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another site with 34th/37th ms inf. info
_34th & 37th Mississippi Infantry Regiment_
(http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/mscwmb/arch_config.pl?noframes;re...)
In a message dated 12/21/2011 5:00:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
fuzdawg(a)metrocast.net writes:
Jack,
My Civil War CHILDRESSes were from Mississippi... do you have any info
on Mississippi????
Goen CHILDRESS or his son, Harrison K.W. CHILDRESS, dob 9 May 1840,
Tate co, Mississippi . He lost his left arm in The War, I have a family
photo of him in his old age .
Just hoping......
Betty Faye Holt Lawton
fuzdawg(a)metrocast.net
Researching: Paternal: HOLT, LINDSEY, CARSWELL, TURNER, TUCKER, MATHIS,
RUTHERFORD
Maternal: CLOUD, CHILDRESS, CASSELL, WHEELER
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I believe your ancestor was in the 34th Mississippi infantry they where
formed in Tippah Co. MS. This is an interesting regiment having more
Childress/Childers in it than any other regiment that I ever found. Being that
regiment where formed from local area's all these Childers/Childress where
more than likely related.As you peruse the rooster I think you'll find
brothers and or uncles and cousins to your ancestor in the regiment. Check these
links out.
_34th Mississippi Infantry_
(http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mscivilw/muster34.html)
rooster and short condensed history
_THE FREEMAN DIARY_
(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mruddy/freeman.htm)
VERY INTERESTING DIARY-- Not only do you get an idea where the 34th went
but Freeman gives a view of life of the civil war solider. What he
experienced is what your ancestor experienced!
_Honor Without a Stain: The 34th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 1862-1865_
(http://www.amazon.com/Honor-Without-Stain-Mississippi-1862-1865/dp/14010397
82/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324729599&sr=1-1) by _David B. Boone_
(http://www.amazon.com/David-B.-Boone/e/B001K8RTZA/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=
1324729599&sr=1-1)
This is a book of regimental history found this on Amazon (most regiments
had some sort of history written about them) some after the war, some
recent, some rare hard or impossible to find, some common written in modern
times. This one appears to have been written in the last few years The review
states there are a lot of letters, information, diaries,burial sites and
other general data on the members of the 34th. Given all the
Childers/Childress in this regiment and most all being related no doubt I'll snap this one
up or at least get it inter-library loan to read!
In a message dated 12/21/2011 5:00:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
fuzdawg(a)metrocast.net writes:
Jack,
My Civil War CHILDRESSes were from Mississippi... do you have any info
on Mississippi????
Goen CHILDRESS or his son, Harrison K.W. CHILDRESS, dob 9 May 1840,
Tate co, Mississippi . He lost his left arm in The War, I have a family
photo of him in his old age .
Just hoping......
Betty Faye Holt Lawton
fuzdawg(a)metrocast.net
Researching: Paternal: HOLT, LINDSEY, CARSWELL, TURNER, TUCKER, MATHIS,
RUTHERFORD
Maternal: CLOUD, CHILDRESS, CASSELL, WHEELER
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Jack,
My Civil War CHILDRESSes were from Mississippi... do you have any info
on Mississippi????
Goen CHILDRESS or his son, Harrison K.W. CHILDRESS, dob 9 May 1840,
Tate co, Mississippi . He lost his left arm in The War, I have a family
photo of him in his old age .
Just hoping......
Betty Faye Holt Lawton
fuzdawg(a)metrocast.net
Researching: Paternal: HOLT, LINDSEY, CARSWELL, TURNER, TUCKER, MATHIS,
RUTHERFORD
Maternal: CLOUD, CHILDRESS, CASSELL, WHEELER
Been ok lotsa health issues, was going though some my old files going to
repost all Childers/Childress civil war rosters for all states and be a bit
more active than I have been. Open once again to Civil war related
questions.
In a message dated 12/19/2011 4:29:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
London2005(a)charter.net writes:
INJACK,
It's been a while....old soldiers never die...nice to know you're still
around.
How ya' been.
Gary Childress
List owner
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 9:31 AM
To: childress(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [CHILDRESS] A Childress/Childers Civil War present to all
I used to have a web site with all this info on a few years back. Thinking
of putting one up again soon in the meantime ---- Heres the roster of
Childers/Childress from SC that where in the Civil
war- some with a bit of regimental history if you have any questions drop
me a line
SOUTH CAROLINA
CHILDERS/CHILDRESS
CIVIL WAR
HENRY F. CHILDERS 1st arty co. d
WILLIAM CHILDERS 1st arty co. d
J.R. CHILDERS lt. arty 3rd Palmetto bn co. a
J.D. CHILDERS 4th cav co. d
J.J. CHILDERS 4th cav co. d
N. CHILDERS 4th cav co. d
ROBERT J. CHILDRESS 6th cav co. e
J. H. CHILDERS 3rd res. co. k
O.W. CHILDERS 3rd res co. h
THOMAS D. CHILDERS 3rd res co. h cpl
W.B. CHILDERS 3rd res co. k
JAMES L. CHILDRESS 3rd res co. f sgt
JOHN CHILDERS 7th res co. b
JOSIAH CHILDERS 7th res co. b sgt.
SHEROD CHILDERS 7th res co. b sgt.
PATTERSON Z. CHILDERS inf Hamptons Legion co. f
J.B. CHILDERS 1st st. troops co. a
A.L. CHILDERS 1st inf Campbell's co
JOHN CHILDERS 1st inf (Carleston) bn co. f WILLIAM C. CHILDERS 1st
(Butler's) inf co. d (conscript), enlisted at Columbia, May 18, 1864; on
muster roll of December 31, 1864.
ELISS CHILDERS 2nd rilfes co. k
Pickens District, (d. November 1863)
J. T. CHILDERS 2nd rifles co. e
A.M. CHILDRESS 2nd rifles co. e
CHARLES CHILDRESS 2nd rifles co. h
JOHN CHILDERS 2nd rifles co. f sgt
W.M. B. CHILDRESS 2nd rifles co. h
Second S.C Rifles
Battles and Stations
Date Battle or City Location Commanding Officer Brigade Division Corps
5/62 South Carolina Organized from extra units of First Rifles (Second
Battalion Rifles) Col.J.V. Moore Anderson's Brigade Longstreet's Div
Magruder's Corp
6/27/62 Gaines Mill* With Jenkins Lt. Col. J.M. Steedman Anderson's
Brigade Longstreet's Div Magruder's Corp
6/30/62 Frayser's Farm Col.J.V. Moore Anderson's Brigade Longstreet's
Div Magruder's Corp
8/29-8/30-62 Second Manassas Chinn House Col.J.V. Moore/K Jenkin's
Brigade Kemper's Division Longstreet's Corps
9/14/62 Boonsboro Lt. Col. Thomas Thomson Jenkin's Brigade Kemper's
Division Longstreet's Corps
9/17/62 Sharpsburg Burnside Bridge Lt. Col. Thomas Thomson Jenkin's
Brigade Jones Division Longstreet's Corps
12/13/62 Fredericksburg Mayre Heights Col. Thomas Thomson Jenkin's
Brigade Pickett's Division Longstreet's Corps
4/10-5/3-63 Suffolk, Va. (Detached Va./with Longstreet) Col. Thomas
Thomson Jenkin's Brigade French's Division Longstreet's Corps
7/1-7/3-63 Gettysburg Detached Va. Jenkin's Brigade Pickett's Division
Longstreet's Corps
10/28-10/29-63 Wauhatchie Col. R.E. Bowen/W Jenkins/Bratton's Brigade
Hood's Division Longstreet's Corps
11/12-63 Knoxville Col. R.E. Bowen Jenkins/Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division Longstreet's Corps
5/5-5/7-64 Wilderness Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division
Longstreet's Corps
5/8-5/20-64 Spotsylvania Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division First Corps
5/16/64 Drewery's Bluff Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division First Corps
5/23-5/26-64 North Anna Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division First Corps
6/03/64 Cold Harbor Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
First Corps
Aug-64 Petersburg Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
First Corps
8/14/64 Fussell's Mill Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division First Corps
9/28-9/30-64 Ft. Harrison/New Market Road Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's
Brigade Field's Division First Corps
10/7/64 Darbytown Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
First Corps
10/27/64 Williamsburg Rd. Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division First Corps
4/6/65 Farmville Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
First Corps
4/9/65 Appomattox Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
First Corps
* Only the Sixth and Palmetto Sharpshooters are with Jenkins at Gaines
Mill.
D.M. CHILDRESS 3rd inf co. g
W.A. CHILDRESS 3rd inf co. g
J. WARE CHILDERS 4th inf co. f
SHEROD CHILDERS 5th st troops co. b
JAMES CHILDERS 5th inf second co. e
JOHN CHILDERS 5th inf 1st co. h, 2nd co. b
Organized 13 APR 1861 Reorganized APR 1862
Historical Notes:
This company joined for duty and was enrolled in York District, April 13,
1861, and was mustered into Confederate service at Orangeburgh, by Lt.
Col.
B. E. Bee, 1st S.C. Infantry, June 4, 1861.
The following muster rolls of the company are available and from them the
succeeding roster thereof has been compiled: May 31, 1861; June 4, 1861
(mustering in roll), at Orangeburgh; June 30, 1861, at Camp Walker,
received
at Adjutant General's office, Richmond, August 20, 1861; August 31, 1861,
at
Camp near Germantown; October 31, 1861, Camp near McLean's Ford; December
31, 1861, at Centreville, Va.,
The following "Record of Events" appears on the muster roll of August 31,
1861:
This Company a constituant part of the 5th Regt. of S. C.Vol and of the
3rd
Brigade first corps Army of the Potomac after remaining in Camp Walker
till the 17th of July to proceed to McLeans Ford on Bull Run to guard the
ford
and meet the advance of the enemy should they attempt to force a passage.
After our arrival there the 5th Regt. was ordered to cross the Run and to
proceed up Rockey Run one or two miles in the direction of Centerville
where
after pickets were posted we remained until next morning, then returned
to
the Ford on the Run where we remained Bivouacked until the 23rd. On
Sunday
the 21st we twice crossed the Run and on the crossing in the afternoon
were ordered to advance on the enemies Battery about midway between
Centerville & the Run. The 5th S C Regt. advanced steadily & firmly under
a constant
fire of the enemies Batteries and Musketry to within a few hundred yards
of
the Battery, when, the other Regts of the Brigade failing to participate
in the undertaking & the other Brigades that were ordered to aid, we were
ordered to withdraw by our Genl. not however until the enemy was
retreating
from the field.
On the 23rd we 5th Regt got orders to advance to Farifax Station to take
charge of arms &c left in the retreat of the enemy, being relieved of
this
charge the morning of the 24th we marched back to Camp Pettus near
Centerville & there remained untill the 12th Augt, on that day advanced
to Camp near
Germantown our present station, since we have been here we have marched
twice to & once beyond Fairfax C. H. to meet the enemy, W. J. Bowen Capt.
The following "Record of Events" appears on the muster roll of October
31,
1861:
My Company with Regt remained encamped at Camp near Germantown from the
31st augt to 4th October. Got orders to march and left camp about 9
oclock P
M Septr 3rd, marched all night & got to the bank of the Potomac at Great
falls about 8 oclock A. M. Sept. 4th. my Company was stationed to support
3
peices Washington Artillery, which cannonaded a Camp of the Federalists
on
the opposite bank river ofr 40 or 50 minutes, the enemy dispersing & not
making any resistance, our Artillery ceased firing, we were then ordered
to
return to our encampment which we did the same evening, after marching
some
43 miles there and back. Septr 21st ordered on picked duty at Uptons
Hill,
remained untill the night of the 28th. My Compy detailed & sent to guard
the
baggage of the Regt. & that of the Washington Artillery, marched all
night, through by Annandale to Fairfax C. H. arrived at our camp from
Uptons
Hill a distance of 15 or 16 miles. Moved our Encampment to near Fairfax
C. H.
Oct. 4th. The 12th ordered out on picket near Mills, Crossroads, returned
to camp Ford arrived there the night of the 16th. 22nd ordered to
Leesburg
to sustain Genl Evans, arrived at Genas Creek 6 miles from Leesburg by
Midnight. Bivouacked at different stations on Creek untill the morning of
the
26th, when we were ordered to Leesburg. Bivouacked in Subbubs of the Town
of
the Town untill the morning of the 28th, when we were ordered and
returned
to our Camp that evening after marching some 25 miles or more.
W. J. Bowen Captain
The following "Record of Events" appears on the muster roll of December
31, 1861:
My Company changed its station from McLeans Ford Bull Run Novr 11th,
1861,
to Camp at Centerville, made no other change or marches except going out
twice on on picket duty near Germantown.
W. J. Bowen Capt.
WASH CHILDERS 5th inf 2nd co. g
Historical Notes:
The following muster rolls are available and from them the succeeding
roster has been compiled: December 31, 1862, near Fredericksburg, Va.,
received
ar A. G. O., Richmond, Va., February 4, 1863; February 28, 1863, at
Chester, Va., received at A. G. O., March 25, 1863; June 30, 1863, Camp
near
Richmond, Va., received at A. & I. G. O., Richmond, July 11, 1863; August
31,
1863, "Camp near Petersburg", recrived at A. & I. G. O., September 14,
1863,
August 31, 1864, "Camp near Petersburg", received at A. & I. G. O.,
Richmond, September 10, 1864; October 31, 1864; "Camp near Richmond Va",
received
at A. & I. G. O., Richmond, February 17, 1865; February 28, 1865, "Camp
near Richmond", received at A. & I. G. O., March 17, 1865.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of
December
31, 1862:
Capt. Whitesides Co was at its organization assigned to Co H. Battalion
of
S C and detached on duty at Columbia S C to Guard prisoners &
commissaries
on the 11th of Nov it was ordered to prepare to leave that post and on
the
17th it Recrived orders to proceed to northern virginia And report to the
5th S C Regt. and on the 24th Nov it came up with the Regiment at Camp
near
Fredericksburg and reported for Duty when it was assigned Co. G. Not
engaged in the battle or Fredericksburg. No casualties.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of
February
28, 1862:
The Company left camp near Fredericksburg Va. Feb 15th and marched to
this
station a distance of near 80 miles.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of June
30,
1863:
This Company has been in no engagement in the last two months but has
done
a great deal or marching about - has been in the line of battle several
times and has been on picket several times.
H. Nichols
Lieut. Cond'g
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of August
31, 1863:
Company left Camp near Richmond July 2nd went from there to Bottoms
Bridge
to meet the Enemy was not engaged and returned on the 4th instant changed
camp on the 12th changed camp again on the 21st left Camp on the 29th
went
to Petersburg and changed Camp on the 20th inst.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of August
31, 1864:
the company left Petersburg Va on the 29th July crossed the James River
stopt at Deep Bottom in line of the entrenchments was in a Battle of White
tavern below Richmond Va on the 16th August no one hurt however returned
to
cross the River again to Petersburg on the 26 August Distance in all
marcht
in about 50 miles.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of October
31, 1864:
This Company left Camp near Petersburg Va 10th of sept went to Dunlaps
stations Remained two days and Came Back to old Camp left there the 28th
1st
Came to Richmond Va was in A Battle 30th sept had two men wounded & then
Came to the Darby town road 1st of Oct & was in A Battle on the 7th had
two
men wounded moved to the left near chales City road was in a Batle 13th
of
Oct not acttuely Engaged no one hurt. Al lmarching for the two Expireing
months in or about 40 miles.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of
February
28, 1865:
the Company left Camp near the Williamsburg Road on the 24th feby. 1865
came to the New Market Road near the loyal Hill Church the distance of
marcht
about 14 miles.
WILLIAM CHILDERS 5th inf. 2nd co. e
J.J. CHILDERS 6th inf second co. k
JOHN J. CHILDERS 9th inf co. b
EZEKIEL CHILDERS 12th inf co. b
JOSIAH CHILDERS 12th inf co. b
SHEROD CHILDERS 12th inf co. b
W. W. CHILDERS 12th inf. co. b
died 6/15/1862 Buried Hollywood Cem. Richmond Va.
W.C. CHILDERS 12th inf co. b
TENCH CHILDERS 13th inf co. e
A.L. CHILDERS 13th inf co. e
R.F. CHILDERS 14th inf co. e
J. WARE CHILDERS 16th inf co. b
died of disease at home 10/31/1863
J. N. CHILDERS 16TH inf co h
N. CHILDERS 16th inf co. h
died 5/64
WILLIAM E. CHILDERS 16th inf co. b
died of disease at home
C.J Elford and James McCullough
Taylor's, History of the 16th S.C.V.
Men entirely from Greenville County, South Carolina, formed the Sixteenth
South Carolina. In the fall of 1861, C.J. Elford of Greenville obtained
permission from the Governor to raise a regiment for State service for
twelve
months. The men of the respective "beats" in the county met and ten
companies were formed.
James McCullough, who would play an important role in the life of the
Sixteenth, organized the McCullough Lions. The Lions would eventually
become
Company E. They were primarily Greenville men but a few Lions came from
Laurens County with A.J. Monroe. Elections were held for officers, C.J.
Elford
was elected Colonel, James McCullough, Lt. Colonel, and W.B. Ivor was
elected
Major.
It is recorded that Company E entrained for Columbia in November of 1861
at Honea Path and took the Greenville and Columbia Railroad to the city.
They were camped at the College Green of the South Carolina University for
a
short time and then moved to Camp Hampton near Columbia. The unit was
mustered into State service in December. Company E was designated the
Color
Company and was assigned the position as right center company. Sergeant
H.L.
Machem, J.C. Arnold, and Robert Gunnels were all Color Bearers of the
regiment.
J.D. Cooper, of Company G, was at least one other man who carried the
colors of the 16th into battle. I.W. Herbert saved the flag at Franklin
and
Joseph Mckinney is credited with the colors as well.
The unit moved to Summerville, near the racetrack, in the middle of
December and then to Charleston. Then it was on to Adams Run on the
Charleston
Savannah Railroad. While at Adams Run the unit suffered terribly from
illness. The Sixteenth also participated as a reserve unit in the small
actions
associated with the Union probes from Edisto Island and Beaufort around
Charleston.
In the reorganization of April, 1862, new officers were elected with
James
McCullough elected Colonel, W.B. Ivor, Lt. Colonel, and C.C. O'Neall
elected Major. The unit was then sworn into service for three years or the
duration of the war in Confederate States Service.
In mid December of 1862, the Sixteenth was moved to the Defense of
Wilmington. It formed a division under the command of General Gist that
consisted
of the following: the Sixteenth, the Twenty-Fourth, and the Twenty-Fifth
South Carolina, the Forty-Sixth Georgia and several artillery units. By
the
end of February all the units had returned to the Charleston Area. In
April
of 1863, the colors were presented to the Sixteenth and the
Twenty-fourth.
Although, Taylor states in his work that the men rejoiced over the orders
moving them to Jackson, Mississippi; not all units and individuals shared
this emotion. Some units resisted to the point of having to be settled
down
before they crossed the state line in Augusta. Certainly the Evans'
Brigade
had a number of men desert as they moved across the state heading for
Mississippi.
Whatever the reaction, the men were needed by General Johnson in his
attempts to relieve Pemberton at Vickburg. Parts of Gist's Brigade were
committed to action in defense of Jackson, Mississippi, but the 16th was
not. This
is generally thought of as a very difficult time for the units of Gist's
Brigade. The swamps of Mississippi were less inviting than the swamps of
South Carolina and illness again beset the unit.
Taylor states that the regiment became a part of Gist's Brigade during
the
Jackson or Vickburg Campaign. Other evidence seems to support the fact
that the unit was involved with Gist before the transfer to North
Carolina. It
was probably associated with Gist from the time of his service in Defense
of Charleston Harbor, early in the history of the regiment and certainly
formed a part of the division Gist commanded in Wilmington, N.C.
The unit moved to Rome, Georgia, following the service at Jackson.
Elements of the brigade were involved in the Battle of Chickamauga.
However, the
Sixteenth was not involved on the second day of the battle. The Sixteenth
was still on the trains as the rest of the unit went into battle.
The Sixteenth was assigned to the northern end of Missionary Ridge and
Gist's Brigade was heavily involved in the retrograde action associated
with
that battle. It was a rough baptism for the Sixteenth and a continuation
of
Chickamauga for the units who saw service there. The Gist Brigade retired
in
good order with Cleburne, closing the door for the army on the way out.
However, at Graysville, Ga. things got difficult. At least three guns in
Ferguson's Battery were caught between two bridges. The enemy slipped
between
the confederates and the next bridge. It is difficult to get a count but
it appears that between sixty and seventy members of the Sixteenth
surrendered along with a good many from Ferguson's Battery. The Battery
lost three
guns in the action. Like Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge is a monument to
the
good General Bragg. Many feel he was the best commander Lincoln had in
the
field. Although I cannot help but admire his love of his land, I will
never
understand what he did to the Army of Tennessee. Like John Bell Hood, the
good men of that fine and tragic army forever cursed his name.
Fighting with Johnson's Army as he retreated toward Atlanta, Taylor cites
Ringgold, Tunnel Hill, Dalton, Resaca, Kingston, Cassville, Allatoona,
Kennesaw Mountain, Marietta and the Battle of Atlanta as actions where
the
Sixteenth was involved. The unit certainly suffered causality after
causality
in the bloody retreat. Kennesaw Mountain, and a spur ridge called Pine
Knot
Mountain, Peachtree Creek and Decatur or the battle for Atlanta proper
sent
more than one man of the Sixteenth on his final journey.
The Sixteenth was engaged and hard pressed at Mcginnis Ferry early in the
campaign at Resaca and the Twenty-Fourth like the cavalry came to the
rescue. The entire brigade would have been involved in the strike at
Cassville
had not Johnston changed his mind. Then the fighting around Dallas or New
Hope Church as Sherman continues to flank Johnston and gain ground.
Finally on
good ground around Kennesaw the heavy fighting begins. At Pine Knot
Mountain or Pine Mountain where General Polk was killed the Sixteenth
forms a
part of the line. It is then moved to Kennesaw as the trench warfare
begins
taking the men one, two, and three, at a time but all still have faith in
good old Uncle Joe; everyone but the President who has an eye toward the
offensive and John Bell Hood.
Finally with his back to Atlanta, Johnston is relieved and Hood takes
command. Then the real slaughter begins. First, the assault at Peachtree
Creek,
then back to the lines and two days later the assault at Decatur, or the
battle of Atlanta, as Hood started his version of the meat grinder. All
this
interwoven with the time spent in trenches with no mail and little hope,
as
expressed so well in the letter of Captain Mckittrick. Finally, Sherman
disappears only to have completely foxed Hood. The fighting around
Jonesboro,
where the Gist Brigade again distinguishes itself is the result. Atlanta
lost, the men back away to close the hundred days of Atlanta with the
fighting around Lovejoy Station. It is difficult to tell which was worst
for the
men, the day to day killing in the trenches or the horrible assaults,
which
are lost by inches.
After the fall of Atlanta, the Sixteenth retreated to Fairburn, Georgia,
south of Atlanta. It was here that the "Gallant" Hood of Texas decided
that
the men of the Army of Tennessee had been in defensive works too long.
What
these men needed was to go on the offensive. It was here that the final
death of an army began.
Hood marched north toward Tennessee, he turned and moved into Alabama.
Sherman burned Atlanta and turned his eyes toward the sea.
Another southerner, George Thomas, a man who had given up everything, did
what he was best at, in the city of Nashville. He waited for his
appointed
place and hour. The "Rock of Chickamauga", the most underestimated man by
his superiors in the Union, had John Bell Hood dead in his sights, and
the
future belonged to him. Much was to transpire and many say conspire
before
that day in December when Thomas would drop the hammer on Hood and that
is a
story that begins in Spring Hill.
No one will ever know what happened at Spring Hill. Hood in a dashing
move, worthy of Lee at his best but probably indicative only of Hood's
luck, had
managed to get between Schofield and Thomas. Hood, the twice-wounded Hood,
did not follow up on his orders or have his aides follow up and as always
Hood blamed someone else. Instead of slashing Schofield to bits, he
allowed
him to slip through his lines. Some accounts say the Union soldiers lit
pipes from the embers of Confederate fires as they plodded through the
night
toward Franklin.
The following morning when John Bell Hood awoke, he found that Schofield
was gone. In a mad rage, he called men like Cleburne, the Stonewall of
the
West, mere cowards. In his anger he drove them out and on. When they
caught
Schofield, it was at Franklin. The Sixteenth was on this march and in the
late afternoon of an Indian summer's day on November 30, 1864, John Bell
Hood's army topped Winstead Hill and walked into the valley of the shadow
of
death. The next morning, John W. Boling was the ranking officer, the
ranking
Captain left standing in the Sixteenth. Captain Boling would lead them
almost to the end. The survivors of G Company would become the core of
the
Sixteenth and J.D. Cooper would become one of the rocks.
When the fighting was over late that night the Sixteenth South Carolina
and most of the Army of Tennessee had proven that they were not cowards.
Sadly, at least seventeen hundred of them had died to do so with another
six
thousand or so wounded, captured, or otherwise listed as casualties. The
Sixteenth had attacked through Osage orange and locust thickets; many of
them
looked wounded before they ever got to the Union lines. They had been cut
to
ribbons by the thorns and the lack of shoes and clothing. Sam Watkins in
a
Tennessee unit, close by, tells us, "that death held high carnival that
day."
Shortly thereafter, Schofield would limp away to Nashville and Hood with
his army destroyed would follow him. In his madness, he would lay siege
to
Nashville, while our friend Thomas, waited for the cold and hunger to
chew
away at the fragment of the Army of Tennessee that was left.
Hood in his arrogance, stood before Nashville with an army of 15,000.
Nothing that could have been done to destroy the moral of that army had
been
left undone. With Brigades led by Majors and Regiments commanded by
Captains,
still the wise Thomas waited. Grant grew so impatient for Thomas to
attack
that he was on the verge of relieving him, when he received word of the
destruction of Hood before Nashville. This time The Army of Tennessee
would
not escape to fight another day. When that rock, George Thomas attacked
with
25,000 to 30,000 men, the outcome was a forgone conclusion.
Few confederate records survive of Nashville, but the Gist Brigade did
not
do well that day. It was the first battle without the beloved Gist and to
the credit of the men, no man could have done well that day. For the
first
time the Twenty-Fourth lost heavily in captured men as did Ferguson's
Battery. Oddly enough, the Brigade was still in better shape than most of
the
army and once again they would take drag and close the door on Tennessee.
One
action in particular by the Sixteenth allows the bulk of those still
moving south to escape across the bridges ahead of the enemy. Col. B.B.
Smith
cites the action as one of the best moments in the Sixteenth fine
history.
The Sixteenth had once again been involved in a terrible defeat and a
long
bloody retreat, this time in the dead of winter. The Twenty-fourth and
Ferguson's Battery appear to have lost more than the Sixteenth at
Nashville,
but it was a situation where there could be no Confederate winners. No
food,
no shoes, and no clothes as they wandered blindly down toward Tupelo,
Mississippi. It should be mentioned that although the Sixteenth was at
the end
of the army, there was one other further back. Following Spring Hill and
Franklin, he had ridden on to engage another group of Union soldiers but
he
was back in the hottest part of the fight shortly after Nashville. As
always,
the last man out was Nathan Bedford Forrest, slashing at the Union Army
to
buy the cold and starving infantry a few precious hours to find a way to
safety.
Whatever you may think of Bedford, he was as brave a man and as good a
soldier, as ever sat in a saddle. The fate of The Army of Tennessee or
what was
left of it, was finally in the hands of one of the men, who a year or two
before might have led them to Ohio. If that had occurred, they would be
the
ones with the accents, the ones who talked funny, not us. It is on such
small things that history turns. The men in gray would tell us, of
course,
that God vindicates, not man.
In the spring of 1865, what was left of the Army of Tennessee was ordered
to join Johnson in South Carolina. The destruction of the rail system,
roads, and land had been so great by then that the thought of undertaking
this
movement was almost ludicrous. For the last time, The Army of Tennessee
was
on the move. The Sixteenth was with that army and like most units saw
first
hand what had been brought upon the south. For most men it was more than
they could stand to be asked to pass homes they loved, only to go and
fight
and die one last time. For many they would not leave those homes
undefended, they simply wandered off. For others, like the gallant
Captain Boling,
who obtained leave to visit home as they passed through South Carolina,
fate
would intervene. Captain Boling had an anvil fall on his leg during this
leave and he would not be with the Sixteenth in death. For the gallant
few,
duty left no choices, and on to Bentonville they marched and occasionally
rode.
The Sixteenth and the Twenty-Fourth were consolidated under the command
of
Colonel B.B. Smith for the end. At Salisbury the Sixteenth struck its
last
blow at an army that was superior only in number, not in heart. Taylor
states, "There is no known record of the number of survivors of the
Sixteenth
who surrendered at Bentonville." Whether accurate or not, perhaps that is
the best way to leave these reluctant rebels, who had given so much for a
dr
eam in which they never shared.
Their fears about the homes that they had passed were valid. In late
March
of 1865, Stoneman began his great raid against the defenseless mountain
folk of the southern highland. The surrender would find Stoneman between
Greenville and Anderson fighting the last vestige of defense a conquered
South
Carolina had. The children from The Arsenal, the old men from the
mountains, and the crippled were all that stood in his way. Both sides
acted as
those of you who know your history would have anticipated.
One of the richest states in the Union was now broken and conquered. The
way was open for future historians to speak of liberation and the rights
of
man but like any good magician, the north will only reveal to conceal.
For
those of you who would favor the North by pointing out that you are tired
of hearing about The War Between the States, never forget that we too are
tired and we are also conquered.
J. CHILDERS SR. 17th inf co. c
J.C. CHILDERS 17th inf co. c
KIA Clay's Farm Va., 5/20 1864 John Childers
JOHN CHILDERS 17th inf co. d
JOSEPH CHILDERS 17th inf co.k
JOSIAH CHILDERS 17th inf co. k
J. CHILDERS (ONE OF THE J.'S) MORTALY WOUNDED 2ND MANNASSAS
S. CHILDERS 17th inf co. c
JACOB CHILDERS 18th inf co. k
RICHMOND CHILDERS 18th inf co. f
WILLIAM CHILDERS 18th inf co. f
JOHN H. CHILDERS 20th inf co. a
BERRY CHILDERS 20th inf co. a
THOMAS CHILDERS 22nd inf co. c
NELSON CHILDERS 23th inf co. i
Company I of Hatch's Reg.t Coat Rangers subsequently became Company I,
23rd
Regiment, South Carolina Infantry and was formed Nov. 15, 1861 Company I
was one of six volunteer companies organized for 12 months. It was
reorganized under the Conscript Act in May 1862, the company officers
being elected
May 9, 1862, and the regimental officers May 24, 1862.
The following is a letter from A.J. Richbourg that appeared in the
Manning
Times on March 17, 1917.
Summerton, South Carolina
March 17, 1917
Editor, (Manning Times)
Please find enclosed the roll of Confederate soldiers of Clarendon County
who volunteered at Manning and other places during the war as Co. I, 23rd
S. C. Vol.-(Sprott Guards) - You will note there are 174 volunteers and
out
of that list only 11 are still alive. As far as I know 163 have been
killed, wounded or died. To all who read this list of the dead
Confederate
veterans, if you will cut this roll out of this paper or typewrite a copy
of the
same, frame and hang it on your parlor walls, in years to come your heirs
will search the rolls of the old Confederate dead to find if you are a
heir
or joint heir to the best blood this country offered on her alters, for
the
protection of mothers, homes and country. You may write them in gold if
you wish, for they wrote them for you in their blood and suffered four
long
years. Only eleven left of this gallant band and they are soon to cross
"The
Great River of Death" to unite with them to the last roll call at the bar
of God.
A. J. Richbourg,
Sgt. Maj. 23rd S. C. Vol.
The 23rd Infantry Regiment participated in the following battles:
Malvern Hill, Virginia (1 July 1862)
Rappahannock Station, Virginia (23 August 1862)
2nd Bull Run, Virginia (28 - 30 August 1862)
South Mountain,Virginia (14 September1862)
Antietam,Virginia (17 September 1862)
Jackson Siege, Mississippi (July 1863)
Charleston Harbor, South Carolina (August - September 1863)
Bermuda Hundred, Virginia (17 May - 16 June 1864)
Petersburg Siege, Virginia (June 1864 - April 1865)
Petersburg, Virginia (9 June 1864)
The Crater, Virginia (30 July 1864)
Ft. Stedman (25 March 1865)
Five Forks, Virginia (1 April 1865)
Appomattox Court House, Virginia (9 April 1865)
The 23rd Infantry Regiment was stationed in the following locations:
Dec 1, 1861 - Jan 1862-At Camp Green
Jan 31 - Feb 28 1863 - Camp near Wilmington, N.C.
Sept and Oct 1863 - Hamlin's Farm, Christ's Church Parish, S.C.
Nov and Dec 1863 - Sullivan's Island
Jan and Feb 1864 - Sullivan's Island
Feb 29 - June 30, 1864 - Petersburg, Va
July 1 - Oct 31, 1864 - In trenches near Petersburg, Va
Nov and Dec 1864 - Trenches Petersburg, Va
Jan and Feb 1865 - Petersburg, VA
JOHN CHILDERS 27th inf co. c
WILLIAM I. CHILDERS 27th inf co. b
J.D. CHILDERS Manigult's bn vol. co. a
TENCH CHILDERS inf Holcombe Legion co. i
W.B. CHILDERS 5th mil beat co. 4
W.F. CHILDERS hvy arty 15th (Lucas') bn co. b
WILLIAM CHILDERS 14th cav bn co. a
WILLIAM J. CHILDERS hvy arty 15th (Lucas)' bn co. a
J.T. CHILDRES 1st (Butlers) inf co. g
JOSIAH CHILDRESS 5th st troops co. b
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INJACK,
It's been a while....old soldiers never die...nice to know you're still around.
How ya' been.
Gary Childress
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Subject: [CHILDRESS] A Childress/Childers Civil War present to all
I used to have a web site with all this info on a few years back. Thinking of putting one up again soon in the meantime ---- Heres the roster of Childers/Childress from SC that where in the Civil
war- some with a bit of regimental history if you have any questions drop me a line
SOUTH CAROLINA
CHILDERS/CHILDRESS
CIVIL WAR
HENRY F. CHILDERS 1st arty co. d
WILLIAM CHILDERS 1st arty co. d
J.R. CHILDERS lt. arty 3rd Palmetto bn co. a
J.D. CHILDERS 4th cav co. d
J.J. CHILDERS 4th cav co. d
N. CHILDERS 4th cav co. d
ROBERT J. CHILDRESS 6th cav co. e
J. H. CHILDERS 3rd res. co. k
O.W. CHILDERS 3rd res co. h
THOMAS D. CHILDERS 3rd res co. h cpl
W.B. CHILDERS 3rd res co. k
JAMES L. CHILDRESS 3rd res co. f sgt
JOHN CHILDERS 7th res co. b
JOSIAH CHILDERS 7th res co. b sgt.
SHEROD CHILDERS 7th res co. b sgt.
PATTERSON Z. CHILDERS inf Hamptons Legion co. f
J.B. CHILDERS 1st st. troops co. a
A.L. CHILDERS 1st inf Campbell's co
JOHN CHILDERS 1st inf (Carleston) bn co. f WILLIAM C. CHILDERS 1st (Butler's) inf co. d (conscript), enlisted at Columbia, May 18, 1864; on muster roll of December 31, 1864.
ELISS CHILDERS 2nd rilfes co. k
Pickens District, (d. November 1863)
J. T. CHILDERS 2nd rifles co. e
A.M. CHILDRESS 2nd rifles co. e
CHARLES CHILDRESS 2nd rifles co. h
JOHN CHILDERS 2nd rifles co. f sgt
W.M. B. CHILDRESS 2nd rifles co. h
Second S.C Rifles
Battles and Stations
Date Battle or City Location Commanding Officer Brigade Division Corps
5/62 South Carolina Organized from extra units of First Rifles (Second
Battalion Rifles) Col.J.V. Moore Anderson's Brigade Longstreet's Div
Magruder's Corp
6/27/62 Gaines Mill* With Jenkins Lt. Col. J.M. Steedman Anderson's
Brigade Longstreet's Div Magruder's Corp
6/30/62 Frayser's Farm Col.J.V. Moore Anderson's Brigade Longstreet's
Div Magruder's Corp
8/29-8/30-62 Second Manassas Chinn House Col.J.V. Moore/K Jenkin's
Brigade Kemper's Division Longstreet's Corps
9/14/62 Boonsboro Lt. Col. Thomas Thomson Jenkin's Brigade Kemper's
Division Longstreet's Corps
9/17/62 Sharpsburg Burnside Bridge Lt. Col. Thomas Thomson Jenkin's
Brigade Jones Division Longstreet's Corps
12/13/62 Fredericksburg Mayre Heights Col. Thomas Thomson Jenkin's
Brigade Pickett's Division Longstreet's Corps
4/10-5/3-63 Suffolk, Va. (Detached Va./with Longstreet) Col. Thomas
Thomson Jenkin's Brigade French's Division Longstreet's Corps
7/1-7/3-63 Gettysburg Detached Va. Jenkin's Brigade Pickett's Division
Longstreet's Corps
10/28-10/29-63 Wauhatchie Col. R.E. Bowen/W Jenkins/Bratton's Brigade
Hood's Division Longstreet's Corps
11/12-63 Knoxville Col. R.E. Bowen Jenkins/Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division Longstreet's Corps
5/5-5/7-64 Wilderness Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
Longstreet's Corps
5/8-5/20-64 Spotsylvania Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division First Corps
5/16/64 Drewery's Bluff Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division First Corps
5/23-5/26-64 North Anna Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division First Corps
6/03/64 Cold Harbor Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
First Corps
Aug-64 Petersburg Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
First Corps
8/14/64 Fussell's Mill Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division First Corps
9/28-9/30-64 Ft. Harrison/New Market Road Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's
Brigade Field's Division First Corps
10/7/64 Darbytown Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
First Corps
10/27/64 Williamsburg Rd. Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division First Corps
4/6/65 Farmville Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
First Corps
4/9/65 Appomattox Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
First Corps
* Only the Sixth and Palmetto Sharpshooters are with Jenkins at Gaines
Mill.
D.M. CHILDRESS 3rd inf co. g
W.A. CHILDRESS 3rd inf co. g
J. WARE CHILDERS 4th inf co. f
SHEROD CHILDERS 5th st troops co. b
JAMES CHILDERS 5th inf second co. e
JOHN CHILDERS 5th inf 1st co. h, 2nd co. b
Organized 13 APR 1861 Reorganized APR 1862
Historical Notes:
This company joined for duty and was enrolled in York District, April 13,
1861, and was mustered into Confederate service at Orangeburgh, by Lt. Col.
B. E. Bee, 1st S.C. Infantry, June 4, 1861.
The following muster rolls of the company are available and from them the
succeeding roster thereof has been compiled: May 31, 1861; June 4, 1861
(mustering in roll), at Orangeburgh; June 30, 1861, at Camp Walker, received
at Adjutant General's office, Richmond, August 20, 1861; August 31, 1861, at
Camp near Germantown; October 31, 1861, Camp near McLean's Ford; December
31, 1861, at Centreville, Va.,
The following "Record of Events" appears on the muster roll of August 31,
1861:
This Company a constituant part of the 5th Regt. of S. C.Vol and of the 3rd
Brigade first corps Army of the Potomac after remaining in Camp Walker
till the 17th of July to proceed to McLeans Ford on Bull Run to guard the ford
and meet the advance of the enemy should they attempt to force a passage.
After our arrival there the 5th Regt. was ordered to cross the Run and to
proceed up Rockey Run one or two miles in the direction of Centerville where
after pickets were posted we remained until next morning, then returned to
the Ford on the Run where we remained Bivouacked until the 23rd. On Sunday
the 21st we twice crossed the Run and on the crossing in the afternoon
were ordered to advance on the enemies Battery about midway between
Centerville & the Run. The 5th S C Regt. advanced steadily & firmly under a constant
fire of the enemies Batteries and Musketry to within a few hundred yards of
the Battery, when, the other Regts of the Brigade failing to participate
in the undertaking & the other Brigades that were ordered to aid, we were
ordered to withdraw by our Genl. not however until the enemy was retreating
from the field.
On the 23rd we 5th Regt got orders to advance to Farifax Station to take
charge of arms &c left in the retreat of the enemy, being relieved of this
charge the morning of the 24th we marched back to Camp Pettus near
Centerville & there remained untill the 12th Augt, on that day advanced to Camp near
Germantown our present station, since we have been here we have marched
twice to & once beyond Fairfax C. H. to meet the enemy, W. J. Bowen Capt.
The following "Record of Events" appears on the muster roll of October 31,
1861:
My Company with Regt remained encamped at Camp near Germantown from the
31st augt to 4th October. Got orders to march and left camp about 9 oclock P
M Septr 3rd, marched all night & got to the bank of the Potomac at Great
falls about 8 oclock A. M. Sept. 4th. my Company was stationed to support 3
peices Washington Artillery, which cannonaded a Camp of the Federalists on
the opposite bank river ofr 40 or 50 minutes, the enemy dispersing & not
making any resistance, our Artillery ceased firing, we were then ordered to
return to our encampment which we did the same evening, after marching some
43 miles there and back. Septr 21st ordered on picked duty at Uptons Hill,
remained untill the night of the 28th. My Compy detailed & sent to guard the
baggage of the Regt. & that of the Washington Artillery, marched all
night, through by Annandale to Fairfax C. H. arrived at our camp from Uptons
Hill a distance of 15 or 16 miles. Moved our Encampment to near Fairfax C. H.
Oct. 4th. The 12th ordered out on picket near Mills, Crossroads, returned
to camp Ford arrived there the night of the 16th. 22nd ordered to Leesburg
to sustain Genl Evans, arrived at Genas Creek 6 miles from Leesburg by
Midnight. Bivouacked at different stations on Creek untill the morning of the
26th, when we were ordered to Leesburg. Bivouacked in Subbubs of the Town of
the Town untill the morning of the 28th, when we were ordered and returned
to our Camp that evening after marching some 25 miles or more.
W. J. Bowen Captain
The following "Record of Events" appears on the muster roll of December
31, 1861:
My Company changed its station from McLeans Ford Bull Run Novr 11th, 1861,
to Camp at Centerville, made no other change or marches except going out
twice on on picket duty near Germantown.
W. J. Bowen Capt.
WASH CHILDERS 5th inf 2nd co. g
Historical Notes:
The following muster rolls are available and from them the succeeding
roster has been compiled: December 31, 1862, near Fredericksburg, Va., received
ar A. G. O., Richmond, Va., February 4, 1863; February 28, 1863, at
Chester, Va., received at A. G. O., March 25, 1863; June 30, 1863, Camp near
Richmond, Va., received at A. & I. G. O., Richmond, July 11, 1863; August 31,
1863, "Camp near Petersburg", recrived at A. & I. G. O., September 14, 1863,
August 31, 1864, "Camp near Petersburg", received at A. & I. G. O.,
Richmond, September 10, 1864; October 31, 1864; "Camp near Richmond Va", received
at A. & I. G. O., Richmond, February 17, 1865; February 28, 1865, "Camp
near Richmond", received at A. & I. G. O., March 17, 1865.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of December
31, 1862:
Capt. Whitesides Co was at its organization assigned to Co H. Battalion of
S C and detached on duty at Columbia S C to Guard prisoners & commissaries
on the 11th of Nov it was ordered to prepare to leave that post and on the
17th it Recrived orders to proceed to northern virginia And report to the
5th S C Regt. and on the 24th Nov it came up with the Regiment at Camp near
Fredericksburg and reported for Duty when it was assigned Co. G. Not
engaged in the battle or Fredericksburg. No casualties.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of February
28, 1862:
The Company left camp near Fredericksburg Va. Feb 15th and marched to this
station a distance of near 80 miles.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of June 30,
1863:
This Company has been in no engagement in the last two months but has done
a great deal or marching about - has been in the line of battle several
times and has been on picket several times.
H. Nichols
Lieut. Cond'g
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of August
31, 1863:
Company left Camp near Richmond July 2nd went from there to Bottoms Bridge
to meet the Enemy was not engaged and returned on the 4th instant changed
camp on the 12th changed camp again on the 21st left Camp on the 29th went
to Petersburg and changed Camp on the 20th inst.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of August
31, 1864:
the company left Petersburg Va on the 29th July crossed the James River
stopt at Deep Bottom in line of the entrenchments was in a Battle of White
tavern below Richmond Va on the 16th August no one hurt however returned to
cross the River again to Petersburg on the 26 August Distance in all marcht
in about 50 miles.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of October
31, 1864:
This Company left Camp near Petersburg Va 10th of sept went to Dunlaps
stations Remained two days and Came Back to old Camp left there the 28th 1st
Came to Richmond Va was in A Battle 30th sept had two men wounded & then
Came to the Darby town road 1st of Oct & was in A Battle on the 7th had two
men wounded moved to the left near chales City road was in a Batle 13th of
Oct not acttuely Engaged no one hurt. Al lmarching for the two Expireing
months in or about 40 miles.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of February
28, 1865:
the Company left Camp near the Williamsburg Road on the 24th feby. 1865
came to the New Market Road near the loyal Hill Church the distance of marcht
about 14 miles.
WILLIAM CHILDERS 5th inf. 2nd co. e
J.J. CHILDERS 6th inf second co. k
JOHN J. CHILDERS 9th inf co. b
EZEKIEL CHILDERS 12th inf co. b
JOSIAH CHILDERS 12th inf co. b
SHEROD CHILDERS 12th inf co. b
W. W. CHILDERS 12th inf. co. b
died 6/15/1862 Buried Hollywood Cem. Richmond Va.
W.C. CHILDERS 12th inf co. b
TENCH CHILDERS 13th inf co. e
A.L. CHILDERS 13th inf co. e
R.F. CHILDERS 14th inf co. e
J. WARE CHILDERS 16th inf co. b
died of disease at home 10/31/1863
J. N. CHILDERS 16TH inf co h
N. CHILDERS 16th inf co. h
died 5/64
WILLIAM E. CHILDERS 16th inf co. b
died of disease at home
C.J Elford and James McCullough
Taylor's, History of the 16th S.C.V.
Men entirely from Greenville County, South Carolina, formed the Sixteenth
South Carolina. In the fall of 1861, C.J. Elford of Greenville obtained
permission from the Governor to raise a regiment for State service for twelve
months. The men of the respective "beats" in the county met and ten
companies were formed.
James McCullough, who would play an important role in the life of the
Sixteenth, organized the McCullough Lions. The Lions would eventually become
Company E. They were primarily Greenville men but a few Lions came from
Laurens County with A.J. Monroe. Elections were held for officers, C.J. Elford
was elected Colonel, James McCullough, Lt. Colonel, and W.B. Ivor was elected
Major.
It is recorded that Company E entrained for Columbia in November of 1861
at Honea Path and took the Greenville and Columbia Railroad to the city.
They were camped at the College Green of the South Carolina University for a
short time and then moved to Camp Hampton near Columbia. The unit was
mustered into State service in December. Company E was designated the Color
Company and was assigned the position as right center company. Sergeant H.L.
Machem, J.C. Arnold, and Robert Gunnels were all Color Bearers of the regiment.
J.D. Cooper, of Company G, was at least one other man who carried the
colors of the 16th into battle. I.W. Herbert saved the flag at Franklin and
Joseph Mckinney is credited with the colors as well.
The unit moved to Summerville, near the racetrack, in the middle of
December and then to Charleston. Then it was on to Adams Run on the Charleston
Savannah Railroad. While at Adams Run the unit suffered terribly from
illness. The Sixteenth also participated as a reserve unit in the small actions
associated with the Union probes from Edisto Island and Beaufort around
Charleston.
In the reorganization of April, 1862, new officers were elected with James
McCullough elected Colonel, W.B. Ivor, Lt. Colonel, and C.C. O'Neall
elected Major. The unit was then sworn into service for three years or the
duration of the war in Confederate States Service.
In mid December of 1862, the Sixteenth was moved to the Defense of
Wilmington. It formed a division under the command of General Gist that consisted
of the following: the Sixteenth, the Twenty-Fourth, and the Twenty-Fifth
South Carolina, the Forty-Sixth Georgia and several artillery units. By the
end of February all the units had returned to the Charleston Area. In April
of 1863, the colors were presented to the Sixteenth and the Twenty-fourth.
Although, Taylor states in his work that the men rejoiced over the orders
moving them to Jackson, Mississippi; not all units and individuals shared
this emotion. Some units resisted to the point of having to be settled down
before they crossed the state line in Augusta. Certainly the Evans' Brigade
had a number of men desert as they moved across the state heading for
Mississippi.
Whatever the reaction, the men were needed by General Johnson in his
attempts to relieve Pemberton at Vickburg. Parts of Gist's Brigade were
committed to action in defense of Jackson, Mississippi, but the 16th was not. This
is generally thought of as a very difficult time for the units of Gist's
Brigade. The swamps of Mississippi were less inviting than the swamps of
South Carolina and illness again beset the unit.
Taylor states that the regiment became a part of Gist's Brigade during the
Jackson or Vickburg Campaign. Other evidence seems to support the fact
that the unit was involved with Gist before the transfer to North Carolina. It
was probably associated with Gist from the time of his service in Defense
of Charleston Harbor, early in the history of the regiment and certainly
formed a part of the division Gist commanded in Wilmington, N.C.
The unit moved to Rome, Georgia, following the service at Jackson.
Elements of the brigade were involved in the Battle of Chickamauga. However, the
Sixteenth was not involved on the second day of the battle. The Sixteenth
was still on the trains as the rest of the unit went into battle.
The Sixteenth was assigned to the northern end of Missionary Ridge and
Gist's Brigade was heavily involved in the retrograde action associated with
that battle. It was a rough baptism for the Sixteenth and a continuation of
Chickamauga for the units who saw service there. The Gist Brigade retired in
good order with Cleburne, closing the door for the army on the way out.
However, at Graysville, Ga. things got difficult. At least three guns in
Ferguson's Battery were caught between two bridges. The enemy slipped between
the confederates and the next bridge. It is difficult to get a count but
it appears that between sixty and seventy members of the Sixteenth
surrendered along with a good many from Ferguson's Battery. The Battery lost three
guns in the action. Like Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge is a monument to the
good General Bragg. Many feel he was the best commander Lincoln had in the
field. Although I cannot help but admire his love of his land, I will never
understand what he did to the Army of Tennessee. Like John Bell Hood, the
good men of that fine and tragic army forever cursed his name.
Fighting with Johnson's Army as he retreated toward Atlanta, Taylor cites
Ringgold, Tunnel Hill, Dalton, Resaca, Kingston, Cassville, Allatoona,
Kennesaw Mountain, Marietta and the Battle of Atlanta as actions where the
Sixteenth was involved. The unit certainly suffered causality after causality
in the bloody retreat. Kennesaw Mountain, and a spur ridge called Pine Knot
Mountain, Peachtree Creek and Decatur or the battle for Atlanta proper sent
more than one man of the Sixteenth on his final journey.
The Sixteenth was engaged and hard pressed at Mcginnis Ferry early in the
campaign at Resaca and the Twenty-Fourth like the cavalry came to the
rescue. The entire brigade would have been involved in the strike at Cassville
had not Johnston changed his mind. Then the fighting around Dallas or New
Hope Church as Sherman continues to flank Johnston and gain ground. Finally on
good ground around Kennesaw the heavy fighting begins. At Pine Knot
Mountain or Pine Mountain where General Polk was killed the Sixteenth forms a
part of the line. It is then moved to Kennesaw as the trench warfare begins
taking the men one, two, and three, at a time but all still have faith in
good old Uncle Joe; everyone but the President who has an eye toward the
offensive and John Bell Hood.
Finally with his back to Atlanta, Johnston is relieved and Hood takes
command. Then the real slaughter begins. First, the assault at Peachtree Creek,
then back to the lines and two days later the assault at Decatur, or the
battle of Atlanta, as Hood started his version of the meat grinder. All this
interwoven with the time spent in trenches with no mail and little hope, as
expressed so well in the letter of Captain Mckittrick. Finally, Sherman
disappears only to have completely foxed Hood. The fighting around Jonesboro,
where the Gist Brigade again distinguishes itself is the result. Atlanta
lost, the men back away to close the hundred days of Atlanta with the
fighting around Lovejoy Station. It is difficult to tell which was worst for the
men, the day to day killing in the trenches or the horrible assaults, which
are lost by inches.
After the fall of Atlanta, the Sixteenth retreated to Fairburn, Georgia,
south of Atlanta. It was here that the "Gallant" Hood of Texas decided that
the men of the Army of Tennessee had been in defensive works too long. What
these men needed was to go on the offensive. It was here that the final
death of an army began.
Hood marched north toward Tennessee, he turned and moved into Alabama.
Sherman burned Atlanta and turned his eyes toward the sea.
Another southerner, George Thomas, a man who had given up everything, did
what he was best at, in the city of Nashville. He waited for his appointed
place and hour. The "Rock of Chickamauga", the most underestimated man by
his superiors in the Union, had John Bell Hood dead in his sights, and the
future belonged to him. Much was to transpire and many say conspire before
that day in December when Thomas would drop the hammer on Hood and that is a
story that begins in Spring Hill.
No one will ever know what happened at Spring Hill. Hood in a dashing
move, worthy of Lee at his best but probably indicative only of Hood's luck, had
managed to get between Schofield and Thomas. Hood, the twice-wounded Hood,
did not follow up on his orders or have his aides follow up and as always
Hood blamed someone else. Instead of slashing Schofield to bits, he allowed
him to slip through his lines. Some accounts say the Union soldiers lit
pipes from the embers of Confederate fires as they plodded through the night
toward Franklin.
The following morning when John Bell Hood awoke, he found that Schofield
was gone. In a mad rage, he called men like Cleburne, the Stonewall of the
West, mere cowards. In his anger he drove them out and on. When they caught
Schofield, it was at Franklin. The Sixteenth was on this march and in the
late afternoon of an Indian summer's day on November 30, 1864, John Bell
Hood's army topped Winstead Hill and walked into the valley of the shadow of
death. The next morning, John W. Boling was the ranking officer, the ranking
Captain left standing in the Sixteenth. Captain Boling would lead them
almost to the end. The survivors of G Company would become the core of the
Sixteenth and J.D. Cooper would become one of the rocks.
When the fighting was over late that night the Sixteenth South Carolina
and most of the Army of Tennessee had proven that they were not cowards.
Sadly, at least seventeen hundred of them had died to do so with another six
thousand or so wounded, captured, or otherwise listed as casualties. The
Sixteenth had attacked through Osage orange and locust thickets; many of them
looked wounded before they ever got to the Union lines. They had been cut to
ribbons by the thorns and the lack of shoes and clothing. Sam Watkins in a
Tennessee unit, close by, tells us, "that death held high carnival that
day."
Shortly thereafter, Schofield would limp away to Nashville and Hood with
his army destroyed would follow him. In his madness, he would lay siege to
Nashville, while our friend Thomas, waited for the cold and hunger to chew
away at the fragment of the Army of Tennessee that was left.
Hood in his arrogance, stood before Nashville with an army of 15,000.
Nothing that could have been done to destroy the moral of that army had been
left undone. With Brigades led by Majors and Regiments commanded by Captains,
still the wise Thomas waited. Grant grew so impatient for Thomas to attack
that he was on the verge of relieving him, when he received word of the
destruction of Hood before Nashville. This time The Army of Tennessee would
not escape to fight another day. When that rock, George Thomas attacked with
25,000 to 30,000 men, the outcome was a forgone conclusion.
Few confederate records survive of Nashville, but the Gist Brigade did not
do well that day. It was the first battle without the beloved Gist and to
the credit of the men, no man could have done well that day. For the first
time the Twenty-Fourth lost heavily in captured men as did Ferguson's
Battery. Oddly enough, the Brigade was still in better shape than most of the
army and once again they would take drag and close the door on Tennessee. One
action in particular by the Sixteenth allows the bulk of those still
moving south to escape across the bridges ahead of the enemy. Col. B.B. Smith
cites the action as one of the best moments in the Sixteenth fine history.
The Sixteenth had once again been involved in a terrible defeat and a long
bloody retreat, this time in the dead of winter. The Twenty-fourth and
Ferguson's Battery appear to have lost more than the Sixteenth at Nashville,
but it was a situation where there could be no Confederate winners. No food,
no shoes, and no clothes as they wandered blindly down toward Tupelo,
Mississippi. It should be mentioned that although the Sixteenth was at the end
of the army, there was one other further back. Following Spring Hill and
Franklin, he had ridden on to engage another group of Union soldiers but he
was back in the hottest part of the fight shortly after Nashville. As always,
the last man out was Nathan Bedford Forrest, slashing at the Union Army to
buy the cold and starving infantry a few precious hours to find a way to
safety.
Whatever you may think of Bedford, he was as brave a man and as good a
soldier, as ever sat in a saddle. The fate of The Army of Tennessee or what was
left of it, was finally in the hands of one of the men, who a year or two
before might have led them to Ohio. If that had occurred, they would be the
ones with the accents, the ones who talked funny, not us. It is on such
small things that history turns. The men in gray would tell us, of course,
that God vindicates, not man.
In the spring of 1865, what was left of the Army of Tennessee was ordered
to join Johnson in South Carolina. The destruction of the rail system,
roads, and land had been so great by then that the thought of undertaking this
movement was almost ludicrous. For the last time, The Army of Tennessee was
on the move. The Sixteenth was with that army and like most units saw first
hand what had been brought upon the south. For most men it was more than
they could stand to be asked to pass homes they loved, only to go and fight
and die one last time. For many they would not leave those homes
undefended, they simply wandered off. For others, like the gallant Captain Boling,
who obtained leave to visit home as they passed through South Carolina, fate
would intervene. Captain Boling had an anvil fall on his leg during this
leave and he would not be with the Sixteenth in death. For the gallant few,
duty left no choices, and on to Bentonville they marched and occasionally
rode.
The Sixteenth and the Twenty-Fourth were consolidated under the command of
Colonel B.B. Smith for the end. At Salisbury the Sixteenth struck its last
blow at an army that was superior only in number, not in heart. Taylor
states, "There is no known record of the number of survivors of the Sixteenth
who surrendered at Bentonville." Whether accurate or not, perhaps that is
the best way to leave these reluctant rebels, who had given so much for a dr
eam in which they never shared.
Their fears about the homes that they had passed were valid. In late March
of 1865, Stoneman began his great raid against the defenseless mountain
folk of the southern highland. The surrender would find Stoneman between
Greenville and Anderson fighting the last vestige of defense a conquered South
Carolina had. The children from The Arsenal, the old men from the
mountains, and the crippled were all that stood in his way. Both sides acted as
those of you who know your history would have anticipated.
One of the richest states in the Union was now broken and conquered. The
way was open for future historians to speak of liberation and the rights of
man but like any good magician, the north will only reveal to conceal. For
those of you who would favor the North by pointing out that you are tired
of hearing about The War Between the States, never forget that we too are
tired and we are also conquered.
J. CHILDERS SR. 17th inf co. c
J.C. CHILDERS 17th inf co. c
KIA Clay's Farm Va., 5/20 1864 John Childers
JOHN CHILDERS 17th inf co. d
JOSEPH CHILDERS 17th inf co.k
JOSIAH CHILDERS 17th inf co. k
J. CHILDERS (ONE OF THE J.'S) MORTALY WOUNDED 2ND MANNASSAS
S. CHILDERS 17th inf co. c
JACOB CHILDERS 18th inf co. k
RICHMOND CHILDERS 18th inf co. f
WILLIAM CHILDERS 18th inf co. f
JOHN H. CHILDERS 20th inf co. a
BERRY CHILDERS 20th inf co. a
THOMAS CHILDERS 22nd inf co. c
NELSON CHILDERS 23th inf co. i
Company I of Hatch's Reg.t Coat Rangers subsequently became Company I, 23rd
Regiment, South Carolina Infantry and was formed Nov. 15, 1861 Company I
was one of six volunteer companies organized for 12 months. It was
reorganized under the Conscript Act in May 1862, the company officers being elected
May 9, 1862, and the regimental officers May 24, 1862.
The following is a letter from A.J. Richbourg that appeared in the Manning
Times on March 17, 1917.
Summerton, South Carolina
March 17, 1917
Editor, (Manning Times)
Please find enclosed the roll of Confederate soldiers of Clarendon County
who volunteered at Manning and other places during the war as Co. I, 23rd
S. C. Vol.-(Sprott Guards) - You will note there are 174 volunteers and out
of that list only 11 are still alive. As far as I know 163 have been
killed, wounded or died. To all who read this list of the dead Confederate
veterans, if you will cut this roll out of this paper or typewrite a copy of the
same, frame and hang it on your parlor walls, in years to come your heirs
will search the rolls of the old Confederate dead to find if you are a heir
or joint heir to the best blood this country offered on her alters, for the
protection of mothers, homes and country. You may write them in gold if
you wish, for they wrote them for you in their blood and suffered four long
years. Only eleven left of this gallant band and they are soon to cross "The
Great River of Death" to unite with them to the last roll call at the bar
of God.
A. J. Richbourg,
Sgt. Maj. 23rd S. C. Vol.
The 23rd Infantry Regiment participated in the following battles:
Malvern Hill, Virginia (1 July 1862)
Rappahannock Station, Virginia (23 August 1862)
2nd Bull Run, Virginia (28 - 30 August 1862)
South Mountain,Virginia (14 September1862)
Antietam,Virginia (17 September 1862)
Jackson Siege, Mississippi (July 1863)
Charleston Harbor, South Carolina (August - September 1863)
Bermuda Hundred, Virginia (17 May - 16 June 1864)
Petersburg Siege, Virginia (June 1864 - April 1865)
Petersburg, Virginia (9 June 1864)
The Crater, Virginia (30 July 1864)
Ft. Stedman (25 March 1865)
Five Forks, Virginia (1 April 1865)
Appomattox Court House, Virginia (9 April 1865)
The 23rd Infantry Regiment was stationed in the following locations:
Dec 1, 1861 - Jan 1862-At Camp Green
Jan 31 - Feb 28 1863 - Camp near Wilmington, N.C.
Sept and Oct 1863 - Hamlin's Farm, Christ's Church Parish, S.C.
Nov and Dec 1863 - Sullivan's Island
Jan and Feb 1864 - Sullivan's Island
Feb 29 - June 30, 1864 - Petersburg, Va
July 1 - Oct 31, 1864 - In trenches near Petersburg, Va
Nov and Dec 1864 - Trenches Petersburg, Va
Jan and Feb 1865 - Petersburg, VA
JOHN CHILDERS 27th inf co. c
WILLIAM I. CHILDERS 27th inf co. b
J.D. CHILDERS Manigult's bn vol. co. a
TENCH CHILDERS inf Holcombe Legion co. i
W.B. CHILDERS 5th mil beat co. 4
W.F. CHILDERS hvy arty 15th (Lucas') bn co. b
WILLIAM CHILDERS 14th cav bn co. a
WILLIAM J. CHILDERS hvy arty 15th (Lucas)' bn co. a
J.T. CHILDRES 1st (Butlers) inf co. g
JOSIAH CHILDRESS 5th st troops co. b
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ALABAMA
CSA
H.C. CHILDRESS Arty. 1st Bn. Co.A 2nd Lt.
HEBERT C. CHILDRESS Arty. 1st Bn. Co.A
J.H. CHILDRESS Arty. 1st Bn Co.H
Ab. G. CHILDREE Arty. 4th. Bn. (Hilliard's legion) Co.B
ASA A. CHILDREE Arty. 4th. Bn. (Hilliard's legion) Co.B
JAMES F. CHILDREE Arty. 4th. Bn. (Hilliard's legion) Co.B
YOUNG L. CHLDREE Arty. 4th. Bn. (Hilliard's legion) Co.B
A.G. CHILDREE Lt. Arty. (Kolb's btty.)
ASA. A. CHILDREE Lt. Arty. (Kolb's btty.)
JAMES F. CHILDREE Lt. Arty. (Kolb's btty.)
YOUNG l. CHILDREE Lt. Arty. (Kolb's btty.)
WILLIAM CHILDRES Lt. Arty. (Kolb's btty.)
Formed in Barbour County
TREASVANT CHILDRESS Lt. Arty. Plelan's Co.
RICHAD J. CHILDERSON Cav. Bowie's Co
THOMAS J. CHILDERSON Cav. Bowie's Co
WILLIAM CHILDRESS 2nd Cav. Co.?
JAMES CHILDRESS 4th Cav. Co.I cpl.
a.k.a. Russell's
E.T. CHILDRESS 9th Cav. . Malones Co
J. CHILDRESS 12th Cav. Co.D sgt.
JAMES CHILDERS 12th Cav. Co.D
JOHN CHILDERS 12th Cav. Co.D
J.L. CHILDERS 1st. regt. Co.B
THOMAS B. CHILDERS 1st. regt Co. C
JAMES A. CHILDRESS 1st Inf. Co.A
disbanded/reorganized Spring 1862
W.M. CHILDRESS 2nd Inf. Co. B
JAMES EDWARD 3rd Inf. Co.E
JAS. CHILDEN 3rd Inf. Co. E
died At Ft. Delaware, 10/10/1863
(Jas. and James might be one in the same)
W.H. CHILDE 3rd Inf. Co. H
W.J. CHILDE 3rd Inf. Co. H
WILLIAM CHILDREE 3rd Bn. res. Co.B
OWEN J.CHILDRE 3rd Bn Co. H
AARON H. CHILDRESS 5th Inf. Co. G
H.R. CHILDRESS 5th Inf. New Co. D
JOHN J. CHILDERS 6th Inf Co.E
Surrendered At Appomattox
JOHN CHILDRESS 9th Inf. Co.D
Wounded Pea Ridge
Killed in action at Frayser's Farm
WILLIAM CHILDERS 10th Inf. Co.C
THOMAS C. CHILDERS 11th Inf. Co.C
JAMES T. CHILDERS 11th Inf. Co.G
WILLIAM M. CHILDERS 11th Inf Co. F
E.T. CHILDRESS 12th Inf. Co.A
E.A. CHILDERS 17th Inf. Co.G
HARRIS CHILDERS 18th Inf. Co.A
A.N. CHILDRESS 20th Inf. Co. K
CALHOUN CHILDRESS 20th Inf. Co. K
WILLIAM G. CHILDRESS 20th inf. Co.K, G
J.F. CHILDRESS 21st Inf. Co. G
J.L. CHILDERS 24th Inf. Co K
DAVID CHLDRESS 24th Inf. Co. C
JAMES CHILDERS 26th Inf. Co. G (O'Neals)
J.T. CHILDRESS 26th Inf. Co I
O.F. CHILDESS 26th Inf. Co.G
J.G. CHILDRES 27th Inf Co.F
JOEL B. CHILDESS 29th Inf. Co.A
b. 2 October 1824 d. 15 March 1903
RHEUBEN CHILDRESS 29th Inf. Co.D
THOMAS CHILDRESS 29th Inf. Co.D
WELDON E. CHILDRESS 29th Inf. Co.D
a.k.a. "Bibb Rifles
DANIEL JAMES CHILDRESS 29th Inf. Co.H
ROBERT B.CHILDRESS 29th Inf. Co.H
THOMAS CHILDRESS 28th Inf. Co. l
J.C. CHILDERS 31st Inf. Co. H
d 5/19/ 1863 City Hospital
Cedar Hill Cemetery Soldiers Rest
grave #1106
GEORGE BURTON CHILDRESS 31st Inf. Co. K
b. 11-22-1833 d. 10-3-1862 JenkinsCem.
Madison or Jackson Co.Al
J.F. CHILDRESS 31st inf. Co.B
J.P. CHILDERS 34th Inf. Co. E
T.J. CHILDERS 34th Inf. Co. E
MARTIAN V. CHILDRESS 36th Inf. Co.G
Enlisted 17 Mar 1862 Monroe Co. Ala.
Farmer age 21
Captured Missionary Ridge
W.C. CHILDRESS 40th Inf. Co.G
J.W. CHILDRESS 42th Inf. Co.I
S. CHILDRESS 42th Inf. Co.H
W.L. CHILDRESS 42th Inf. Co.C
JOSEPH B. CHILDERS 45th Inf. Co.B
J. L. CHILDERS 45th Inf Co.F
THOMAS M. CHILDERS 45th Inf Co.E
J. CHILDRESS 48th Inf. Co.C
CORNELIUS CHILDERS 49th Inf. Co.E
Hugh Martin CHILDRESS 49th Inf. Co.K Lt.
b. 11-22-1833 d. 8-5-1862
Jenkins Cem. Madison or Jackson Co. AL
ISAAC CHILDRESS 49th Inf. Co. F
GIDEON S. CHLDERSS 49th Inf. Co. F
Port Hudson, LA Hospital Ledger
1-2-1862, chronic diarrhea,
returned to duty 1-13-1863.
4-19-1863, intermittent fever,
sent to Clinton Hospital 4-21-1863.
SAMUEL C. CHILDRESS 49th Inf. Co. K
THOMAS H. CHILDRE 51st . Co.B cpl (Part. Rangers)
J.M. CHILDRESS 55th Inf. Co. E Lt.
EZEKIEL M. CHILRES 57th Inf. Co. I
Ab. G. CHILDREE 59th Inf. Co. D
PAUL A. CHILDERS 63rd Inf. Co. A
WAYMAN CHILDERS Cp. of Instr. Talladega
E.T. CHILDRESS Cp. of Instr. Talladega Co.A
G.B. CHILDRESS Cp. of Instr. Talladega Co. B
ABNER CHILDERS prison guard Freeman's company
CALHOON CHILDERS Conser. & Res. Bn. Co.C
CHARLES CHLDRESS 1st Bn. cadets Co.A
JOHN CHILDERS city troop (Mobile) Arlington's Co. A
MOSES CHILDERS city troop (Mobile) Arlington's
G. E. CHILDRESS, Co.A, Eng. Corps. CSA
buried in Crown Hill cem., section 32
Indianapolis, Indiana
POW from camp Morton Prison
I used to have a web site with all this info on a few years back. Thinking
of putting one up again soon in the meantime ----
Heres the roster of Childers/Childress from SC that where in the Civil
war- some with a bit of regimental history
if you have any questions drop me a line
SOUTH CAROLINA
CHILDERS/CHILDRESS
CIVIL WAR
HENRY F. CHILDERS 1st arty co. d
WILLIAM CHILDERS 1st arty co. d
J.R. CHILDERS lt. arty 3rd Palmetto bn co. a
J.D. CHILDERS 4th cav co. d
J.J. CHILDERS 4th cav co. d
N. CHILDERS 4th cav co. d
ROBERT J. CHILDRESS 6th cav co. e
J. H. CHILDERS 3rd res. co. k
O.W. CHILDERS 3rd res co. h
THOMAS D. CHILDERS 3rd res co. h cpl
W.B. CHILDERS 3rd res co. k
JAMES L. CHILDRESS 3rd res co. f sgt
JOHN CHILDERS 7th res co. b
JOSIAH CHILDERS 7th res co. b sgt.
SHEROD CHILDERS 7th res co. b sgt.
PATTERSON Z. CHILDERS inf Hamptons Legion co. f
J.B. CHILDERS 1st st. troops co. a
A.L. CHILDERS 1st inf Campbell's co
JOHN CHILDERS 1st inf (Carleston) bn co. f
WILLIAM C. CHILDERS 1st (Butler's) inf co. d
(conscript), enlisted at Columbia, May 18, 1864; on muster roll of
December 31, 1864.
ELISS CHILDERS 2nd rilfes co. k
Pickens District, (d. November 1863)
J. T. CHILDERS 2nd rifles co. e
A.M. CHILDRESS 2nd rifles co. e
CHARLES CHILDRESS 2nd rifles co. h
JOHN CHILDERS 2nd rifles co. f sgt
W.M. B. CHILDRESS 2nd rifles co. h
Second S.C Rifles
Battles and Stations
Date Battle or City Location Commanding Officer Brigade Division Corps
5/62 South Carolina Organized from extra units of First Rifles (Second
Battalion Rifles) Col.J.V. Moore Anderson's Brigade Longstreet's Div
Magruder's Corp
6/27/62 Gaines Mill* With Jenkins Lt. Col. J.M. Steedman Anderson's
Brigade Longstreet's Div Magruder's Corp
6/30/62 Frayser's Farm Col.J.V. Moore Anderson's Brigade Longstreet's
Div Magruder's Corp
8/29-8/30-62 Second Manassas Chinn House Col.J.V. Moore/K Jenkin's
Brigade Kemper's Division Longstreet's Corps
9/14/62 Boonsboro Lt. Col. Thomas Thomson Jenkin's Brigade Kemper's
Division Longstreet's Corps
9/17/62 Sharpsburg Burnside Bridge Lt. Col. Thomas Thomson Jenkin's
Brigade Jones Division Longstreet's Corps
12/13/62 Fredericksburg Mayre Heights Col. Thomas Thomson Jenkin's
Brigade Pickett's Division Longstreet's Corps
4/10-5/3-63 Suffolk, Va. (Detached Va./with Longstreet) Col. Thomas
Thomson Jenkin's Brigade French's Division Longstreet's Corps
7/1-7/3-63 Gettysburg Detached Va. Jenkin's Brigade Pickett's Division
Longstreet's Corps
10/28-10/29-63 Wauhatchie Col. R.E. Bowen/W Jenkins/Bratton's Brigade
Hood's Division Longstreet's Corps
11/12-63 Knoxville Col. R.E. Bowen Jenkins/Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division Longstreet's Corps
5/5-5/7-64 Wilderness Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
Longstreet's Corps
5/8-5/20-64 Spotsylvania Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division First Corps
5/16/64 Drewery's Bluff Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division First Corps
5/23-5/26-64 North Anna Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division First Corps
6/03/64 Cold Harbor Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
First Corps
Aug-64 Petersburg Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
First Corps
8/14/64 Fussell's Mill Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division First Corps
9/28-9/30-64 Ft. Harrison/New Market Road Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's
Brigade Field's Division First Corps
10/7/64 Darbytown Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
First Corps
10/27/64 Williamsburg Rd. Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's
Division First Corps
4/6/65 Farmville Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
First Corps
4/9/65 Appomattox Col. R.E. Bowen Bratton's Brigade Field's Division
First Corps
* Only the Sixth and Palmetto Sharpshooters are with Jenkins at Gaines
Mill.
D.M. CHILDRESS 3rd inf co. g
W.A. CHILDRESS 3rd inf co. g
J. WARE CHILDERS 4th inf co. f
SHEROD CHILDERS 5th st troops co. b
JAMES CHILDERS 5th inf second co. e
JOHN CHILDERS 5th inf 1st co. h, 2nd co. b
Organized 13 APR 1861 Reorganized APR 1862
Historical Notes:
This company joined for duty and was enrolled in York District, April 13,
1861, and was mustered into Confederate service at Orangeburgh, by Lt. Col.
B. E. Bee, 1st S.C. Infantry, June 4, 1861.
The following muster rolls of the company are available and from them the
succeeding roster thereof has been compiled: May 31, 1861; June 4, 1861
(mustering in roll), at Orangeburgh; June 30, 1861, at Camp Walker, received
at Adjutant General's office, Richmond, August 20, 1861; August 31, 1861, at
Camp near Germantown; October 31, 1861, Camp near McLean's Ford; December
31, 1861, at Centreville, Va.,
The following "Record of Events" appears on the muster roll of August 31,
1861:
This Company a constituant part of the 5th Regt. of S. C.Vol and of the 3rd
Brigade first corps Army of the Potomac after remaining in Camp Walker
till the 17th of July to proceed to McLeans Ford on Bull Run to guard the ford
and meet the advance of the enemy should they attempt to force a passage.
After our arrival there the 5th Regt. was ordered to cross the Run and to
proceed up Rockey Run one or two miles in the direction of Centerville where
after pickets were posted we remained until next morning, then returned to
the Ford on the Run where we remained Bivouacked until the 23rd. On Sunday
the 21st we twice crossed the Run and on the crossing in the afternoon
were ordered to advance on the enemies Battery about midway between
Centerville & the Run. The 5th S C Regt. advanced steadily & firmly under a constant
fire of the enemies Batteries and Musketry to within a few hundred yards of
the Battery, when, the other Regts of the Brigade failing to participate
in the undertaking & the other Brigades that were ordered to aid, we were
ordered to withdraw by our Genl. not however until the enemy was retreating
from the field.
On the 23rd we 5th Regt got orders to advance to Farifax Station to take
charge of arms &c left in the retreat of the enemy, being relieved of this
charge the morning of the 24th we marched back to Camp Pettus near
Centerville & there remained untill the 12th Augt, on that day advanced to Camp near
Germantown our present station, since we have been here we have marched
twice to & once beyond Fairfax C. H. to meet the enemy, W. J. Bowen Capt.
The following "Record of Events" appears on the muster roll of October 31,
1861:
My Company with Regt remained encamped at Camp near Germantown from the
31st augt to 4th October. Got orders to march and left camp about 9 oclock P
M Septr 3rd, marched all night & got to the bank of the Potomac at Great
falls about 8 oclock A. M. Sept. 4th. my Company was stationed to support 3
peices Washington Artillery, which cannonaded a Camp of the Federalists on
the opposite bank river ofr 40 or 50 minutes, the enemy dispersing & not
making any resistance, our Artillery ceased firing, we were then ordered to
return to our encampment which we did the same evening, after marching some
43 miles there and back. Septr 21st ordered on picked duty at Uptons Hill,
remained untill the night of the 28th. My Compy detailed & sent to guard the
baggage of the Regt. & that of the Washington Artillery, marched all
night, through by Annandale to Fairfax C. H. arrived at our camp from Uptons
Hill a distance of 15 or 16 miles. Moved our Encampment to near Fairfax C. H.
Oct. 4th. The 12th ordered out on picket near Mills, Crossroads, returned
to camp Ford arrived there the night of the 16th. 22nd ordered to Leesburg
to sustain Genl Evans, arrived at Genas Creek 6 miles from Leesburg by
Midnight. Bivouacked at different stations on Creek untill the morning of the
26th, when we were ordered to Leesburg. Bivouacked in Subbubs of the Town of
the Town untill the morning of the 28th, when we were ordered and returned
to our Camp that evening after marching some 25 miles or more.
W. J. Bowen Captain
The following "Record of Events" appears on the muster roll of December
31, 1861:
My Company changed its station from McLeans Ford Bull Run Novr 11th, 1861,
to Camp at Centerville, made no other change or marches except going out
twice on on picket duty near Germantown.
W. J. Bowen Capt.
WASH CHILDERS 5th inf 2nd co. g
Historical Notes:
The following muster rolls are available and from them the succeeding
roster has been compiled: December 31, 1862, near Fredericksburg, Va., received
ar A. G. O., Richmond, Va., February 4, 1863; February 28, 1863, at
Chester, Va., received at A. G. O., March 25, 1863; June 30, 1863, Camp near
Richmond, Va., received at A. & I. G. O., Richmond, July 11, 1863; August 31,
1863, "Camp near Petersburg", recrived at A. & I. G. O., September 14, 1863,
August 31, 1864, "Camp near Petersburg", received at A. & I. G. O.,
Richmond, September 10, 1864; October 31, 1864; "Camp near Richmond Va", received
at A. & I. G. O., Richmond, February 17, 1865; February 28, 1865, "Camp
near Richmond", received at A. & I. G. O., March 17, 1865.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of December
31, 1862:
Capt. Whitesides Co was at its organization assigned to Co H. Battalion of
S C and detached on duty at Columbia S C to Guard prisoners & commissaries
on the 11th of Nov it was ordered to prepare to leave that post and on the
17th it Recrived orders to proceed to northern virginia And report to the
5th S C Regt. and on the 24th Nov it came up with the Regiment at Camp near
Fredericksburg and reported for Duty when it was assigned Co. G. Not
engaged in the battle or Fredericksburg. No casualties.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of February
28, 1862:
The Company left camp near Fredericksburg Va. Feb 15th and marched to this
station a distance of near 80 miles.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of June 30,
1863:
This Company has been in no engagement in the last two months but has done
a great deal or marching about - has been in the line of battle several
times and has been on picket several times.
H. Nichols
Lieut. Cond'g
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of August
31, 1863:
Company left Camp near Richmond July 2nd went from there to Bottoms Bridge
to meet the Enemy was not engaged and returned on the 4th instant changed
camp on the 12th changed camp again on the 21st left Camp on the 29th went
to Petersburg and changed Camp on the 20th inst.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of August
31, 1864:
the company left Petersburg Va on the 29th July crossed the James River
stopt at Deep Bottom in line of the entrenchments was in a Battle of White
tavern below Richmond Va on the 16th August no one hurt however returned to
cross the River again to Petersburg on the 26 August Distance in all marcht
in about 50 miles.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of October
31, 1864:
This Company left Camp near Petersburg Va 10th of sept went to Dunlaps
stations Remained two days and Came Back to old Camp left there the 28th 1st
Came to Richmond Va was in A Battle 30th sept had two men wounded & then
Came to the Darby town road 1st of Oct & was in A Battle on the 7th had two
men wounded moved to the left near chales City road was in a Batle 13th of
Oct not acttuely Engaged no one hurt. Al lmarching for the two Expireing
months in or about 40 miles.
The following "Record of Events" is entered on the muster roll of February
28, 1865:
the Company left Camp near the Williamsburg Road on the 24th feby. 1865
came to the New Market Road near the loyal Hill Church the distance of marcht
about 14 miles.
WILLIAM CHILDERS 5th inf. 2nd co. e
J.J. CHILDERS 6th inf second co. k
JOHN J. CHILDERS 9th inf co. b
EZEKIEL CHILDERS 12th inf co. b
JOSIAH CHILDERS 12th inf co. b
SHEROD CHILDERS 12th inf co. b
W. W. CHILDERS 12th inf. co. b
died 6/15/1862 Buried Hollywood Cem. Richmond Va.
W.C. CHILDERS 12th inf co. b
TENCH CHILDERS 13th inf co. e
A.L. CHILDERS 13th inf co. e
R.F. CHILDERS 14th inf co. e
J. WARE CHILDERS 16th inf co. b
died of disease at home 10/31/1863
J. N. CHILDERS 16TH inf co h
N. CHILDERS 16th inf co. h
died 5/64
WILLIAM E. CHILDERS 16th inf co. b
died of disease at home
C.J Elford and James McCullough
Taylor's, History of the 16th S.C.V.
Men entirely from Greenville County, South Carolina, formed the Sixteenth
South Carolina. In the fall of 1861, C.J. Elford of Greenville obtained
permission from the Governor to raise a regiment for State service for twelve
months. The men of the respective "beats" in the county met and ten
companies were formed.
James McCullough, who would play an important role in the life of the
Sixteenth, organized the McCullough Lions. The Lions would eventually become
Company E. They were primarily Greenville men but a few Lions came from
Laurens County with A.J. Monroe. Elections were held for officers, C.J. Elford
was elected Colonel, James McCullough, Lt. Colonel, and W.B. Ivor was elected
Major.
It is recorded that Company E entrained for Columbia in November of 1861
at Honea Path and took the Greenville and Columbia Railroad to the city.
They were camped at the College Green of the South Carolina University for a
short time and then moved to Camp Hampton near Columbia. The unit was
mustered into State service in December. Company E was designated the Color
Company and was assigned the position as right center company. Sergeant H.L.
Machem, J.C. Arnold, and Robert Gunnels were all Color Bearers of the regiment.
J.D. Cooper, of Company G, was at least one other man who carried the
colors of the 16th into battle. I.W. Herbert saved the flag at Franklin and
Joseph Mckinney is credited with the colors as well.
The unit moved to Summerville, near the racetrack, in the middle of
December and then to Charleston. Then it was on to Adams Run on the Charleston
Savannah Railroad. While at Adams Run the unit suffered terribly from
illness. The Sixteenth also participated as a reserve unit in the small actions
associated with the Union probes from Edisto Island and Beaufort around
Charleston.
In the reorganization of April, 1862, new officers were elected with James
McCullough elected Colonel, W.B. Ivor, Lt. Colonel, and C.C. O'Neall
elected Major. The unit was then sworn into service for three years or the
duration of the war in Confederate States Service.
In mid December of 1862, the Sixteenth was moved to the Defense of
Wilmington. It formed a division under the command of General Gist that consisted
of the following: the Sixteenth, the Twenty-Fourth, and the Twenty-Fifth
South Carolina, the Forty-Sixth Georgia and several artillery units. By the
end of February all the units had returned to the Charleston Area. In April
of 1863, the colors were presented to the Sixteenth and the Twenty-fourth.
Although, Taylor states in his work that the men rejoiced over the orders
moving them to Jackson, Mississippi; not all units and individuals shared
this emotion. Some units resisted to the point of having to be settled down
before they crossed the state line in Augusta. Certainly the Evans' Brigade
had a number of men desert as they moved across the state heading for
Mississippi.
Whatever the reaction, the men were needed by General Johnson in his
attempts to relieve Pemberton at Vickburg. Parts of Gist's Brigade were
committed to action in defense of Jackson, Mississippi, but the 16th was not. This
is generally thought of as a very difficult time for the units of Gist's
Brigade. The swamps of Mississippi were less inviting than the swamps of
South Carolina and illness again beset the unit.
Taylor states that the regiment became a part of Gist's Brigade during the
Jackson or Vickburg Campaign. Other evidence seems to support the fact
that the unit was involved with Gist before the transfer to North Carolina. It
was probably associated with Gist from the time of his service in Defense
of Charleston Harbor, early in the history of the regiment and certainly
formed a part of the division Gist commanded in Wilmington, N.C.
The unit moved to Rome, Georgia, following the service at Jackson.
Elements of the brigade were involved in the Battle of Chickamauga. However, the
Sixteenth was not involved on the second day of the battle. The Sixteenth
was still on the trains as the rest of the unit went into battle.
The Sixteenth was assigned to the northern end of Missionary Ridge and
Gist's Brigade was heavily involved in the retrograde action associated with
that battle. It was a rough baptism for the Sixteenth and a continuation of
Chickamauga for the units who saw service there. The Gist Brigade retired in
good order with Cleburne, closing the door for the army on the way out.
However, at Graysville, Ga. things got difficult. At least three guns in
Ferguson's Battery were caught between two bridges. The enemy slipped between
the confederates and the next bridge. It is difficult to get a count but
it appears that between sixty and seventy members of the Sixteenth
surrendered along with a good many from Ferguson's Battery. The Battery lost three
guns in the action. Like Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge is a monument to the
good General Bragg. Many feel he was the best commander Lincoln had in the
field. Although I cannot help but admire his love of his land, I will never
understand what he did to the Army of Tennessee. Like John Bell Hood, the
good men of that fine and tragic army forever cursed his name.
Fighting with Johnson's Army as he retreated toward Atlanta, Taylor cites
Ringgold, Tunnel Hill, Dalton, Resaca, Kingston, Cassville, Allatoona,
Kennesaw Mountain, Marietta and the Battle of Atlanta as actions where the
Sixteenth was involved. The unit certainly suffered causality after causality
in the bloody retreat. Kennesaw Mountain, and a spur ridge called Pine Knot
Mountain, Peachtree Creek and Decatur or the battle for Atlanta proper sent
more than one man of the Sixteenth on his final journey.
The Sixteenth was engaged and hard pressed at Mcginnis Ferry early in the
campaign at Resaca and the Twenty-Fourth like the cavalry came to the
rescue. The entire brigade would have been involved in the strike at Cassville
had not Johnston changed his mind. Then the fighting around Dallas or New
Hope Church as Sherman continues to flank Johnston and gain ground. Finally on
good ground around Kennesaw the heavy fighting begins. At Pine Knot
Mountain or Pine Mountain where General Polk was killed the Sixteenth forms a
part of the line. It is then moved to Kennesaw as the trench warfare begins
taking the men one, two, and three, at a time but all still have faith in
good old Uncle Joe; everyone but the President who has an eye toward the
offensive and John Bell Hood.
Finally with his back to Atlanta, Johnston is relieved and Hood takes
command. Then the real slaughter begins. First, the assault at Peachtree Creek,
then back to the lines and two days later the assault at Decatur, or the
battle of Atlanta, as Hood started his version of the meat grinder. All this
interwoven with the time spent in trenches with no mail and little hope, as
expressed so well in the letter of Captain Mckittrick. Finally, Sherman
disappears only to have completely foxed Hood. The fighting around Jonesboro,
where the Gist Brigade again distinguishes itself is the result. Atlanta
lost, the men back away to close the hundred days of Atlanta with the
fighting around Lovejoy Station. It is difficult to tell which was worst for the
men, the day to day killing in the trenches or the horrible assaults, which
are lost by inches.
After the fall of Atlanta, the Sixteenth retreated to Fairburn, Georgia,
south of Atlanta. It was here that the "Gallant" Hood of Texas decided that
the men of the Army of Tennessee had been in defensive works too long. What
these men needed was to go on the offensive. It was here that the final
death of an army began.
Hood marched north toward Tennessee, he turned and moved into Alabama.
Sherman burned Atlanta and turned his eyes toward the sea.
Another southerner, George Thomas, a man who had given up everything, did
what he was best at, in the city of Nashville. He waited for his appointed
place and hour. The "Rock of Chickamauga", the most underestimated man by
his superiors in the Union, had John Bell Hood dead in his sights, and the
future belonged to him. Much was to transpire and many say conspire before
that day in December when Thomas would drop the hammer on Hood and that is a
story that begins in Spring Hill.
No one will ever know what happened at Spring Hill. Hood in a dashing
move, worthy of Lee at his best but probably indicative only of Hood's luck, had
managed to get between Schofield and Thomas. Hood, the twice-wounded Hood,
did not follow up on his orders or have his aides follow up and as always
Hood blamed someone else. Instead of slashing Schofield to bits, he allowed
him to slip through his lines. Some accounts say the Union soldiers lit
pipes from the embers of Confederate fires as they plodded through the night
toward Franklin.
The following morning when John Bell Hood awoke, he found that Schofield
was gone. In a mad rage, he called men like Cleburne, the Stonewall of the
West, mere cowards. In his anger he drove them out and on. When they caught
Schofield, it was at Franklin. The Sixteenth was on this march and in the
late afternoon of an Indian summer's day on November 30, 1864, John Bell
Hood's army topped Winstead Hill and walked into the valley of the shadow of
death. The next morning, John W. Boling was the ranking officer, the ranking
Captain left standing in the Sixteenth. Captain Boling would lead them
almost to the end. The survivors of G Company would become the core of the
Sixteenth and J.D. Cooper would become one of the rocks.
When the fighting was over late that night the Sixteenth South Carolina
and most of the Army of Tennessee had proven that they were not cowards.
Sadly, at least seventeen hundred of them had died to do so with another six
thousand or so wounded, captured, or otherwise listed as casualties. The
Sixteenth had attacked through Osage orange and locust thickets; many of them
looked wounded before they ever got to the Union lines. They had been cut to
ribbons by the thorns and the lack of shoes and clothing. Sam Watkins in a
Tennessee unit, close by, tells us, "that death held high carnival that
day."
Shortly thereafter, Schofield would limp away to Nashville and Hood with
his army destroyed would follow him. In his madness, he would lay siege to
Nashville, while our friend Thomas, waited for the cold and hunger to chew
away at the fragment of the Army of Tennessee that was left.
Hood in his arrogance, stood before Nashville with an army of 15,000.
Nothing that could have been done to destroy the moral of that army had been
left undone. With Brigades led by Majors and Regiments commanded by Captains,
still the wise Thomas waited. Grant grew so impatient for Thomas to attack
that he was on the verge of relieving him, when he received word of the
destruction of Hood before Nashville. This time The Army of Tennessee would
not escape to fight another day. When that rock, George Thomas attacked with
25,000 to 30,000 men, the outcome was a forgone conclusion.
Few confederate records survive of Nashville, but the Gist Brigade did not
do well that day. It was the first battle without the beloved Gist and to
the credit of the men, no man could have done well that day. For the first
time the Twenty-Fourth lost heavily in captured men as did Ferguson's
Battery. Oddly enough, the Brigade was still in better shape than most of the
army and once again they would take drag and close the door on Tennessee. One
action in particular by the Sixteenth allows the bulk of those still
moving south to escape across the bridges ahead of the enemy. Col. B.B. Smith
cites the action as one of the best moments in the Sixteenth fine history.
The Sixteenth had once again been involved in a terrible defeat and a long
bloody retreat, this time in the dead of winter. The Twenty-fourth and
Ferguson's Battery appear to have lost more than the Sixteenth at Nashville,
but it was a situation where there could be no Confederate winners. No food,
no shoes, and no clothes as they wandered blindly down toward Tupelo,
Mississippi. It should be mentioned that although the Sixteenth was at the end
of the army, there was one other further back. Following Spring Hill and
Franklin, he had ridden on to engage another group of Union soldiers but he
was back in the hottest part of the fight shortly after Nashville. As always,
the last man out was Nathan Bedford Forrest, slashing at the Union Army to
buy the cold and starving infantry a few precious hours to find a way to
safety.
Whatever you may think of Bedford, he was as brave a man and as good a
soldier, as ever sat in a saddle. The fate of The Army of Tennessee or what was
left of it, was finally in the hands of one of the men, who a year or two
before might have led them to Ohio. If that had occurred, they would be the
ones with the accents, the ones who talked funny, not us. It is on such
small things that history turns. The men in gray would tell us, of course,
that God vindicates, not man.
In the spring of 1865, what was left of the Army of Tennessee was ordered
to join Johnson in South Carolina. The destruction of the rail system,
roads, and land had been so great by then that the thought of undertaking this
movement was almost ludicrous. For the last time, The Army of Tennessee was
on the move. The Sixteenth was with that army and like most units saw first
hand what had been brought upon the south. For most men it was more than
they could stand to be asked to pass homes they loved, only to go and fight
and die one last time. For many they would not leave those homes
undefended, they simply wandered off. For others, like the gallant Captain Boling,
who obtained leave to visit home as they passed through South Carolina, fate
would intervene. Captain Boling had an anvil fall on his leg during this
leave and he would not be with the Sixteenth in death. For the gallant few,
duty left no choices, and on to Bentonville they marched and occasionally
rode.
The Sixteenth and the Twenty-Fourth were consolidated under the command of
Colonel B.B. Smith for the end. At Salisbury the Sixteenth struck its last
blow at an army that was superior only in number, not in heart. Taylor
states, "There is no known record of the number of survivors of the Sixteenth
who surrendered at Bentonville." Whether accurate or not, perhaps that is
the best way to leave these reluctant rebels, who had given so much for a dr
eam in which they never shared.
Their fears about the homes that they had passed were valid. In late March
of 1865, Stoneman began his great raid against the defenseless mountain
folk of the southern highland. The surrender would find Stoneman between
Greenville and Anderson fighting the last vestige of defense a conquered South
Carolina had. The children from The Arsenal, the old men from the
mountains, and the crippled were all that stood in his way. Both sides acted as
those of you who know your history would have anticipated.
One of the richest states in the Union was now broken and conquered. The
way was open for future historians to speak of liberation and the rights of
man but like any good magician, the north will only reveal to conceal. For
those of you who would favor the North by pointing out that you are tired
of hearing about The War Between the States, never forget that we too are
tired and we are also conquered.
J. CHILDERS SR. 17th inf co. c
J.C. CHILDERS 17th inf co. c
KIA Clay's Farm Va., 5/20 1864 John Childers
JOHN CHILDERS 17th inf co. d
JOSEPH CHILDERS 17th inf co.k
JOSIAH CHILDERS 17th inf co. k
J. CHILDERS (ONE OF THE J.'S) MORTALY WOUNDED 2ND MANNASSAS
S. CHILDERS 17th inf co. c
JACOB CHILDERS 18th inf co. k
RICHMOND CHILDERS 18th inf co. f
WILLIAM CHILDERS 18th inf co. f
JOHN H. CHILDERS 20th inf co. a
BERRY CHILDERS 20th inf co. a
THOMAS CHILDERS 22nd inf co. c
NELSON CHILDERS 23th inf co. i
Company I of Hatch's Reg.t Coat Rangers subsequently became Company I, 23rd
Regiment, South Carolina Infantry and was formed Nov. 15, 1861 Company I
was one of six volunteer companies organized for 12 months. It was
reorganized under the Conscript Act in May 1862, the company officers being elected
May 9, 1862, and the regimental officers May 24, 1862.
The following is a letter from A.J. Richbourg that appeared in the Manning
Times on March 17, 1917.
Summerton, South Carolina
March 17, 1917
Editor, (Manning Times)
Please find enclosed the roll of Confederate soldiers of Clarendon County
who volunteered at Manning and other places during the war as Co. I, 23rd
S. C. Vol.-(Sprott Guards) - You will note there are 174 volunteers and out
of that list only 11 are still alive. As far as I know 163 have been
killed, wounded or died. To all who read this list of the dead Confederate
veterans, if you will cut this roll out of this paper or typewrite a copy of the
same, frame and hang it on your parlor walls, in years to come your heirs
will search the rolls of the old Confederate dead to find if you are a heir
or joint heir to the best blood this country offered on her alters, for the
protection of mothers, homes and country. You may write them in gold if
you wish, for they wrote them for you in their blood and suffered four long
years. Only eleven left of this gallant band and they are soon to cross "The
Great River of Death" to unite with them to the last roll call at the bar
of God.
A. J. Richbourg,
Sgt. Maj. 23rd S. C. Vol.

The 23rd Infantry Regiment participated in the following battles:
Malvern Hill, Virginia (1 July 1862)
Rappahannock Station, Virginia (23 August 1862)
2nd Bull Run, Virginia (28 - 30 August 1862)
South Mountain,Virginia (14 September1862)
Antietam,Virginia (17 September 1862)
Jackson Siege, Mississippi (July 1863)
Charleston Harbor, South Carolina (August - September 1863)
Bermuda Hundred, Virginia (17 May - 16 June 1864)
Petersburg Siege, Virginia (June 1864 - April 1865)
Petersburg, Virginia (9 June 1864)
The Crater, Virginia (30 July 1864)
Ft. Stedman (25 March 1865)
Five Forks, Virginia (1 April 1865)
Appomattox Court House, Virginia (9 April 1865)
The 23rd Infantry Regiment was stationed in the following locations:
Dec 1, 1861 - Jan 1862-At Camp Green
Jan 31 - Feb 28 1863 - Camp near Wilmington, N.C.
Sept and Oct 1863 - Hamlin's Farm, Christ's Church Parish, S.C.
Nov and Dec 1863 - Sullivan's Island
Jan and Feb 1864 - Sullivan's Island
Feb 29 - June 30, 1864 - Petersburg, Va
July 1 - Oct 31, 1864 - In trenches near Petersburg, Va
Nov and Dec 1864 - Trenches Petersburg, Va
Jan and Feb 1865 - Petersburg, VA
JOHN CHILDERS 27th inf co. c
WILLIAM I. CHILDERS 27th inf co. b
J.D. CHILDERS Manigult's bn vol. co. a
TENCH CHILDERS inf Holcombe Legion co. i
W.B. CHILDERS 5th mil beat co. 4
W.F. CHILDERS hvy arty 15th (Lucas') bn co. b
WILLIAM CHILDERS 14th cav bn co. a
WILLIAM J. CHILDERS hvy arty 15th (Lucas)' bn co. a
J.T. CHILDRES 1st (Butlers) inf co. g
JOSIAH CHILDRESS 5th st troops co. b
In a message dated 12/16/2011 10:21:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
Shiloh300(a)aol.com writes:
I am descended from Laura Childress, daughter of Joel Childress and Nancy
Clark. .
Laura married John M Burgess Dec31, 1857 in Jackson Co.Laura came to TX
in 1874
children: Sarah V. Burgess b. 1859 died as an infant
James Edward Burgess b. 1861 d. abt 1905 m. Ima Ophelia Spencer b. 1868
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I am descended from Laura Childress, daughter of Joel Childress and Nancy
Clark. .
Laura married John M Burgess Dec31, 1857 in Jackson Co.Laura came to TX
in 1874
children: Sarah V. Burgess b. 1859 died as an infant
James Edward Burgess b. 1861 d. abt 1905 m. Ima Ophelia Spencer b. 1868
Hey there Cuz, just wanted to let you know I have several Robert Childress'
info but I'm still trying to figure mine out . Anyway ,next Oct . the
Childers/ Childress Family Association will be having their yearly family
meeting in Richmond ,Va. area. I don't have anymore info on it at this time .
If you are not a part of the group you should join ,it's like $20.00 a year
dues and they send out quarterly info on the goings on in the families.Here
is where you can go to for more info on the newsletters: Martha Ferris
_ferr9330@bellsouth_ (mailto:ferr9330@bellsouth) .net or the secretary: Nita
Childers _In_childers(a)charter.net_ (mailto:In_childers@charter.net)
and they can give more info on the association. I've gotten a lot of info
from them over the years. Well, take care and Merry Christmas to you and
your family and the Happiest of New Years . Talk to you again . God's
blessings.
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_Priscilla Stinnett_
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9) (Benjamin Masson STINNETT5, William STINNETT
II4, John STINNETT III3, John STINNETT Jr.2, John STINNETT1) was born
1740
in , Charles, MD, and died in , Knox, Tennessee, USA. She was buried in ,
Knox, TN; Mount Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery. She married _John
Childress_
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0) ABT 1760. He was born BEF 1744.
Child of Priscilla Stinnett and John Childress is: 14 i. _Robert
Childress_
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4) was born 1759 in Albemarle County (now Amherst County),
Virginia. He married _Unknown Edmondson_
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7) BET 1786 AND
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