Any civil war experts out there?

[Erin2012]

My gg grandfather was named after an uncle who died in the civil war. I know his unit, and according to a familysearch tree, date and place of death.


Can anyone help me with battles in the area, if diec due to a battle wound and where buried?

[Erato]

That's sort of a tough one without knowing his name and his state and unit number.  If you do a Google search on the unit [e.g., Company G, 32d Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry] you will probably find its history, the battles fought and the losses incurred.

[Erin2012]

The name is Barbour Carpenter DRAKE, and its sometimes listed as BC Drake.

I saw on Familysearch that some put down that he died on 19 May 1862 at the military hospital at Staunton Virginia.

He was a confederate, and in two companies:
9th Batallion, Virginia Infantry Hansbrough, Company A... Which was then merged to 25th Regiment Virginia Infantry Hecks, Company A.

[Genealiza]

He is listed on www.findagrave.com:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Drake&GSfn=B&GSmn=C&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=21911672&df=all&

[Erin2012]

Thanks Genealiza.... Great cemetery entrance!

[Genealiza]

You can contact the manager of the memorial and provide any other information you may have: i.e. his full name, date of birth, and any biographical information you may have.  Also, if you want, you might request the memorial be transferred to you, giving your relationship.  If the manager isn't related, he/she may or may not transfer the memorial to you.   You can also request that a photo be taken of the tombstone, if there is one.

[Erin2012]

Thank you! I will send him the information today... And request a photo.

[usaPetticrew]

Source:  The American Civil War Research Database

 Barbour C. Drake  (Confederate)

Enlistment:
- Enlisted on Jun 23 1861 at Huttonsville, WV as Private

Mustering information:
- Enlisted into A Company, 9th Battn Inf (Virginia) on Jun 23 1861
- Transferred from 9th Battn Inf (Virginia) on May 1 1862
- Transferred to A Company, 25th Infantry (Virginia) on May 1 1862

Listed as:
- On rolls on Jul 1 1861
- On rolls on Apr 30 1862 (No further record)

Sources for the above information:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series, (1987)

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9th Virginia Infantry Battalion (Confederate)

- Organized on Jun 15 1861
- Mustered out on May 1 1862

Available statistics for total numbers of men listed as:
- Enlisted or commissioned: 260
- Transferred in: 3
- Died of disease: 1
- Prisoner of war: 13
- Missing: 6
- Deserted: 1
- Discharged: 1
- Transferred out: 258

Battles:

1:  Philippi, West Virginia
Jun 3 1861

- Union wounded: 2
- Union captured/missing: 2
- Total Union losses: 4
- Confederate wounded: 16
- Confederate captured/missing: 10
- Total Confederate losses: 26


2:  Rich Mountain, West Virginia
Jul 11 1861

- Union killed: 12
- Union wounded: 49
- Total Union losses: 61
- Confederate killed: 60
- Confederate wounded: 140
- Confederate captured/missing: 100
- Total Confederate losses: 300


3:  Camp Alleghany, West Virginia
Dec 12 1861 to Dec 13 1861

Casualties and losses:
- Union killed: 20
- Union wounded: 107
- Union captured/missing: 10
- Total Union losses: 137
- Confederate killed: 20
- Confederate wounded: 96
- Confederate captured/missing: 28
- Total Confederate losses: 144




25th Virginia Infantry Regiment (Confederate)

- Organized on Jun 15 1861
- Mustered out on Apr 9 1865 at Appomattox Court House

Available statistics for total numbers of men listed as:
- Enlisted or commissioned: 1767
- Drafted: 62
- Transferred in: 276
- Killed or died of wounds: 95
- Died of disease: 126
- Prisoner of war: 545
- Died while prisoner of war: 63
- Disabled: 40
- Missing: 9
- Deserted: 136
- Discharged: 71
- Transferred out: 88


This appears to be the only battle Barbour could have been in, before his death on May 19, 1862:

McDowell, Virginia
May 8 1862

- Union killed: 26
- Union wounded: 227
- Union captured/missing: 3
- Total Union losses: 256
- Confederate killed: 75
- Confederate wounded: 423
- Total Confederate losses: 498

I haven't found a list of wounded for this battle, but search around online.

http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CVA0025RI
25th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Heck's)
 This regiment reported 72 casualties at McDowell.


General info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Virginia_Infantry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_McDowell

http://encyclopediavirginia.org/McDowell_Battle_of

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/mcdowell.html

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/jackson/battle-mcdowell.html

http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/genealogy/ancestorcomments.aspx?id=38438

http://history-sites.com/books.htm#armstrong3

[Erin2012]

Thank you for the very complete information.

I will look up information on the Mc Dowell, VA battle.