In Memoriam and Honour of our proud Southern Ancestors

Private William Jasper Potts
Great Grandfather of Louise J. Griffith

He served with Company B of the 9th Georgia Artillery, under Major Austin Leyden.
He lost his leg from the knee down and walked on a stick from Richmond, Virginia to Madison County, Georgia when the war ended.


Private Samuel James Potts
Great Grandfather of Louise J. Griffith

He enlisted in the 9th Georgia Artillery, Company B, along with his brother William J. Potts.
He was captured in Knoxville, Tennessee on December 5, 1863 and sent to Louisville, Kentucky.
From Louisville he was transferred to Rock Island Barracks, Illinois. Where he remained until his parole on May 18, 1865.


Private Julius Jacob Engelhorn
Great Grandfather of H.E. "Buddy" Engelhorn

He enlisted with the 12th Mississippi Volunteer Infantry, Company D, Army of Northern Virginia.
He fought in all the major battles under Gen. Robert E. Lee for the entire war.
In July of 1863 he received a gunshot wound to the head, he recovered and returned to his unit.
In August of 1864 he was captured on the Weldon RR at Petersburg Virginia.
He was sent to Point Lookout, Maryland POW Camp for Confederates where he remained until June of 1865 when his long journey home began by walking to Hazlehurst, Mississippi.
He died in 1893 in New Orleans Louisiania.
He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery at the end of Canal Street.


Private William Nickens
Great,Great, Grandfather of Nick Culver

He served with Company B, 9th Battalion Louisiana Infantry
The muster roll for September and October, 1862 shows him enlisted on May 15, 1862, Camp Moore, Louisiana, Reported present.
Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Paroled at Port Hudson, Louisiana on July 10, 1863.


Private William Nickens
Great,Great Grandfather of Nick Culver

He served with the Company A, 1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery (Regulars).
Enlisted on May 15, 1862, Camp Moore, Louisiana muster rolls from March, 1864, to June, 1864, state present.
Roll for July and Aug., 1864, Absent, detached service at Battery Huger, since Aug. 16.
Rolls from Sept., 1864, to April, 1865, Present.
On Rolls of Prisoners of War, Paroled at Meridian, Mississippi on May 14, 1865.
He resided in East Baton Rouge, La.


Private Jordan Nickens
Great,Great Uncle Of Nick Culver

He served with Company G, 9th Louisiana Infantry
He enlisted on March 15, 1862, in Amite Springs.
Roll for May and June, 1862, Absent, sick.
Rolls from June 30, 1862, to Dec., 1862, Present or absent not stated.
Rolls from Jan., 1863, to April, 1863, Present.
Roll for May and June, 1863, Discharged June 16, 1863, for disability at Louisiana Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.
He was born in Louisiana, His occupation was a farmer.
He resided in Livingston, Louisiana, age when enlisted 23, single.


Private Henry Nickens
Great,Great Uncle of Nick Culver

He served with Company G, 9th Louisiana Infantry.
Roll for May and June, 1862 show he enlisted in Amite Springs, on May 15, 1862. A Record copied from Memorial Hall, New Orleans, Louisiana, by the War Dept., Washington, D. C., June, 1903.
He was born in Louisiana.
His occupation was a farmer.
He resided in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, he was age 21 when enlisted, single.
Died of disease, May -, 1862.


Private Sebron Nickens
Great,Great Uncle of Nick Culver

He served with Company B, 9th Battalion Louisiana Infantry.
Roll for Sept. and Oct., 1862,shows him enlisted May 15, 1862, Camp Moore, Louisiana.Remarks: Absent, sick.
Federal Rolls Of Prisons of War, Paroled at Port Hudson, Louisiana on July 4th, 1863.
Prisoner of War records captured New River, Oct. 14, 1864. Received at New Orleans, Louisiana on Oct 20, 1864.
Sent to Ship Island, Mississippi, on Oct. 21, 1864. Forwarded to Fort Columbus, N. Y. Harbor,on Nov. 19, 1864. Transferred to Elmira, N. Y.,on Nov.20,1864.
On Roll of Prisoners of War at Elmira, N. Y., desirous of taking the Oath of Allegiance to U.S. Roll dated Nov. 30, 1864, remarks: Volunteered May 15, 1862.
Was captured and paroled at Port Hudson and has never been in the Rebel Army since, but keep at home appears as signature to an Oath of Allegiance subscribed and sworn to at Elmira, N. Y., to the United States,on May 29, 1865.


Green Berry Nelson
Great,Great,Great Grandfather of Kat C.

1820 - 1903
He was a farmer in Arkansas
When he returned from being away to find his farm ransacked by the yankees. The anger made him take his family to Tennessee where he enlisted in the Confederate Army, 1863.


Private John Davis McCutcheon
Great,Great,Great Grandfather of Kat C.

1830 - 1863
He served with Company F, 48th Alabama Regiment, Confederate States Army.
He enlisted on May 22, 1862.
He was killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on July 2, 1863.
He is buried in that battlefield.


Private Thomas Jefferson Shannon
Great,Great,Great Grandfather of Sonny Broadway

His regimental history is unknown.
He is from Ardmore, Alabama.


Private William David Shaw
Great-Grandfather of Charles C. Shaw, III He served with Company K, 1st North Carolina Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States of America
He participated in the following battles: Seven Days Battles, Second Manasses,
Sharpsburg, Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg, Early's Valley Campaign,
The Wilderness, Seige of Petersburg,
and Appomattox
He was wounded twice in the battle of Fraziers Farm.
He escaped capture at the "Angle" when almost the entire corp was captured.
He was one of 30 men left of his regiment when it was paroled at Appomattox.


Private William N. Ball
Great,Great,Grandfather of James A. Price

He served with Company A, 64th Virginia Infantry.


Private Stewart Price
Great,Great,Grandfather of James A. Price

He served with Company C and Company I, 36th Virginia Infantry.


1st Sergeant Floyd William Price
Great,Great,Grandfather of James A. Price

He served with the 4th Virginia Infantry.


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