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CPT Austin Brockenbrough

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CPT Austin Brockenbrough

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2 Jul 1863 (aged 21)
Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Tappahannock, Essex County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Austin Brockenbrough, Jr., Captain in Co. D, 55th Virginia Infantry, was killed on the second day's battle (July 2, 1863) at the Battle of Gettysburg. In his will written at Camp Fredericksburg, March 20, 1863, and recorded Oct 19, 1863, in Essex County, VA, Will Book 28, page 400, he left to his brother, Benjamin Blake Brockenbrough, "Greenfield", which he had inherited under the will of his father, with the provision that if his brother left no heir it was to descend to his nephew Austin Brockenbrough, son of Col. John M. Brockenbrough and Austina Brockenbrough, and to be kept in the family as long as possible. Sisters, Betty, Louisa, and Austina Brockenbrough, and Gabriella Chinn; to his mother, Frances Brockenbrough, his books, watches, pistols, sword and Bible; "To my comrade-in-arms, Lawrence Roane, five hundred dollars to be paid to him on his wedding day".
Contributed by Richard H.L. Chichester, III

From "Diary of a Southern Refugee" "Captain Austin Brockenbrough...Virginia had no son to whom a brighter future opened. His talents, his education, his social qualities, his affectionate sympathy to all around him, are all laid low."
Austin Brockenbrough, Jr., Captain in Co. D, 55th Virginia Infantry, was killed on the second day's battle (July 2, 1863) at the Battle of Gettysburg. In his will written at Camp Fredericksburg, March 20, 1863, and recorded Oct 19, 1863, in Essex County, VA, Will Book 28, page 400, he left to his brother, Benjamin Blake Brockenbrough, "Greenfield", which he had inherited under the will of his father, with the provision that if his brother left no heir it was to descend to his nephew Austin Brockenbrough, son of Col. John M. Brockenbrough and Austina Brockenbrough, and to be kept in the family as long as possible. Sisters, Betty, Louisa, and Austina Brockenbrough, and Gabriella Chinn; to his mother, Frances Brockenbrough, his books, watches, pistols, sword and Bible; "To my comrade-in-arms, Lawrence Roane, five hundred dollars to be paid to him on his wedding day".
Contributed by Richard H.L. Chichester, III

From "Diary of a Southern Refugee" "Captain Austin Brockenbrough...Virginia had no son to whom a brighter future opened. His talents, his education, his social qualities, his affectionate sympathy to all around him, are all laid low."

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Capt. Austin Brockembrough, Co. D, 55th VA Infantry, Killed at Gettysburg, PA.

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  • Created by: Billie
  • Added: Mar 6, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34515672/austin-brockenbrough: accessed ), memorial page for CPT Austin Brockenbrough (18 Jan 1842–2 Jul 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34515672, citing Brockenbrough Cemetery, Tappahannock, Essex County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Billie (contributor 47086024).