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Pvt David P. Heislup

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Pvt David P. Heislup

Birth
Orange County, Virginia, USA
Death
13 Feb 1915 (aged 68)
Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 12, Row 18, Grave 9
Memorial ID
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Son of William Heislup and Mary Davenport.

Company B of Spotsylvania County, 30th Virginia Infantry, Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

No official service record; listed on unofficial roster.
Conscripted late in the war, he was assigned to Company B, 30th Virginia Infantry and mustered in as a Private.

"Anther Confederate Dead. M. David P. Haislip, a Confederate soldier, aged 68 years, died at his home here Saturday morning of Bright's disease. He had been in poor health for a long time. He was a member of Co. B, 30th Va. Regiment. He is survived by his widow and eight children, four sons and four daughters. Funeral from the home Sunday at 4 p.m." (Fredericksburg) The Daily Star - Feb. 13, 1915.

Postwar married to Mary Heislup; father of Emma, Alice, Boyd W., Julian, Eugene, Maggie, Walter, Bessie, Mary.
On the 1880 and 1900 U.S. Census he was listed as a farm laborer living in Port Royal, Caroline County. In 1910 he lived at 313 Water Street, Fredericksburg, Va.
On 5/6/1882 he applied an Application For Artificial Limb Commutation due to "chronic orchitis" (testicular inflammation) caused by an accident involving a loaded wagon running over him during his C.S.A. service late in the war. He was approved 5/13/1882 for compensation.
In this application he wrote that he served in Company M, 55th Virginia Infantry.

The 30th Virginia Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in June, 1861. Men of this unit were from Fredericksburg and the counties of Spotsylvania, Caroline, Stafford, and King George.

Son of William Heislup and Mary Davenport.

Company B of Spotsylvania County, 30th Virginia Infantry, Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

No official service record; listed on unofficial roster.
Conscripted late in the war, he was assigned to Company B, 30th Virginia Infantry and mustered in as a Private.

"Anther Confederate Dead. M. David P. Haislip, a Confederate soldier, aged 68 years, died at his home here Saturday morning of Bright's disease. He had been in poor health for a long time. He was a member of Co. B, 30th Va. Regiment. He is survived by his widow and eight children, four sons and four daughters. Funeral from the home Sunday at 4 p.m." (Fredericksburg) The Daily Star - Feb. 13, 1915.

Postwar married to Mary Heislup; father of Emma, Alice, Boyd W., Julian, Eugene, Maggie, Walter, Bessie, Mary.
On the 1880 and 1900 U.S. Census he was listed as a farm laborer living in Port Royal, Caroline County. In 1910 he lived at 313 Water Street, Fredericksburg, Va.
On 5/6/1882 he applied an Application For Artificial Limb Commutation due to "chronic orchitis" (testicular inflammation) caused by an accident involving a loaded wagon running over him during his C.S.A. service late in the war. He was approved 5/13/1882 for compensation.
In this application he wrote that he served in Company M, 55th Virginia Infantry.

The 30th Virginia Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in June, 1861. Men of this unit were from Fredericksburg and the counties of Spotsylvania, Caroline, Stafford, and King George.

Bio by: BigFrench


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Gravesite Details

Mary Heislup



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  • Created by: BigFrench
  • Added: Jan 11, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12953290/david_p-heislup: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt David P. Heislup (6 Oct 1846–13 Feb 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12953290, citing Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by BigFrench (contributor 46554304).