polk Nail
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.

250. Private Alex P. W. Neely
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.
Died on June 22, 1862 at hospital in Virginia. Age 22.
Buried in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

251. 1st Sergeant James Hall Gaston Neely
Co. B 26th Regiment NC Infantry; Died of "camp fever" on April 23, 1862 at Kingston, NC. Age 22.
Buried in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

252. Private Thomas A. Nichols
Co. B 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease at Germantown, PA in July of 1863.

253. Private H. Newton Owens
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of the Wilderness, VA on May 6, 1864.

254. Private James Omelvaney
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed during the Siege of Petersburg, VA in 1864.

255. Private Francis Orr
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Frayser's Farm (Glendale), VA
during the Seven Days Campaign on June 30, 1862.

256. Private Israel Pannell
Co. B 29th Regiment AL Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Peachtree Creek, GA on July 20, 1864. Age 46.
Buried in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA.

257. Private Robert Pannell
6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease at Germantown, PA in July 1863.

258. Private George Washington Peay
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.
Buried in Woodward Baptist Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

259. Private J. R. Peay
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of wounds received at the Battle of Frayser's Farm (Glendale), VA
during the Seven Days Campaign on June 30, 1862.

260. Private Joseph Caldwell Peden
Co. G 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died at home in Chester, SC on February 14, 1864 of disease.
Buried at Catholic Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Blackstock, SC.

261. Private James H. Pendergrass
Co. H 1st Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, VA on May 12, 1864. Age 29.
Buried at Brushy Fork Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

262. Private David Randolph Poag
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Mortally wounded at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.
Died in September 10, 1862 in hospital at Warrenton, VA. Age 22.
Buried at Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

263. First Sergeant Robert Miller Poag
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on March 4, 1864 in Tennessee. Age 31.
Buried in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

264. Private Thomas J. Poag
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on August 22, 1861 of typhoid fever in camp at Centreville, VA. Age 29.
Buried in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

265. Private William M. Poag
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Wounded at Fort Harrison, VA.
Died in Richmond, VA on October 2, 1864. Age 42.
Buried in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

266. Private Henry Pratt
Killed at the Battle of the Crater during the Siege of Petersburg, VA on July 30, 1864. Age 29.
Buried in Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Chester, SC.

267. Private Jonathan S. Pratt
Co. E 12st Regiment SC Infantry; Died on May 31, 1862 of disease at hospital near Richmond, VA.
Buried in South Carolina Hospital Burial Ground, Richmond, VA.

268. Private Michael C. Proctor
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on December 6, 1863 of disease in hospital at Lauderdale, MS.
Buried in Lauderdale Springs CSA Cemetery, Lauderdale, MS.

269. Sergeant Eli C. Rader
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness, VA on May 6, 1864.
Died on May 24, 1864 in hospital at Verdiersville, VA. Age 23.
Buried in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

270. Private John Reeves
Killed in service.

271. Private W. Thomas Reeves
Killed in service.

272. Private D. B. Reid
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of wounds at 1st Battle of Manassas, VA on July 21, 1861.

273. Private James Rodgers Reid
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of wounds at 1st Battle of Manassas, VA on July 21, 1861.

274. Private John Boyd Reid
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in fever in camp on May 30, 1861. Age 30.
Buried in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

275. Private Thomas Simpson Reid
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862. Age 19.
Buried in Seven Pines National Cemetery, Henrico County, VA.

276. Private Washington C. Reid
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862.
Buried at Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

277. Private William Richie
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed during the Siege of Petersburg, VA in 1865.

278. Private J. Martin Robertson
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in West Virginia in 1862.

279. Private Vaughan Robertson
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

280. Private John Roberts
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

281. Private Patrick Roney
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of the Crater during the Siege of Petersburg, VA on July 30, 1864. Age 21.
Buried in Blanford Cemetery, Richmond, VA.

282. Private John A. Roseborough
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Died in Richmond, VA on January 30, 1862.

283. Private Robert Ross
Killed in service.

284. Lieutenant William Sanders
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of wounds in hospital in Washington, D.C. in Union hands.

285. Private William Sanders
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Killed at the Battle of Trevilian Station, VA on June 11, 1864.

286. Private Benjamin Herndon Scaife
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on October 12, 1861 of disease at Germantown, VA. Age 16.
Buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, SC.

287. Private Samuel Scott
Died in Union POW camp at Elmira, NY.

288. Private Irvin Sea
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in service.

289. Private W. Allen Sexton
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862. Age 30.
Possibly buried in mass grave at battle site.
Burial marker located at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, Edgemoor, SC.

290. Private Hiram Mobley Shannon Jr.
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania Count House, VA on May 12, 1864. Age 26.
Buried at Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery, Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA.

291. Private S. Shaver
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in Petersburg, VA in March of 1863.

292. Private Thomas Shirley
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed accidentally.

293. Private Calvin Smith
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on July 11, 1863 of disease at Brownsville, MS. Age 21.
Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, MS.

294. Captain J. Henry Smith
Died on November 23, 1861 at Centreville, VA. Age 27.
Buried at Union ARP Church Cemetery, Richburg, VA.

295. Sergeant Riley Smith
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

296. Private R. M. B. Smith
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Died on November 16, 1864 at Union POW camp in Elmira, NY.
Buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery (Plot 954), Elmira, NY.

297. Private Samuel M. Smith
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Fort Fisher, NC.

298. Private Thomas Smith
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

299. Private Walker Smith
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Drainsville, VA on December 20, 1861.

300. Private Z. D. Smith
Co. D 1st SC Cavalry; Died of disease in Summerville, SC.

301. Private John Calvin Sterling
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Wounded at the Battle of Nance's Shop, VA on June 24, 1864.
Died on July 1, 1864 at hospital in Richmond, VA. Age 19.
Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA.

302. Private T. P. Sterling
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Deep Bottom during the Siege of Petersburg, VA in 1864.

303. Private Robert A. Stevenson
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease on June 5, 1862 at hospital in Richmond, VA. Age 29.
Buried at South Carolina Hospital Burying Ground, Richmond, VA.

304. Private J. J. Stewart
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease in Charleston, SC.

305. Private William Franklin Stone Sr.
Co. K 1st SC Cavalry; Wounded and captured, died on June 18, 1863 in Washington D.C. in hospital. Age 34.
Buried in Confederate Section of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.

306. Private William Stone
Co. D 1st SC Cavalry; Killed at the Battle of Brandy Station, VA on June 9, 1863.

307. Captain George Lafayette Strait
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on October 18, 1863 of dysentery at home in Chester, SC. Age 29.
Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, SC.

308. Private G. W. Strait
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in action.

309. Private George Street
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

310. Private Jeff Street
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

311. Private Andrew Strong
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in Union POW camp at Elmira, NY on October 30, 1864. Age 37.
Buried in Woodland National Cemetery (Plot 732), Elmira, NY.

312. Private Josiah L. Sweatt
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of the Crater during the Siege of Petersburg, VA on July 30, 1864. Age 24.
Buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, VA.

313. Private Joseph Sweat
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of the Crater
during the Siege of Petersburg, VA on July 30, 1864.

314. Private William Sweat
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Died on August 11, 1864 of pneumonia in hospital in Union hands. Age 37.
Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA.

315. Private Albert Thomas
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of the Wilderness, VA on May 6, 1864.

316. Private William Thomas
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Drainsville, VA on December 20, 1861.

317. Private William L. Thomas
Co. B 7th Battalion South Carolina Volunteers; Died at James Island, SC on March 10, 1864. Age 27.
Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, SC.

318. Private Clifton Thrailkill
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Boonesboro, NC in 1865.

319. Private Jesse Tims
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in Jackson, MS.

320. Private George Washington Varnadore
Co. F. 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

321. Private Aaron Wages
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in action.

322. Private Alexander Franklin Walker
Co A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on January 30, 1864 at home in Chester County, SC from wounds. Age 36.
Buried at Old Stone Cemetery, Fort Lawn, SC.

323. Private Harrison Walker
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

334. Private James Walker
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Centreville, VA on December 20, 1861.

335. Private James C. Walker
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on April 5, 1864 at home in Chester, SC. Age 24.
Buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, SC.

336. Captain John T. Walker
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in January 1862 of pneumonia at Centreville, VA. Age 40.
Buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, SC.

337. Private William Walker
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

338. Private Hugh K. Wallace
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on January 22, 1865 of disease at Union POW Camp, Chicago, IL.
Buried under Confederate Mound at Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL.

339. 1st Lieutenant John Waters
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862. Age 33.
Buried in mass grave near battlefield site.

340. 1st Lieutenant James T. Weir
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Died in camp on December 10, 1862 near Goldsboro, NC. Age 27.
Buried at Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Woodward, SC.

341. Private James F. West
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of wounds at Green Pond near Charleston, SC.

342. Private William Y. Westbrook
Co. B 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on August 13, 1861 of disease at Camp Pettus in Virginia. Age 22.
Buried at Union ARP Church Cemetery, Richburg, SC.

343. Sergeant Hugh White
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed during the Siege of Cornith, MS in 1862.

344. Private J. H. White
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease in Charleston, SC.

345. Private Lafayette White
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease in Charleston, SC.

346. Sergeant Robert G. White
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA on August 30, 1862.

347. Private Calvin Whitesell
Died of disease.

348. Private W. F. Wilburn
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of wounds in Georgia in 1864.

349. Private D. Wilkes
Co. A 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in Germantown, PA in July 1863.

350. Private Eli Cornwell Wilkes
Co. D 1st SC Cavalry; Died on September 4, 1863 of typhoid fever at MaGahesville, VA. Age 27.
Buried in Cavalry Baptist Church Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

351. Private Garland Wilkes
Co. E 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Charlottesville, VA.

352. Private George W. Wilkes
Co. D 1st Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease at Manchester, VA.

353. Private Richard Wilkes
Co. H 1st Regiment SC Infantry; Died on June 6, 1864 of wounds in Jackson Hospital in Richmond, VA. Age 26.
Buried in Cornwell Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

354. Private Washington Wilkes
Co. E 1st Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease at Manchester, VA.

355. Private W. David Wilkes
Co. E 5th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Malvern Hill, VA
during the Seven Days Campaign on July 1, 1862.

356. Private W. Monroe Wilkes
Killed at Germantown, PA in July of 1863.

357. Corporal William Thomas Wilkes
Co. D 1st SC Cavalry; Killed at the Battle of Brandy Station, VA on June 9, 1863. Age 24.
Buried in Cavalry Baptist Church Cemetery, Leeds, SC.

358. Sergeant J. B. Williams
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Fort Steadman during the Siege of Petersburg, VA on March 25, 1865.

359. Private David H. Wilson
Co. F 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died in East Tennessee in December 1863.

360. Private George Wilson
Co. H 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Chickamauga, GA on Sept 19, 1863.

361. Private Nickolas Wilson
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Boonesboro, NC in 1865.

362. Private John Green Berry Wise
Co. D 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on January 16, 1864 at home in Chester County, SC. Age 33.
Buried in Cavalry Baptist Church Cemetery, Leeds, SC.

363. Private Theodore D. Wise
Co. E 3rd Battalion SC Reserves; Died on December 26, 1864 of measles at the Wayside Hospital while guarding
Union prisoners of war at the stockade in Florence, SC.
He was 15 years old and the youngest Confederate soldier from Chester County to die during the War.

364. Captain Johnson M. Woods
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Died of wounds at Petersburg, VA on July 22, 1864.
Buried in Woods Family Cemetery, Chester County, SC.

365. Private Joseph C. Wrenn
Co. B 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed by accidental fall from a train on July 17, 1861 at Ream's Station
near Petersburg, VA. Age 23.
Buried at Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, VA.

366. Private Thomas N. Wrenn
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died on November 18, 1864 at Union POW camp at Elmira, NY.
Buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery (Plot 963), Elmira, NY.

367. Corporal Burr Harrison Wright
Co. F 23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Died on July 12, 1865 from wounds received during the Siege of Petersburg, VA.
Age 25.
Buried at Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, VA.

368. Private E. Wright
23rd Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at the Battle of Malvern Hill, VA during the Seven Days Campaign on July 1, 1862.

369. Private Richard Wright
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in action.

370. Sergeant William Wright
Co. I 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Bermuda Hundred, VA in May of 1864.

371. Private Hugh Wylie
Co. A 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed at Fort Steadman during the Siege of Petersburg, VA on March 25, 1865.

372. Private P. C. Wylie
Co. B 24th Regiment SC Infantry; Died at Atlanta, GA in 1864.

373. Private Ross Wylie
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease in Lynchburg, VA.

374. Private J. Ross Yongue
Co. G 6th Regiment SC Infantry; Died of disease at Centreville, VA.

375. Private Joseph S. Young
Co. B 4th Regiment SC Cavalry; Died on June 26, 1864 at Union POW camp at Point Lookout, MD.
Buried at Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, Scotland, MD.

376. Private William Young
Co. D 17th Regiment SC Infantry; Killed in service.

The names of some of these men and boys are listed with other Confederate veterans at dedication markers located in church cemeteries at the Union Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church in Richburg, SC and Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church in Chester County, SC -- in many cases these monuments serve as their only tombstones. For far too many their burial sites are Known But To God.

They were fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons.
They were our family. They are our blood.
Their lives mattered then and their memories still do today.

 We remember them!

A Final Act Of Retaliation -- The Execution of Private James M. Miller C.S.A.

The grave of Private James Madison Miller C.S.A.
(1816-1865).

On Thursday, March 2, 1865 near the small Southern town of Cheraw, in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, a Confederate soldier was executed by Union soldiers under the command of Major General William T. Sherman in a final brutal act of retaliation before the invading army left the Palmetto State and marched north into North Carolina.

By the time the winter of 1864-1865 was turning over to spring, the War Between the States was only a couple of months away from formally ending. However, the war was still very much a serious concern for the people of South Carolina.

One month before, on Wednesday, February 1, 1865, Major General William T. Sherman's invading Union army entered the Palmetto State, beginning the Carolinas Campaign, the final major campaign of the American Civil War.

Despite delaying the Union forces in several small battles, and winning one victory at Aiken, South Carolina, the Confederate defenders could only conduct a fighting withdraw in the wake of Sherman's nearly 60,000 man blue-clad horde -- which conducted itself harshly on the first Southern State that first dared to declare its independence from the Federal Union. Many cities, including the State capitol of Columbia, South Carolina, were burned almost to the ground.

During Sherman's Carolinas Campaign the Official Records report that about 46 Union soldiers were executed by Confederate troops, or civilians. These were Yankee foragers -- better know as bummers -- many of whom were caught in the act of robbing Southern civilians, or committing other personal crimes.

In addition to the destruction of military targets, many of Sherman's forage took it upon themselves to enact personal retribution upon the civilian population of the Carolinas, burning down houses, robbing and destroying valuables, and even committing acts of rape and murder. The worst of the latter  were against the African-American slave population that they were alleged to be liberating from bondage.

These acts became so heinous that many of these bummers, when they were caught by the Confederate army, were shot or hanged without trial on the spot.

The majority of these incidents occurred once Sherman's forces advanced past Columbia, South Carolina into upper South Carolina and many of these acts were blamed on Confederate cavalry under the command of Lieutenant General Wade Hampton III, himself a native of South Carolina.

The following correspondence regarding these incidents was exchanged between Generals Sherman and Hampton gives great insight into just how ugly the war became in its final year.

On Friday, February 24th, General Sherman wrote the following to Hampton directly:

HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, February 24, 1865.
Lieut. Gen. WADE HAMPTON,
Commanding Cavalry Forces, C.S. Army:
GENERAL: It is officially reported to me that our foraging parties are murdered after capture and labeled "Death to all foragers." One instance of a lieutenant and seven men near Chesterville, and another of twenty "near a ravine eighty rods from the main road" about three miles from Feasterville. I have ordered a similar number of prisoners in our hands to be dispensed of in like manner. I hold about 1,000 prisoners captured in various ways, and can stand it as long as you; but I hardly think these murders are committed with your knowledge, and would suggest that you give notice to the people at large that every life taken by them simply results in the death of one of your Confederates. Of course you cannon question my right to "forage on the country." It is a war right as old as history. The manner of exercising it varies with circumstances, and if the civil authorities will supply my requisitions I will forbid all foraging. But I find no civil authorities who can respond to calls for forage or provisions, therefore must collect directly of the people. I have no doubt this is the occasion of much misbehavior on the part of our men, but I cannot permit an enemy to judge or punish with wholesale murder. Personally I regret the better feelings engendered by this war, but they were to be expected, and I simply allege that those who struck the first blow and made war inevitable ought not, in fairness, to reproach us for the natural consequences. I merely assert our war right to forage and my resolve to protect my foragers to the extent of life for life. 
I am, with respect, your obedient servant,
W.T. SHERMAN,
Major-General, U.S. Army.

Three days later on Monday, February 27th, General Hampton responded, not mincing words:

HEADQUARTERS,
In the Field, Feb. 27, 1865.
Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, U.S. Army:
GENERAL: Your communication of the 24th inst. reached me today. In it you state that it has been officially reported that your foraging parties are "murdered" after capture. You go on to say that you have "ordered a similar number of prisoners in our hands to be disposed of in like manner". That is to say, you have ordered a number of Confederate soldiers to be "murdered."
You characterize your order in proper terms, for the public voice, even in your own country, where it seldom dares to express itself in vindication of truth, honor, or justice, will surely agree with you in pronouncing you guilty of murder if you order it carried out. Before dismissing this portion of your letter, I beg to assure you that for every soldier of mine "murdered" by you, I shall have executed at once two of yours, giving in all cases preference to any officers who may be in your hands.
In reference to the statement you make regarding the death of your foragers, I have only to say that I know nothing of it; that no orders given by me authorize the killing of prisoners after capture, and that I do not believe my men killed any of yours, except under circumstances in which it was perfectly legitimate and proper that they should kill them. It is a part of the system of the thieves of whom you designate as your foragers to fire the dwellings of those citizens whom they have robbed. To check this inhuman system, which is justly execrated by every civilized nation, I have directed my men to shoot down all of your men who are caught burning houses. This order shall remain in force so long as you disgrace the profession of arms by allowing your men to destroy private dwellings.
You say that I cannot, of course, question your right to forage on the country - "It is a right as old as history." I do not sir, question this right. But there is a right older, even, than this, and one more inalienable - the right that every man has to defend his home and to protect those who are dependent on him; and from my heart I wish that every old man and boy in my country who can fire a gun would shoot down, as he would a wild beast, the men who are desolating their land, burning their homes, and insulting their women.
You are particular in defining and claiming "war rights." May I ask if you enumerate among these the rights to fire upon a defenseless city without notice; to burn that city to the ground after it had been surrendered by the inhabitants who claimed, thou in vain, that protection which is always accorded in civilized warfare to non-combatants; to fire the dwelling houses of citizens about robbing them; and to perpetrate even darker crimes than these - crimes too black to be mentioned?
You have permitted, if you have not ordered, the commission of those offenses against humanity and the rules of war; you fired into the city of Columbia without a word of warning; after its surrender by the mayor, who demanded protection to private property, you laid the whole city in ashes, leaving amidst its ruins thousands of old men and helpless women and children, who are likely to perish of starvation and exposure. Your line of march can be traced to the lurid light of burning houses, and in more than one household there is now an agony far more bitter than that of death. The Indian scalped his victim regardless of age or sex, but with all his barbarity he always respected the persons of his female captives. Your soldiers, more savage than Indian, insult those whose natural protectors are absent.
In conclusion, I have only to request that whenever you have any of my men "murdered" or "disposed of," for the terms appear to be synonymous with you, you will let me hear of it, that I may know what action to take in the matter. In the meantime, I shall hold fifty-six of your men as hostages for those whom you have ordered to be executed.
I am, yours, &c.,
WADE HAMPTON
Lieutenant-General.

Major General William T. Sherman, U.S.A. and Lieutenant General Wade Hampton III, C.S.A.
Photos courtesy of the U.S. Library of Congress.

Hampton more than got his point across as no mass executions of Confederate prisoners took place after this exchange.

However, this isn't to say that there were no further individual "eye-for-an-eye" acts of retaliation between the two armies, the last of which occurred at the beginning of March, 1865. 

On Wednesday, March 1st, one of Sherman's bummers, Private Robert M. Woodruff of Company H, 30th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was found dead near Big Lynch Creek in Chesterfield County allegedly beaten to death by the enemy.

The next day, on Thursday, March 2nd, the Headquarters, 17th Army Corps issued the following order:

HDQRS. SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Thirteen Miles from Cheraw, S.C., March 2, 1865.
SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 56.
I: In accordance with instructions from the major-general commanding the army, directing that for each of our men murdered by the enemy a life of one of the prisoners in our hands should be taken, Maj. J.C. Marven, provost-martial, Seventeenth Army Corps, will select from the prisoners in his charge one man and deliver him to Brig. Gen. M.F. Force, commanding Third Division, to be shot to death in retaliation for the murder of Private R.M. Woodruff, Company H, Thirtienth Illinois Volunteers, a regularly detailed forager, who was beaten to death by the enemy near Blakney's Bridge on or about the 1st day of March, 1865.

The Union major initially refused to pick a prisoner for execution, believing that Private Woodruff -- who'd apparently been unpopular among his own peers -- might have been murdered by one of his own comrades.

It would actually be learned several years later that the Yankee had actually been killed by a slave who had been taken by this soldier. When the opportunity arose, the slave killed Private Woodruff and returned to his master's farm.

Regardless, the major was threatened with court-martial if the order was not carried out.

At about noon that day, lots were then drawn among the Confederate prisoners. One young prisoner was the unfortunate winner, but another prisoner stepped forward volunteering to take the young man's place, an older man named James Miller.

James Madison Miller was a native of Chesterfield County, born in Jefferson, South Carolina on Sunday, April 7, 1816 and was a Methodist minister and father of six when the war broke out in 1861. Private Miller served in Company C, 5th Battalion, South Carolina Reserves (also known as Brown's Battalion), and later as a guard and minister for prisoners at the Florence POW Stockade between September of 1864 till February of 1865. The 48 year old Miller was at home on leave when he was captured by Union troops in late February, 1865.

Private Miller was taken to a nearby ravine where a firing squad of half-a-dozen member of Woodruff's infantry company waited to execute him.

According to eyewitness accounts, the Union major tried to tie Miller's hands, but the Confederate private asked for no restraints. The major then handed him a handkerchief and told the prisoner to drop it when his prayers were concluded.

According to the personal account of a Wisconsin Union soldier who witnessed the terrible scene:

"As the smoke floated away among the tall pines, our boys looked with sadness upon the bleeding corpse of a brave old man who had med his death unflinchingly and heroically for the crime of another man. If the old man had bounded away into the forest, we'd never have run a step to catch him."

The following was recorded in a Union soldiers diary entry:

"At noon the prisoners had by lot selected one of their number and was sent under guard to the 30th Ills - and was by them shot at 2 P.M. The unfortunate man was over 40 years of age and the father  of numerous family - he met his fate like a hero, five balls entered into his breast. On visiting his grave afterward I found the following inscription: "James M. Miller Co. C. Browns Batt. S.C. Infy. Who was shot to death in retaliation for a regularly detailed forager who was murdered and found near Big Lynch Creek S.C., March 2nd 1865." 

The execution of Private James M. Miller was the final act of petty retaliation by Sherman's invading army in South Carolina before marching north into eastern North Carolina and the final surrender of the Confederate Army of Tennessee over a month later.

Private James M. Miller's grave and memorial marker at
Five Forks Methodist Church Cemetery near Pageland, in
Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

The marker on the gravestone of Private James M. Miller.

The following sources were used for this article:

Touring the Carolinas' Civil War Sites by Clint Johnson ISBN 0-89587-146-7.
The Chesterfield (SC) Historical Society http://chesterfield.scgen.org/historicalsociety.html.
The U.S. Library of Congress -- The War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies.
All photos of the grave of Private James M. Miller were taken by the Witherspoon-Barnes Camp #1445 Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV).