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William Foster
William Foster Rank: Company E of the 9th Virginia Cavalry Descendant: Wade H William Edwin Foster was born October 21, 1821 at his...

Friends of Wilderness
Oct 12, 2023
Major Haley
Major Haley Rank: Private, Co. F. 17th Vermont Infantry Descendant: Heidi M Major W. Haley was born in Pownal, Vermont on December 15,...

Friends of Wilderness
Oct 11, 2023
William V Chewning, Ellwood Overseer
William V Chewning, Ellwood Overseer 3nd Great Grandfather of Vickie B. William V Chewning was born about 1790 in either Caroline or...

Friends of Wilderness
Oct 10, 2023
Horace Hall
Horace Hall was born in Springfield, Vermont on September 21, 1841, the third of ten children of Hiram and Lucy Ann (Goodell) Hall. He...

Friends of Wilderness
Oct 10, 2023
Daniel Hartnett
Daniel Hartnett Rank: Sergeant 60th Ohio Infantry- H Division Sharpshooters Descendant: Catherine G To me, Daniel Hartnett is always...

Friends of Wilderness
Oct 9, 2023
Ann Harry, Guest at Ellwood
I was born in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of H. Lee Earnhardt and Louise Reichert Earnhardt. My family moved to Fredericksburg at...

Friends of Wilderness
Oct 7, 2023


Alexander Hays
Alexander Hays Rank: Brevet Major General, Army of the Potomac Descendant: Alexander H IV Alexander was born 8 July 1819 in Pennsylvania....

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Oct 7, 2023
John Levi Hosford
John Levi Hosford Rank: Company H of the 4th Vermont Infantry Descendant: Raymond M John was born 21July 1843 in East Haven, VT to...

Friends of Wilderness
Oct 6, 2023
Mary Pearl Kuper, Guest at Ellwood
Mary Pearl Kuper, Guest at Ellwood Mother of Mary H. Mary Pearl Kuper Clore wrote her memoirs around 90 years of age. She wrote , ...

Friends of Wilderness
Oct 5, 2023
Seth Callis Hunkins
Seth Callis Hunkins Rank: Senior Surgeon of the 2nd Brigade 3rd Division 2nd Corps Descendant: Ann B & Mari B Seth Callis Hunkins was...

Friends of Wilderness
Oct 5, 2023
Baxter Johnson
Baxter Johnson Rank: Private, Co. I, 7th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Descendant: Robin N. My great-grandfather, Baxter C. Johnson, was...

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Oct 4, 2023
William Dickey Jones
William Dickey Jones Rank: Private, Co. K, 37th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Descendants: Joseph C. William is described in military...

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Oct 2, 2023
John Knupp
John Knupp Rank: Private, Co. G, 67th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers Descendants: Dale B John Henry Knupp was born May 16, 1841, in...

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Oct 1, 2023


Robert E Lee
Robert E Lee Rank: Commanding General, Army of Virginia Descendant: Marcia H Robert Edward Lee was born 19 Jan 1807 at Stratford, VA, to...

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Sep 30, 2023


William Rooney Lee
William Rooney Lee Rank: Major General, Army of Virginia Calvary Descendant: Marcia H Rooney was born 31 May 1837 in Arlington, VA, the...

Friends of Wilderness
Sep 29, 2023
James Letherbury
James Letherbury Rank: Lieutenant, 2nd Delaware Regiment Descendants: Russ S James W. Letherbury was born in Dover, Delaware about 1840....

Friends of Wilderness
Sep 28, 2023
Eben Manchester
Eben Manchester Rank: Private/Wagoner, Co. C, 20th Maine Regiment, Co. Descendant: Mark L Eben F. Manchester was born in North Windham...

Friends of Wilderness
Sep 27, 2023
Laughlin J. McKenzie
Laughlin J. McKenzie Rank: Private, Co. D, 126th Ohio Regiment Descendants: Charles B Laughlin was born 4 October 1841 in Jefferson...

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Sep 26, 2023
Alanzo Maxam
Alanzo Maxam Rank: Corporal, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Company B Descendant: James S Civil War Service: Enlisted August 1861 for three...

Friends of Wilderness
Sep 25, 2023
Hugh Moore
Hugh Moore Rank: Private, Co. F, 11th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Descendant: Joseph W & Janice C Hugh Moore was the youngest of six...

Friends of Wilderness
Sep 24, 2023
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