Sunday, November 29, 2009

C.S.S. Morgan, Confederate Navy (Served in The Battle of Mobile Bay).

This is the classic book written about Joseph Fry > Life of Capt. Joseph Fry, the Cuban martyr: Being a faithful record of his remarkable career from childhood to the time of his heroic death at the hands ... service of the late civil war in American

Captain - Joseph Fry (born June 14th, 1826, Tampa, Florida-died trying to liberate Cuba (The Virginius Affair, where 53 including Joseph Fry were excecuted, by Spanish authorities, November 7, 1873). He was the son of Samuel Fry and Marie Louise Senac. He was married to Agnes Eveline Sands, sister of Lt. Colonel Robert Sands, of the 3rd Alabama Infantry (and the famous Mobile Cadet's).
Joseph Fry is held in high esteem by Cuban's, both on the Island and in Exile. He is considered a Martyr, for the cause of Cuban Independece, and even under the Terrorist and Communist Regime, of Fidel and Raul Castro, his tomb is very well maintained, and Flag's are flown, in his honor and memory.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Friday, November 13, 2009

Joseph Emerson Brown, Confederate Governor of Georgia 1861-1865.

Joseph Emerson Brown (born April 15th, 1821-died November 30th, 1894) was elected Govenor of Georgia in 1857 and served until 1865. He held other political office's after the war and is buried at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

50th Alabama Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel - John C. Coltart
Lt. Colonel - G.W. Howard, William D. Chadick
Major's - T.H. Gilbert, John C. Hutto

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Cobb's Legion, Georgia, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Thomas R.R. Cobb,
Lt. Colonel's - Richard B. Garnett, Luther J. Glenn, G.B. Knight, Jefferson Lamar
Major's - E. F. Bagley, Thomas Camak, William D. Conyers, W.W. McDaniel

Friday, November 6, 2009

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

Colonel's - Harry T. Hays, David B. Penn
Lt. Colonel's - Charles DeChoiseul (died of wound's recieved in battle, June 22nd, 1862), Thomas M. Terry
Major - J. Moore Wilson

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

25th Louisiana Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's - Stuart W. Fisk, Joseph C. Lewis, Francis C. Zacharie
Lt. Colonel - Calvin H. Moore

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Washington and Lee University 200th Anniversary of Founding, United States Postal Service 3 Cent Stamp, 1949.


The United States Postal Service put out a stamp honoring the 200th Anniversary of the Founding of Washington and Lee University, in 1749. The stamp show's George Washington (Born February 22nd, 1732-died December 14th, 1799), the first President of The United States of America and Robert Edward Lee (born January 19th, 1807-died October 12th, 1870), Commanding General of the Confederate Army, of Northern Virginia.

Monday, November 2, 2009

33rd North Carolina Infantry, Field and Staff Officer's.

Colonel's -Clark M. Avery, Lawrence O. Branch, Robert V. Cowan
Lt. Colonel's - Robert F. Hoke, J.H. Saunder's
Major's - William G. Lewis, Thomas W. Mayhew, James A. Weston

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