Wilderness Brigade Biographies | Friends of Wilderness Battlefield

They Served … They Fought … Some Lived … Some Died

Read the stories of our Wilderness Brigade ancestors.

Name	Rank/Unit	Descendant
Charles Ainslie	Private, Co. D, 14^th US Regulars, Army of the Potomac	Christine T
Amos Bean	Private, 3rd Maine Volunteers, Company E	Barry Y
Horatio Bell	Captain, Company G, 15O^th Pennsylvania Volunteers	John W B & John H B
James Branyan	Private, 42^nd Pennsylvania Volunteers	Diane S
Robert Branyan	Private, 42^nd Pennsylvania Volunteers	Diane S
James Braswell	Private, Co. F. 30^th North Carolina Infantry	Milbrey B
Francis Burns	Private, Co. C. 13^th Mississippi Infantry	Raymond B
William Chewning	Civilian	Vickie B
Archibald Thomas Cohea	Private, Co. F. 4^th Texas Infantry	Hilton C
John Craig	Orderly Sergeant, Company F, 21st Virginia Infantry	Craig R
Thomas Culver	Co. K, Georgia Volunteers	German C
Josiah Outley Daws	Co. K, 15th North Carolina Regiment	Milbrey B
Thomas R Gosnell	Co. E, 16th Regiment, Georgia Infantry	Donna J. & Tenia N.
General Ulysess S Grant	Commander-in-Chief of the United Stated Army	John G
Hilliard Daws	Company K of the 15^th North Carolina Regiment	Milbrey B
William Foster	Company E of the 9^th Virginia Cavalray	Wade H
Major Haley	Private, Co. F. 17^th Vermont Infantry	Heidi M
Horace Hall	Private, Co E. 1st Vermont Cavalry	Steven P
Daniel Hartnett	Sergeant, 60th Ohio Infantry- H Division Sharpshooters	Catherine G
Alexander Hays	Brevet Major General, Army of the Potomac	Alexander H IV
John Levi Hosford	Company H of the 4^th Vermont Infantry	Raymond M
Seth Callis Hunkins	Senior Surgeon of the 2^nd Brigade 3^rd Division 2^nd Corps	Ann B & Mari B
Baxter Johnson	Private, Co. I, 7^th Michigan Volunteer Infantry	Robin N.
William Dickey Jones	Private, Co. K, 37^th North Carolina Infantry Regiment	Joseph C.
John Knupp	Private, Co. G, 67^th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers	Dale B
Robert E Lee	Commanding General, Army of Virginia	Marcia H
William Rooney Lee	Major General, Army of Virginia Calvary	Marcia H
James Letherbury	Lieutenant, 2nd Delaware Regiment	Russ S
Eben Manchester	Private/Wagoner, Co. C, 20th Maine Regiment, Co. C	Mark L
Laughlin J. McKenzie	Private, Co. D, 126th Ohio Regiment	Charles B
Alanzo Maxam	Corporal, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Company B	James S
Hugh Moore	Private, Co. F, 11^th Regiment, Georgia Infantry	Joseph W & Janice C
Henry Murray	Sergeant, Co. C, 7^th PA Reserves	Douglas H
Gervas Ott	Private. Company C, 83rd New York Infantry Regiment	Eugene O
John Patterson	Colonel, 102^nd Pennsylvania Infantry	William P
William M. Patton	Private, Companc C, 39th Pennsylvania Regiment	Christine B
John Calhoun Pitchford	Private, 3^rd Corps., Army of Northern Virginia	James L
Carlos H. Rich	1^st Sergeant, Company D, 4^th Vermont Volunteers	Geoffrey H
Samuel Klinger Schwenk	General 50th PA Volunteer Infantry	Thomas R
Jairus R Shockey	1st Private, Co. A, 10th PA Reserves	Donald S.
John Simpson	Rode’s Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia	Charles B
Edward (Edmond) Slattery	Private, Co. G, 12th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry	Terrance S
Alfred Franklin Stafford	Private, Co. B, 37th Regiment North Carolina Infantry	Thomas J
Leroy Augustus Stafford	Brigadier General, Army of Northern Virginia	Allen H
Benjamin Starr	Private, Co. J, 13th Georgia Regiment	Douglas C
John Hatch Stover	1st Sgt, Co. F, 52nd Virginia Infantry	Joseph S
Martin Slaughter Stringfellow	Lt, Co. A, 13th Virginia Infantry	Dylan E
Elias Trainum	Lieutenant, 13th Virginia Infantry	Bryan T
Henry Washington Waters	61^st Regiment of Georgia Volunteer Infantry	Kenneth K
Frederick William Watkins	5^th NY Battery	Frederick W. III
Willaim Henry Wheeler	Company I, 26^th Michigan Infantry	Brian S
Blake Henry Wiggins	2^nd North Carolina Calvary	Milbrey B
James and E.T Woolfok	1st Lt, Ashland Light Artillery, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia	Dorothy M
Oliver Johnston Youmans	Private, 2nd SC Volunteer Regiment	Stoney C
Joeseph Zeigler	Private, Co. A, 27th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry	Linda S