12th Georgia Artillery Flag Bearer
See Confederate Veteran, Vol. XVI, 1908, p. 113 for a description of the action where he was killed carrying the colors.
H. S. Hopps, Private, Company F, 12th Battalion Georgia Light Artillery, advanced to 5/4th Sergeant, n.d., detailed Color Bearer from February 11, 1863 by order Lt. Col. Capers, admitted Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Va., June 3, 1864, gunshot wound right thigh, furloughed 40 days July 23, killed at Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864
M266: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia
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18th Virginia Infantry Color Bearers
Confederate Veteran, Vol. XVI, 1908, p. 114/5
Jesse T. Barker
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 7/29/1861 at Cumberland County, VA as a Private.
On 7/29/1861 he mustered into "E" Co. VA 18th Infantry
He was Killed on 9/17/1862 at Antietam, MD
Promotions:
* Corpl 7/28/1862
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Edward Garland Sydnor
Residence Lunenburg County VA;
Enlisted on 5/14/1861 at Nottoway County, VA as a Private.
On 5/14/1861 he mustered into "G" Co. VA 18th Infantry
He was Killed on 9/17/1862 at Antietam, MD
He was listed as:
* Absent sick 8/1/1861 (place not stated)
Other Information:
born 3/5/1843
Buried: Blackstone, VA
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Henry Edward Wood
Residence Fluvanna County VA; a 19 year-old Farmer.
Enlisted on 5/10/1861 at Palmyra, VA as a Private.
On 5/10/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. VA 14th Infantry
He was transferred out on 5/27/1861
On 5/27/1861 he transferred into "E" Co. VA 18th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* Wounded 6/27/1862 Gaines' Mill, VA
* Hospitalized 9/1/1863 (place not stated) (For chronic eczema)
* Paroled 6/1/1865 Columbia, VA
Promotions:
* 4th Serg 5/21/1862
Other Information:
born in 1841
died 1/29/1910 in Fluvanna Co, VA
(Killed in RR accident)
After the War he lived in Fluvanna County, VA
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Series
- Confederate Veteran Magazine [Obit. Vol. XVIII, 239]
- Photo from Confederate Veteran Magazine
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Jesse T. Barker, Private, Company E, 18th Virginia Infantry, wounded at Darbytown, Va. June 30, 1862, made 3rd Corporal July 28, 1862, killed September 14, 1862 in Maryland, no further information
[Following the engagement at Frayser's Farm, " . . . when a volunteer ensign was called for, Jesse Barker offered his services." . . . At Sharpsburg, Md. "Barker quickly advanced the fifteen paces to the front, and stood waving the flag he loved so well in the face of the enemy till he fell a corpse." [Conf. Vet.]
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Edward Garland Sydnor, Private, Company G, 18th Virginia Infantry, killed by a shell with the colors in his hand at Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862
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Henry E. Wood, age 19, Private, Company E, 18th Virginia Infantry, enlisted May 10, 1861 at Fluvanna C. H., promoted 4th Sergeant May 21, 1862, wounded in battle of Gaines's Mill, June 27, 1862, absent thereafter through December 31, 1864, no further records
[Color Sergeant, Color Bearer, Conf. Vet.]
M324: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia
M324: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia