Private Samuel Strange Basford,
Company I, 4th Florida Infantry
Residence was not listed; 18 years old.
Enlisted on 9/15/1861 at Apalachicola, FL as a Private.
On 9/15/1861 he mustered into "I" Co. FL 4th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
POW 11/25/1863 Missionary Ridge, TN
Confined 12/1/1863 Rock Island, IL (Estimated date)
Exchanged 2/15/1865 (place not stated)
Furloughed 3/12/1865 (place not stated)
born 1/17/1843 in Brunswick County, NC
September 13, 1875, Married Missouri A. Jackson
died 4/7/1911 in Jackson County, FL
Florida Confederate Pension Application File A01231
Jackson County, FL, 1901.
Notes: "Samuel Strange Basford enlisted in the Confederate Army on September 8, 1861 at St. Vincent's Island, Florida. He fought at the battles of Chickamauga and Murfreesboro. He was captured on November 25,1863 at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee and sent to Rock Island Prison in Illinois until he was exchanged and sent to Richmond on March 3, 1865 due to sickness. He reached home (Jackson County, Florida) on April 1, 1865. Of four brothers that left for war, only Samuel and his brother John Wyatt Basford returned home. His other two brothers, Lorenzo R. Basford and Martin A. Basford, never set foot on the Jackson County soil, again."
Bio written by: Rebekah Basford Edwards (Birmingham, AL)
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&260155
http://www.civilwarflorida.com/site/soldiers/soldier_detail.php?soldierREF=487
Company I, 4th Florida Infantry
Residence was not listed; 18 years old.
Enlisted on 9/15/1861 at Apalachicola, FL as a Private.
On 9/15/1861 he mustered into "I" Co. FL 4th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
POW 11/25/1863 Missionary Ridge, TN
Confined 12/1/1863 Rock Island, IL (Estimated date)
Exchanged 2/15/1865 (place not stated)
Furloughed 3/12/1865 (place not stated)
born 1/17/1843 in Brunswick County, NC
September 13, 1875, Married Missouri A. Jackson
died 4/7/1911 in Jackson County, FL
Florida Confederate Pension Application File A01231
Jackson County, FL, 1901.
Notes: "Samuel Strange Basford enlisted in the Confederate Army on September 8, 1861 at St. Vincent's Island, Florida. He fought at the battles of Chickamauga and Murfreesboro. He was captured on November 25,1863 at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee and sent to Rock Island Prison in Illinois until he was exchanged and sent to Richmond on March 3, 1865 due to sickness. He reached home (Jackson County, Florida) on April 1, 1865. Of four brothers that left for war, only Samuel and his brother John Wyatt Basford returned home. His other two brothers, Lorenzo R. Basford and Martin A. Basford, never set foot on the Jackson County soil, again."
Bio written by: Rebekah Basford Edwards (Birmingham, AL)
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&260155
http://www.civilwarflorida.com/site/soldiers/soldier_detail.php?soldierREF=487
Private Samuel Strange Basford,
Company I, 4th Florida Infantry
Residence was not listed; 18 years old.
Enlisted on 9/15/1861 at Apalachicola, FL as a Private.
On 9/15/1861 he mustered into "I" Co. FL 4th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
POW 11/25/1863 Missionary Ridge, TN
Confined 12/1/1863 Rock Island, IL (Estimated date)
Exchanged 2/15/1865 (place not stated)
Furloughed 3/12/1865 (place not stated)
born 1/17/1843 in Brunswick County, NC
September 13, 1875, Married Missouri A. Jackson
died 4/7/1911 in Jackson County, FL
Florida Confederate Pension Application File A01231
Jackson County, FL, 1901.
Notes: "Samuel Strange Basford enlisted in the Confederate Army on September 8, 1861 at St. Vincent's Island, Florida. He fought at the battles of Chickamauga and Murfreesboro. He was captured on November 25,1863 at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee and sent to Rock Island Prison in Illinois until he was exchanged and sent to Richmond on March 3, 1865 due to sickness. He reached home (Jackson County, Florida) on April 1, 1865. Of four brothers that left for war, only Samuel and his brother John Wyatt Basford returned home. His other two brothers, Lorenzo R. Basford and Martin A. Basford, never set foot on the Jackson County soil, again."
Bio written by: Rebekah Basford Edwards (Birmingham, AL)
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&260155
http://www.civilwarflorida.com/site/soldiers/soldier_detail.php?soldierREF=487
Company I, 4th Florida Infantry
Residence was not listed; 18 years old.
Enlisted on 9/15/1861 at Apalachicola, FL as a Private.
On 9/15/1861 he mustered into "I" Co. FL 4th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
POW 11/25/1863 Missionary Ridge, TN
Confined 12/1/1863 Rock Island, IL (Estimated date)
Exchanged 2/15/1865 (place not stated)
Furloughed 3/12/1865 (place not stated)
born 1/17/1843 in Brunswick County, NC
September 13, 1875, Married Missouri A. Jackson
died 4/7/1911 in Jackson County, FL
Florida Confederate Pension Application File A01231
Jackson County, FL, 1901.
Notes: "Samuel Strange Basford enlisted in the Confederate Army on September 8, 1861 at St. Vincent's Island, Florida. He fought at the battles of Chickamauga and Murfreesboro. He was captured on November 25,1863 at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee and sent to Rock Island Prison in Illinois until he was exchanged and sent to Richmond on March 3, 1865 due to sickness. He reached home (Jackson County, Florida) on April 1, 1865. Of four brothers that left for war, only Samuel and his brother John Wyatt Basford returned home. His other two brothers, Lorenzo R. Basford and Martin A. Basford, never set foot on the Jackson County soil, again."
Bio written by: Rebekah Basford Edwards (Birmingham, AL)
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&260155
http://www.civilwarflorida.com/site/soldiers/soldier_detail.php?soldierREF=487
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