Burial: Vicksburg, Mississippi, on the battlefield
Cause of Death: Cannon ball in the stomach
Registered: 31 May 1862, Camp Curry, near Tallageda Co., Alabama, Company H, 30th Alabama, Capt. Woods Company, Alabama Volunteers [later known as Co. G. 30th Regiment Alabama Infantry], states he was 39 years old.
Battle of Big Black River Bridge
17 May 1863
Lt. Gen. Pemberton ordered Brig. Gen. Bowen's division and a fresh brigade commanded by Brig. Gen. John Vaughn to hold the bridges across the Big Black River long enough for Maj. Gen. Loring to cross. He did not know that Loring was cut off from Edwards and had to head southeast. Maj. Gen. McClernand's XIII Corps quickly deployed astride the Jackson Road and opened fire with its artillery.
The Confederate line was in an arc with the left flank on the Big Black River and the right flank on Gin Lake. A bayou of waist-deep water fronted a portion of the line and 18 cannon were placed to sweep the flat open ground to the east. Brig. Gen. Michael Lawler on the Federal right saw an opportunity as he deployed his men in a meander scar near the Confederate line. In a fixed bayonet charge that lasted only three minutes Lawler's troops swept across the open ground, through the bayou, and over the parapets.
The Confederates left 18 cannon behind and ran toward the bridges, but many drowned trying to swim across the river. Pemberton's chief engineer, Maj. Sam Lockett, slowed the Union Pursuit by setting the bridges on fire. Badly shaken, the Confederates moved into the Vicksburg defenses. Maj. Gen. Grant's forces bridged the river at three locations and pushed hard toward Vicksburg on May 18.
Burial: Vicksburg, Mississippi, on the battlefield
Cause of Death: Cannon ball in the stomach
Registered: 31 May 1862, Camp Curry, near Tallageda Co., Alabama, Company H, 30th Alabama, Capt. Woods Company, Alabama Volunteers [later known as Co. G. 30th Regiment Alabama Infantry], states he was 39 years old.
Battle of Big Black River Bridge
17 May 1863
Lt. Gen. Pemberton ordered Brig. Gen. Bowen's division and a fresh brigade commanded by Brig. Gen. John Vaughn to hold the bridges across the Big Black River long enough for Maj. Gen. Loring to cross. He did not know that Loring was cut off from Edwards and had to head southeast. Maj. Gen. McClernand's XIII Corps quickly deployed astride the Jackson Road and opened fire with its artillery.
The Confederate line was in an arc with the left flank on the Big Black River and the right flank on Gin Lake. A bayou of waist-deep water fronted a portion of the line and 18 cannon were placed to sweep the flat open ground to the east. Brig. Gen. Michael Lawler on the Federal right saw an opportunity as he deployed his men in a meander scar near the Confederate line. In a fixed bayonet charge that lasted only three minutes Lawler's troops swept across the open ground, through the bayou, and over the parapets.
The Confederates left 18 cannon behind and ran toward the bridges, but many drowned trying to swim across the river. Pemberton's chief engineer, Maj. Sam Lockett, slowed the Union Pursuit by setting the bridges on fire. Badly shaken, the Confederates moved into the Vicksburg defenses. Maj. Gen. Grant's forces bridged the river at three locations and pushed hard toward Vicksburg on May 18.
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James Love Howell
1843–1905
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Nancy Annah Howell Ross
1844–1933
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Marium Jane Howell Whitfield
1846–1914
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Serena Rhoda Ann Howell Kiker
1847–1894
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Virginia Emeline Howell Ware
1847–1905
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Wadsworth Clardy Howell
1851–1918
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Eli Kennedy Howell
1852–1908
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1856–1927
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William Grogan Howell
1858–1928
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