Ancestors

 

Abraham Berry Weatherby

160th Ohio Infantry, Co F

Born May 25th, 1837 in Logan, OH

Married Anna J. Williams on December 29th, 1859

Died May 26th, 1916 in Columbus, OH

G-G-Grandfather of Steve Weatherby

Private Joshua Oliver

86th Ohio Infantry

2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery

2nd Minnesota Cavalry

USA

 

Joshua Carl Oliver, born Nov 10, 1844 in Morgan Co. Ohio to John and Mary Green Oliver. Enlisted June 9 1862, Co K, 86th Ohio Infantry, at Camp Chase, Ohio. Aged 19 Occupation Farmer Six feet tall, blue eyes, and black hair, from McConnelsville, Ohio. Stationed at Clarksburg WV assigned to railroad guard duty. Engaged Jenkins' Raiders. Returned to Ohio September 17, 1862 and mustered out on September 25.

J.C. Oliver next appears on June 23, 1863 as a member of Company I, First Ohio Heavy Artillery (some conjecture on whether 1st or 2nd) for three years. Posted to Camp Nelson, KY. Given furlough on December 26, 1863, to return on January 18, 1864. Failed to return, and listed as a Deserter on the rolls from that point.

Joshua was illiterate, and it is possible that he didnt understand his enlistment papers or his furlough, but this is lost.

He again enlists, on May 9, 1864 at Fort Snelling, MN, in Co I, 2nd MN Cavalry. Paid a $25 bounty up front with $75 to be paid at muster out. Posted to Fort Sully on the Missouri River in central South Dakota then north to find Lakota (Sioux) indians in western North Dakota. Engaged the Sioux at the Battle of Killdeer Mountain on July 28, 1864. He may have participated in the rescue of an Emigrant wagon train of 160 wagons in September of 1864, and Co I may have been assigned to escort them to the Yellowstone River. Later posted to Spirit Lake, Iowa and Heron Lake doing patrol duty. Joshua Carl Oliver was mustered out on November 22, 1865 in Nashville, TN.

He settled in the Dakota territories after the war.

G-G-Grandfather of Robert W. Hughes

G-G-G-Grandfather of Kieran Hughes

Peter Waymire

135th Indiana Infantry

Company H

USA

 

Peter Waymire served for 100 days and spent enlistment at Nashville, TN and Stephens, AL. His rank is unknown.

G-G-Grandfather of Jimmy Oswalt

Private John Ross Hooks

53rd Alabama Partisan Rangers

Company E

CSA

 

John Ross Hooks was a private in Company E, 53rd Alabama Partisan Rangers. Better known as Hannon's Partisan Rangers, they participated in more than 85 engagements during the war. Pictured with John is his wife Mary Ann.

G-G-G-Grandfather of Jimmy Oswalt

Samuel Gordon

170th Ohio Infantry

Company C

Organized in Bellaire, OH

Mustered in May 13, 1864 for 100 days service.

Left State for Washington, D.C., May 17.

Attached to 2nd Brigade, Haskins' Division, 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1864 

Assigned to duty as garrison at Forts Simmons, Barnard, Mansfield, Gaines and Battery Vermont, Defenses of Washington, till July 4.

Moved to Sandy Hook, Md., July 4 and duty in the

Defenses of Maryland Heights till July 15.

Attached to Reserve Division, Dept. of West Virginia.

Operations in the Shenandoah Valley July 15-August 24.

Expedition to Snicker's Ford July 17-18.

Rocky Ford July 18.

Battle of Kernstown, Winchester, July 24.

Martinsburg July 25.

Moved to Frederick, Md., July 30;

Thence guard supply trains to Harper's Ferry and duty there till August 24.

Mustered out September 10, 1864. 

Information from Dyer's Compendium.

Married to Margaret B. Finney

Ancestor of Brent Harmon

John Edward Stewart

170th Ohio Infantry

Company E

See above for regimental actions.

Born January 12, 1834

Richland Township, Belmont County, Ohio

Ancestor of Brent Harmon

Captain William Halon

125th New York Infantry

USA

G-G-Grandfather of Aimee Harmon

        

George Marquet and his wife Mary Doherty

128th New York Infantry

USA

 

G-G-Grandparents of Aimee Harmon

Private Francis Marion Hesterly

19th Georgia Infantry

Company A

CSA

 

Born September 29, 1836 and died on May 13, 1915. Francis, along with his brother Thomas, enlisted in Company A of the 19th Georgia Infantry on June 11, 1861. This company was raised in Fulton County and was called the "Georgia Volunteers". They spent the winter of 1861-1862 in garrison duty at Manassas Junction. In the spring of '62, they joined a brigade at Yorktown, VA under the command of John Bell Hood. During the Peninsula Campaign, the 19th fought at West Point, Seven Pines, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Frazier's Farm,and Malvern Hill. When Hood rose to division command, James Jay Archer assumed command of their brigade now in AP Hill's "Light Division". The brigade lost heavily at Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. The regiment's colors were captured at Fredericksburg during the temporary Federal breakthrough south of Marye's Heights. Francis was captured either sometime during the Peninsula Campaign or at Cedar Mountain and was paroled from Ft. Monroe, VA on September 1, 1862. He rejoined his regiment before Antietam. In early 1863, the 19th was transfered to Alfred Colquitt's Brigade. After Chancellorsville, this brigade was sent to Charleston to take part in the defense of the city. In February of 1864, they fought at Olustee, FL. In May of 1864, their brigade found itself back in Virginia. It took part in the fighting at Drewry's Bluff, Cold Harbor, and the defense of Petersburg. Ordered to North Carolina to help stem the advance of Sherman, their last fight was at Bentonville, NC. Francis was captured on the last day of this battle, March 21, 1865. He was taken to New Bern, NC and sent by ship to Hart's Island, NY arriving there on April 10, 1865. He was released June 15 and from there - walked home to Georgia. He was a "railroad man" before and after the war.

G-G-G-Grandfather of Gene Harmon

G-G-G-G-Grandfather of Brent Harmon

Private Thomas B. Hesterly

19th Georgia Infantry

Company A

CSA

Born in 1843, Thomas enlisted in Company A of the 19th Georgia Infantry along with his brother, Francis, on June 11, 1861. This company was raised in Fulton County and was called the "Georgia Volunteers". Thomas never saw any action. He was discharged on February 1,1862 after suffering a fractured leg and ankle joint in a train accident. The injury required surgery.

G-G-G-Uncle of Gene Harmon

G-G-G-G-Uncle of Brent Harmon

Corporal Stephen Pollard

7th Confederate Cavalry, Co B

40th Georgia Infanty, Co G?

CSA

 

Stephen was born in Fayette, Carroll County, GA on August 19, 1829 and married Mary A. Vines on July 27, 1850. He enlisted in June 1862 in Carroll County with the 7th Confederate Cavalry, Company B, also known as "Claiborne's Regimental Partisan Rangers/7th Regimental Confederate Partisan Rangers). In March 1863, he transfered to Company L.  Sometime between September and October of 1863, he was promoted to corporal.

He was a member of this cavalry unit until April 29, 1864 when he was given leave to go home for another horse after losing his the day before. In July, he also received a letter from his wife stating their house had burned down. On bounty rolls from April to October of 1864, he is marked as "not entitled to bounty" due to his absence. This may be in part due to him not being able to rejoin his regiment which was disbanded in July with remnants being integrated into the 10th Confederate Cavalry.

Family legend states

he was not able to rejoin his cavalry command and therefore enlisted in Company G, 40th Georgia Infantry and that he served with this unit until surrendering in April 1865 at Raleigh-Durham, NC. However, though no record has been found of this enlistment, he was with a unit somewhere because he was issued clothing in the 3rd quarter of 1864 by the Confederate army.

He died at the age of 70 in Temple, Haralson County, GA on October 24, 1899. His widow lived until 1904.

In the picture above, Stephen is shown with two Colt Navy .36 caliber pistols and a US Model 1855 single shot pistol with carbine shoulder stock.

G-G-G-Grandfather of Gene Harmon

G-G-G-G-Grandfather of Brent Harmon

Henry Harp

29th Alabama Infantry

Company G

      He was born in 1828 and resided in Barbour County, Alabama. He enlisted into the 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment in 1861. The regiment was assigned to the defenses of Pensacola, FL. from February 1862- July 1863, then transferred to the vicinity of Mobile, AL from July 1863- April 1864. In April it was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee, Stewart's Corps, Walthall's Division where he participated in the Battles of Resaca, New Hope Church, and Kennesaw Mountain. He was severely wounded in either the Battles of Peachtree Creek on 7/20/1864 or more likely at the Battle of Ezra Church on 7/28/1864. The 29th Alabama was the vanguard in the Confederate assault on the Union lines at Ezra Church and managed to penetrate approximately a mile inside of the northern lines before being repulsed. Peachtree Creek and Ezra Church inflicted around 75% casualties upon the 29th Alabama within a span of 8 days. In the first days of August 1864 he was evacuated to the Confederate hospital at Eufaula, AL. where he succumbed to his wounds. The date of death and the engagement where he was wounded have been hard to trace as his wife died at around the same time as well and his belongings were probated by a surviving friend from the regiment. His surviving 7 children were sent to live with relatives throughout Alabama and Georgia. 

 
Out of 1100 effectives at the Battle of Resaca the 29th Alabama surrendered at Durham Station, NC on 26 April, 1865 with less than 90 men remaining.

Pvt. Jacob Perry

10th Battalion Georgia Infantry

Company C

1825-1897

G-G-G-G-Grandfather of Brad Norwood

Pvt, Alexander Bass

11th Battalion Georgia Artillery

Sumter Flying Artillery ( Cutts Artillery )

Company D ( later Company B )

1827-1902

Enlisted as a private on 15 May, 1862 at Americus, GA. Captured Petersburg, VA 2 April, 1865. On the roll of prisoners of war Appamattox Court House, VA 10 April, 1865. Released 28 June, 1865.

G-G-G-Grandfather of Brad Norwood

Pvt. William J. Parker

9th Georgia Infantry

Company K

Born in 1843 in Georgia.

He enlisted as a Pvt. on 6 July 1861 with the 9th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Company K. (Americus Volunteer Rifles). This regiment fought in the ANV and was assigned to Longstreet's Corps. The regiment received the Confederate Roll of Honor for its actions at Gettysburg, and was heavily involved at The Wilderness as well as the Knoxville campaign. It surrendered with Lee at Appomatox. He collected a Confederate pension after the war and settled in Leslie, GA.

G-G-G-Grandfather of Brad Norwood

Pvt. William P. Argo

Born in 1847 and died in 1935

19th / 20th Consolidated Tennessee Cavalry

Organized October 3, 1862

Known in the field and paroled as the 9th Tennessee Cavalry ( Biffle's )

Company B

August 24, 1862, Wayne County, Tennessee

Captain James M. Reynolds commanding

Engagements:

Parkers Cross Roads,

Chickamauga,

Wheeler's October 1863 Raid ( McMinnville, Murfreesboro, and Pulaski )

Raids to Sweetwater and Philadelphia, TN

Operations in Eastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia

Resaca

Lovejoy's Station

Macon

Jonesboro ( Kilpatrick's Raid )

2nd Battle of Dalton

Wheeler's Tennessee Raid

Spring Hill, TN

Franklin, TN

Nashville, TN

Rear guard, Hood's Retreat

Reinzi-Verona, Mississippi to May 1865

Surrendered at Gainesville, Alabama on May 9, 1865

Surrendered: 22 officers, 281 men present

Served under Joe Wheeler and Nathan Bedford Forrest

G-G-Grandfather of Bobby Hughes