2nd Great grandson of Col William Evelyn Byrd III of Westover Plantation.
Confederate soldier, 11th Va Regiment, died Richmond, Va, 21 JUL 1862 of Wounds received at the battle of Frazier's Farm.
Grandson of Alexander Tompkins and Elizabeth Byrd, William Trigg was buried in a lot owned by his grandfather, Alexander.
Link to Diuguid Lot Book
Parents:
Dr Daniel Trigg 1808–1853
Anna Munford Tompkins 1816–1888
Siblings:
Nannie Byrd Trigg 1838–1895
Sally Beverly Trigg 1840-1841
Evelyn Carter Trigg 1842–1842
Daniel Trigg 1843–1909
Alexander Tompkins Trigg 1844–1845
Francis Otway Trigg 1845–1846
Wyndham Robertson Trigg 1846–1847
Connally Findlay Trigg 1847–1907
Thomas Preston Trigg 1851–1921
From writings about Daniel Trigg,
grandson of Alexander Tompkins and
brother of William King Trigg:
Daniel Trigg remained stationed at Drewry's Bluff, while Richmond's situation in the face of McClellan's huge army grew ever more critical. General Lee made a risky and daring decision to detach part of his force that was defending Richmond and attack the overwhelming troops arranged against him on June 25, 1862. This was the beginning of the Seven Day's Battle. Trigg waited anxiously at Drewery's Bluff for reports from the battles, for his elder brother, William, was engaged in these fights. Though,
strategically, Lee lost most of these battles, he still gained his objective — to push McClellan's forces away from Richmond back to Harrison's Landing — for McClellan retreated despite his successes. In the second to last battle, on June 30, Trigg's older brother, William King Trigg, received a fatal wound while charging across open ground. He was one of 3,615 Confederate men killed or wounded for this piece of ground, called the Battle of Glendale, or the Battle of Frayser's Farm. William was a private in Company G of the Eleventh Virginia Regiment, and he and his regiment had seen action at Manassas, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, and other places. An ambulance corps rushed him to the house of their cousin, Ellen Conway, spouse of Doctor Conway, who lived in Richmond. At Drewry's Bluff, Trigg received the news and rushed to Richmond. His mother and his sister, Nannie Byrd Trigg, came out from Abingdon or Lynchburg. William told his family about his part in the battle and gave his Le Mat revolver to Trigg before dying there on July 2, 1862. Trigg's mother and sister took William's body to Lynchburg, where they buried the twenty-one year old in the Presbyterian Cemetery in the plot of his grandfather Alexander Tompkins.
Confederate soldier, 11th Va Regiment, died Richmond, Va, 21 JUL 1862 of Wounds received at the battle of Frazier's Farm.
Grandson of Alexander Tompkins and Elizabeth Byrd, William Trigg was buried in a lot owned by his grandfather, Alexander.
Link to Diuguid Lot Book
Parents:
Dr Daniel Trigg 1808–1853
Anna Munford Tompkins 1816–1888
Siblings:
Nannie Byrd Trigg 1838–1895
Sally Beverly Trigg 1840-1841
Evelyn Carter Trigg 1842–1842
Daniel Trigg 1843–1909
Alexander Tompkins Trigg 1844–1845
Francis Otway Trigg 1845–1846
Wyndham Robertson Trigg 1846–1847
Connally Findlay Trigg 1847–1907
Thomas Preston Trigg 1851–1921
From writings about Daniel Trigg,
grandson of Alexander Tompkins and
brother of William King Trigg:
Daniel Trigg remained stationed at Drewry's Bluff, while Richmond's situation in the face of McClellan's huge army grew ever more critical. General Lee made a risky and daring decision to detach part of his force that was defending Richmond and attack the overwhelming troops arranged against him on June 25, 1862. This was the beginning of the Seven Day's Battle. Trigg waited anxiously at Drewery's Bluff for reports from the battles, for his elder brother, William, was engaged in these fights. Though,
strategically, Lee lost most of these battles, he still gained his objective — to push McClellan's forces away from Richmond back to Harrison's Landing — for McClellan retreated despite his successes. In the second to last battle, on June 30, Trigg's older brother, William King Trigg, received a fatal wound while charging across open ground. He was one of 3,615 Confederate men killed or wounded for this piece of ground, called the Battle of Glendale, or the Battle of Frayser's Farm. William was a private in Company G of the Eleventh Virginia Regiment, and he and his regiment had seen action at Manassas, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, and other places. An ambulance corps rushed him to the house of their cousin, Ellen Conway, spouse of Doctor Conway, who lived in Richmond. At Drewry's Bluff, Trigg received the news and rushed to Richmond. His mother and his sister, Nannie Byrd Trigg, came out from Abingdon or Lynchburg. William told his family about his part in the battle and gave his Le Mat revolver to Trigg before dying there on July 2, 1862. Trigg's mother and sister took William's body to Lynchburg, where they buried the twenty-one year old in the Presbyterian Cemetery in the plot of his grandfather Alexander Tompkins.
2nd Great grandson of Col William Evelyn Byrd III of Westover Plantation.
Confederate soldier, 11th Va Regiment, died Richmond, Va, 21 JUL 1862 of Wounds received at the battle of Frazier's Farm.
Grandson of Alexander Tompkins and Elizabeth Byrd, William Trigg was buried in a lot owned by his grandfather, Alexander.
Link to Diuguid Lot Book
Parents:
Dr Daniel Trigg 1808–1853
Anna Munford Tompkins 1816–1888
Siblings:
Nannie Byrd Trigg 1838–1895
Sally Beverly Trigg 1840-1841
Evelyn Carter Trigg 1842–1842
Daniel Trigg 1843–1909
Alexander Tompkins Trigg 1844–1845
Francis Otway Trigg 1845–1846
Wyndham Robertson Trigg 1846–1847
Connally Findlay Trigg 1847–1907
Thomas Preston Trigg 1851–1921
From writings about Daniel Trigg,
grandson of Alexander Tompkins and
brother of William King Trigg:
Daniel Trigg remained stationed at Drewry's Bluff, while Richmond's situation in the face of McClellan's huge army grew ever more critical. General Lee made a risky and daring decision to detach part of his force that was defending Richmond and attack the overwhelming troops arranged against him on June 25, 1862. This was the beginning of the Seven Day's Battle. Trigg waited anxiously at Drewery's Bluff for reports from the battles, for his elder brother, William, was engaged in these fights. Though,
strategically, Lee lost most of these battles, he still gained his objective — to push McClellan's forces away from Richmond back to Harrison's Landing — for McClellan retreated despite his successes. In the second to last battle, on June 30, Trigg's older brother, William King Trigg, received a fatal wound while charging across open ground. He was one of 3,615 Confederate men killed or wounded for this piece of ground, called the Battle of Glendale, or the Battle of Frayser's Farm. William was a private in Company G of the Eleventh Virginia Regiment, and he and his regiment had seen action at Manassas, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, and other places. An ambulance corps rushed him to the house of their cousin, Ellen Conway, spouse of Doctor Conway, who lived in Richmond. At Drewry's Bluff, Trigg received the news and rushed to Richmond. His mother and his sister, Nannie Byrd Trigg, came out from Abingdon or Lynchburg. William told his family about his part in the battle and gave his Le Mat revolver to Trigg before dying there on July 2, 1862. Trigg's mother and sister took William's body to Lynchburg, where they buried the twenty-one year old in the Presbyterian Cemetery in the plot of his grandfather Alexander Tompkins.
Confederate soldier, 11th Va Regiment, died Richmond, Va, 21 JUL 1862 of Wounds received at the battle of Frazier's Farm.
Grandson of Alexander Tompkins and Elizabeth Byrd, William Trigg was buried in a lot owned by his grandfather, Alexander.
Link to Diuguid Lot Book
Parents:
Dr Daniel Trigg 1808–1853
Anna Munford Tompkins 1816–1888
Siblings:
Nannie Byrd Trigg 1838–1895
Sally Beverly Trigg 1840-1841
Evelyn Carter Trigg 1842–1842
Daniel Trigg 1843–1909
Alexander Tompkins Trigg 1844–1845
Francis Otway Trigg 1845–1846
Wyndham Robertson Trigg 1846–1847
Connally Findlay Trigg 1847–1907
Thomas Preston Trigg 1851–1921
From writings about Daniel Trigg,
grandson of Alexander Tompkins and
brother of William King Trigg:
Daniel Trigg remained stationed at Drewry's Bluff, while Richmond's situation in the face of McClellan's huge army grew ever more critical. General Lee made a risky and daring decision to detach part of his force that was defending Richmond and attack the overwhelming troops arranged against him on June 25, 1862. This was the beginning of the Seven Day's Battle. Trigg waited anxiously at Drewery's Bluff for reports from the battles, for his elder brother, William, was engaged in these fights. Though,
strategically, Lee lost most of these battles, he still gained his objective — to push McClellan's forces away from Richmond back to Harrison's Landing — for McClellan retreated despite his successes. In the second to last battle, on June 30, Trigg's older brother, William King Trigg, received a fatal wound while charging across open ground. He was one of 3,615 Confederate men killed or wounded for this piece of ground, called the Battle of Glendale, or the Battle of Frayser's Farm. William was a private in Company G of the Eleventh Virginia Regiment, and he and his regiment had seen action at Manassas, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, and other places. An ambulance corps rushed him to the house of their cousin, Ellen Conway, spouse of Doctor Conway, who lived in Richmond. At Drewry's Bluff, Trigg received the news and rushed to Richmond. His mother and his sister, Nannie Byrd Trigg, came out from Abingdon or Lynchburg. William told his family about his part in the battle and gave his Le Mat revolver to Trigg before dying there on July 2, 1862. Trigg's mother and sister took William's body to Lynchburg, where they buried the twenty-one year old in the Presbyterian Cemetery in the plot of his grandfather Alexander Tompkins.
Inscription
WILLIAM KING TRIGG
A MEMBER
OF CO G 11TH VA REGT CSA
Who was mortally wounded
at the Battle of Fraysers Farm
Departed this life
JULY 21 1862
Aged 21 years
Brave as the bravest he marched ahead,
Triumphant waved our flag, one day
He fell in the front before it.
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