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Gilbert Taylor Abernathy 1820-1888 civil war service questions (Help) I am the Great Great Grandson of Gilbert Taylor Abernathy 1820-1888, I believe he was a Colonel in the Confederacy He had at least three brothers who also served, John S Abernathy - Corporal - Killed in battle of Cheat Mountain Alfred Harris Abernathy - Colonel in 53rd TN captured at Fort
One Hundred Documented Slaves and Free Blacks with the Confederate Army . . . After the war Abernathy became a successful lawyer in McKinney, TX, (Collin Co seat just north of Dallas) and Charles Cummings a civic leader and first school superintendent of the Fort Worth school system He wrote a number of articles in the Confederate Veteran
Biographic Profiles - We Will Remember Alfred Harris Abernathy :CSA1stNat: Born: February 26, 1822 Birthplace: Giles County, Tennessee Father: Charles Clayton Abernathy 1790 – 1877 (Buried: William Abernathy Cemetery, Giles County, Tennessee) Mother: Susannah Woody Harris 1800 – 1840 (Buried: William Abernathy Cemetery, Giles County, Tennessee) Wife: Elizabeth Todd Butler
The Unknown Hero of Allatoona Pass | Atlanta Campaign The following letter to the Editor, written by J P Abernathy of Sherman, Texas, was originally published in the Cartersville Weekly Tribune-News on December 7, 1949
Eight Mississippi Soldiers Assigned to Captain Moody’s Battery on July . . . Additional details on the infantry detachment mentioned by Col Alexander were provided by William Meshack Abernathy, who at the time of the battle was a private serving in Company B, of the 17th Mississippi: "We were supporting Moody's battery [on July 2] and it lost so many men that volunteers were called for to help them man their guns
Southern slaves at Gettysburg - Simon was with Pvt William M Abernathy of the 17th Mississippi from the outset of the war, until the surrender at Appomattox Simon attended to him in a Union hospital in Philadelphia after Abernathy was wounded at Gettysburg Simon later named his son William, after his master
Confederate Guerrilla Ancestors | Researching Civil War Records . . . Capturing Abernathy the group were riding toward a wood to kill the boy when a regiment of Confederate cavalry from General Joseph Wheelers command intercepted them Abernathy was released and Brixey captured, two others were with him but managed to escape, James Canaster and Martin Phips
Mississippians at War - Images from the Museum of Mississippi History . . . The second photo is William Meshack Abernathy, a member of the "Mississippi Rangers," Company B, 17th Mississippi Infantry He was badly wounded and captured at the Peach Orchard as well Eventually exchanged, he returned to the regiment by his injuries kept him from frontline service He surrendered with the 17th at Appomattox
One Hundred Documented Slaves and Free Blacks with the Confederate Army . . . There were doubtless several hundred black slaves (along with some free blacks) who accompanied the Confederate army to Gettysburg, as inferred by British army officer Arthur Fremantle, who counted 20-30 blacks following just three brigades (Semmes, Barksdale and Kershaw) on the march northward