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| Husband: | | Hooper Patrick Caffey |
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| Born: | | 26 Mar 1837 | at: | | , , Al |
| Married: | | 12 Jun 1860 | at: | | Lowndesboro, Lowndes Co, Al |
| Died: | | 13 Sep 1863 | at: | | Gettysburgh, , Pa |
| Buried: | | | at: | | Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburgh, Pa |
| Father: | | Hugh Patrick Caffey |
| Mother: | | Jane Caroline Dunklin |
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| Wife: | | Mariah E. Rast |
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| Born: | | 13 Aug 1841 | at: | | , Lowndes Co, Al |
| Died: | | Abt 1920 | at: | | |
| Buried: | | | at: | | |
| Father: | | Daniel Rast |
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| Name: | | Daniel Rast Caffey |
| Born: | | 1860 | at: | | , Lowndes Co, Al |
| Died: | | 18 Feb 1936 | at: | | Plainview, , Ar |
| Buried: | | | at: | | |
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More Information:
About Hooper Patrick Caffey:
Company C, 3rd AL. Appears on List of casualties, at the battle of Chancellorsville, VA, May 2 and 3,
1863 Remarks: wounded
Served with 3rd AL Inf. Was engaged at Gettysburg. Captured July 3 1863 and
taken to Jacob Schwartz farm, which was being used as a field hospital.Right arm was amputated by J.M.
Hayes, C.S.A. Died Sept. 13,1863 from exhaustion. Was initially buried at the Schwartz farm but on May
30, 1866 was reinterred into an unmarked grave in Lot 169, Sec. E in Evergreen Cemetery. A monument
was errected in 1990 to Hooper Caffey and Metthew Goodsen, the only 2 Confederates buried in Evergreen.
Unit
also called Lowndes Beauregards, Company H, of the 3rd AL.
Shown on 1860 cencus , Lowndes Co, Al.
Occupation
farmer.
Personal estate valued at only $500.
May 1999
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery Lot169
Sec E
Cause of Death: exhaustion
Enlisted: March 29, 1862, Lowndes Co, Al, CSA 3rd AL Inf. Co.
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Medical Information: unsuccessful amputation of upper right arm. See article in "Medical & Surgical
History of the Civil War" Volume X
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