Private, Company A, 21st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, CSA
Birth date estimated.
William J. Askew was a 22-year-old clerk when he enlisted in Capt. D. N. Moody's Company, Mississippi Volunteers, on May 15, 1861, at Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was listed present but sick in quarters on the company's July and August 1861 muster roll. In 1862 he was receiving $11 per month pay; he also received a $25 clothing allowance for the 2nd quarter.
Pvt. Askew was present at the battles of Seven Pines, May 31, 1862, and Savage Station, June 29, 1862; and was wounded at Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862. He was absent sick from battles at Maryland Heights, September 13, and Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862. He was present at Fredericksburg, December 11 and 13, 1862; Marye's Heights, May 3, 1863; Fredericksburg, May 4, 1863; Gettysburg, July 2 and 3, 1863; Chester Gap, July 21, 1863; Chickamauga, September 20, 1863; Chattanooga, October 23, 1863; Campbell's Station, November 11, 1863; and the Siege of Knoxville, November 1863. He was wounded at Wilderness on May 6, 1864, and died from a gunshot wound received at that battle. Records list his death date variously as May 15, 17, 18 or 29, 1864, at General Receiving Hospital, also called Charity Hospital, Gordonsville, Virginia. His effects, $6.00, was turned over to the Quartermasters, C.S.A.
In March 1862 the Exchange Hotel in Gordonsville, Virginia, had been taken over to become Gordonsville Receiving Hospital, to receive wounded from battlefields such as Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Trevilian Station, Mine Run, Brandy Station, and the Wilderness. Wounded and dying were brought here "by the trainloads." The dead were buried on its surrounding grounds and later interred at Maplewood Cemetery in Gordonsville. W. J. Askew's name appears on the death roster, and possibly was removed to Maplewood Cemetery.
Biography compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage; not to be used without permission.
Sources:
William J. Askew, Confederate Civil War Service Records.
Civil War Museum at the Exchange Hotel, online.
Birth date estimated.
William J. Askew was a 22-year-old clerk when he enlisted in Capt. D. N. Moody's Company, Mississippi Volunteers, on May 15, 1861, at Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was listed present but sick in quarters on the company's July and August 1861 muster roll. In 1862 he was receiving $11 per month pay; he also received a $25 clothing allowance for the 2nd quarter.
Pvt. Askew was present at the battles of Seven Pines, May 31, 1862, and Savage Station, June 29, 1862; and was wounded at Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862. He was absent sick from battles at Maryland Heights, September 13, and Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862. He was present at Fredericksburg, December 11 and 13, 1862; Marye's Heights, May 3, 1863; Fredericksburg, May 4, 1863; Gettysburg, July 2 and 3, 1863; Chester Gap, July 21, 1863; Chickamauga, September 20, 1863; Chattanooga, October 23, 1863; Campbell's Station, November 11, 1863; and the Siege of Knoxville, November 1863. He was wounded at Wilderness on May 6, 1864, and died from a gunshot wound received at that battle. Records list his death date variously as May 15, 17, 18 or 29, 1864, at General Receiving Hospital, also called Charity Hospital, Gordonsville, Virginia. His effects, $6.00, was turned over to the Quartermasters, C.S.A.
In March 1862 the Exchange Hotel in Gordonsville, Virginia, had been taken over to become Gordonsville Receiving Hospital, to receive wounded from battlefields such as Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Trevilian Station, Mine Run, Brandy Station, and the Wilderness. Wounded and dying were brought here "by the trainloads." The dead were buried on its surrounding grounds and later interred at Maplewood Cemetery in Gordonsville. W. J. Askew's name appears on the death roster, and possibly was removed to Maplewood Cemetery.
Biography compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage; not to be used without permission.
Sources:
William J. Askew, Confederate Civil War Service Records.
Civil War Museum at the Exchange Hotel, online.
Private, Company A, 21st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, CSA
Birth date estimated.
William J. Askew was a 22-year-old clerk when he enlisted in Capt. D. N. Moody's Company, Mississippi Volunteers, on May 15, 1861, at Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was listed present but sick in quarters on the company's July and August 1861 muster roll. In 1862 he was receiving $11 per month pay; he also received a $25 clothing allowance for the 2nd quarter.
Pvt. Askew was present at the battles of Seven Pines, May 31, 1862, and Savage Station, June 29, 1862; and was wounded at Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862. He was absent sick from battles at Maryland Heights, September 13, and Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862. He was present at Fredericksburg, December 11 and 13, 1862; Marye's Heights, May 3, 1863; Fredericksburg, May 4, 1863; Gettysburg, July 2 and 3, 1863; Chester Gap, July 21, 1863; Chickamauga, September 20, 1863; Chattanooga, October 23, 1863; Campbell's Station, November 11, 1863; and the Siege of Knoxville, November 1863. He was wounded at Wilderness on May 6, 1864, and died from a gunshot wound received at that battle. Records list his death date variously as May 15, 17, 18 or 29, 1864, at General Receiving Hospital, also called Charity Hospital, Gordonsville, Virginia. His effects, $6.00, was turned over to the Quartermasters, C.S.A.
In March 1862 the Exchange Hotel in Gordonsville, Virginia, had been taken over to become Gordonsville Receiving Hospital, to receive wounded from battlefields such as Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Trevilian Station, Mine Run, Brandy Station, and the Wilderness. Wounded and dying were brought here "by the trainloads." The dead were buried on its surrounding grounds and later interred at Maplewood Cemetery in Gordonsville. W. J. Askew's name appears on the death roster, and possibly was removed to Maplewood Cemetery.
Biography compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage; not to be used without permission.
Sources:
William J. Askew, Confederate Civil War Service Records.
Civil War Museum at the Exchange Hotel, online.
Birth date estimated.
William J. Askew was a 22-year-old clerk when he enlisted in Capt. D. N. Moody's Company, Mississippi Volunteers, on May 15, 1861, at Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was listed present but sick in quarters on the company's July and August 1861 muster roll. In 1862 he was receiving $11 per month pay; he also received a $25 clothing allowance for the 2nd quarter.
Pvt. Askew was present at the battles of Seven Pines, May 31, 1862, and Savage Station, June 29, 1862; and was wounded at Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862. He was absent sick from battles at Maryland Heights, September 13, and Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862. He was present at Fredericksburg, December 11 and 13, 1862; Marye's Heights, May 3, 1863; Fredericksburg, May 4, 1863; Gettysburg, July 2 and 3, 1863; Chester Gap, July 21, 1863; Chickamauga, September 20, 1863; Chattanooga, October 23, 1863; Campbell's Station, November 11, 1863; and the Siege of Knoxville, November 1863. He was wounded at Wilderness on May 6, 1864, and died from a gunshot wound received at that battle. Records list his death date variously as May 15, 17, 18 or 29, 1864, at General Receiving Hospital, also called Charity Hospital, Gordonsville, Virginia. His effects, $6.00, was turned over to the Quartermasters, C.S.A.
In March 1862 the Exchange Hotel in Gordonsville, Virginia, had been taken over to become Gordonsville Receiving Hospital, to receive wounded from battlefields such as Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Trevilian Station, Mine Run, Brandy Station, and the Wilderness. Wounded and dying were brought here "by the trainloads." The dead were buried on its surrounding grounds and later interred at Maplewood Cemetery in Gordonsville. W. J. Askew's name appears on the death roster, and possibly was removed to Maplewood Cemetery.
Biography compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage; not to be used without permission.
Sources:
William J. Askew, Confederate Civil War Service Records.
Civil War Museum at the Exchange Hotel, online.
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