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Re: Marriage in Virginia - Frank Field(s)

Are you just now telling me we're cousins????

American Civil War Soldiers
about Benjamin Field
Name: Benjamin Field ,
Occupation: Blacksmith
Enlistment Date: 17 Apr 1861
Enlistment Place: Alexandria, Virginia
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Virginia
Service Record: Promoted to Full Captain (1862).
Enlisted as a Private on 17 April 1861 at the age of 21.
Enlisted in Company E, 17th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 17 Apr 1861.
Promoted to Full 1st Sergeant on 15 Oct 1862.

Source Citation: Side served: Confederacy; State served: Virginia; Enlistment date: 17 Apr 1861..

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NPS CWS&SS shows:
Benjamin F. Field
Regiment Name 17th Virginia Infantry.
Side Confederate
Company E
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Sergeant
Film Number M382 roll 19

17th Regiment, Virginia Infantry

17th Infantry Regiment was organized at Manassas Junction, Virginia, in June, 1861, using the 6th Battalion Virginia Infantry as its nucleus. Men of this unit were recruited in the counties of Warren, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and Fauquier. After fighting at First Manassas under General Longstreet, it was assigned to General Ewell's, A.P. Hill's, Kemper's, and Corse's Brigade. The 17th fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Williamsburg to Fredericksburg, then participated in Longstreet's Suffolk Expedition. During the Gettysburg Campaign it was on detached duty at Gordonsville and later served in Tennessee and North Carolina. Returning toVirginia it fought at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor, saw action in the Petersburg trenches, and ended the war at Appomattox. This regiment totalled 600 men in April, 1862, lost 17 killed and 47 wounded at Williamsburg, had 18 killed and 41 wounded at Seven Pines, and had 17 killed, 23 wounded, and 73 missing at Frayser's Farm. It reported 48 casualties at Second Manassas, 13 at South Mountain, and of the 55 engaged at Sharpsburg about seventy-five percent were disabled. At Drewry's Bluff 7 were killed and 23 wounded. Many were captured at Sayler's Creek, and 2 officers and 46 men surrendered on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Montgomery D. Corse, Arthur Herbert, and Morton Marye; Lieutenant Colonels William Munford and Grayson Tyler; and Majors George W. Brent and Robert H. Simpson.

Others of the same name in this unit:

Field, Col.
Co E Private Private

Field, Edgar H.
Co E Private Private

Field, George W.
Co E Private Private

Field, William H.
Co K Private Private

IT's complicated, Jim, but my Field relatives in Bedford, Virinia come via the Overstreet family and the Troutt family.

Seems that one Virginia Elizabeth Field, daughter of John Field, Sr. and Willie Dunman married a Russell Leo Troutt in 1942 in Roanoke, Virginia. Russell was the son of Onty Huff Troutt and Elva Ora Overstreet. Elva was the daughter of Hubert B. Overstreet and Theopatria Georgia Obenshain. Hubert was the son of Esmond D[Deveruaex] Overstreet and Eliza [Elizabeth] J[Jane] Overstreet. and that's where it gets real confusing.

I'll contact my cousin Field and see if she can put some light on this.

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