Saturday, October 31, 2009

21st Georgia Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel - Thomas W. Hooper, John T. Mercer
Lt. Colonel's - Thomas C. Glover, J.J. Morrison
Major - Michael Lynch

Friday, October 30, 2009

12th Tennesse Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Tyree H. Bell, Robert M. Russell
Lt. Colonel's - D.A. Outlaw, J.N. Wyatt
Major's - Robert P. Caldwell, James Purl

Thursday, October 29, 2009

2nd Arkansas Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Daniel C. Govan, T.C. Hindman, J.C. Scaife, E. Warfield
Lt. Colonel's - Joseph W. Bocage, E.G. Brasher, R.F. Harvey, Charles Peterson
Major - A.T. Meek

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Thomas' Legion, North Carolina, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel - William Holland Thomas (born February 5th, 1805-died May 10th, 1893).
Lt. Colonel's - James Robert Love (born August 19th, 1831-died November 10th, 1885), James A. McKamy (died 1898), William Clay Walker (born August 4th, 1820-died January 3rd, 1864. He was murdered).
Major - William Williams Springfield (born May 7th, 1837-died March 6th, 1823).

8th Alabama Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Hilary Abner Herbert (born 3/12/1834-died 3/6/1919), Young Lea Royston (born 6/22/1819-died 1884), John Anthony Winston (born 9/4/1812-died 12/21/1871, died in Mobile, Alabama)

Lt. Colonel's - John P. Emrich (born in Germany), J.W. Frazer, Thomas E. Irby (born 12/17/1823-died 5/5/1862, from wound's recieved in Battle. Thomas E. Irby had also served, in the Mexican War).

Major - Duke Nall (born 1830-died 1865, from wound's recieved in Battle).

6th Texas Cavalry Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - Robert S. Gould
Major - William W. Veser

30th Battalion Virginia Sharpshooter's, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - J. Lyle Clarke
Major - Peter Otey

Monday, October 26, 2009

16th Georgia Cavalry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel's - F.M. Nix, Samuel J. Winn
Major - Edwards Y. Clarke

Poe's Arkansas Cavalry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Major - James T. Poe

Thomas Hill Watts (January 3rd, 1819-died September 16th, 1892), Confederate Governor of Alabama, 1863-1865.

Thomas Watts was born, in the Alabama, son of John Hugh Watts and Prudence Hill. He signed the Alabama Seccesion Ordinance,  for Alabama and served as Attorney General in Jefferson Davis' Cabinet. He was elected Governor, in 1863 and served until April 1865. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

John Gill Shorter (born April 3rd, 1818-died May 29th, 1872), Confederate Governor of Alabama 1861-1863.

John Gill Shorter, of Barbour County served as Confederate Governor, of Alabama, from 1861-1863. He was born in Monticello, Georgia and died in Eufala, Alabama, in 1872. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

7th Arkansas Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - D.A. Gillespie, Robert G. Shaver
Lt. Colonel's - William R. Cain, John M. Dean, James Rutherford, Peter Snyder
Major's - John A. Hill, James T. Martin, John C. McCauley

Friday, October 23, 2009

Thursday, October 22, 2009

60th North Carolina Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Washington M. Hardy, Joseph McDowell
Lt. Colonel's - William H. Deaver, J.M. Ray, James T. Weaver
Major's - James T. Huff, William W. McDowell

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

1st (Mercer's-Olmstead's) Volunteer's, Georgia Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Hugh Weedon Mercer (was the Grandson of Revolutionary War General, Hugh Mercer and was later promoted to Brigadier General, born 1808-died 1877), Charles H. Olmstead
Lt. Colonel's - Martin J. Ford, William S. Rockwell

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Monday, October 19, 2009

Wilson's, Gonzales', Hughes' Battery, Texas

Captain's - George R. Wilson, Thomas Gonzales, Robert J. Hughes // Captain Thomas Gonzales was one of the over 350 Hispanic Confederate Officer's, who served in the war.

26th South Carolina Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel - Alexander D. Smith
Lt. Colonel's - Stephen D. M. Byrd, Joshua H. Hudson
Major's - Ceth S. Land, Cornelius D. Rowell

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Friday, October 16, 2009

Final Reunion, United Confederate Veteran's, United States Postal Service .03 Cent Stamp, 1951.

The United States Postal Service put out a three cent commemorative stamp honoring the final reunion, of The United Confederate Veteran's, in 1951. The final reunion was held for the few living Confederate Soldier's still alive, on May 30th, 1951, at  Norfolk, Virginia.

7th North Carolina Cavalry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - George N. Folk
Major - Thaddeus P. Siler

12th Missouri Cavalry, Field and Staff Officer's.

The 9th Missouri Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. and the 12th Missouri Regiment, C.S.A

Colonel - David Shanks
Lt. Colonel - William H. Irvin
Major's - Samuel Bowman, H.J. Vivien

1st Seminole Cavalry Battalion, Indian Territory, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - John Jumper
Major - George Cloud

Osage Battalion, Indian Territory, Field and Staff Officer's.

Major - Broke Arm (Yes, that was his name, and is likely a direct translation, of his name, in the Osage language).

4th South Carolina Infantry Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Major - Charles S. Mattison

Charpentier's Battery, Alabama, Field and Staff Officer's.

Captain's - Stephen Charpentier, John M. Jenks
1st Lt.'s - Lemuel H. Goodman, Samuel A. Miller

Cumberland Light Artillery, Kentucky, Field and Staff Officer's .

Captain's - Henry F. Green, W.H. Hedden

4th Confederate Engineer's Regiment, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel - Hugh T. Douglas

14th Georgia Artillery Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - Joseph T. Montgomery
Major - Joseph Palmer

Thursday, October 15, 2009

1st Alabama Artillery Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel's - Robert Charles Forsyth, James Thomas Gee
Major's - S.S. Tucker (died in service), J.M. Cary
Surgeon - James T. Reese
Assistant Surgeon's - Benjamin S. Barnes, Thomas Mattingly
Captain's - Company A - William Walker (died in service), William B. Hughes // Company B -  John J. Winston, William Wellborn, Frederick S. Ferguson // Company C - N.J. Smith // Company D - Junius A. Law, Lee Hammond // Company E - John Q. Loomis, Julian W. Whiting //  Company F - Edwin Wallace, William Reese Julian, R.N. Campbell

Virginia Military Institute Cadets, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - Scott Shipp

12th Texas Cavalry Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - Reuben R. Brown
Major - Samuel W. Perkins

1st (Eakin's) Tennesse Infantry Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Major - W.L. Eakin

14th Mississippi Artillery Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Major - Matthew S. Ward

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3rd (Hardcastle's) Mississippi Infantry Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Major - Aaron B. Hardcastle

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

1st Georgia Battalion, Field and Staff Officer's.

Lt. Colonel - Charles H. Spalding

The 21st Alabama Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

From That Terrible Field: The Civil War Letters of James M. Williams, 21st Alabama Infantry Volunteers

Colonels - James Crawford, Charles DeWitt Anderson (born 1827/1829?, died 1901).
Lt. Colonels - Andrew Jackson Ingersoll (born 1823, died 1894), Stewart W. Cayce, Charles S. Stewart (died 1863, at Fort Morgan, Alabama),  James M. Williams
Majors - Frederick K. Stewart, Charles B. Johnson
Adjutants - George Vidmer (born 1840).

Monday, October 12, 2009

The Spanish American War and Philippine Insurrection 1898-1902, Uniform's Book.


I recently purchased a copy of this book and highly recommend it to anyone interested in the history and uniform's, of the Spanish American War and Philippine Insurrection. The book was written by Alejandro De Quesada and illustrated by Stephen Walsh and is part of Osprey Publication's Men-At-War Series. It makes a great gift for anyone interested in learning about the war or anyone who had ancestor's in the war. The book includes not only U.S. Troop's uniform's, but also those of The Cuban Liberation Army, The Spanish Army and also Filipino's. It is a "must have" for student's of The Spanish American War and Philippine Insurrection.