Union Ancestors & Kin of Robert H. Moore, II   1) Joseph Lake McKinney – Pvt., Co. B, 1st (Maryland) Potomac Home Brigade (Cavalry), Third Great Grand Uncle. Born July 31, 1840, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia (West Virginia), the son (and youngest of three children) of Robert (1808-1876) and Catherine Baker McKinney (1812-ca.1850). Father and son were listed as residing in Clear Spring, Md. in the 1850 census, while the daughters (Catharine Ann & Jane) were living near Martinsburg with other family members. Joseph enlisted as a private, Sept. 2, 1861 at Clear Spring, Washington Co., Maryland for a period of three years. It is not stated in his service record if he was present or absent from September 1861 - December 1862. He was apparently provided with a US Government horse. During the winter of 1861-62 the battalion was on duty along the Maryland side of the Potomac, while the Confederate forces occupied the opposite bank, Co. B being actively engaged for a portion of the winter in West Virginia. A part of the battalion was with Gen. Lander in the defense of Hancock, Md., when the surrender of the town was demanded by Stonewall Jackson in the early part of Jan., 1862, and the remainder of the command made a long night march to the relief of the place, resulting in the repulse of the Confederates. To follow the movements of Cole's cavalry in detail would require whole volume. The battalion was composed of men well acquainted with the country along the upper Potomac and in the Shenandoah Valley, hence companies or squadrons were being constantly detached for the purpose of reconnoitering the enemy's positions. Frequent attempts were made by the Confederates to cut off and capture these scouting parties, but by their familiarity with the numerous byroads and bridle paths through the mountains the Marylanders always made their escape. Early in March, 1862, the command crossed the Potomac at Williamsport with Williams' brigade of Banks' army, and remained in the Shenandoah Valley until the following September, when it fell back to Harper's Ferry. Between Bunker Hill and Winchester on March 7, 1862, it lost 1 man killed and 2 wounded, which was the first bloodshed of the Valley campaign of that year. In Nov., 1862, the battalion was attached to the 12th corps, under Gen Slocum, and remained with that command until the corps marched into eastern Virginia, when it was left in the Shenandoah Valley. J.L. McKinney was listed as absent without leave for 3 days (since Dec. 22, 1862). Listed as absent without leave for 10 days but present during the February muster sheet. He was listed as in confinement at Harpers Ferry guardhouse for having lost his carbine and pistol and a few other issued items as of Feb. 1864. The battalion was with Gen. David Hunter in his advance upon Lynchburg, after which it was assigned to Merritt's division of Torbert's cavalry corps of the Army of the Shenandoah. McKinney was detailed on detached duty at Gen. William H. Emory's headquarters, August 1864. His term of service having expired, he was discharged at Harpers Ferry on 15 September 1864. Listed as having dark complexion, black hair, black eyes, born in Berkeley County, Virginia and occupation as a laborer. He later filed for and received a pension for military service, at the rate of $10 per month under the act of June 27. 1890. Apparently filed August 1904 but reassessed under the act of 1907 for $12 per month from Feb. 27. 1907. Cert # 930873. See also Widow's Cert. # 664390. Worked as a brakeman on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad after the war through the late 1890s. Died May 14, 1908, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. Buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Martinsburg, West Virginia. 2) Benjamin Aleshire - Wagoner, Co. D, 85th Indiana Infantry, Third Great Grand Uncle. Born ca. 1833 in Virginia, a son of George & Delilah Aleshire. Enlisted as a Wagoner on August 11, 1862 in Company D, 85th Indiana Infantry. Resident of Clinton, Vermillion County, Indiana. Deserted on January 25, 1863 at Danville, Kentucky. 3) Anslem W. Davison - Pvt., Co. B, 27th Kentucky Infantry, Third Great Grand Uncle. Born ca. 1833 in Kentucky, a son of Crable and Sophia Davison. Resident of Breckinridge Co., Kentucky. Anslem, along with his brother Jackson, had to cut through Confederate lines to enlist (their homes in Breckinridge County were under Confederate occupation at the time). They were able to enlist on October 20. 1861. Not only was this remarkable, but they did this even before there was a call for troops for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. One website states that these men of the 27th Kentucky were incredibly patriotic for having done everything they could, even before the call for troops was put in, to enlist in the Union army. Furthermore, when this regiment formed, there was nothing for them - no money, no supplies, no arms - nothing. They were, initially, a rag-tag band of Unionists until the Federal authorities could eventually get them the supplies they needed in 1862. The officers of the regiment, knowing that the men needed money to look after their families back at home, actually pooled what funds they could so that the men could get their initial $13 in pay. When other men came to the regiment to enlist, some of these same men who had received the $13, turned their money back in so that the new soldiers could receive pay. Anslem survived the war, applied for a pension (application #1298377) under the name of Ansslum Davison in 1902, but because of having deserted during the war, he was not granted a pension. He died sometime after that, probably at or near his home in West View, Breckinridge Co., Kentucky. 4) Jackson Davison - Pvt., Co. F, 27th Kentucky Infantry, Third Great Grand Uncle. Born ca. 1828 in Kentucky, a son of Crable and Sophia Davison. Resident of Breckinridge Co., Kentucky. Jackson, along with his brother Anslem, had to cut through Confederate lines (their homes in Breckinridge County were under Confederate occupation) to enlist. They were able to enlist on October 20. 1861. Not only was this remarkable, but they did this even before there was a call for troops for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. One website states that these men of the 27th Kentucky were incredibly patriotic for having done everything they could, even before the call for troops was put in, to enlist in the Union army. Furthermore, when this regiment formed, there was nothing for them - no money, no supplies, no arms - nothing. They were, initially, a rag-tag band of Unionists until the Federal authorities could eventually get them the supplies they needed in 1862. The officers of the regiment, knowing that the men needed money to look after their families back at home, actually pooled what funds they could so that the men could get their initial $13 in pay. When other men came to the regiment to enlist, some of these same men who had received the $13, turned their money back in so that the new soldiers could receive pay. Jackson died at Corinth, Mississippi on June 20, 1862, leaving a widow and three children. 5) Chrisley/Chesley Nicholson - Pvt., Co. D, 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Third Great Grand Uncle. Born ca. 1832 in Madison County, Virginia, a son of Moses and Cassandra Ramsbottom Nicholson. Chrisley's brother, Joseph, was drafted into the Confederate service at the end of the war and served in Co. F, 38th Virginia Infantry. He was captured at Five Forks, Va. Another brother, Vancouver, was conscripted and assigned to Co. G, 12th Virginia Cavalry on June 24, 1864. There is no further record of service after that date. Chrisley, aka Christian Nichols, like his brothers, did not wish to participate in any form in the war. According to the pension application submitted by his wife (he married Elizabeth Jenkins on August 3, 1856 at Moses Nicholson's place in Rappahannock Co., Va.), Chrisley "never intended to fight against the Union but if the south tried to make him fight that he intended to go north and join the Union army. Conscript officers kept trying to capture him and upon one or two occasions but he made his escape so he took me and my two children and we stopped in New Jersey after getting there he rented a house and we went to housekeeping but one day soon after he went over to Philadelphia and there enlisted." Chrisley is actually recorded as having enlisted at Camp Cadwallader Draft Rendezvous, Philadelphia, Pa. on April 26, 1864. He was forwarded to Co. D, 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry and delivered with a detachment at Alexandria, Va. on May 1, 1864. His widow continued that "after having joined the army, he left me with myself and children (Michael who was born ca. 1855 and Arnold who was born ca. 1857) to support which I was unable to do so I was told by a friend that I could get assistance from the authorities so I made application but was told such state had to provide for its own soldiers' wives." She came back to Virginia to a "relative and friends." In November 1864, Chrisley Nicholson showed up at his father's house. Cut off from his command he arrived at his parents' house and there found his wife and children. As his wife recollected, he was "going back to the army - home only a few days." When the local conscript authorities learned of his being home and knowing that he belonged to the Union army, "they came to capture him," but he was shot while trying to make his escape. Chrisley Nicholson died on Nov. 12, 1864 near his father's home near Nethers, Madison Co. 6) James Draper Moore - Pvt., Co. B, 1st (Maryland) Potomac Home Brigade (Cavalry), Half 1st cousin, 4 times removed. Born in 1841, Clear Spring, Washington County, Maryland. The son of Hamilton Alexander & Christina Fink Moore. On September 3, 1861, twenty year old James Draper Moore enlisted at Frederick, Maryland as a private in Company B, 1st Potomac Home Guard Cavalry. Upon entering the service, James brought his own horse and was in turn paid for the "service" of the horse while with the cavalry. James was listed at enlistment as being age 20, 5'8", with ruddy complexion and light red hair. By occupation James was listed as a farmer. James became ill in the winter, probably from exposure to the elements and was listed as sick in quarters on December 31, 1861. Apparently his sick furlough expired in January of 1862, as he was listed as being absent without leave for three (3) days on the Jan-Feb 1862 muster rolls. He was AWOL again for two (2) days on the March-April 1862 rolls; AWOL four (4) days, May-June 1862; AWOL for three (3) days Nov-Dec 1862; AWOL for one (1) day Jan-Feb 1863. In all likelihood, due to the proximity of the operations of the 1st Potomac Home Guard to Clear Spring, James found it difficult not to take a "French furlough" now and then. Apparently there were no great repercussions Apparently James did not continue the practice of being absent without leave for there are no further records of the infraction through January 1864 when he was captured. The events that led to young Moore's unwanted trip to Andersonville began on January 10, 1864. Just before dawn on that freezing morning, Lt. Col. John Singleton Mosby and his raiders struck Cole's Battalion on Loudoun Heights. Moore was in fact stationed with the ill-fated picket along the Hillsboro road, where Piney Run crossed. Mosby had to make certain that this picket was taken out in order to free a path for his escape from the night assault. By the time that Mosby had decided to withdraw, he had suffered severe losses, including the wounding of his younger brother "Willie". In addition to the six captured Federal troopers, Cole's battalion had lost six killed and fourteen wounded. However, the men lost from Mosby's command were deemed by one ranger as "worth more than all Cole's Battalion." Considering all of this, a truce was made later that morning and Captain William Henry Chapman, a native of Page County and one-time captain of the county's own Dixie Artillery, dispatched a messenger into the Federal camp with an offer for an exchange. For the recovery of his men, Mosby would return the six captured Federal troopers. Cole refused to receive the offer, ultimately sealing Moore's fate. First sent to Belle Island, Richmond, Va., James was shortly after transferred to Andersonville Prison, Ga. On August 30, 1864 (only seven days after what was considered the worst day in Andersonville's history for deaths), when the prison camp was at its peak for disease and deaths due to overcrowding, James died of scobitis (scurvy). James Draper Moore is buried in grave #7273 at Andersonville. Comrades of James Moore also captured at Loudoun Heights included Hamilton Wolf, George Weaver, Isaiah Nicewander, John Newcomber (listed incorrectly as Macomber), and Walter S. Myers. Hamilton Wolfe died Nov. 24 (grave #12147), George Weaver died Sept. 21 of diarrhea (grave #9409), L.S. Myers died May 23, 1864 of chronic diarrhea (grave #1307), John Newcomber died August 6 of diarrhea (grave #4881) Nicewander was the only comrade to survive out of the six men captured. However, he died not long after the war due to the effects of POW camp. After the war both of his parents applied for and received a pension for his service. James' mother's application was dated 7/26/1880; father's 5/23/1888. Both records of this pension and military service are on file at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Upon a tour to Camp Sumter (Andersonville) in mid-April 1997, I found that the supposed grave of J.D. Moore was mismarked at Andersonville. At that time, grave #7273 showed a "M.L. Moore" from Maine. Ironically, in Atwater's book of 1866, J.D. Moore was incorrectly placed under Maine, but listed as J.D. Moore of the 1st P.H.G. Either he misplaced the name in the book or ???? By the spring of 1998, Andersonville, after my submission of various documents to prove that J.D. Moore was in that grave, erected a headstone that properly described his resting place. 7) Francis Perry Cave, Pvt., Co. G, 66th Ohio Infantry, 1st cousin, 4 times removed. Francis Perry Cave was born 24 February 1836, possibly in Champaign County, Ohio, a son of Paschal Wellington and Elizabeth Offenbacker Cave. Sometime after 1834, the family moved to Champaign County, Ohio. The stay there was brief, but while there, two sons were born, Francis and his brother Washington John Irvan Cave (ca.1837-38). By 1840, the family had returned to Page County. While the family was listed with all members in the 1850 census, neither Francis nor Washington were listed with the family or in Page County at all in 1860. After the opening of the Civil War, the members of the Paschal Cave family appeared to remain distant from the activities of the war. Of Paschal’s son-in-laws, William N. Gray (who married Isabella M. Cave) enlisted (possibly conscripted) in Co. A, 33rd Virginia Infantry in April 1862 and by May had deserted. He had formerly been a member of Co. M, 97th Virginia Militia. Thomas Moses Southard (Narcissa Ellen Cave’s husband) had also been a member of Co. M, 97th Virginia Militia, but had been AWOL for a good part of the term of service. A carpenter by occupation, it appears he was able to avoid conscription until 1864 when he was made a part of the 8th Battalion Virginia Reserves, which was used only in a very limited capacity. Though not married until 1863, Emanuel Gray (Mary E. Valine Cave’s husband) did not serve during the war. Though age eligible for the Confederate draft, he was a millwright, which exempted him from the service. With no other daughters married off and all but two of his sons being of age to serve, the story about Francis begins to unfold. Though it is unclear exactly how it came about, if he had been residing in Ohio at the outbreak of the war or not, Francis Perry Cave did not enlist in Co. G, 66th Ohio Infantry until 11 August 1862. Apparently, when Francis Perry Cave had enlisted, he had thought the regiment was headed for the western theater, away from family and friends. When he learned otherwise, he deserted while still in Ohio. He never returned to full duty with the 66th Ohio Infantry again. After the war, on 16 October 1869, Cave married Edna Rilla Weakley, daughter of James W. Weakley and Artimissa Hurt; the couple had eight children. Francis Perry Cave died on 4 November 1921 in Page County, where he was buried. 8) John C. Emmerson, Pvt., Co. G & H, 3rd Maryland Cavalry, 1st cousin, 4 times removed. John C. Emmerson was born ca. 1839, in Alexandria, Fairfax Co., Va., a son of Harrison A. & Jane Watson Emmerson. He enlisted as a Private on September 24, 1863 in Baltimore, Md. He was transferred to Co. H on December 9, 1864. Mustered out on September 7, 1865 in Vicksburg, MS. He was a first cousin to Pvt. Henry K. Emmerson, Co. D, 7th Virginia Cavalry, CSA. 9) George Arthur Ege - Master's Mate, U.S.S. Ozark, formerly 1st Lt., 17th Independent (Ohio) Battery and formerly Pvt., Co. F, 2nd Ohio Infantry, 1st cousin, 5 times removed. Born M15 March 1841. In 1854 he went from Pennsylvania to Springfield, Ohio,; later enlisted as a private in Company F, Second Regiment, Ohio Infantry, on April 17, 1861, and served until July 31, 1861, participating in the first Battle of Bull Run or Manassas July 21, 1861. On July 12 1862, he was commissioned first lieutenant, 17th Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery. He served under General Grant during the Vicksburg campaign, the taking of Arkansas Post, the first attempt at Vicksburg, and in all the battles following and final surrender of the city, forming part of the 17th Army Corps, under General A. S. Smith, Division Commander. He resigned Aug. 11, 1863, with honorable distinction. He entered the U. S. Navy, Mississippi Squadron, as Master’s Mate on the Monitor Ozark, patrolling the Mississippi River, July 13, 1864, and resigned June 15, 1865, after which he participated in the Red River expedition under Admiral Porter and General Banks. In the army and navy he received meritorious mention. In the spring of 1865 he returned to his home at Springfield, Ohio, and following his Red River experience, he was engaged with the construction and building of the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division, as Commissary, Terminal, and Station Agent at Junction City, Kan. In 1876 he entered the General Accounting Department of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, at Topeka, Kan. He died on May 30, 1913 and was buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas. 10) Joseph Dorsey Bowers - Pvt., Co. F, 12th West Virginia Infantry. 1st cousin, 5 times removed Born 7 February, 1840 in Shepherdstown, Virginia (now West Virginia), the son of John and Harriet Baker Bowers. Moved from near Martinsburg to Monongalia Co., Virginia (later West Virginia) before 1860. Joseph Dorsey Bowers, married Matilda Ann Ross in Marion Co. in 1861, before he enlisted in the 12th West Virginia Infantry. After the Civil War, the Bowers family moved on to Nebraska. Though he was living in Colfax Co., Nebraska in the 1880s and 1890s, for some reason, he died in Chicago on October 13, 1897. He was taken back to Nebraska where he was buried in the Schuyler Cemetery there, in Leigh, Nebraska. He applied for a pension in March 1892, application # 1101562, certificate #843542. Matilda applied for a widow's pension in March 1898, application #673488, certificate #483947. 11) Henry Ransbottom - Musician, Co. D, 99th Ohio Infantry. Half 1st cousin, 6 times removed A son of Simeon and Rosannah Elder Ransbottom. Henry enlisted 31 July 1862 at the age of 18. Later captured, he died at Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia, 23 February 1865. Grave #12692. 12) Samuel Kennedy Cox - Capt., Co. A & E, 17th Kentucky Infantry, 2nd cousin, 4 times removed. A son of Samuel Kennedy & Caroline Meade Davison Cox. Enlisted as 1st Sergeant. 03 January 1862. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, 01 June 1862. Transferred on 10 December 1862 from company A to company E. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant on 10 December 1862 (As of Co. E). Transferred on 04 March 1864 from company E to company A. Promoted to Captain on 04 March 1864 (As of Co. A). Mustered out 23 January 1865 in Louisville, KY. 13) William Hardin Davison - Capt., Co. B, 17th Kentucky Infantry, 2nd cousin, 4 times removed. A son of Hardin A. Davison. Enlisted as a Captain on 06 September 1861. Commissioned in Company B, 17th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 04 January 1862. Resigned on 13 February 1863. 14) Christian Norman - Pvt., Co. E, 45th Ohio Infantry, 2nd cousin, 4 times removed. b. ca. 1841, a son of Benjamin & Barbara Ward Norman (Nauman). Residing in St. Paris, Ohio in 1860. Enlisted as a Private on August 11, 1862 at the age of 20 in Company E, 45th Ohio Infantry. Transferred to Company G, 15th Ohio Infantry Regiment RC on December 3, 1864. 15) Edmond Perry – Pvt., Co. F, 18th Missouri Infantry, 2nd cousin, 4 times removed. Born August 4, 1843, St. Clair Co., Missouri, a son of John T. & Mary Huffman Perry. When he was 18 years of age, he enlisted in the 18th Mo. Infantry, Company F under Captain Bell of the US Troops and served 3 years and 3 months, enlisting in Sept. 1861 and came home Dec. 1864. He fought in battles of Shiloh on Pittsburg Landing, also Decater, Alabama; Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Snake Creek Gap and Marietta and Atlanta, Georgia. Having served his time he was honorably discharged and returned home. He was married to Lucinda Lightfoot, daughter of Thomas and Malinda Lightfoot in May 1866. He died 7 April 1876, Carroll Co., Mo. 16) David N. Prince – Captain, Co. I, 42nd Ohio Infantry. 2nd cousin, 4 times removed Born 1828, a son of William and Sarah Norman (Nauman) Prince. Enlisted as a sergeant on September 15, 1861, at the age of 30. Commissioned in Co. B, 42nd Ohio Infantry, September 25, 1861. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant June 5, 1861 and transferred to Company I. Promoted to captain, January 1, 1864. Mustered-out on December 2, 1864 in Columbus, Ohio. 17) George M. Roudebush - Pvt., Co. K, 157th Ohio Infantry. 2nd cousin, 4 times removed Born May 11, 1836, Washington, Carroll Co., Ohio, a son of Abraham & Sarah C. Minks Roudebush. Enlisted May 2, 1864, age 28; mustered out September 2, 1864, Camp Chase, Ohio. Died June 12, 1891 and buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, Carroll Co., Ohio. 18) Henry Roudebush - Pvt., Co. K, 157th Ohio Infantry. 2nd cousin, 4 times removed Born ca. 1834, Washington, Carroll Co., Ohio, a son of Abraham & Sarah C. Minks Roudebush. Enlisted May 2, 1864, age 30; mustered out September 2, 1864, Camp Chase, Ohio. Married 1) Estella A. Thomas; 2) Maude Mills. 19) Joseph Roudebush - Pvt., Co. A, 80th Ohio Infantry. 2nd cousin, 4 times removed Born ca. 1843, Washington, Carroll Co., Ohio, a son of Abraham & Sarah C. Minks Roudebush. Enlisted November 4, 1861. Died at Brigade Hospital, Corinth, Mississippi July 20, 1862. 20) William S. Roudebush - Pvt., Co. A, 80th Ohio Infantry. 2nd cousin, 4 times removed Born ca. 1841, Washington, Carroll Co., Ohio, a son of Jacob & Catherine Minks Roudebush. Enlisted January 5, 1864. Mustered out August 13, 1865, Little Rock, Arkansas. 21) Daniel H. Taylor - Pvt., Co. F, 45th Kentucky Infantry, 2nd cousin, 4 times removed. Daniel H. Taylor was born 12 September 1838, a son of Thornton Hamilton and Mary Elizabeth Knight Taylor. Not long after the opening of the war, for his outspoken Unionist views, Thornton Taylor drew attention of some of the more radical secessionists in the community. As someone in years after the war recalled, Taylor "lived at the foot of the ridge, not far from Cool Spring in Page County. He had a son, Daniel Taylor, a fine looking man, with an enviable growth of side whiskers, stylish at that time, but like his father he did not hesitate to speak without first thinking. Posters tacked where he was sure to see them bid him change his boarding house and to make it snappy. He left by night and after wards never saw his people again. An inquiry was made concerning him but no word came of him, although we were told he was doing well out west. His father also drew a card of leave and soon was seen no more in the county" E.N. Taylor, a grandson of T.H. Taylor, later (January 14, 1938) wrote to the Page News & Courier about his grandfather having had a sanctuary near his home for local Confederate deserters. “My grandfather had several boys and a couple of friends including Mark Berry [ca. 1843-aft. 1911] staying with them in what is called Camp Hollow. They would come to the house, get their meals and lay around in the orchard, and when my grandmother saw the ‘conscripts’ coming, she would take a case knife and would knock on an empty barrel and they would run back to their camp in the hollow. They burnt wood at night and charcoal in the day so that their presence could not be discovered by the smoke.” While it is believed that Thornton Hamilton Taylor took refuge in Illinois (after the spring of 1862) for a good part of the war, in October 1864 there is the record of him being confirmed in Page County as a minister of the Disciples of Christ. Of Thornton H. Taylor’s five sons who were old enough to fight, only four served during the war. The Daniel H. Taylor (1838-1911) who was mentioned above as having been driven from Page County, began the war in the service of Co. M (Thomas Jefferson Graves’ Company/formerly Peter C. Reid’s Company), 97th Virginia Militia. However, instead of later serving in a regular Confederate unit, he went to Kentucky and enlisted in Company F, 45th Kentucky Infantry (U.S. Army) on 25 October 1863. This particular regiment was known for fighting against Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan. Taylor was mustered out on 24 December 1864 in Catlettsburg, Ky. Following the war, Daniel Taylor married Mary Pamela Adams in Ohio in 1868 and later relocated to Kansas. Daniel applied for a pension in December 1890 while residing in Kansas (Application #969773, Certificate #699644). He died in Beaver Township, Scott County, Kansas on 11 August 1911. His wife applied for a widow’s pension (Application #951573, Certificate #713721). Daniel Taylor's oldest brother, William Harrison Taylor (1833-1915) served at the opening of the war in Co. F (Capt. Henry F. Bradley’s Company), 97th Virginia Militia and went on to enlist on March 1, 1863 as a private in Co. C, 39th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (Robert E. Lee’s Scouts, Couriers and Bodyguards). He was court-martialed for desertion on January 27, 1864 but was returned to duty and was listed as present on the Sept-Dec. 1864 muster rolls. William moved to Illinois after the war. Thornton Absalom Taylor (1842-1887) served briefly with his brother William at the opening of the war as a member of Co. F, 97th Virginia Militia, but did not serve after 1862 in any regular Confederate army units. Benjamin Newton Taylor (1845-1911) enlisted 17 days after his brother William, but in Co. H, 33rd Virginia Infantry. He was present in arrest in December 1863, having joined from desertion on December 7, 1863. No further record exists for his service. According to one family story, William and Benjamin apparently told Daniel that if he ever came back to Page County, they would hang him. Both Daniel and William were listed in Thornton H. Taylor’s will as receiving only $1 each. It should also be noted that Valentine Dudley Taylor (1795-1884), Thornton H. Taylor’s father, was actually listed as a member of Co. I (Capt. John D. Aleshire’s Company), 97th Virginia Militia at the opening of the war. 22) Charles Christopher Aleshire - Captain, 18th Ohio Light Artillery, 2nd cousin, 5 times removed. Enlisted as a Captain on 22 April 1861 at the age of 21. Commissioned in Company G, 18th Ohio Infantry. Mustered out on 28 August 1861 in Columbus, OH. Enrolled as captain on 13 September 1862 in the 18th Ohio Light Artillery on 13 September 1862. Promoted to Brevet Major on 13 March 1865 (For Atlanta Campaign). Mustered out on 29 June 1865 in Camp Dennison, OH. 23) Andrew Jackson Foltz - Pvt., Co. K, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 2nd cousin, 5 times removed. b. October 5, 1846 in Page County, Virginia, a son of Noah and Mary Ann Kite Foltz. Enlisted as a Private on 19 February 1864 in Company K, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry. He enlisted just ten days after Page Countian Frederick A. Alger enlisted in Co. M of the same regiment. Foltz was mustered out on 13 August 1865 in Manchester, VA. He lived in Stratton, Edgar Co., Illinois after the war. Applied for a pension 5/8/1907. Application #1359868, Certificate #1145683 (see also C2477567). He died May 1941. An obituary from the Page News & Courier appeared on July 22, 1941. Though it gives some information that is incorrect (The Noah Foltz family was actually living in Alma District #1, Page County in 1860), the obituary does give some information of value. Incidentally, his father, Noah, was a member of Company B, 8th Battalion Virginia Reserves, C.S.A. at the end of the war, however, there is strong evidence that shows that many of the men in this unit were not sympathetic to the Confederate cause and were really conscripts more than volunteers. Noah Foltz was rather wealthy and was shown as with $13,000 listed in personal property in the 1860 census. Several of the young men who were listed with Noah Foltz as laborers on his farm later enlisted in different Page County Confederate companies. "Last Civil War Veteran Dies in Charleston Andrew Jackson Foltz, 94, Last of Boys in Blue from Coles County OAKLAND, Ill., May 7 - Andrew Jackson Foltz, 94 years old, last Civil War veteran of Coles County, and a former resident of Oakland, died at 5:30 o'clock, Tuesday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. ALbert Gerard, in Charleston. His death was attributed to a paralytic stroke. Mr. Foltz was born on October 5, 1846 in [Page County] Virginia. He was a small child when his parents, Noah and Mary Kite Foltz, came to Oakland where he had spent most of his life [this is incorrect]. For the past few years he had resided with his daughter in Charleston. In September, 1877, he was married to Narcissa Parker and she preceded him in death in November 1925. Nine children were born to the marriage, five of whom are deceased. Those living are as follows: Mrs. Gerard, of Charleston; Mrs. Rose Kuykendall, of Kansas, Ill; Mrs. Mamie Shives, of Oakland; and William Foltz, of Upton, Arizona. A brother, Grant Foltz, lives in Oakland, and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Wilson, is a resident of Shenandoah, Virginia. Mr. Foltz enlisted with Company K, 11th Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry. In 1938 he attended the 75th encampment of Civil War veterans in Gettysburg, Pa." 24) Hiram Jackson Foltz - Pvt., Co. D, 85th Indiana Infantry, 2nd cousin, 5 times removed. A son of Henry J. & Veronica Frances Hollingsworth. From Clinton, Indiana. Enlisted as a Private on August 11, 1862 Mustered out on June 12, 1865 in Washington, D.C. 25) James Foltz - Pvt., Co. D, 85th Indiana Infantry, 2nd cousin, 5 times removed. A son of Henry J. & Veronica Frances Hollingsworth. From Clinton, Indiana. Enlisted as a Private on August 11, 1862. Deserted on January 25, 1863 26) David McKinney Gilmore - Capt., Co. D, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, 2nd cousin, 5 times removed. b. May 21, 1840, at Newville, Penna.; d. Feb. 14, 1900, at Minneapolis, Minn.; m. Aug. 15, 1867, Sarah Grizelda Kyle, b. July 13, 1840, at Jacksonville, Cumberland Co., Penna., d. July 3, 1903, at Minneapolis. Minn., where she spent her married life. He went to the west in 1859 and located at Minneapolis. Later in the same year he returned to his home in Newville and remained until he enlisted in Co. H, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry as a sergeant first class on 17 August 1861, in which unit he did valiant service during the Civil War. He was appointed orderly sergeant of Company H, Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, and on March 17, 1862, was commissioned second lieutenant. He was transferred from Co. A to Co. M on 2 April 1862. He was promoted to first lieutenant on 31 August 1862, and again promoted to the rank of captain under date of May 1, 1863. He was also transferred from Co. M to Co. D on 1 May 1863. His service was in the Army of the Potomac under renowned cavalry leaders of distinction, such as Generals Averill, McIntosh and Gregg. By gallant and meritorious conduct he was mustered out a brevet major at the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Savage Station, Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, South Mountain, Antietam, the Stoneman raid, Kelly's Ford, Bristow Station and Gettysburg. He was wounded Nov. 7, 1863, near Warrentown, Virginia, in a fight with Mosby. With his company he was ordered as an escort to General Hooker, and served for a time in that capacity. In April, 1864, he was detailed to Harrisburg, Penna., and placed In command of the recruiting station at Camp Curtin, where he remained until he received his discharge on 24 August 1864. He was a brave soldier, a capable officer and extremely popular with his men. He was an ardent patriot and discharged his duties faithfully. He was warmly attached to those who were with him in the struggle for the preservation of the Union and cherished through life the friendships thus formed. In 1866 he returned to Minneapolis, which was his home until his death. For forty years he was influentially identified with the commercial, social and religious interests in his adopted city, and gave to it his noblest and best efforts. He founded the D. M. Gilmore Furniture Company in which he was interested until 1891. This company was one of the first firms in Minneapolis to send traveling salesmen between their city and the Pacific coast, which brought it into high repute as a center of trade. In 1891 he founded the firm of D. M. Gilmore and Company, engaged in the manufacture and handling of steam fitters' supplies. He was also a member of the firm of Gilmore & McArdle, and president of the Minneapolis Iron Works. At one time he was a member of the Board of Trade and for a number of years he was a member of the Jobbers Association, and occupied various influential positions in other civic bodies. He was public spirited and belonged to the army of pioneer business men who laid the foundation of a beautiful city, and to him is due much of the credit of its prosperity and growth. He was a valued member of Rawlins Post, G.A.R., the Loyal Legion, in which he served as senior vice commander, and the A. O. U. W. In politics he was a Democrat. He was prominent in the Westminster Presbyterian church, having served as deacon and was one of its most substantial members. He was a general favorite, his warm generous heart, with good will toward God and man, his fund of pure Scotch-Irish wit and pleasantry, which stood the test of adversity and disappointment, won for him an abiding place in the affections of all who knew him. In commercial life he was a leader, and in his home a devoted husband and father, who took, keen pleasure in entertaining his friends beneath his roof. No man in Minneapolis was greeted with greater kindliness than he, and his hospitality was a source of sincere satisfaction to him and his family. Those who went from the home and haunts of his boyhood to his city received a hearty welcome and were shown the most gracious attention by him. To know him was rare good fortune, and his wholesome advice and cordial manner will never be forgotten by many young men and women who sought his counsel and assistance and were aided by him. His bright and constant flow of spirits bore him company even during months of suffering. 27) James William Jewell - Pvt., Co. I, 1st United States Volunteer Infantry ("Galvanized Yankees" formerly having been Confederate POWs), 2nd cousin, 5 times removed. James William Jewell was born June 26, 1845, the son of Augustine and Nancy "Fannie" Ann Nicholson Jewell. A resident of Hope Mills at the opening of the Civil War, James, at around the age of 17 years of age, joined Co. K, 10th Virginia Infantry (the Page Volunteers) on March 17, 1862. Jewell seems to have faired well in the army for sometime and did not see any large personal difficulties in health (or at the mercy of a Union minie ball) until May 12, 1864, when he was among the many captured in the attack on the Confederate earthworks at Spotsylvania Court House. However, even then, “Jim” Jewell wasn’t quite the type to give up just yet. From a letter written in 1914 from Dr. Theodore H. Lauck (formerly of the Page Volunteers) to Summers-Koontz S.C.V. Camp Commander Frederick T. Amiss, Lauck conveyed the story of just what Jewell did to remedy his status among those in captivity. After having been marched off from Spotsylvania, the Confederate POWs were taken to Belle Plains Landing on Aquia Creek before they ended up at the POW Camp at Point Lookout, Maryland a few days later. According to Lauck, they had only been at the Point but a few days before he missed Jim Jewell at the roll call. Lauck continued; “Now for his history, as told by himself at Little Washington, thirty-nine years afterwards. He had told me in 1901 of some of his experiences, and so at my next meeting with him I asked him how he managed to procure an exchange, when none of us left behind could accomplish it. “Why, I exchanged myself,” said he, to my great astonishment and then he explained his Yankee trick that certainly beat the band a big Yankee band at that.” While in the Union POW Camp, Jewell had told Union Maj. Bradley that he “wanted to take the oath, and having taken it, agreed to enlist in their army, but not seeming too eager to do so." It wasn't a terribly long time at Pt. Lookout, Md. POW camp before Jewell ended up enlisting for three years on May 28, 1864 as a private in Co. I, 1st United States Volunteer Infantry. Listed as 5'9" with brown eyes, dark hair, and a fair complexion, Jewell was actually credited as a recruit from Boston, Massachusetts Congressional District #3 (most "Galvanized Yankees" were credited to Northern Congressional Districts). Jewell continued that "The Division I belonged to was soon sent to the coast of North Carolina and I soon had the pleasure of being put on outside picket duty. When night came on, good and dark, I stole away from my post and struck out North West towards where I knew Dixey Land lay." Union records reveal that he actually deserted on July 30, 1864 at or near Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co., N.C. His military record goes on to show that for his desertion, he owed the United States government $23.48 for a Springfield musket, haversack, canteen and 60 rounds of ammunition. Jewell continued that the next day, he reached Goldsboro, "and lounged around the depot, waiting for a train to Richmond. Citizens noticing my blue uniform, began to crowd about me and looked like they wanted an explanation, if not an apology. I was enjoying the situation fine, and waited until one of the crowd asked me where I belonged. I told him that I belonged to the 3rd Va., Inf. Brigade. Then someone cried out ‘3rd Va. Brigade? Why we have a Regt. in that Brigade, that was enlisted in this city.’ ‘Which one’, asked Jim. ‘The 3rd‘ was answered. ‘Well, said Jim. I went over the breastworks at Spotsylvania C.H. soon after I did on the 12th of May, being gobbled up by the Yankees.’ They asked him why he was in blue clothes. He explained, and then one of the party told him that the Col. of the 3rd had a home and a wife in the city, and that she had never received a line from him since the 12th of May, and did not know whether he was dead or alive. They almost forced him to go to the home of the Colonel and relieve the mind of his wife all that he could.” Having taken “liberty” of prisoner of war camp by volunteering to “don the blue,” sometime between June and September 1864, Jim Jewell had left his Yankee “comrades” for a return trip to Virginia and his friends and comrades of Co. K, 10th Virginia Infantry. While at Goldsboro, North Carolina, Jewell gave a small degree of comfort to a concerned wife who had not heard from her husband since Spotsylvania Court House. According to his account, all that he could tell was the story of the capture, and that he did not think that there was any loss of life her husband’s regiment. She was greatly comforted by the interview, and fed him well, and made him exchange his hated uniform for a suit of citizens clothes once worn by her husband. Theodore Lauck recalled of Jewell’s story that the wife filled Jewell’s haversack, and “I think, supplied him with expense money, for his run to Richmond. At the latter city he boarded the first train to Staunton, he could catch, without getting a pass from the provost and that mistake led him into a hitch in his plans when he got to Staunton. A small sized homeguard youth arrested him on the platform as a deserter or as absent without leave because he had to confess that he had no pass. He spent the night under guard, and in the early morning asked the little soldier to please go with him to a spring on the out skirts of town. He noticed as he walked along beside the guard that there was no percussion cap on the musket the boy carried, so when he had bathed his face and filled his canteen, he remarked ‘your gun is not loaded.’ ‘Oh, yes it is, but we are not allowed to have any caps,’ replied the unsuspicious raw one, in close contact, with an old one, for the first time in his service. Jim gave a short laugh, and heading towards home said, ‘Good morning, my son, and walking away rapidly, left the boy gasping.’” Lauck continued of Jewell’s story, “He reached Harrisonburg before the night and was delighted to run right on to Col. [D.H. Lee] Martz, who had by some rare good fortune, got exchanged just two weeks before. He asked the Col. where the rest of the boys were and when he expected to return to the army. The Col. told him he would leave as soon as his furlough was out, and expected to find the army of Gen. Early near Strasburg. Jim told him that he would continue on home to see his folks and get a change of underclothes, and would return to duty in a week or so and here the eyes of the gay narrator widened and sparkled with amusement.” Jewell stated, “Sonnie, I got to Fishers Hill the very night before that devil of a stampede.” Lauck continued tat “The upshot of that experience was that the crows and buzzards saw a very tired Jim sneaking across the near-by river and Fort Mountain, and scurrying across two Valleys, to reach the humble cabin above Kimball he had left just two days before.” “While he rested and got the soreness out of his legs, he did some bushwhacking ‘on the side,’ and along with Clarence Broaddus shot at two chicken-stealing Yankees. Jim missing, and Clarence knocking his target off his horse, and stampeding the other fellow who dropped his bunch of chickens.” Lauck concluded that Jewell later “rejoined the regiment at Petersburg in the winter, and was in every skirmish and battle up to the finish.” Years after the war, Jewell married Almira Jane Burke in Rappahannock Co., Va. and the couple had at least two children. James William Jewell died on May 19. 1917 in Rappahannock Co., Va. and was buried at Washington Cemetery there. 28) David McKinney Stewart – Pvt., Co. K, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves, 2nd cousin, 5 times removed. Born Aug. 7, 1840, at York Springs, Penna. He learned the tanning business, but discontinued his interest after the breaking out of the Civil War. He enlisted in June, 1861, in Company K, First Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps. During the Peninsular campaign, in June, 1862, he was captured, after the battle of Charles City Cross Roads, and taken to Libby prison, from which he escaped in September of that year. He was mustered out with his regiment in June, 1864, after giving three years valiant service to his country and taking part in many of the most decisive engagements of the war. He served the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company as conductor and baggage master on their road from the close of the war until 1880, since when he has resided in Baltimore, Washington and York Springs. 29) William Warren Stewart – Brevet Brigadier General, formerly Lt. Col., Co. K, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves, 2nd cousin, 5 times removed. Born August 8, 1836, a son of Dr. William Rippy and Diana (McKinney) Stewart; the former a native of Shippensburg, Cumberland County, and a son of Alexander Stewart, M. D., and Jane (Rippy) Stewart. Diana McKinney was a daughter of David McKinney, a tanner of Strasburg, Franklin Co., Penn. The Stewarts are of Scots, the McKinney’s of Scots-Irish, and the Rippys of Scots extraction. Dr. William Rippy Stewart located at York Springs in 1827, and was in continuous and successful practice there up to within one year of his death, which occurred March 9, 1867. He left a widow (age 78 in 1887) and eight children. He was an enterprising and progressive citizen and had the confidence and respect of the entire community to a remarkable degree. Col. Stewart, at about the age of fourteen, became a student at Cumberland Valley Institute for one year; then at Juniata Academy, Shirleysburg, Huntingdon County, two years. At the latter place he paid considerable attention to mathematics and civil engineering with the intention of following that profession. In 1857 he became a member of a corps of United States engineers in the survey of Government lands in Nebraska; returned in 1859, and shortly after obtained employment in the office of the Adams Express Company at Baltimore; was with them when Fort Sumter was fired upon, and about that time returned to York Springs. In June, 1861, Stewart enlisted in Company K, First Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps. and, two weeks after arriving in camp at West Chester, Penn., was made first sergeant; September of the same year was made first lieutenant of Company K, then stationed at Tennellytown, Va.; November of the same year he was detached from Company K, and made adjutant of the regiment, June 30, 1862. During the Seven Days’ battle of the peninsula, at Charles City Cross Roads, he was wounded by a minie ball through the left thigh, and taken prisoner. He was confined in Libby prison until September, when he was paroled. While in prison he was promoted, June 30; the captain having been killed, the captaincy of his company devolved on him. When his exchange was duly effected he was released from this parole and assumed the command of the company. On January 7, 1863, he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the regiment. At Gettysburg, Stewart with his command came on the battle-ground early in the morning of the second day, having marched thirty-five miles the day previous. The command occupied Little Round Top, and charged with their brigade, which recovered the ground lost by the First and Second Divisions of the Fifth Army Corps. He had charge of the skirmishers that afternoon and night, and continued to do duty until the charge of his brigade on the third day, which was personally ordered by Gen. Meade. In the charge, some eighty or ninety prisoners were captured, two battle-flags and from 2,200 to 3,500 stand of muskets. The brigade lay on the field that night, making forty-two hours they had been without rest. Stewart continued in the service of the 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry Regiment until it was mustered out in June 1864. Stewart was next commissioned as colonel of the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and with it participated in the Overland Campaign. For gallant conduct in the battle of North Anna, Va., Stewart was breveted as brigadier general (to date March 13, 1865) and later participated in the campaign against Richmond, and took part in some skirmishes in the valley of Shenandoah and Virginia. Part of that time he was in command of the Third Brigade of the Second Division of the Army of the Shenandoah. After the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee, Stewart had, as brigade commander, charge of the post at Staunton, Va., which embraced Harrisonburg and Lexington, Va., and the latter part of July, 1865, was assigned to command the post at Harper’s Ferry. He was mustered out on August 24, 1865. Some of the battles in which Stewart participated during the war included Drainsville, Hawkshurst Mills, Mechanicsville, Gaines Mills, Charles City Cross Roads, Fredericksburg, New Hope Church, Mine Run, Rappahannock Station, Spottsylvania Court House, Wilderness, North Anna (where he was slightly wounded in the side by a piece of shell), Pamunky River, Cold Harbor, Bethesda, and the battle of Gettysburg. At the close of the war he returned to York Springs, and continued in his profession as a civil engineer. He later resided at the old homestead of his father, at York Springs. Stewart died on March 18, 1916 in Chambersburg, Pa. and was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery, York Springs, Pa. Link to a photo of Gen. Stewart. 30) Charles Wright Wills - Lt. Col., 103rd Illinois Infantry; formerly Sgt., Co. E, 8th Illinois Infantry, 2nd cousin, 5 times removed. b. April 17, 1840, d. Mar. 24, 1883; m. June 12, 1872, Katherine McCauliffe. He enlisted as a private (25 July 1861) in the service of the northern army during the War of the Rebellion, served three years. Promoted to full sergeant 15 January 1862. He and his brother (William Henry Wills) were at Shiloh on opposite sides, but each was unaware of the presence of the other. Discharged. Later enlisted as a private with the 103rd Illinois Infantry 2 October 1862. Promoted to major 28 May 1864. Promoted to lieutenant colonel by 21 June 1865. Mustered out as lieutenant colonel of the 103rd Illinois Infantry on 21 June 1865, Nashville, Tennessee, "with General Sherman during the entire struggle, and came out without a scar." He was interested in the production of sugar on his plantation near New Orleans and apparently partnered with his brother, the Confederate veteran. Charles Wright Wills is buried at Canton, Ill. See the book Army Life of an Illinois Soldier: Including a Day-By-Day Record of Sherman's March to the Sea: Letters and Diary of Charles W. Wills (Shawnee Classics) (Paperback) by Charles W. Wills and Mary E. Kellogg for sale at Amazon.com. 31) James Andrew Wills - 1st Lieutenant, Co. I, 34th Illinois Infantry, 2nd cousin, five times removed. Enlisted as a Sergeant on 9 September 1861 in Company I, 34th Illinois Infantry. Reenlisted on 03 January 1864. Promoted to Full Lieutenant 1st Class on 05 May 1865. Wounded in the last action of the war in North Carolina. Died of wounds on 14 May 1865. 32) Addison Armentrout - Pvt., Co. F, 54th Illinois Infantry, 2nd cousin, 6 times removed. Resident of Nokomis, Illinois. Enlisted December 15, 1861. Mustered out June 23, 1865. 33) David McKinney - Quartermaster, 77th Illinois Infantry, 2nd cousin, 6 times removed. b. Sept. 5, 1829, near Newburg, Cumberland Co., Penna., d. Jan. 10, 1903, at Peoria, Ill., where he lived since 1853 and is buried. He received his early education in a country school near his father's residence, where the pedagogue ruled his scholars with a birchen rod. At twelve years of age he commenced attending the High School in Shippensburg, Penna., and afterwards the Classical Academy in the same place, under the management of S. D. French. At the age of seventeen years he taught a country school in Franklin Co., Penna., for one term, receiving a salary of $13.00 per month boarding himself. With this experience in teaching he resumed his preparation for college, and studied for several terms in the Chambersburg Academy, under the direction of Van Lear Davis. In 1847 he entered the Sophomore class in Washington and Jefferson College, presided over by Dr. Robert J. Breckenridge. He was graduated in 1849 in. a class of sixty members, and for several years taught in Milnwood Academy at Shade Gap, Penna., associated with Rev. James McGinness. Finding the confinement of teaching too great, he resigned his position and went west. He settled in Peoria, at that time, 1853, a town of 5000 inhabitants. He engaged in the lumber business, and continued the same until after the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion, when he volunteered on 12 September 1862 in the service of the army, and was appointed quartermaster of the 77th Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, afterwards promoted as captain and assistant quartermaster U. S. Volunteer, mustered out as such in 1866 at DeValls Bluff, Ark. He was present at the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, siege of Vicksburg, Miss., Arkansas Post, Ark., also battles of Mansfield and Alexandria La. Mustered out at Mobile, Alabama on 10 July 1865. After his return from the army he engaged in the fire, marine and life insurance business for a few years, and later until his death was a grain commission merchant, connected with the Board of Trade in the city of Peoria,then a place of 60,000 inhabitants. He was in alderman, served as a director and president of the Board of Trade, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Peoria. In politics he was raised a Democrat, but during the war became a Republican. He was six feet in height, weighed two hundred pounds, a fine specimen of manhood, physically and mentally. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church of Peoria, and since 1873 an elder in the same. 34) Jackson R. Eaton - Pvt., Co. D, 31st Indiana Infantry , 3rd cousin, 4 times removed A son of Charles and Sarah Hunt Eaton. Enlisted September 21, 1861 as a corporal. Promoted to 1st sergeant. Killed on June 27, 1864, Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia. 35) Lewis P. Saunders - Pvt., Co. A, 23rd Kentucky Infantry , 3rd cousin, 4 times removed A son of Squire Saunders. Enlisted December 16, 1861. 36) Worthy S. Saunders - Pvt., Co. D, 4th Iowa Cavalry , 3rd cousin, 4 times removed Born 1841, a son of William T. Saunders. Enlisted December 30, 1863. Wounded slightly on July 14, 1864 at Town Creek, Mississippi. Mustered-out August 8, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. 37) William Marion Sheley - Pvt., Co. F, 10th Iowa Infantry, 3rd cousin, 4 times removed Born 23 August 1839, a son of Beverley and Charlotte Sheley. Enlisted 22 August 1861, age 22; a resident of Forest Home, Iowa. Died of disease, 14 December 1861, Bird's Point, Mo. 38) Granville Sheley - Pvt., Co. F, 10th Iowa Infantry, 3rd cousin, 4 times removed Born 29 June 1842, a son of Beverley and Charlotte Sheley. Enlisted September 7, 1861, age 20; a resident of Montezuma, Iowa. Mustered out September 28, 1864. 39) Elijah Rothgeb - Pvt., Co. A, 133rd Ohio Infantry, Half 3rd cousin, 4 times removed Born ca. 1842, a son of Joseph and Catherine Shaver Rothgeb. Enlisted 6 May 1864. Mustered out 24 August 1864, Camp Chase, Ohio. 40) Robinson Alexander Barr - Pvt., Co. A, 127th Illinois Infantry, 3rd cousin, 5 times removed. b. July 6, 1838; m. Sept. 14, 1865, Nancy Fenner Slocum, b. Mar. 23, 1845, at Lake Zurich, lowa, daughter of Brinson W. Slocum and Anna W. Holbrook Slocum. He was in the mercantile business for a number of years, later removed to Britt, Iowa, and in 1904 to Grinnell, Iowa. He served in the War of the Rebellion from 1862 to 1865. 41) Evan Rice Brady - Capt. Co. K, 11th Pennsylvania Reserves, 3rd cousin, 5 times removed. born March i6, 1823, at Indiana, Penna.; married January 28, 1845, Frances A. McGee. Enlisted as a Captain on 07 June 1861, Company K, 11th Pennsylvania Reserves/40th Pennsylvania Infantry. Killed on 14 September 1862 in South Mountain, MD. He was "a brave soldier, a loyal patriot, killed at South Mountain, September 14, 1862, while gallantly defending his country." 42) George Keyports Brady - Brevet Lt. Col., 12th Pennsylvania Infantry, 3rd cousin, 5 times removed. b. born December 9, 1839, at Chambersburg, Penna., died January 20, 1899, at Chicago, Ill.; married at Pittsburg, Penna., October 9, 1862, Henrietta Margaret Murray, born July 21, 1839, at Allegheny, Penna., daughter of John Murray and Harriett Beltzhoover Murray. He responded to the first call for troops in 1861, enlisting in Company B, 12th Pennsylvania Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, April 25, 1861, and remained with the company until July 8th, when he accepted a commission as first lieutenant, 14th Infantry, U. S. A. his appointment dating from May 14, 1861. During the remainder of the year he was on duty at Fort Trumbull, Conn., and in January, 1862, joined his regiment at Perryville, Md. With it he participated in the battles of the Peninsular Campaign, Yorktown, Gaines Mills, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Snickers Gap, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Laurel Hill, Petersburg and Weldon Railroad. In the last named battle, while serving as adjutant general for the brigade, he was wounded, taken prisoner and confined in Libby Prison. He was promoted captain June 10th, 1864, and August 18, 1864, received a brevet as major, U.S.A., for his gallantry in the battle at the Weldon Railroad. He was paroled in September, 1864, and went to New York City where he did good service in the draft riot, and, as soon as exchanged, rejoined his regiment at the front, and March 16th, 1865, received a brevet as lieutenant colonel, U. S. A., for gallant and meritorious services during the war. In October of that year he went to the Pacific coast, and from that time to the day of his retirement his record is that of many a gallant officer. He was transferred to the 23rd Infantry September 21, 1866; promoted to major, 18th Infantry, March 1, 1886; lieutenant colonel, 17th Infantry, March 19, 1891, and August 16, 1894, was retired at his own request, after more than thirty years continuous service. 43) Benjamin Franklin Crawford - Quartermaster Sgt., Co. C, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 3rd cousin, 5 times removed. b. May 25, 1836; m. Dec. 26, 1871, Emma Jaehning, b. July 6, 1853, at Ontonagon, Mich., daughter of Moritz Jaehning and Amelia Jaehning. He served three years during the War of the Rebellion, having enlisted on 6 September 1862 in Company C, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Discharged on 25 June 1865For twenty-five years he was employed by the C., M. & St. Paul Railroad, first as brakeman, later as conductor, resides at North East, Penna., a member of the Presbyterian church. 44) David Linn Coyle - Pvt., Co. E, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 3rd cousin, 5 times removed. b. May 1, 1838, d. July 31, 1891, unmarried. He received an academic education, entered the army at the beginning of the War of the Rebellion in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, was with Sherman on his march to the sea, and served until the close of the war, in continuous service. He was employed by the firm of S. A. Coyle & Company, of Philadelphia, and for many years traveled as their salesman. Later the firm changed to Coyle, Laughlin and Company, and still later to McCandlish, Coyle and Company, in both of which he was a partner, and so remained until his death. He is buried in the Centre Presbyterian church graveyard beside his parents. 45) John Kennedy Duncan – 1st Sergeant, Co. G, 22nd Iowa Infantry , 3rd cousin, 5 times removed. b. 1845, Fayette Co., Pa., a son of Samuel Duncan. Enlisted as 3rd sergeant, July 25, 1862. Wounded slightly on May 22, 1863, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Promoted to 2nd sergeant September 1, 1863. Promoted to 1st sergeant, December 1, 1863. Wounded September 19, 1864, Winchester, Va. Mustered-out July 25, 1865, Savannah, Ga. Died June 28, 1911, Orange Co., California. 46) Robert Long Duncan – 2nd Lieutenant, Co. F, 2nd California Cavalry , 3rd cousin, 5 times removed. A son of Samuel and Elizabeth Creigh Duncan. Enlisted as a commissary sergeant, August 29, 1861. Mustered-out September 24, 1864, San Francisco, California. Reenlisted December 28, 1864. Promoted to 2nd lieutenant March 2, 1865, effective March 28, 1865. Mustered-out May 18, 1865, Camp Union, California. Charter member of the Farragut Post No. 12, Grand Army of the Republic. “The objects and aims of the Association are attending to the sick and wounded soldiers who served honorably during the great rebellion; the burial of their departed comrades, and to cherish and encourage friendly feelings for one another, which should animate the bosoms of all true patriots. This post w as organized on Feb. 19, 1868, and reorganized Aug. 1869.” Other charter members were Edward G. Haynes, William G. Oberend, N.C. McMegonegal, E.C. Taylor, E.H. Forrester, E.S. Jenkins, John Ashton, Joseph Anderson and John L. Gamble. 47) William Andrew Robinson - Brevet Brigadier General, formerly Col., Co. E, 77th Pa. Infantry, 3rd cousin, 5 times removed. b. June 17, 1830, North East, Erie Co., Pa. He was the son of William A. and Nancy (Cochran) Robinson, both of Scotch-Irish descent. His father, his grandfather, Thomas, and his great-grandfather, George, were all natives of central Pennsylvania. His early years were passed upon a farm, and his education was obtained in the district school, and at academies in Chatauqua county, New York and Ashtabula, Ohio. After leaving school and until the Rebellion came he was associated with older brothers in business in Pittsburg. When the flag of his country was assailed, and troops were called for its defense, he enlisted (5/1/1861) in a company known as the Pittsburg Rifles, Co. A, 38th Pennsylvania Infantry and was promoted to sergeant. Failing of acceptance in the three months' force, it was held in camp, and became Company A of the Ninth Reserve. In October, 1861, he was transferred to the Seventy-Seventh regiment, as First Lieutenant of Company E, and in the April following was promoted to Captain. It was one of the few infantry regiments sent to the Western army from Pennsylvania, in the early part of the war, and was with Grant at Shiloh, being upon the front in the final charge and taking many prisoners. At Stone River, on the 31st of December, 1862, were the right wing of Rosecrans' army was attacked at early dawn with great fury and by overwhelming numbers, this was one of the few regiments which was in readiness to receive the blow, and make a stubborn defense. Robinson led his company with marked valor, and received the warm commendation of his superior officers. He participated in all the battles of the Army of the Cumberland down to the ill- starred contest at Chickamauga (19 September 1863). Here the Seventy-seventh with some other troops were isolated in a critical stage of the battle, and being unsupported, the field officers, seven line officers, and the greater part of the men were taken prisoners. For fifteen months Captain Robinson was an inmate of rebel prisons of the worst type, at a period when the harshest treatment was accorded to the unfortunate victims: six months at Libby; three at Columbia, South Carolina; three at Macon, Georgia; and three at Charleston, under fire of General Gilmore's powerful guns. He was associated with Colonels Streight and Rose in tunneling their way out of Libby - a Herculean labor, and attended with remarkable immediate success, but not in the liberation of Captain Robinson. While confined at Macon he was selected as one of a committee of Union officers to go to Andersonville and make known to the Union Government the horrors to which the poor victims of cruelty and barbarity were subjected, in the hope that the administration would be induced on hearing their report to enter upon a system of exchange which the Confederates well knew would redound largely to their advantage. But this committee refused to interfere, believing that the Government was well aware of the facts and would act wisely. After his exchange and a brief furlough, he was placed on duty for a time at Columbus, Ohio, whence he was sent to his regiment, of which he had command during most of the time until his final muster out on the 6th of December, 1865. After the close of hostilities in the East he was sent to Texas, where further trouble was anticipated, but which subsided under the strong arm of Sheridan. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General, on the 13th of March, 1865. Throughout his entire term of service he displayed great coolness and courage, and wonderful powers of endurance. The terrible marches he performed in East Tennessee, where for weeks the men were forced to subsist on green corn - his journey home through Kentucky after his furlough, where he was captured by guerillas - his escape and journey to the Union lines through rain and storm - and his long imprisonment would have broken the spirit and the constitution of one not preeminently endowed. "I asked him," says his brother, the Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D. D., of Harrisburg, "how he managed to come home from fifteen months of rebel prison life looking so fat and hearty. He answered 'by keeping cheerful and keeping clean.' He was strictly temperate, full of patience and endurance, very bright and hopeful in disposition and a fine companion in camp. He was an excellent singer, and in Libby he had a good chance to use his voice. He read and with others acted from the plays of Shakespeare, which I sent him while there in six volumes. He said he never felt fear but once, and that was when moving under a terrible fire at Stone River. There for a moment he leaned against a tree. The feeling passed quickly, and he led his company on. His picket duty at Stone River and the fighting there he considered about as trying as any he ever witnessed." After the war he was for a few years engaged in the carpet house of Robinson & Company, Pittsburg, Penna., later a partner in the firm of Livingston & Co., and senior member of the banking house of Robinson Bros., a, ruling elder in the First Presbyterian church of Pittsburg, and a trustee in the Western Theological Seminary. He married Alice Elizabeth Blaine (b. 1843, daughter of Alexander W. Blaine and Sarah Platt Blaine) on October 20, 1874. Robinson died on October 4, 1902. 48) Robinson Barr Murphy - Pvt., Co. A, 127th Illinois Infantry, 4th cousin, 4 times removed. b. May 11, 1849; m. Oct. 28, 1875, Lina Virginia Johnson, b. at Mobile, Ala., daughter of James Doran Johnson and Elizabeth Johnson. He enlisted in the War of the Rebellion Aug. 6, 1862, at the age of thirteen years, with Company A, 127th Illinois Volunteers, and was made orderly to the colonel of the regiment. In January, 1864, he was made orderly to General J. A. J. Lightburn, was in several battles and received a Medal of Honor for gallant conduct on July 28, 1864 (actually awarded 22 July 1890), when he led two regiments into battle near Atlanta and had his horse shot from under him. He was then only fifteen years of age, and was in continuous service until his company was mustered out June 5, 1865. He later resided at Front Royal, Va., a commercial traveler, twenty-five years with the present company, member of the Methodist church. He died 2 October 1934 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. See this site for more information: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/rbmurphy.htm 49) Alexander McClure Linn - Pvt., Battery I, Pennsylvania Light Artillery, 5th cousin, 3 times removed. b. Mar. 19, 1846, in. first Nov. 3, 1887, Clara Alma Scott, who d. Apr. 3, 1888, daughter of James D. Scott and Cynthia Ann Horner Scott of Franklin Co., Penna. He lived on his father's farm until 1870, when he went to Washington, then a territory, in the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad engineers, and remained four years, then was with the engineers of the Central Railroad of New Jersey for nine months, in the anthracite coal regions. In 1876 he went to Anniston, Ala., in the employ of the Woodstock Iron Company, in 1878 entered the service of the Cumberland Valley Railroad Penna., and has been with them since that date, in the capacity of conductor. During the War of the Rebellion he enlisted on 22 August 1864 with the Independent Battery I, Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was mustered out on 23 June 1865 at Philadelphia, Pa. He married secondly May 17, 1894, Clara Humbird Conley, b. Nov. 26, 1858, at Keokuk, Iowa, daughter of John Alexander Conley and Mary Ann McKnight Conley. They reside at Chambersburg, Penna., adherents of the Falling Spring Presbyterian church. 50) John Riley Hollingsworth - Pvt., Co. G, 15th Missouri Infantyr, 5th cousin, 5 times removed. Born June 20, 1829 in Indiana, a son of George Hollingsworth. Died November 24, 1896 in Vermillion County, Indiana. Buried Hopewell Cemetery, Highland, Vermillion, Indiana. Return to the Camp 1881 Union Ancestry Page Confederate Ancestors of Robert H. Moore, II Robert H. Moore, II Copyright © 2006 - 2008.