Commanding officer 62-64 until wounded out of the war at Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA, May 1864. His grave is an attraction on all tours of the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, CA

Killed in combat at Drewery's Bluff, Virginia on May 16, 1864, while leading a charge of his company against Federal breastworks. Buried at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC.

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Charles was about 29 years old when he enlisted Jan 1861 in Co B 25th SC Infantry [Eutaw Regiment] He either reenlisted of was mustered in on James Island, Charleston, SC. He is transferred to Co F 2nd Engineers working on roads and bridges. He is listed as a Copper Smith. His first fight was on Jones Island 31 May 1863 and his last was Bentonville, NC 19-21 March 1865. He survived the invasion an died 10 Aug 1902 in Florence, SC We are related by a distant marriage.

Thomas was born 18 Jan 1843 in Williamsburg Co. SC He enlisted in Captain Thomas J China's Co. on 12 April 1862 at Battery Island, Charleston SC. aka [ Wee Nee Vol's] In Sept 1863 they are assigned to General Hagood's Brigade. as Pee Dee Legion. Battles: Charleston Harbour, Port Walthall Junction, Swift Creek, Drury's Bluff, Petersburg Siege, Fort Hamilton and Fort Fisher. He was captured near Fort Darling Virginia sent to Fort Monroe then to Point Lookout and on to Elmira in NY. He was released 19 June 1865 after swallowing the Yellow Dog. He died 10 Nov 1922 and is buried at Cedar Swamp Methodist Church in Kingstree, Williamsburg Co. SC. He was the father in law of my 4th cousin 3 x removed Martha Wilhemina Flagler.

William Alfred Smith died in the Confederate Soldiers home in Columbia, SC.May 19, 1928

Enlisted Sept. 11, 1861 at Fort Johnson, South Carolina. Served at Secessionville, Fort Johnson, James Island, Frampton's Plantation, Pocataligo, S. C. Also served at Proctor's Creek, Drewry's Bluff, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Richmond and Chaffin's Farm, Va. Also did duties at Fort Fisher, Kinston (Wise's Fork) and Bentonville, N. C.

Enlisted Sept. 5, 1861 at Fort Johnson, South Carolina. Served at Secessionville, Fort Johnson, James Island, Frampton's Plantation, Pocataligo, South Carolina. Then served at Proctor's Creek, Drewey's Bluff, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Richmond, Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, Laurell Hill, Harrison's Ford, Gilmer, Va., Fort Fisher, N.C.. He was paroled June 20, 1865 at Elmira, New York.

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Served from Jan 1862 until 1 Nov 1862. Later served as a Deserter Hunter and did receive a bounty for finding several in 1863.

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Enlisted in Orangeburg April 14 1862. Served with Company G The 'Edisto Rifles'. Appears on a list of wounded from duties at Morris Island in Aug. 1863. Served in all Charleston and Virginia campains that the 25th partisipated in and was captured while defending Fort Fisher on Jan.15 1865. He Was sent to Elmira as a POW and died there of disease on March 13 1865. He was burried at Woodlawn National Cemetary. (Elmira)

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Henry M. Brown
Private, Company G (Edisto Rifles)
25th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry
Consolidation of 11th Eutaw Battalion SC Infantry Co. C
21st Infantry and four additional companies
Eutaw Regiment
Hagood's Brigade
C.S.A.



March 1, 1864 Volunteer entitled to bounty, Charleston, SC, Captain Tyler
March 9, 1864: Enlisted at Secessionville, SC by Captain Izlar
February 29, 1864: Assigned from camp of instruction at Columbia since last muster.
May 16, 1864: Received at Wayside Hospital, admitted, disposition: Jackson Hospital
May 28, 1864: Report of Jackson Hospital, Richmond, Va.: returned to duty
July 27, 1864: Absent, sick in hospital
September 30, 1864: In hospital, Montgomery, White Springs Va.
October, 1864 Absent, sick in hospital
December 22, 1864: CSA General Hospital, Danville, Va.
January 18, 1865: Returned to duty
February 19, 1865: Captured, prisoner of war
February 28, 1865: Entered Fort Anderson, Point Lookout, Md.
June 24, 1865: Released, Point Lookout, Md.
June 24, 1865: Oath of Allegiance by General Order No. 109
Place of residence: Orangeburg, SC.
Complexion: DR
Hair: brown
Eyes: d. brown
Height: 5’7”

My first of many ancestors that served in the Confederacy during the Civil War. He is my 2nd Great Grandfather.

Thomas E. Gamble enlisted May 16, 1862. He served with Company I, 25th SC Infantry until he was captured at the fall of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865. Gamble was among the prisoners received at Elmira, NY on January 30. He died in the Elmira Prison Camp on April 7, 1865 and is buried there. Grave marker is # 2645.

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JOHN ARD ENLISTED AT GOURDINE'S AND WAS KILLED AT SWIFT CREEK, VIRGINIA IN 1964. JOHN'S WIFE WAS PATSY ARD AND HE HAD TO CHILDREN (COLAN ARD BORN IN 1860) AND (CELIA ARD BORN IN 1863).

THOMAS E. BARFIELD JOINED AT GOURDINE'S, HIS WIFE WAS LOUISE L. BROWDER AND THEY HAD A DAUGHTER SALLIE ANN BARFIELD.

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Simonton began as Captain of the Washington Light Infantry in 1860. Simonton was promoted to Colonel after the 25th Infantry Regiment [also called Eutaw Regiment] was organized and mustered into Confederate service in July, 1862. It was formed with men of the 11th Battalion who were from Charleston and the middle region of the state. It served in the Charleston area assigned to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and in September, 1863, it was placed in General Hagood's Brigade. During the spring of 1864 the unit moved to Virginia and fought at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor. Later it was involved in the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River and the North Carolina Campaign.

Simonton and the remainder of the 25th SCV Regiment were captured near Wilmington NC at the Battle of Town Creek (also known as Battle of Forks Road) on February 20, 1865. After being sent to Point Lookout for one day and Capitol Prison in Washington DC, he arrived at Fort Delaware on March 25, 1865 where he remained until his release on July 24, 1865.

After the war he returned to his home town of Charleston SC where he resumed the practice of law. In September 1886 he was appointed by President Grover Cleveland as the U.S. District Judge for South Carolina. On December 11, 1893, President Cleveland nominated Simonton to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He remained with this court until his death on April 25, 1904.

He is buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston SC.