Surgeon Edward Kittoe-- Part 5: On Grant's Personal Staff

**  Promoted to Surgeon U.S. Volunteers, December 1862.

**  Promoted to successive ranks of Major and Lieutenant Colonel.

**  Placed on the personal staff of U.S. Grant, October 1863.

**  Appointed Medical Inspector for the Department of the Cumberland, February 1864, and Medical Inspector U.S. Army, April 1864.

**  Medical Director Army of  the Tennessee during Sherman's Georgia Campaign.

**  Brevetted Colonel for "faithful and meritorious" services, June 1867.

**  Died in Galena, September 29, 1887; buried in Galena.

--Old Secesh

22nd Georgia Infantry-- Part 2: Organization to Battle of Seven Pines

From the Civil War in the East site.

The 22nd Georgia organized at Big Shanty, Georgia, on August 31, 1861.  William Nesbit was one of the original enlistees.

It was under the command of Colonel  Robert H. Jones, Lt. Col.  J. Walter Pritchett and Major  Joseph  Wasden.

April-July 1862:  Assigned to Blanchard's Brigade, Huger's Division, Army of Northern Virginia.  They were brigaded with the 44th Alabama and the 3rd and  48th Georgia Infantry.

May 31-June 1:  Battle of Seven Pines

June 2, 1862:  Lt.Col. Pritchett resigned.  Major Joseph Wasden was promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Lawrence Lallerstedt of Company A was elected major.  Brigadier General Blanchard was relieved of command due to age and  performance and Col.  Ambrose Wright of the  3rd Georgia was promoted to brigadier general and took command of the brigade.

--Old Secesh

22nd Georgia Volunteer Infantry

This was Lt. William H. Nesbit and Private Albert C. Nesbit's regiment.

 From research online.

This regiment was formed from Schley, Glascock, Bartow, Lincoln,  Washington, Dawson and Henry counties.  Company E, to which they belonged, was formed from Forsyth and Milton counties.

The regiment lost 10 killed and 77 wounded at Oak Grove,

6 killed and 32 wounded and 18 wounded at Malvern Hill,

13 killed and 50 wounded at Second Manassas.

There were 400 engaged at Gettysburg and more than 40% were disabled, including William Nesbit.

It sustained  25 casualties  in the retreat from Pennsylvania and 50 at Manassas Gap.

It surrendered at Appomattox on 9 April 1865 with nine officers and 197 men.

This regiment was in the thick of it.

--Old Secesh

Lieut. William H. Nesbit-- Part 3: After the War

William Hoyle Nesbit was a lieutenant in Company E of the 22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment, Wright's Brigade.  He lost his arm at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.

He married Martha Curtis Grogan in the village of Alpharetta, Georgia, on December 14, 1865, where he taught school for a few years after the war and was engaged in the mercantile business.  Later he was elected  Clerk of the Court and served Milton County for eight years.  He was then elected  Ordinary and served in that post for sixteen years.

During his last term of office and for several years after, he was owner and editor of the Milton Democrat newspaper.  In this last work, he was associated with his son, G.A. Nesbit, as his publisher.

In 1892, he left Alpharetta and with his family moved to his farm in Cherokee County, where he spent the rest of his life.  Due to the loss of his left arm in the war,  he could not do manual labor, but was very successful  in bee-raising, gardening and stock-raising.

He was devoutly pious and had no fear of death and was buried in Hickory Flat Cemetery in Cherokee, Georgia, with his wife who preceded him.

Not Sure What an Ordinary Is?  --Old Secesh

Lieut. William Hoyle Nesbit-- Part 2: Muster Roll of 22nd Georgia Infantry

From Find-A-Grave.

Muster Roll of Co. E, 22nd Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Forsyth and Milton Counties, Georgia.

"Warsaw Rebels"

NESBIT, WILLIAM HOYLE

Private August 31, 1861.  Appointed Sergeant Major December 1861.

Elected 2nd Lieutenant and returned to this company June 21, 1862.

Wounded in left arm, necessitating  amputation, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1862.

Resigned on account of wounds November 23, 1863.  Resignation accepted December 8, 1863.

--Old Secesh

Lieut.William Hoyle Nesbit

  I wrote about this man losing his arm at the Battle of Gettysburg in the last two posts (in September).  Here is his entry in the Find-A-Grave site:

BIRTH:  12 July 1841, Georgia

DEATH:  28 June 1925, Cherokee County, Georgia (aged 83)

BURIAL:  Hickory Flat Cemetery, Hickory Flat, Cherokee County, Georgia.

William and Martha (his wife 1842-1922, also buried at the cemetery) had children George A, nesbit,  Mary J. Nesbit,  Anna M. Nesbit, Elizabeth  C. Nesbit, John G. Nesbit and Hugh M. Nesbit.

The family first moved to Alpharetta  in what was then Milton County, and later moved to Hickory Flat in Cherokee County.

--Old Secesh

MCCWRT Discussion Group Meeting, 2/26/22: Sherman's March to the Sea and the Carolinas

The McHenry County Civil War Round Table )MCCWRT) discussion group met at the Crystal Lake, Illinois, Panera Bread on US-14 (Northwest Highway) from 10 a.m. to 11:30 on Saturday, Feb. 25, and was both in person and via Zoom.  One of the folks was watching and talking from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Yer Quiz:

1.  What was the capital of Georgia during the march?

2.  What was the last major battle fought in North Carolina?

3.  What was Sherman's first objective in North Carolina?

4.  What move did Sherman make that enabled Johnston to attack him at that last major battle in North Carolina?

5.  After Sherman reached Savannah, what did Grant want Sherman to do?

6.  Frank Question:  How many Illinois regiments were with Sherman in his March Through the Carolinas?

Answers in the next post.

--Old Secesh

Civil War Events in January-- Part 2: Mill Springs, Georgia and Louisiana Secede, Monitor Launched, Lee and the 13th Amendment

JANUARY 19, 1862

**  The Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky.

JANUARY 19, 1861

**  Georgia adopts an Ordinance of Secession.

JANUARY 24, 1861

**  Georgia state troops seize  the U.S. Arsenal at Augusta.

JANAUARY 26, 1861

**  Louisiana adopts and Ordinance of Secession.

JANUARY 30, 1862

**  USS Monitor launched at Greenpoint, Long Island, New York.

JANUARY 31, 1865

**  Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Confederate armies.

JANUARY 31, 1865

**  The U.S. House of Representatives passes the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery.

--Old Secesh

In Honor of Veterans Day: Kentucky Union Soldier's Gravestone Dedication

From the Channel 36ABC WTVQ  "Ky Civil War Union soldier gravestone dedication."

We honor our veterans living or deceased.

Sunday afternoon a grave stone was dedicated to a Union soldier at Three Forks of Bacon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery near Magnolia in Hart County.

It is for John Robert Lobb, Co. E 27th Kentucky Infantry,    known as "Johnny" and later "Grand Pop" to his family.

The gravestone was made and placed in 2020 but the dedication delayed until now because of the virus.

The family  applied to the the VA for a new headstone.

On May 31, 1864, "Johnny" was injured in the Battle of Burnt  Hickory near Kingston, Georgia, when a minie ball struck his right arm above the elbow.  After treatment in a hospital, he returned to his company.

He was honorably discharged   on March 19, 1965,  and returned to Hammonsville and began farming.

--Old Secesh

135th USCT-- Part 1: Mustered in at Goldsboro, N.C.

In the last post I wrote about the exhibit on this regiment that will be at the Wayne County Museum in Goldsboro, North Carolina.

From the 135th USCT website.

The regiment was formed in Goldsboro, North Carolina, on March  27, 1865, from men who had previously served in the Pioneer Corps, and were a part of Gen. William T. Sherman's Union Army.

Prior to taking the oath of service in Goldsboro, they had been recruited for the Pioneer Corps during Sherman's March through Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.  Once they were formed into the 135th, they were commanded by Colonel John Edgar Gurley, who then commanded them until the end of the war (which wasn't very long by this time).

The Pioneer Corps worked tirelessly through the winter of 1864 and spring of 1865 to move General Sherman's Army.  They built corduroyed roads to get them through swamps and bridges.  There were a lot of swamps, rivers and streams along Sherman's path.  These Pioneers were a big reason for his success.

They had to work hard to insure  that the over 2,500 wagons of Sherman's army could stay with the 60,000 men.

--Old Secesh

Sons of Confederate Veterans and Veterans Administration Provide Grave Stones for Unmarked Confederate Graves

From the November 24, 2020, Clay  (Clay County, Florida) Today.

Members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Kirby Smith Camp #1209 installed grave stones on unmarked graves of five  Confederate veterans and one for an unmarked grave of a Spanish-American War veteran.

The headstones:

Schley H. Wilson 48th Georgia Infantry

Mathew Mosley  11th Florida Infantry

John Mosley   1st Florida Infantry in Spanish American War

These  unmarked graves were at Federal Hill Cemetery in the Oakleaf area.

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At Peoria Cemetery in Doctors Inlet:

William J. Dickinson  1st Florida Cavalry

William Henry Shepard   7th Florida Infantry

Ivey Williamson  3rd Florida Infantry

Kirby Smith Camp, SCV is a heritage organization that focuses on the preservation and legacy of those who fought for then Confederacy during the Civil War.

The Veterans Administration (VA) provides the grave stones because Confederate soldiers are considered American veterans.

--Old Secesh

Nash Farm Battlefield

In the last post I mentioned that the museum for this battle had closed because of flying a Confederate flag which offended a black person.  I had never heard of this battle so looked it up.

From the Explore Georgia site.

The battlefield is a 204-acre pulic park in the western part of Henry County about 21 miles south of Atlanta.  The Civil War battle called Lovejoy or Lovejoy's Station took place in the area which is now mostly covered with development.

During the second half of 1864 there was much military activity during the Atlanta Campaign in the area, including Kilpatrick's Raid, infantry battles and skirmishes as well as the campsite of Confederate general Stephen D. Lee's Army Corps.

The park is open seven days a week and the museum just Fridays and Saturdays.

Guess It Won't be So open Any Longer.  --Old Secesh

LaGrange vs. LaGrange in Georgia

From Mort Kunstler's 2017 March Civil War calendar.

LaGRANGE, GEORGIA, APRIL 17, 1865.

As with most military conflicts, the call to duty depletes the male population who marches off to war.  Sometimes the war comes to town, requiring women to take up arms in defense of their homes and firesides.

On April 17, 1865, the LaGrange, Georgia, all female militia known as the "Nancy Harts" was required to take this type of defensive action.

They marched to meet the advancing Union cavalry led by Col. Oscar H. LaGrange.  Outgunned and outnumbered, the women, the women peacefully surrendered, and in return the Union troops spared the town's population and property.

This encounter took place one week after the surrender at Appomattox.

The painting shows the ladies in dresses standing their ground with weapons raised as the Union cavalry comes into town.

Brave Women.  --Old Secesh

The General Comes Home 45 Years Ago: Famous Andrews' Raiders Locomotive

From a reprint in the August 19, 2017, Panama City (Fla.) News-Herald.

They had a reproduction of their front page from Sunday, February 20, 1972.

There was a picture and a short article under it.

ON GUARD.

Civil War buff Denton Myers of Kennesaw. Georgia, stands guard over famed Civil War locomotive "General" after it reached its final resting place Friday.  The locomotive had been the focus of a five-year battle for possession between Georgia and Tennessee until the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Georgia.

The engine will be a special attraction in a museum in Kennesaw.

--Old Semotive

Stone Mountain Carver Dies at Age 84: Roy Faulkner

From the AL.com, Alabama  "Roy Faulkner, who finished the Stone Mountain Confederate carvings, dies at 84.

This would be the famous huge carvings of Confederates Lee, Jackson and Davis on the side of Georgia's Stone Mountain, near Atlanta.

He was a welder by trade and was initially hired at Stone Mountain to build an elevator to help workers move up and down it to accomplish their work.  Later, he took over as chief carver and it was the only piece of artwork he ever did, even though he was not a trained sculptor artist.

--Old secesh

University of Georgia's Slavery and Confederate Connections-- Part 3: Must Change Name and History

And then, further damning the University of Georgia (of course, anything dealing with these two things must be erased), several buildings on campus are named after Confederates or white supremacists.

Grady Smith School of Journalism--  Henry Grady, manager editor of the Atlanta Constitution was a white supremacist.

Hoke Smith Annex houses the College of Agriculture and Environmental Science Cooperative Extension service.  In the 1906 election for governor, he wanted to disenfranchise blacks.

Mell Hall--  Patrick Hues Mell, wrote the treatise "Slavery, neither a Moral, Political, Nor Social Evil."

Actually, the University of Georgia, under the current climate and regards to all its past sins, must change its name and erase all history, including sports, before 1961, and maybe even to today.

After All, We Must Not Offend.  --Old Secesh

University of Georgia's Slavery and Confederate Connections-- Part 2: Students Joined the Confederate Army

There are also traces of the Confederacy around campus.  The monument across from the famous Arch honors Athens residents who served in the Confederacy.  The plaque at the entrance to North Campus honors Confederates as well.

It states:  "During the War for Southern Independence most of the students entered into the Confederate Army.  The University closed its doors in 1864 and did not open again until January 1866.  After the war, many Confederate veterans became students."

--Old Secesh

University of Georgia's Confederate and Slavery Connections-- Part 1: Slaves Once Worked on Campus

From the Red & Black, University of Georgia student newspaper, "Before Holmes and Hunter:  Students look at UGA's history of segregation and slavery" by Hannah Echols.

Many think that the University of Georgia's black history began with the entrance of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter, the first blacks to enroll at the school in 1961.

But black history goes back to the school's earliest days.  Enslaved people played a pivotal role in the building and maintaining of the campus.  They stoked fires, carried water, rang the chapel bell and constructed buildings.  The only time they were allowed on campus, however, was to perform prescribed duties, then they had to leave.

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 126: What Teddy Roosevelt Had to Say About Confederate Soldiers

I came across this while researching Irvine Bulloch in my Civil War Navy blog.  Irvine Bulloch served on the Confederate raiders Alabama and Shenandoah and was the brother of "Mittie" Bulloch, the mother of Theodore Roosevelt and paternal grandmother of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Irvine and "Mittie" were raised on a plantation in Roswell, Georgia and in 1905, Theodore Roosevelt visited the town and spoke.

"Men and women, don'y you think I have the ancestral right to claim a proud kinship with those who showed their devotion to duty as they saw the duty, whether they wore grey or whether they wore blue?

"All Americans who are worthy of the name feel an equal pride in the valor of those who fought on one side or the other, provided only that each did with all their strength and soul and mind his duty as it was given to him to see his duty."

Considering the current movement to completely dishonor all those who fought for and supported the Confederacy, these words from the past should be examined more closely.

--Old Secesh

The Clinch Brothers From Georgia-- Part 2

From Find-A-Grave.

COLONEL DUNCAN LAMONT CLINCH, JR.

Born Nov. 19, 1826, in Pensacola.  Died October 28, 1890, in Brunswick, Georgia.

Volunteer U.S. Army in Mexican War 1847-1848.  First lieutenant and later captain in the 13th U.S. Infantry.  Commanded Clinch's Regiment, the 4th Georgia Cavalry, during the Civil War.

Burtied at Oak Grove Cemetery in Brunswick, Georgia.

--Old Secesh