He died from wounds he received in the Civil War and is buried in a mass grave. As a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, I had this stone placed with his wife's in his memory for the service he did for his homeland.
CO F
45th Infantry Regiment
NC TROOPS
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One of the bloodiest contests of the War Between the States was the Wilderness, fought for the most part in the dense woods of Orange County, Virginia.
The Battle of the Wilderness was the opening clash of Gen. Ulysses S. Grants' 1864 campaign in Virginia. The area in question was so named because it was a thick tangle of second-growth forest encompassing vast parts of Orange and Spotsylvania counties.
In 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee had used this same dense forest to negate Union advantages in men and firepower to achieve victory in the Battle of Chancellorsville, and for that reason Grant wanted to avoid battle and clear the Wilderness as quickly as possible. Lee blocked him before he could accomplish this, resulting in a three-day battle from May 5 to May 7, 1864. The result was a draw, with the Union losing roughly 18,000 men and the Confederates 10,000.
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(source of battle info Richard Thomas)
CO F
45th Infantry Regiment
NC TROOPS
****
One of the bloodiest contests of the War Between the States was the Wilderness, fought for the most part in the dense woods of Orange County, Virginia.
The Battle of the Wilderness was the opening clash of Gen. Ulysses S. Grants' 1864 campaign in Virginia. The area in question was so named because it was a thick tangle of second-growth forest encompassing vast parts of Orange and Spotsylvania counties.
In 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee had used this same dense forest to negate Union advantages in men and firepower to achieve victory in the Battle of Chancellorsville, and for that reason Grant wanted to avoid battle and clear the Wilderness as quickly as possible. Lee blocked him before he could accomplish this, resulting in a three-day battle from May 5 to May 7, 1864. The result was a draw, with the Union losing roughly 18,000 men and the Confederates 10,000.
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(source of battle info Richard Thomas)
He died from wounds he received in the Civil War and is buried in a mass grave. As a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, I had this stone placed with his wife's in his memory for the service he did for his homeland.
CO F
45th Infantry Regiment
NC TROOPS
****
One of the bloodiest contests of the War Between the States was the Wilderness, fought for the most part in the dense woods of Orange County, Virginia.
The Battle of the Wilderness was the opening clash of Gen. Ulysses S. Grants' 1864 campaign in Virginia. The area in question was so named because it was a thick tangle of second-growth forest encompassing vast parts of Orange and Spotsylvania counties.
In 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee had used this same dense forest to negate Union advantages in men and firepower to achieve victory in the Battle of Chancellorsville, and for that reason Grant wanted to avoid battle and clear the Wilderness as quickly as possible. Lee blocked him before he could accomplish this, resulting in a three-day battle from May 5 to May 7, 1864. The result was a draw, with the Union losing roughly 18,000 men and the Confederates 10,000.
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(source of battle info Richard Thomas)
CO F
45th Infantry Regiment
NC TROOPS
****
One of the bloodiest contests of the War Between the States was the Wilderness, fought for the most part in the dense woods of Orange County, Virginia.
The Battle of the Wilderness was the opening clash of Gen. Ulysses S. Grants' 1864 campaign in Virginia. The area in question was so named because it was a thick tangle of second-growth forest encompassing vast parts of Orange and Spotsylvania counties.
In 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee had used this same dense forest to negate Union advantages in men and firepower to achieve victory in the Battle of Chancellorsville, and for that reason Grant wanted to avoid battle and clear the Wilderness as quickly as possible. Lee blocked him before he could accomplish this, resulting in a three-day battle from May 5 to May 7, 1864. The result was a draw, with the Union losing roughly 18,000 men and the Confederates 10,000.
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(source of battle info Richard Thomas)
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