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Faircloth, James
Pvt. Co. C 54th Ga Inf. (Bartlow's Infantry)
My great grandfather fought in the CW with the 54th Regiment, Company C, Bartow Infantry, out of Emanuel County. The records I have gathered show that he was captured in 1864, sent to Elmira Prison in New York, and was freed after the war in 1865. The 54th Georgia was part of Mercer's Brigade that had been doing service along the GA coast until May, 1864. As such they had not seen that much action at the time. In May, however, they were transferred to northwest Georgia to the Army of Tennessee then fighting the beginnings of what would become the Atlanta Campaign. They were attached to Gen. W.H.T. Walker's Division, in which they fought until late July, 1864. Following the tremendous casualties suffered by this division in the Battle of Atlanta (July 22, 1864), the division was broken up (Walker had been killed) and Mercer's Brigade, with the 54th Georgia, was then attached to Patrick Cleburne's Division - the best division in the Army of Tennessee. After the fall of Atlanta, the brigade was part of the ill-fated Tennessee Campaign that led to the battles of Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville, where the army was nearly destroyed. From there they went to fight in North Carolina, including at Bentonville, in 1865, and surrendered with the army at Bennett's Farm in late April, 1865.  Falkner, Banjamin
Pvt. Co. B 14th NC Inf.
Died at Elmira on December 6, 1864 of chronic diarrhoea. Falls, William W.·  22 Feb 64: Enrolled at Camp Lee, Richmond ·  24 Feb 64: Assigned to 10th Va, 2nd Company C. Shown on muster roll as 'Conscript' ·  12 May 64: Captured at Mule Shoe, Spotsylvania Court House; battle now known as 'The Bloody Angle' ·  18 May 64: Arrived at Point Lookout, Md., from Belle Plain, Va. ·  30 Jul 64: Transferred to Elmira, NY ·  2 Aug 64: Arrived at Elmira ·  16 Dec 64: Name on list of men at Elmira wishing to take oath; "was conscripted 21 Feb 1864, was exempt on Surgeon certificate to the time of his conscription. Has an uncle in Ohio where he desires to go" ·  8 Mar 65: Died of "chronic diarrhea"; buried in grave no. 2483. Moved at a later date to Woodlawn Cemetery, grave no. 2370
Submitted by John P. Mann IV.   Faulkner, William Leonidas
Captured at Petersburg, VA July 30,1864. He appears on roll of POW's at Point Lookout, Maryland on August 5, 1864 and was received at Elmira on August 12, 1864. He died Sept. 7, 1864 of Typhoid. His effects were 1 pr. shoes, 1 hat, 1 pocket book. The last letter his wife received was before capture and dated July 23, 1864. W.L. Faulkner was born in Lancaster County, SC 20 Feb. 1825. He is buried in Grave No. 309.  Fielder, Robert D.
37th Va. Inf
Enlisted May 22, 1861. Private in 37th Virginia Infantry, Company E. Captured at Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 12, 1864. Released upon taking an oath of allegiance at Elmira, N.Y., June 19,1865. Moved to Adair, Oklahoma in 1890. Died 1921, buried in Adair, Oklahoma.
Information submitted by Brenda Davis.  Fisher, Edward F.
Pvt 5th Va Inf Co L
3/17/62 Staunton b. Augusta Co., 1845; Wounded Sept. 17,1862; returned June 1863. Captured at Poolesville, Md., in July l864 sent to Old Capitol Prison and Elmira. Signed the oath July 16, 1864. Died in Augusta Co., 1892 at the age of 47. Buried at Richmond.  Fix, Henry
Pvt 5th Va Inf Co D
9/30/63 Staunton. Captured at Morton's Ford; sent to Old Capitol Prison, Ft. Delaware, and Elmira; released June 7,1865. Living at Moffett's Creek in 1893.  Fix, William
Pvt 52nd Va Inf Co C
7/16/61 Staunton B. Va. 1826? Wagonmaker, age 34, Buffalo Gap, Augusta Co. 1860 census. Enl. age 28. Present11-12/61. AWOL 2/21-28/62. Fined by CM. Present 3-4/62. Reenlisted. 5/1/62.Present 5/1/62-7/63. Detailed as blacksmith with Ordnance Train7/16-12/31/63. Cap. Bethesda Ch. 5/30/64. Sent to Point Lookout. Transfer. to Elmira. Requested to take oath 3/15/65. "Volunteered7/16/61 for 12 months. Was conscripted at expiration of enlistment. His wife and five small children are at Buffalo Gap, Augusta Co., Va. and are in destitute circumstances. He desires to go to Frederick City, Md., where he has friends residing, there to make some arrangements to remove his family if practicable, to a place of safety where they have the benefit of his labor and support. Born in Va., 37 years old, was always opposed to the course of the South, wished to take the Oath and go to Pittsburgh, Penn." Released 5/13/65. Resident of Staunton, fair complexion, black hair, gray eyes, 5'8 1/2". Wagonmaker, age 41, Augusta Springs, Augusta Co. 1870 census. Died near Pond Gap. Augusta Co. 1/17/01.  Fleenor, William H.
Sgt. 48th VA Inf Co H
Born 1-12-40, Scott Co. VA. Enlisted Scott Co., 6/26/61, age 21. Captured Spotsylvania Court House, 5/12/64. POW Point Lookout 5/18/64 to 8/3/64. POW Elmira 8/6/64 to 8/29/64 when died, typhoid fever. Buried there with his effects, Woodlawn Cemetery, grave 98. Brother Simon Peter Fleenor killed at Battle, Monocacy, MD, 7-9-64.
Submitted by John Fleenor.  Ford, David, Dailey
David Dailey Ford, the son of Perley and Susannah Ford, was born in Henry County, Georgia, 18 Nov. 1840. He died 17 January 1923, and is buried in the Lawrence Grove Cemetery at Eva Alabama. He was a schoolteacher. David was 21 years old when he enlisted 19 June 1861, in Company K, 18th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, which became a part of the Army of Northern Virginia. The Regiment was send to Richmond, Virginia in August. In November, the Regiment was sent to Dunferies, Virginia, on the Potomac River where it was stationed south of the Village of Occoquan. It was a part of what would become the famous Texas Brigade lead by John Bell Hood. David's first action was at Ethan’s Landing during the Peninsula Campaign. He next fought at The Battle of Seven Pines, then at the First Battle of Cold Harbor. In July his older brother John G. Ford joined him and fought at Thoroughfare Gap, and then at the Second Battle of Manassas\Second Bull Run. From there they were a part of the invasion of Maryland and fought at Fox's Gap, in the Battle of South Mountain. Three days later the fought in the "Cornfield" at Antietam\Sharpsburg where they were both wounded, John was seriously wounded and David slightly hurt. In December they fought from behind the Stone Wall at Fredericksburg. They fought at the Battle of Chancellorsville. The General Lee took them again to Gettysburg. The Ford boys went with Longstreet's Corps to eastern Tennessee. At the attack Fort Sanders, John was captured. David went back to Virginia with Longstreet to help Lee fight Grant. David fought at The Wilderness and at Spotsylvania before going to his fate at the Second Battle of Cold Harbor\Gaine's Mill where David was captured with his future cousin, James A. Richie. David was transported the next day to Point Lookout, Maryland; and then sent to Elmira, New York, arriving 11 June 1864. David Ford took the Oath of Allegiance at Elmira, New York, 27 June 1865, and was released. Federal records describe him as blond complexion, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, with blue eyes and red hair. David made his way back to Georgia and a devastated homeland where he learned his father had two families, one Northern and one Southern. David learned of the death of his mother from letters from his brother John G. Ford who was captured at Fort Sanders and had gone to Indiana after he got out of prison camp. Their father had gone to Indiana with John's the four motherless children. In 1867, David married the girl next door, Sarah Richie, and moved to Eva, Alabama. David went to Little Rock, Arkansas for the 1912 Confederate Veterans reunion.
Information submitted by Bob Ford.  Fortner, B.F.
Pvt 5th Va Inf Co H.
Date and place of capture unknown. Died of disease at Elmira, Aug. 15,1864. Buried Woodlawn Cemetery Grave No. 21.  Forrester/Foster, Thomas A
16th Ga. Reg., Co. F
In the 1850 Walton County, Georgia census Thomas A Forrester was shown with his father George Forrester and mother Nancy Ann Friddell Forrester. Then in the 1870 census he is shown as Thomas A Foster, this is the name he used for the remainder of his life. Thomas A Forrester/Foster was born May 7,1838 in Walton County, Georgia. He married Martha E Bailey January 4,1866 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, she was born October 2,1843 in Gwinnett County, Georgia. They were the parent's of 8 children, William Henry Foster, Joel Washington Foster, Robert A Foster, Marion V Foster, and John Clay Foster. the three daughters's all used the name of Forrester. They were Eliza J Forrester, Theodocia Minerva Forrester and Sarah Annie Forrester. Thomas A Forrester/Foster enlisted in Company F (Joe Brown's Rough and Readies) 16th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Confederate Army in June or July 1861 at Bethlehem Camp Ground in Walton County, Georgia. He was taken prisoner at Gaines Farm during the Battle of Cold Harbor. Virginia, June 1,1864, and was sent to Point Lookout, Maryland June 11,1864 and then on July 12 he was sent to Elmira, New York arriving there 5 days later on July 17,1864. He was released from the prison at Elmira, New York on July 7,1865. After the war was over he returned to Gwinnett County, Georgia.. It was here that all of the children of Thomas and Martha were born. Sometime during 1894 he and a portion of their family moved to and lived in Dallas, Texas, returning to Fulton County, Georgia in 1896. Thomas A. Forrester/Foster died in 1917 in Atlanta, Ga, and his wife Martha E Bailey Foster died in 1915 in Atlanta, Georgia, both are buried in Casey's Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia Here Are some Excerpts from the Wayfarers in Walton, portraying events leading up to the Battle Of Cold Harbor. Robert E. Foster in Greensboro, Georgia copied this information from Wayfarers in Walton. a grandson of Thomas A Forrester/Foster The Federals in Virginia continued their winding way from the Rapidan to the Chickahominy, their route strewn with bodies of fallen soldiers, most of them clad in blue. Grant's Richmond campaign was nearing a close with the bloody, ineffective assault by the Union troops at Cold Harbor. They had crossed the Pamunkey River, marched and skirmished for three days and then found themselves confronted by Lee's main line on the Totopotomoy River. As the forces clashed there on June 1st, John B. and David R. Still of Hillyer Rifles were killed. Lieutenant Frederick Patrick of McRae's Company, who had already sacrificed an eye, was captured on the same day, which happened to be his birthday. Among his company mates falling into enemy hands were William M. Forrester (Later Exchanged), 24 year old Thomas A. Forrester/Foster, 38 year old John Mahlon Jackson, H. Brannan Treadwell, and John B. Carlton. It is believed that William M. Forrester was the brother of Thomas A Forrester/Foster. Another Excerpt from Wayfarers In Walton follows: Many of the Rough and Readies surrendered with Lee at Appomattox. Behind them lay action at Malvern Hill, Crampton's Gap, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Fort Sanders, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Cedar Creek and Sailor's Creek.Information provided by Leona T Shields.  Fowler, John S.
We are seeking information on one of our ancestors that was imprisoned and died at Elmira in January. His name was John S. Fowler in Texas CSA. He was wounded, but we don't know the battle or the extent of his wounds. We would appreciate any information you have and could send to us at this website or mail to Mrs. Warren L. Faller 901 W. Storey Midland, Texas 79701.  Francis, Presley
2nd NC Inf Co. A
He actually served in Co. A, 2nd Battalion N.C. Infantry: Private: Resided in Stokes County (NC) where he enlisted at age 22, May 4, 1861, for twelve months. …captured at Beltsville, Maryland, July 12-13, 1864. Confined July 23-24, 1864, at Elmira, New York, where he died September 27, 1864, of "chronic diarrhoea."(N.C. Troops 1861-1865, Vol. III, p. 271)
Information submitted by Richard Simmons.  Franklin, Ennis
Co. A, 1st Al Art
Captured at Fort Morgan, Alabama, 1864. Transferred to Elmira Prison. Died March 6, 1865. He is buried in grave number 2387.  Funderburg, William Marshal
Born about 1820 in Edgefield Co, SC, the son of Peter Charles Funderburg and Mary Elizabeth. He married 9 May, 1848 in Talladega Co., AL to Mary Mahulda Davis. William and Mary lived near Tuscaloosa Alabama where they had eight children before William joined the Civil War. He was recruited from Coffey Co., Alabama. According to his Military papers from the National Archives, a date of original enlistment is not known. He is listed on a roster from Dec 24, 1863 to April 30, 1864. Then he is shown as being admitted to the General Hospital in Howard's Grove, Richmond, Virginia June 6, 1864. It says he returned to duty June 25, 1864. Then on July 10, 1864 he was taken prisoner near Harper's Ferry, Frederick Maryland, by General Hunter's Forces. He was sent to Old Capital Prison in Washington, D.C. then was sent on to Elmira Federal Prison, N.Y. on July 25, 1864. He died of Typhoid Fever Nov. 1, 1864 after 3 months of being held as a prisoner. On July 9, in near Fredrick Maryland was the battle of Monocacy. A Federal force of 5,800 held back 15,000 Confederates from taking Washington. Although the Federals lost they were successful in delaying the advancement of the Confederates until reinforcements arrived. Estimated 700 to 900 killed and wounded or lost. It was at this battle that William Marshall Funderburg was taken captive and then sent to the prison in Washington. It is not known if he was wounded at this battle. Ironically after his capture he was charged $73.63 for his gun and accruements.
Information provided by Jami Hamilton

Furr, John B.
Pvt., 1st NC Art
Captured at Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865 and confined at Elmira, New York where he died March 3, 1865 of variola. He is buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York. Furr, Lawson Alexander
Pvt., 28th NC Inf Co. K
Died of pneumonia on December 6, 1864, Elmira Prison Camp, New York. He is buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York. Furr, Martin
Pvt., 3rd NC Light Art Co. C
Captured Fort Fisher, North Carolina, January 15, 1865; confined Elmira Prison Camp, New York, where he died of typhoid fever on February 23, 1865. He is buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York.