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Robert Henry Sturgill Veteran

Birth: 6 Dec 1840
Lee County, Virginia, USA
Death: 24 Nov 1937 (aged 96)
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery

Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 6902729 View Source

Confederate veteran. Son of William and Sarah Osborn Sturgil. Spent boyhood in Kentucky and North Carolina. Enlisted at Abingdon, Virginia, in the spring of 1861. In battles at Piedmont, Lynchburg, 2nd Winchester, and Frederick City. Captured at Moorefield, Virginia, on August 7, 1864, and served as a POW at Camp Chase, Ohio. Released in March, 1865 in Nashville and "nearly beat to death by a mob of Yankees that didn't like my uniform." Wife was Mary Ann McKendrie Smith (1870). Was a blacksmith and railroad construction worker for 19 years. Moved to East Chattanooga in 1898, and was employed by Chattanooga Implement Company until 1919. Was a U.S. Deputy Marshal for 6 years. Baptist faith. Died at his home on Searle Street.

Confederate veteran. Son of William and Sarah Osborn Sturgil. Spent boyhood in Kentucky and North Carolina. Enlisted at Abingdon, Virginia, in the spring of 1861. In battles at Piedmont, Lynchburg, 2nd Winchester, and Frederick City. Captured at Moorefield, Virginia, on August 7, 1864, and served as a POW at Camp Chase, Ohio. Released in March, 1865 in Nashville and "nearly beat to death by a mob of Yankees that didn't like my uniform." Wife was Mary Ann McKendrie Smith (1870). Was a blacksmith and railroad construction worker for 19 years. Moved to East Chattanooga in 1898, and was employed by Chattanooga Implement Company until 1919. Was a U.S. Deputy Marshal for 6 years. Baptist faith. Died at his home on Searle Street.

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21 VA CAV
C. S. A.

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Mary Ann Smith Sturgill

1850–1934

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Charles H Sturgill

1875–1963

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Maintained by: J. C. Clark
Originally Created by: Randy Adams
Added: Nov 2, 2002
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6902729/robert_henry-sturgill: accessed ), memorial page for Robert Henry Sturgill (6 Dec 1840–24 Nov 1937), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6902729, citing Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by J. C. Clark (contributor 47094715).

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