Family Roots and Branches - Military Service Archives

Gallery of Military Heroes

This page is dedicated to members of Gayle-Hennington Van Horn's family who have served this country in military service.

Direct Line Ancestors

European Military Service

Hayward, Sir Rowland 13th Great Grandfather. Knight, Lord Mayor of London, of Salmeston, Kent County, England.
Saint Leger, Sir Anthony (b. 1579) 14th Great Grandfather. Knight, Warden of the Mint, alienated to Ulcombe, England. Knight of the Order of the Garter, thrice Vice Roy of Ireland, forced Ireland into submission under reins of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary Tudor. A plaque dedicated to Sir Anthony Saint Leger can be found in Saint George Chapel at Windsor Castle.
Saint Leger, Sir William 12th Great Grandfather. Knight of Ulcombe, Kent. He was a member of the Virginia Company, and subscriber to the Third Charter, 1611-1612. He accompanied Sir Walter Raleigh,on his second voyage to Guiana 1617-1618, being Captain of the ship Thunder, with seventy-six men and twenty guns. Sir Raleigh, in his writing of the misconduct of his subordinates, stated that all wished to turn pirates except Saint Leger. All branches of the Saint Leger family took part in the Crusades and participated in the Baron uprising in 1217 and 1264.
Skute, Sven Captain 10th Great Grandfather. Came to New Sweden in 1643 with Governor John Printz. Captain Skute was second in-command to the Governor. He returned to Sweden many times as personal envoy to the Company. He later served as a negotiator of peace terms with Captain Petrus Stuyvesant following the recapture of Fort Cashimir which the Swedes under Captain Skute's command had captured earlier.

National Period

American Revolutionary War

Hennington, John Captain 5th Great Grandfather. 3rd SC Continental Regiment (The Rangers) under Col. William Thomson. Active during engagements at Charleston, Southern Highlands, Fort Sullivan (later named Fort Moultrie) and Savannah. Taken prisoner and exchanged during engagement at Savannah, Georgia 29 December 1778. Served as a Captain in the South Carolina Militia during the 1780's.

Unit History: Third South Carolina Regiment (Rangers 1775-1780). The regiment was established by the South Carolina Provincial Congress in June 1775 as mounted riflemen who used horses for transportaiton, but dismounted to fight on foot. It consisted of a lieutenant colonel commandant, a major, nine captains, 18 lieutenants, a surgeon a paymaster, an adjutant, a quartermaster, and with each of its' nine companies having two sergeants, a drummer and 50 privates. The regiment was placed on the Continental Establishment in September 1776 as mounted riflemen, and in October its complement increased to 600 men in 12 companies, with the commanding officer, the major, and the senior captain all being promoted one grade.

The regiment was recruited in the back country and on the frontiers, and normally served in multi-company detachments, one of which took over Fort Charlotte in July 1775. Another detachment was bloodied in the fighting at Ninety-Six in November 1775. In June 1776, the whole regiment defended the eastern end of Sullivan's Island when the British attempted an amphibious assault during the naval attack on the fort, which was later named Fort Moultrie.

Burdett, Humphrey (b. 1748) 4th Great Grandfather. Battle of Kettle Creek, Wilkes County, Georgia (no record of service confirmed).
Clement, Simeon Private (b. about 1735) 5th Great Grandfather. North Carolina Militia. Cherokee expedition under General Rutherford.
Clement, Zephariah Private
DeLay, James Lieutenant
Futch, Onesimus
Hood, William Private (b. 29 Dec 1739) 4th Great Grandfather. 10th North Carolina Continental Regiment, Captain Brevard's Company
Slay, Thomas

Cherokee Wars

Clement, Simeon Private (b. about 1735) 5th Great Grandfather. North Carolina Militia, Cherokee War

War of 1812/War with Great Britain

Cooper, Kennedy Private (b. 1794) 3rd Great Grandfather. 3rd Regiment (Roulston's) West Tennessee Militia.
Hood, Wiley Private (b. 30 Mar 1773) 3rd Great Grandfather. 2nd Regiment (Jenkin's) Georgia Volunteers and Militia. Wounded during battle, and died in 1813 from those wounds. Served with his brothers Allen, Green and Simon Hood.

Civil War - Confederate States of America

Army of Northern Virginia

Bankston, John T. Private (b. 1837) 3rd Great Grandfather. 16th Georgia Infantry Company I

Unit History: 16th Infantry Regiment [also called Sallie Twiggs Regiment] was organized during the early summer of 1861. Its companies were raised in the counties of Madison, Elbert, Gwinnett, Habersham, Jackson, and Hart. Sent to Virginia the regiment was assigned to General H. Cobb's, T.R.R. Cobb's, Wofford's, and DuBose's Brigade. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Gettysburg, then moved with Longstreet but was not engaged in the fight at Chickamauga. After serving at Knoxville, it returned to Virginia and participated in the conflicts at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor. Later the unit was part of Early's operations in the Shenandoah Valley and the Appomattox Campaign. The regiment had a force of 488 effectives in April 1862, lost 11 killed and 50 wounded at Malvern Hill, and of the 368 engaged at South Mountain, fifty-two percent were disabled. It sustained 70 casualties at Fredericksburg, 133 at Chancellorsville, and twenty-six percent of the 303 at Gettysburg. The 16th lost many at Sayler's Creek and surrendered 2 officers and 51 men. Its commanders were Colonels Goode Bryan, Howell Cobb, James S. Gholston, and Henry P. Thomas; Lieutenant Colonel B. Edward Stiles; and Major John H. Skelton.

Burdette, Benjamin Apling Private/5th Sergeant (b. 23 Dec 1835) Great Grandfather. 13th Alabama Infantry Company E (Randolph Rangers). Active in battles of Yorktown, Cold Harbor, Seven Pines, Sharpsburg, South Mountain, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Served with his two brothers Samuel Monroe and Littleton Jesse Burdett. Captured 1 Jul 1863 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the opening day of battle in McPherson's Woods. Confined at Fort Delaware Prison to his release date of 21 June 1865. Moved to Texas within three months of returning home to Alabama. Confederate Pension Application # 5966 Bosque County, Texas. Died in Meridian, Bosque County, Texas 1921, buried in the Meridian Cemetery.

Unit History: 13th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in July 1861, at Montgomery, Alabama. Men of this unit were from the counties of Coosa, Wilcox, Macon, Butler, Talladega, Montgomery, Randolph, Elmore, and Tallapoosa. Ordered to Virginia, it served under General Rains at Yorktown, and in April 1862, contained 474 effectives. Later the 13th was assigned to General Colquitt's, Archer's, Sanders', and W.H. Forney's Brigade, Army of the Northern Virginia. It participated in many conflicts from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, then fought in the long Petersburg siege south of the James River and the campaign that ended at Appomattox. This regiment reported 52 casualties at Seven Pines, 101 during the Seven Days' Battles, and 140 at Chancellorsville. Of the 308 engaged at Gettysburg, over half were disabled. It surrendered with 6 officers and 85 men on 9 Apr 1865. The field officers were Colonels James Aiken and B.D. Fry; Lieutenant Colonels William H. Betts, R.H. Dawson, S.B. Marks, and Julius C.B. Mitchell; and Major John T. Smith.

Army of Tennessee

DeLay, James Calvin 2nd Sergeant (b. 10 Mar 1825) 3rd Great Grandfather. 9th Texas Cavalry Company K & 25th Texas Cavalry Company E (also called 3rd Texas Lancers). Active in Indian raids in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Served with his brother-in-law James Cooper. Killed in action at the Battle of Chickamauga, 20 Sep 1863. Possibly buried at Confederate Cemetery, Marietta, Georgia as most battlefield burials were moved in Marietta. He may be in a mass or unmarked grave.

Unit History: 9th Cavalry Regiment was organized with 1,050 men in Grayson County, Texas, during the late summer of 1861. Its members were recruited in Clarksville, Sherman, Mt. Pleasant, Avinger, and Paris. After participating in various conflicts in the Indian Territory, it moved east of the Mississippi River and in the spring of 1862, contained 657 effectives. Later it fought at Corinth and Hatchie Bridge and reported 19 killed, 57 wounded, and 41 missing. The regiment continued the fight in Mississippi, joined Ross' Brigade, then was active in the Atlanta Campaign and the operations in Tennessee. It ended the war in Mississippi attached to the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers were Colonels Dudley W. Jones, William B. Sims, and N.W. Townes; Lieutenant Colonels Thomas G. Berry, J. N. Dodson, and William Quayle; and Major James C. Bates.

Unit History: 25th Cavalry Regiment [also called 3rd Texas Lancers] was organized by C.C. Gillespie early in 1862. The unit was soon dismounted and ordered to Arkansas. Here it was captured in January 1863, at Arkansas Post. After the exchange the regiment was consolidated with the 17th, 18th, and 24th Texas Cavalry Regiments (dismounted) and was placed in Deshler's, J.A. Smith's, and Granbury's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. This command fought with the army from Chickamauga to Atlanta, moved with Hood to Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina. The 25th was organized with about 900 men and had 552 in action at Arkansas Post. At Chickamauga the 17th/18th/24th/25th suffered 200 casualties and in December 1863, totalled 690 men and 520 arms. Only a remnant surrendered on 26 Apr 1865. The field officers were Colonel Clayton C. Gillespie, Lieutenant Colonel William M. Neyland, and Majors Joseph N. Dark and Edward B. Pickett.

Department Of Mississippi and East Louisiana

Hennington, William Garrison Private (b. 19 Sep 1838) Great Grandfather. 36th Mississippi Infantry Company B (Zollicoffer Avengers). Captured at the Battle of Inka, exchanged. Captured at Vicksburg, exchanged, served to the end of the war seeing action at the battles of Resaca, Franklin and Atlanta. Moved to Texas in 1869. Confederate Pension Application # 02747 Fisher County, Texas. Died 1919 in Crosby County, Texas. Buried in Cone Cemetary, Crosby County, Texas

Unit History: 36th Infantry Regiment was assembled during the spring of 1862 and mustered into Confederate service at Corinth, Mississippi. Its members were recruited in Scott, Copiah, and Hinds counties. This unit had 326 men engaged at Iuka and lost 12 killed and 71 wounded in the Battle of Corinth. Later it was placed under the command of General Hebert, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and captured when Vicksburg fell. During the siege it reported 28 killed and 72 wounded. After being exchanged, the regiment, serving in Mackall's and Sears' Brigade, fought in the Atlanta Campaign and in Tennessee with Hood, then took part in the defense of Mobile. It sustained 6 casualties at New Hope Church, 38 at Kenesaw Mountain, 29 at the Chattahoochee River, and 13 in the Battle of Atlanta. The 36th was included in the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers were Colonels Drury J. Brown and William W. Witherspoon, Lieutenant Colonels Edward Brown and S.J. Harper, and Majors Charles P. Partin and Alexander Yates.

Home Guard

Burdett, James W. Private (b. 11 Oct 1807) 2nd Great Grandfather. Captain Jefferson Faulkner's Randolph County, Militia, Alabama. Moved to Texas with his son Benjamin A. Burdett and his family. Died in Texas 1868, possibly Smith or Leon County.
Hood, Josa Private (b. 15 Feb 1808) 2nd Great Grandfather. Joshua Hightower's Company, Randolph County Reserves, Alabama. Moved to Leon County, Texas with his son-in-law Benjamin A. Burdett and family. Died in same county. He is buried in the Friendship Cemetery, and noted on Texas Historical Marker as oldest grave in the cemetery.

Civil War - United States of America

Perry James Monroe Private (b. 1840) 2nd Great grandfather. Served for Indiana, regiment unknown.

World War II

Hennington, Loyd Burdette Private (b. 14 Nov 1919) Father. U.S. Marine Corps
Seely, Arthur Private (b. 1900) Grandfather. U.S. Army

Collateral Line Relatives

American Revolutionary War

Burdett, James (b. before 1777) Great Grand Uncle. 1793 Wilkes County, Georgia, Second Battalion, 1st Regiment Company 3, served under Major Aaron Lipman.
Rambo, Benjamin (b. about 1753) Half cousin eight times removed. South Carolina Militia. Served under Colonel Samuel Hammond. Claim filed 20 Aug 1783 and 31 Aug 1786. Record # 1117 Lib-X 8 Nov 1785.
Rambo, Jacob J. (b. about 1755) 6th Great Grand Uncle. South Carolina Militia. Claim filed for period of 20 Aug 1783 and 31 Aug 1786.
Rambo, Joseph (b. about 1750) 1st cousin eight times removed. Virginia Militia. Served under Captain Reuben Harrison's Company. Fined by court martial 17 Oct 1776 "for not going out when drafted" by Captain Daniel Smith's Company. One year later, he was fined for "failing to report for muster."
Rambo, Joseph Private (b. about 1757) 6th Great Grand Uncle. South Carolina Militia.
Rambo, Joseph (b. before 1765) 1st Half cousin eight times removed. South Carolina Militia. Served under Captain Le Roy Hammond after the fall of Charleston. Claim filed for the period 20 Aug 1783 and 31 Aug 1786.
Slay, Thomas Jr. (b. 1750) 3rd Great Grand Uncle. North Carolina Militia. Light Horse and Independent Company of Captain Thomas Wade of Anson County, North Carolina. Served until Nathaniel Greene and Francis Marion. His father Thomas Slay Sr. served briefly with his unit as well as giving aid and supplies to unit. Thomas Slay Jr. saw action at the Etaw Springs battles and was aptured and released. Also served in the North Carolina Militia. Rev. War Pension 1832, DeKalb County, Georgia. Died in Murray County 1843.

War of 1812/War with Great Britain

Banktson, Henry Harrison (b. 1783) 5th Cousin six times removed. Killed in action during the Battle of New Orleans, the day after the War of 1812 ended. Noted by researchers as buried in Chalmette National Cemetery, but has not been confirmed and is not listed on burial rosters.
Burdett, Samuel Littleberry (b. 1778) 2nd Great Grand Uncle. South Carolina Militia
Burdett, William (b. unknown) 3rd Great Grand Uncle. Georgia Militia, Capt. Holliday's Company.
Burdett, Thompkins Jr. (b. 3 Aug 1783) 1st cousin five times removed. Kentucky Militia.
Rambo, Jesse Private (b. 1790) 7th Great Grand Uncle. South Carolina Militia.
Rambo, Peter Corporal (b. 1787) 2nd cousin seven times removed. 24th Tennessee Infantry
Ruyan, Isaac Barefoot (b. about 1750) Husband of 1st cousin eight times removed. Captain Christian's Company, Regiment of Eastern Tennessee.
Ruyan, John Wesley (b. 1778) 2nd cousin seven times removed. Tennessee Infantry. Pension application.
Slay, Daniel R. (b. 15 Feb 1795) 1st cousin four times removed. State unknown.

Seminole War

Burdett, John Cooper (b. about 1800) 1st cousin four times removed. Killed in 1845 at the Indian Massacre on Chattanhooche River, Florida.

Mexican War

Slay, Jack Private (b. about 1825) 2nd cousin three times removed. Active during the war and killed in action. Unknown regiment.

Civil War - Confederate States of America

General and Staff Officers, Corps Division and Brigade Staffs, Non-Commissioned Staffs and Bands, Elisted Men

Slay, Samuel (b. 1832) 1st Cousin three times removed. Staff Department A.A. Surgeon.

Army of Northern Virginia

Bankston, William (b. 1832) 3rd Great Grand Uncle. 10th Georgia Infantry Company A.
Bean, Drury Greenberry Private (b. 22 Sep 1837) Husband of 2nd Great Grand aunt. 31st Alabama Infantry. Confederate Pension # 27363. His tombstone has a Confederate marker.
Bean, Wiley Jackson Private (b. 15 March 1823) Husband of 1st cousin three times removed. 13th Alabama Infantry Company E. Captured at Gettysburg 1 Jul 1863 with Benjamin Burdette in McPherson's Woods. Died at Ft. Delaware Federal Prison 13 Jan 1864. His name is on a plague of Confederate Soldiers who are buried at Finn's Point, Salem, New Jersey, along with 2,435 other Confederate comrades.
Beck, James W. Private/Major/Captain/Lieutenant Colonel (b. 1832) 2nd cousin three times removed. 2nd Georgia Infantry Company B (Georgia Blues) and the 44th Georgia Infantry Company K. Active in the battles around Richmond and Fredericksburg. Received a medal of Meritorious Service for bravery on the fields of Gettysburg and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. Listed in the Units of the Confederate States of America, Joseph H. Crute Jr.
Beck, Thomas J. Chaplain (b. 1805) 2nd cousin two times removed and father to Lieutenant Colonel James Beck above. 44th Georgia Infantry Company K (Georgia Blues).
Binns, Mitchell Private (b. 1833) Husband of 2nd cousin three times removed. 15th Georgia Infantry Company A.
Burdett, Alfred Marion Private (b. 1847) 1st cousin three times removed. 13th Alabama Infantry Company D. Captured at Spotsylvania Court House, died at Elmira Prison, Chemung County, New York. He is buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery, Chemung County, New York.
Burdett, David J. Private (b. 16 Mar. 1838) Half-cousin four times removed. Cobb's Legion Company C
Burdett, George Madrid Corporal/Dr. (b. 5 Jan 1838) 2nd cousin three times removed. 15th Georgia Infantry Company D.
Burdett, George Mickleberry Sanford Private (b. 25 Feb. 1832) 1st cousin four times removed. 47th Alabama Infantry Company H.
Burdett, George Washington Sergeant (b. 1837) 3rd cousin three times removed. 5th Georgia Infantry Company G and 61st Georgia Infantry.
Burdett, Humphrey M. Sergeant (b. 8 Jan. 1822) 2nd Great Grand Uncle. 38th Georgia Infantry Company K. Wounded severely at Chancellorsville and was disabled for the remainder of his life.
Burdett, John Sylvester Private (b. 1839) 2nd cousin three times removed. 38th Georgia Infantry Company K. CSA Pension # 9330.
Burdett, Littleton Jesse Private (b.27 July 1845) Great Grand Uncle. 13th Alabama Infantry Company E. Served with his brothers Benjamin A., and Samuel Monroe Burdett. Severely wounded at the Battle of Sharpsburg, (Antietam) Maryland 17 Sep 1862. Died of his wounds Nov 1862 in a Washington County hospital. Buried in Washington Confederate Cemetery, located within the confines of the Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Maryland. His name on the CSA plaque is listed as "L.G. Burdett-Alabama."
Burdett, Samuel Monroe Private (b. 10 March 1843) Great Grand Uncle. 13th Alabama Infantry Company E. Severely wounded at the Battle of Sharpsburg, and was active on subsequent battles including The Wilderness, Bristoe Station, Mine Run, and The Crater at Petersburg, Virginia. While on sentry duty at the Crater, he was captured and taken first to Knoxville, then Nashville, Tennessee. He served the remainder of the war in federal prison in Nashville. After the war, he changed his name to John Burdett, and stayed in Tennessee until his death. His tombstone list him as " John Burdett."
Burdett, Virgil E. Private (b. 25 Aug 1835) 2nd Cousin three times removed. 6th Georgia Infantry Company G. Killed at Camp Bethesda, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.
Catchings, William H. Private (b. 5 Dec 1836 ) Brother of 1st cousin three times removed. 16th Mississippi Infantry.
Clement, George Washington Private (b. 16 Feb 1837) 1st cousin three times removed. 16th Mississippi Infantry Company C and Army of Tennessee 30th Mississippi Infantry Company A. Died in 1923 at the Beauvoir Confederate Home in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Clement, Norvell Arlington Private (b. 24 Mar 1843) 1st cousin three times removed. 18th Mississippi Infantry. Company H
Faulkner, Cullen Larkin Private (b.1821) 2nd Great Grand Uncle. 13th Alabama Infantry Company D.
Hennington, Benjamin David 2nd Lieutenant (b. 21 Jan 1843) 1st cousin three times removed. 16th Mississippi Infantry Company C. Prior to the close of the war he returned to Mississppi and became a prominent physician. He died 1925 in Oma, Lawrence County, Mississippi. He is buried in Bahala Cemetery in Lawrence County, Mississippi
Hood, Benjamin F. Private (b. 1844) Great Grand Uncle. 13th Alabama Infantry Company D. Served with future brother-in-law Benjamin Burdette. Captured at Gettysburg, along with his brother John A., Benjamin Burdette, and WIley Jackson Bean. Sent to Fort Delaware Federal Prison for the remainder of the war. Moved to Texas after the war, possibly along with Ben Burdett and family. CSA Pension Application # 10298 Erath County. Died in 1930 in same county, buired in the Old Dublin Cemetery in Erath County, Texas
Hood, John A. Private (b. 1842) Great Grand Uncle. 13th Alabama Infantry Company D. Served and captured at Gettysburg with Benjamin Burdette and brother Benjamin Hood. Sent to Fort Delaware Federal Prison. Pension applications or census listed for John have never been located, assume he died in prison.
Hood, Joseph Robertson 2/3rd Lieutenant (b. 08 May 1833) 1st cousin three times removed. Cobb's Georgia Legion Company F.
Lanier, Bird Private (b. 1841) Half 6th cousin six time removed. 5th Florida Infantry Co. E. Died 26 Jan. 1864 at Fort Delaware Federal Prison. Possibly buried at Finn's Point National Cemetery, Salem, Salem County, New Jersey.
Lanier, Clement H. Private (b. 1838) 6th Half cousin five times removed. 8th Florida Infantry Co. K , 2nd Florida Infanty Co. L (Army of Northern Virginia)
Lanier, David Sloan Private (b. 1841) 6th Half cousin five times removed. 8th Florida Infantry Co. K.
Lanier, Francis M. Private (b. 1831) 5th Half cousin six times removed. 5th Florida Infantry Co.E. Captured at Spotslyvania. Died 5 Dec. 1864 at Elmira Federal Prison, buried at Elmira-Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung County, New York.
Lanier, Frederick S. Private (b. 1829) 5th Half cousin six times removed. 5th Florida Infantry Co. E.
Lanier, Hardy Marvin Private (b. 1819) 5th Half cousin six times removed. 3rd Georgia Infantry Co. C.
Lanier, Lamb Private (b. 1845) 5th Half cousin six times removed. 5th Florida Infantry Co. E.
Lanier, Luke Private (b. 1843) 5th Half cousin five times removed. 5th Florida Infantry Co. E.
Lanier, Martin Van Buren Private (b. 1836) 6th Half cousin five times removed. 5th Florida Infantry Co. E. Severly wounded at the Wilderness 25 May 1863.
Lanier, Perry Private (b. 1844) 5th Half cousin six times removed. 9th Georgia Infantry Co. I
Lanier, Sidney Cooke Private (b. 1821) 2nd cousin seven times removed. 2nd Battalion Georgia Infantry Co. B. Died 22 April 1866 in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico of tuberculosis.
Lanier, William Brinton Captain (b.1823) 2nd cousin seven times removed. 61st North Carolina Infanry Co. H.
Rambo, Fielding Private (b. 1830) 3rd Half cousin six times removed. 49th Georgia Infantry Company E.
Rambo, James R. Private (b. 1843) 4th Half cousin seven times removed. 16th Mississippi Infantry Company F.
Slay, Alfred F. Private 1st cousin three times removed. 16th Mississippi Infantry Company C. Killed in action 17 Sept. 1862 Battle of Sharpsburg in Washington County, Maryland. Burial unknown. Was not listed on the burial roster at Rose Hill Cemetery at Hagerstown, Maryland C
Slay, Andrew J. Private (b. 31 Dec. 1839) 2nd cousin three times removed. 13th Alabama Infantry Company I and 47th Alabama Infantry Company H. Served in the 13th Alabama with Benjamin A. Burdette and his brothers.
Slay, Carney J. Private (b. 1839) 1st Cousin three times removed. 13th Mississippi Infantry Company B.
Slay, Daniel Polk Private (b. 15 Oct 1843) 2nd cousin three times removed. 61st Alabama Infantry Company F. Regiment also called the 55th & the 59th Alabama.
Slay, David Thomas Private (b. 1830) 1st cousin three times removed. 3rd Alabama Infantry Company A.
Slay, Elijah Private (b. 1838) 1st cousin three times removed. 16th Mississippi Infantry Company C. Killed at Cold Harbor, Virginia, 10 Jun 1864. Memorial marker at County Line Baptist Church Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi.
Slay, Enoch Reeder Private (b. 19 Nov 1841) 2nd cousin three times removed. 15th Georgia Infantry.
Slay, George Fayette Private (b. 1841) 2nd cousin three times removed. 15th Georgia Infantry.
Slay, James L. Private (b. Aug 1830) 2nd cousin three times removed. 47th Alabama Infantry Company H.
Slay, Hiram 2nd Lieutenant (b. 1834) 1st cousin three times removed. Army of Northern Virginia-3rd Alabama Infantry Company A and Army of Tennessee- 32nd Alabama Infantry Company F.
Slay, James L. Sergeant (b. 1830) 2nd cousin three times removed. 47th Alabama Infantry Company H.
Slay, Joel W. Private. (b.1837) 1st cousin three times removed. 16th Mississippi Infantry Company C. Killed in action Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, 12 May 1864. Burial unknown. Joel's brother's David C. killed at Vicksburg, Mississippi 4 Jul 1863.
Slay, Lawrence J. Private (b. 1839) Great Grand Uncle. 3rd Alabama Infantry Company F.
Slay, Noah R. Private (b. 1827) 2nd cousin three times removed. Killed in action April 1, 1863, most likely during the Suffolk Campaign, Virginia. Burial unknown.
Slay, Nathan Private (b. 1835) 1st cousin three times removed. 22nd Alabama Infantry Company H. Killed in action Wilderness Campaign 6 May 1864. Burial unknown. His brother Thomas Slay also served in this regiment and was killed during the same campaign.
Slay, Thomas Private (b. 1843) 1st cousin three times removed. Killed in action Wilderness Campaign, 6 May 1864. Burial unknown. Killed in action with his brother Nathan.
Slay, William Sergeant (b. 1841) 1st cousin three times removed. 16th Mississippi Infantry Company C.
Smith, George Burdett Private (b. 24 Nov 1842) 2nd cousin three times removed. 61st Georgia Infantry Company A.

Burdett, Simpson D. (b. 29 Apr. 1840) Half cousin three times removed. 1st Georgia Calvary.
Rambo, James M. Private (b. 1820) 3rd Half cousin six times removed. 11th Mississippi Calvary Company F.

Army of Tennessee

Clement, George Washington Private (b. 16 Feb 1837) 1st cousin three times removed. Army of Northern Virginia-16th Mississippi Infantry Company C and Army of Tennessee-30th Mississippi Infantry Company A. Died in 1923 at the Beauvoir Confederate Home in Biloxi, Mississippi. Buried at County Line Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi.
Clement, Oliver D. Private (b. unknown) 1st cousin three times removed. 6th Mississippi Infantry Company F.
Faulkner, Issac Private (b. 1841) 1st cousin three times removed. 39th Alabama Infantry Company E.
Flowers, John S. Private (b. 28 Jan 1842) 1st Half cousin twice removed. 6th Mississippi Infantry Company C. Killed in action 7 Feb 1863.
Lanier, Augustus C. Private (b. 1842) 6th Half cousin 5 times removed. 37th Georgia Infantry Co. D.
Lanier, James A. Private (b. 1836) 6th Half cousin five times removed. 30th Georgia Infantry Co. G.
Powell, Benjamin Franklin Private (b. 1835) 3rd cousin three times removed. 55th Georgia Infantry Company K.
Powell, Robert T. Private (b. 1842) 3rd cousin three times removed. 55th Georgia Infantry Company K. Brother to Benjamin Franklin Powell above.
Rambo, Henry Van Private (b. 12 Oct. 1833) 4th Great Grand Uncle. 65th Georgia Infantry Company F.
Rambo, William L. Sergeant (b. 1840) 4th Half cousin seven times removed. 8th Mississippi Infantry Company E.
Robertson, Levi B. Corporal (b. 1832) 6th cousin five times removed. 16th Louisiana Infantry Company B. Served with his brother Francis Marion Robertson.
Robertson, Francis Marion Private (b. 1824) 6th cousin five times removed. 16th Louisiana Infantry Company B.
Rutherford, J.B. Private (b. Unknown) Husband of 1st cousin three times removed. Army of Tennessee-6th Mississippi Infantry Company B and Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana-46th Mississippi Infantry Company D.
Slay, Alexander Jr. Private (b. 9 Oct 1831) 1st cousin three times removed. 6th Mississippi Infantry Company K.
Slay, Cincinatus Corporal (b. 18 May 1843) 1st cousin three times removed. 6th Mississippi Infantry Company F. Killed in action at Battle of Iuka, Tishomingo County, Mississipi, 19 Sept. 1862. His father Alexander Slay of Copiah County, Mississippi traveled to Tishmingo County to recover his son's body. Cincinatus is buried at County Line Baptist Church Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi.
Slay, Corydon Corporal (Musician) 1st cousin three times removed. 6th Mississippi Infantry Company F. Present at the surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, 9 Apr 1865. In 1918, at age 77, he died at the Beauvoir Confederate Soldiers Home, Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi. No records at Beauvoir as being buried there, burial unknown.
Slay, James C. Private (b. 3 July 1848) 1st cousin three times removed. 36th Alabama Infantry Company unknown.
Slay, John Linton Private (b.1833) Great Grand Uncle. 38th Alabama Infantry Co. C. Enlisted April 2, 1862 Choctaw, Alabama by C.T. Ketchum. Muster at Fort Stoddard, Alabama May 27, 1862. Discharged by the Medical Director at Mobile, Alabama. Returned to Alabama after his discharge, and would later settle in Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi. He had two sons. His son Dolway Julian Slay had eleven children and named each one child with middle name Linton. John was a Justice of the Peace in Clark County from 1867-1873. He died 1902 in Quitman and is buried in Elim Baptist Cemetery in Quitman. After his death a small community was named after him, known as Linton, Mississippi.
Slay, Stephen Thomas Private (b. 19 Dec 1842) 2nd cousin three times removed. Army of Tennessee-15th Arkansas (Johnson's) Infantry and Trans Mississippi-6th Louisiana Calvary
Slay, Theodore Erasmus 2nd Lieutenant/Captain (22 Apr. 1842) 2nd cousin three times removed. 32nd Alabama Infantry Company F., consolidated with the 58th Alabama Infantry.
Slay, Thomas J. Private (b. 1831) 2nd cousin three times removed. 15th Arkansas (Johnson's) Infantry.
Sumrall, Levi Private (b. 1829) 2nd cousin three times removed. 27th Mississippi Infantry Company G.

Cooper, James A. Private (b. 1834) Great Grand Uncle. 9th Texas Calvary Company B and 25th Texas Calvary Company B. The 25th Texas was known as Gillespie's Texas Lancers. James served in both the 9th and 25th with his brother-in-law James Calvin DeLay.
Rambo, Ansel M. Private (b. 1836) 4th Great Grand Uncle. 3rd Georgia Calvary Company H.

Bankston, Willis Jasper (b. 1834) Great Grand Uncle. 25th Georgia Infantry Company D and 1st Georgia Calvary. CSA Pension # 25973.

Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana

Clement, William Garrison Private (b. 4 May 1841) 1st cousin three times removed. 36th Mississippi Infantry Company B.
Hennington, James R. Private (b. 1838) 1st Half cousin twice removed. 36th Mississippi Infantry Company D.
Hennington, John A. Private (b. Unknown) Half Great Grand Uncle. 36th Mississippi Infantry Company B. Served with step-brother William Garrison Hennington.
Hennington, Samuel Thomas Private (b. 25 Dec 1845) 2nd Cousin twice removed. 37th Mississippi Infantry Company G. Was captured at Vicksburg and released. After the war, he remained in Copiah County, Mississippi until his death in 1918. He is buried in the Old Crystal Springs Cemetery, known also as the Samuel T. Hennington Cemetery. His grave has a CSA marker.
Lanier, Columbus C. Private (b. 1844) 4th cousin six times removed. 46th Alabama Infantry Co. B.
Lanier, Madison Private (b. 1833) 5th Half cousin six times removed. 39th Georgia Infantry Co. B. Texas CSA Pension #
Rutherford, J.B. Private (b. Unknown) Husband of 1st cousin three times removed. Army of Tennessee-6th Mississippi Infantry Company B and Department Of Mississippi and East Louisiana-46th Mississippi Infantry Company D.
Slay, Alfred Alexander (b. 6 Mar 1846) 1st cousin three times removed. 14th Mississippi Infantry Company A.

Hennington, Green William Private (b. 15 Dec 1837) 1st cousin three times removed. 1st Mississippi Light Artillery Company B. Captured at Vicksburg, exchanged. Killed during a railroad accident on Mobile and Gen. Road, 9 Aug 1864, burial in Magnolia Confederate Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama. Brother to Benjamin David Hennington.
Sumrall, Henry Arrington Private (b. 03 Feb 1835) 2nd cousin three times removed. 2nd Battalion, Alabama Light Artillery Company C

Welch, Thomas Griffin Private (b. 21 Dec 1831 ) Husband of 1st cousin three times removed 4th Mississippi Calvary Company C

Department of Richmond

Burdett, James Franklin Private (b. 13 Jan. 1840) 1st cousin three times removed. 9th Battalion Company B Georgia Artillery.

Department of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida

Burdett, James P. Private (b. 1845) 1st cousin three times removed. Daniel's Battery, Georgia Light Artillery; Maxwell's Regular Light Battery, Georgia Artillery; also called 1st Georgia Regular Artillery.
Lanier, Rowan Johnson Private (b. 1826) 5th Half cousin six times removed. 2nd Florida Calvary Co. I.
Lanier, Clifford Anderson Private (b. 1844) 3rd cousin six times removed. Macon County, Georgia 4th Georgia Infantry Co. I Signal Corps. Served with his brother Sidney Clopton Lanier.
Lanier, Sidney Clopton Private (b. 1842) 3rd cousin three time removed. Macon County, Georgia 4th Georgia Infantry Co. I Signal Corps. Known after the Civil War as Poet, Playwright and Musician Sidney Lanier. Served in the Signal Corp with his brother Clifford Anderson Lanier.

Department of Texas

Jordan, John Pleasant Private (b. 1846) Husband of Great Aunt. 1st Texas (Yager's) Calvary.

Trans-Mississippi Department

Rambo, John Humphrey Captain (b. 19 Mar 1829) 22nd Texas Infantry Company H.
Slay, Alfred J. Private 2nd cousin three times removed. 33rd Arkansas Infantry.
Slay, Moses R. Private (b. 1834) 2nd cousin three times removed. 33rd Arkansas Infantry.

DeLay, Burgess Private (b. 1843) 3rd Great Grand Uncle. 19th Texas Calvary Company D. Confederate Pension # 5724.
Slay, Stephen Thomas Private (b. 19 Dec 1842) 2nd cousin three times removed. Trans Mississippi-6th Louisiana Calvary amd Army of Tennessee-15th Arkansas (Johnson's) Infantry
Taylor, John Duke Private (b. 1 Jan. 1827) Husband of the 2nd Grand Aunt. 2nd Alabama Calvary Compnay G.

Miscellaneous and Unknown Affiliations

Burdett, Albert R Private (b. 1846) Half-cousin three times removed. Georgia (no additional information located)
Burdett, Lewis S. Private (b. 1828) 1st cousin four times removed. Regiment unknown. Buried in the Confederate Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
Burdett, Samuel Isaac (b. 27 Oct 1838) 1st cousin three times removed. Cherokee Legion, Georgia State Guards.
Burdett, William Howard Private (b. 1834) 3rd Great Grand Uncle. Alabama Defenders of Lowdes County, Alabama Home Guards, Clanton Brigade 8th Alabama. Copies of war-time letters to his wife are present in the Burdett family file.
Clement, Algernon Sidney Private (b. 1839) 1st cousin three times removed. Parson's Texas Calvary, Brigade Company F, Morgan's Battalion.
Clement, Thomas Dorsey (b. 1819) 2nd Great Grand Uncle. 3rd Mississippi Infantry and Mississippi State Troops.
DeLay, Jerome Napoleon Private (b. 23 Nov 1846) 2nd Great Grand Uncle. Texas Militia, Chambers' Division Texas Reserve Corps, Infantry. Texas Confederate Pension # 33413.
Faulkner, Benjamin F. Private (b. 1817) 2nd Great Grand Uncle. Alabama Reserves Company F.
Faulkner, Wilson Private (b. 1810) 2nd Great Grand Uncle. Captain Jefferson Faulkner's Randolph County Militia, Alabama Home Guard. Served with James W. Burdett.
Flowers, Henry Hemingway Private (b. 30 Aug 1844) 1st Half cousin twice removed.
Flowers, Wright Everett Private (b. 25 Nov 1838) 1st Half cousin twice removed. Jeff Davis' Legion Calvary.
Hennington, Nollie Fletcher Private (b. 1840) Great Grand Uncle. Power's Regiment, Mississippi Calvary.
Hennington, Rev. Richard Thomas (b. 19 May 1830) 1st cousin three times removed. Chaplain in Mississippi Regiment, unconfirmed. After the war he moved like many former Confederates, to South America. He settled with his family in Para, Belem, Brazil as a Methodist minister and farmer. A local school along the Amazon was named after him. He retunred briefly to Mississippi, and returned soon to Brazil. He died 1894 in Para and is buried there.
Johnson, Berry Littleton (b. 19 Feb 1824) 4th Great Grand Uncle. 2nd Georgia Calvary, State Guards.
Johnson, James W. (b. 28 Dec 1828) 4th Great Grand Uncle. Unknown Georgia regiment.
Johnson, Thomas P. Private (B. 12 Jan 1830) 4th Great Grand Uncle. Unknown Georgia regiment. Listed as "died Camp Lee, Richmond, Virginia."
Lanier, Benjamin Franklin Private (b. 1826) 5th Half cousin six times removed. 1st Georgia Reserves (Symonds Co. D)
Rambo, Kinchen L. (b. 25 Mar 1841) 4th Great Grand Uncle. Georgia State Guards, Floyd's Legion.
Rambo, Marcellus Private (b. 17 May 1830) 3rd Half cousin six times removed. 6th Georgia Infantry, State Guards
Slay, Alonzo D. Private (b. 28 May 1848) 1st cousin three times removed. Powers Regiment, Company A Calvary. Brother to Corydon, Alexander Jr., Leonidius, Nathan W., Norvell, Elijah, Cincinatus, All eight brothers served in the Civil War.
Slay, Erasmus Private (b. 06 Aug 1826) 1st cousin three times removed. Battalion (McNair's) State Troops, Mississippi Calvary.
Slay, Jesse Private (b. 1823) 1st cousin three times removed. 4th Georgia Reserves.
Slay, Leonidas Private (b. 1846) 1st cousin three times removed. Power's Regiment Mississippi Calvary.
Slay, Nathan W. Captain (b. Dec. 1830) 1st cousin three times removed. Power's Regiment, Mississippi Calvary. Received severe gun shot wounds at the Battle of Shiloh, and was discharged. Served with brother's Alonzo and Leonidas His tombstone reflects "Capt." Nathan Slay.

Civil War - United States of America

Aaron, Thomas S. Corporal (b. 9 Mar 1837) 4th cousin two times removed. Department of Virginia/Army of the Potomoc-1st Delaware Infantry Company H.
Cooper, James M. Private (b. 29 Oct. 1832) 1st cousin five times removed. Department of the Cumberland-11th Illinois Infantry Company I. Served with his twin brother Jeremiah and brother William S. Cooper, served in the 8th Illinois.
Cooper, Jeremiah Franklin Private (b. 29 Oct. 1832) 1st cousin five times removed. Department of the Cumberland-8th Illinois Infantry and 11th Illinois Infantry Company I. Killed at Fort Donelson 15 Feb. 1862. Burial unknown.
Cooper, William S. Private (1843) 1st cousin five times removed. Department of the Cumberland-8th Illinois Infantry Company I
Corn, Andrew J. Private (b. 1837) 3rd Great Grand Uncle. Army of the Ohio-58th Indiana Infantry Company G.
DeLay, James H. Private (b. 1830) 2nd cousin four times removed. Army of the Ohio-80th Indiana Infantry Company C. Died 10 Sep 1862, unknown location.
Seely, Elijah S. 5th Sergeant (b. 1846) 2nd Great Grand Uncle. Department of the Cumberland-39th Missouri Volunteers Infantry Company D
Slay, George Private (b. 12 May 1831) 3rd cousin three times removed. Regular Army-18th Regiment Infantry Company D.

Slay, Benjamin F. Corporal (b. 1843) 2nd cousin three times removed. Army of the Frontier/Department of Missouri-1st Arkansas Calvary Company H. Served with his brothers Cornelius, Levi, Thomas and William.
Slay, Cornelius D. Private (b. 1834) 2nd cousin three times removed. Army of the Frontier/Department of Missouri-1st Arkansas Calvary Company H.
Slay, Franklin R. Private (b. 1824) 2nd cousin three times removed. Army of the Frontier/Department of Missouri-1st Arkansas Calvary Company H.
Slay, Levi G. Private (b.1836) 2nd cousin three times removed. Army of the Frontier/Department of Missouri-1st Arkansas Calvary Company H
Slay, Thomas J. Private (b. 1831) 2nd cousin three times removed. Army of the Frontier/Department of Missouri-1st Arkansas Calvary Company H
Slay, William Henry Private (b. 1841)2nd cousin three times removed. Army of the Frontier/Department of Missouri-1st Arkansas Calvary Company H

World War I

Hennington, Audie Lee Private (b. 3 Jan 1896) 1st cousin once removed. U.S. Army.
Slay, Sanford C. Private (b. Feb 1891) 3rd cousin, twice removed. U.S. Medical Corp.
Slay, Otho Leander Private (b. 8 June 1895) 3rd cousin once removed. U.S. Army, CW, U.S. Navy and also served in WW II.

World War II

Burdett, Frank Willis Private (b. 1902) 4th cousin once removed. U.S. Army Georgia.
Burdett, Henry Franklin Private (b. 1892) 1st cousin once removed. U.S. Army
DeLay, Calvin James Private (b. 1913) Grand Uncle. U.S. Army
Slay, Noel Grover, T Sergeant (b. 1 Aug. 1909) 3rd cousin once removed. U.S. Army Infantry. Confined in military prison Stalag 2A, Neubrandenburg, Mecklenberg, Germany on 18 Dec 1944. Military liberation, released from prison camp 1 June 1945.
Lanier, Earl Wayne Private/Sgt. (b.1924) 3rd cousin one time removed. Army Air Corps, Bombadier. Confined to German Prison Camp 033 to liberation.
Slay, Otho Leander Private (b. 8 June 1895) 3rd cousin once removed. U.S. Army, CW, U.S. Navy and also served in WW I.
Vincent, Homer Ray Private (b. 5 Feb 1924) 1st cousin. once removed. U.S. Army. Killed in action crossing the Salerno River in Italy 24 Sep 1944. His entire Company was killed. Buried in Tech Memorial Cemetery, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas.

Korean War

Slay, Robert Duncan Colonel (b. 20 May 1924) 5th cousin. Marine Air Corps. Received three Air Medals for Korean Service, Distinguished Flying Cross with Gold Star. Flew 87 missions in Korean War, and flew 187 combat missions as Commander of Marine Air Group Eleven during two tours of duty. Inspiration for the book and motion picture The Great Santini by Pat Conroy. Interred at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

Vietnam

Slay, Ronald Joseph (b. 13 Nov 1919) 3rd cousin once removed. Killed in action, burial place unknown.

Regimental History Source:

Joseph H. Crute, Jr., Units of the Confederate States Army, 2nd Edition, Gaithersburg, Maryland: Olde Soldiers Books, Inc, 1987.
National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors website

Thanks to the Savage/Goodner Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1513 website and the Civil War Clip Art Gallery for the graphics used on the military pages of Family Roots and Branches. You can click on the logos above to view more of their collection of civil war era clipart.

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