I54067: Gertrude "Gertie" (ABT 1890

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"The family called her different variations of Gurt. Gurty had children of her own but, I do not know all of them. Neither do I know her maiden name, Gabert is her prior married name."

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See: Northern Virginia Heritage, by Eleanor Lee Templeman & Nan Netherton;
Will of Nathan Loughborough; The Years of Anguish, Fauquier County, Virginia 1861-1865.

Children
Cassius CARTER b: 16 Oct 1835
Shirley CARTER m. Lucy Hite
Lavinia Turner CARTER b: 1835 in Fauquier Co., Virginia
Elisa CARTER
Caroline CARTER
Loughborough CARTER b: in Falkland Farm, Buckland, VA

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From OSCEOLA'S HISTORY Civil War ranchers both officers and cattlemen By Jim Robison | Sentinel Staff Writer Posted February 3, 2002

"Former Orlando Sentinel reporter Rick Tonyan's Cracker Western novel Guns of the Palmetto Plains (Pineapple Press, 1994) tells an authentic story using a fictional character, Tree Hooker, a Confederate soldier assigned to the cow cavalry.

Theodore Lesley, in a 1940 presentation for the Florida Historical Society, described his father and grandfather's real-life cattle drive from Fort Meade, east of Tampa, to Savannah.

Officially named the lst Battalion Florida Special Cavalry, the 800 cattlemen-soldiers more often were called the Cow Cavalry. Their commander was Maj. Charles J. Munnerlyn, of Decatur County, Ga., who had lost his seat in the Confederate Congress after voting in favor of the highly unpopular Conscript Law, America's first draft.

Despite losing his re-election campaign, Munnerlyn had the political connections to advance from private to major.

He set up his headquarters in Brooksville and stationed his troops "where they might meet any Union invading party and at the same time bring confidence to the surrounding countryside," Russell writes in CRACKER, The Story of Florida's Confederate Cow Cavalry.

Promoted to lieutenant colonel for his efforts, Munnerlyn surrendered the cow cavalry to the Union on June 5, 1865. Russell notes that Robert E. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox nearly two months earlier.

But the cow cavalry had one more mission. In June 1865, in what Russell describes as "a final act of Confederate patriotism," Leroy and John Lesley and the McKay family aided the escape of Confederate Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin, who slipped past Union forces to Cuba and on to England.

"In general, the Cow Cavalry was successful in its attempt to feed the South, and although it was active for only about a year, it drove a number of beef north (the total number is not known) and succeeded in keeping at least central and south Florida free of Yankee occupation," Russell writes.

The cow cavalry and Florida cattle heritage is covered in Joe A. Akerman Jr.'s Florida Cowman, A History of Florida Cattle Raising (Florida Cattlemen's Association, 1976.)

Find more about the Florida cow cavalry at Kyle S. VanLandingham and David Bamford's Web site at http://www.geocities.com/yes_album/Special_Cavalry.html."

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/osceola/orl-ocojim03020 302feb03.story?coll=orl%2Dnews%2Dheadlines%2Dosceola
Jim Robison can be reached at [email protected] or 407-420-5137.
Copyright © 2002, Orlando Sentinel

1st Battalion Florida Special Cavalry
Staff Officers: Major Charles J. Munnerlyn (promoted Lt. Colonel 12-64), Captain William Footman (promoted Major 12-64), Captain/Quartermaster James McKay, Jr.
Organized: Authorized by the War Department, March 28, 1864,
with authority granted to C. J. Munnerlyn, July 7, 1864, to organize the Battalion
Surrendered: Several companies surrendered in May 1865; the battalion was formally surrendered on June 5, 1865
Official Name: 1st Battalion Florida Special Cavalry
Confederate Nicknames: Cattle Battalion, Cow Cavalry, Commissary Battalion, or Munnerlyn's Battalion
Yankee Nicknames for Battalion: Guerillas, Rebels, Rebs and Cowboys
Companies: 9 Companies
Strength: Approximately 800 men
Duties: Protection of Florida cattle herds from the roving bands of deserters and Union sympathizers; driving beef cattle north to the commissary depots to feed the Confederate Army; rounding up deserters; checking the nuisance raids conducted by Union troops garrisoned at Fort Myers; assisting with scouting and picket duty; assisting the blockade running operations, protection of the Salt Works

Battles and skirmishes: Bowlegs Creek, April 7, 1864; Fort Meade area, May 1864; Brooksville area, July 1864; Fort Myers area, August 1864; Rocky Point near Tampa, December 3, 1864; Cedar Keys, February 13, 1865; Fort Myers, February 20, 1865

Final Act of Confederate Patriotism: In June 1865, Lt. Col. Munnerlyn, Capt. Leroy G. Lesley, Capt. John T. Lesley, Capt. James McKay, Sr., and Major John A. McKay assisted C.S.A. Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin in his escape from Florida
OVERVIEW March 1864-June 1865
http://www.geocities.com/yes_album/Special_Cavalry.html

Munnerlyn, Charles James (1822-1898) Born in Georgetown, Georgetown County, S.C., February 14, 1822. Delegate to Georgia secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64. Died May 17, 1898. Interment in private or family graveyard.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/muncell-murdoch.html

The confederate War Department:
http://www.csawardept.com/genealogy/ancestry/index.html

My Southern Family

Gertrude "Gertie"

ABT 1890 - ____

ID Number: I54067

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John Hill CARTER

1 Apr 1800 - 1861

ID Number: I87896

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John W. KIRBY

9 Apr 1906 - 19 May 1983

ID Number: I581

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Maj. Charles J. MUNNERLYN C.S.A.

14 Feb 1822 - 17 May 1898

ID Number: I69605

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James TURNER

BEF 1705 - ____

ID Number: I94809

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Jane TURNER

ABT 1800 - ____

ID Number: I41463

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