Lieutenant Robert Woodward Rhett, CSA was born to the famous South Carolina politician and Charleston Mercury newspaper owner Robert Barnwell (Smith) Rhett and Mrs. Elizabeth Washington Burnett Rhett. Although, undoubtedly, named after another South Carolina politician and his father's law partner and second cousin, Robert Woodward Barnwell, there appears to be very little documentation of Rhett's short life. Born in Beaufort, South Carolina on July 1st, 1838, Rhett was the sixth sibling of eleven children born to his parents. Shortly after the breakout of the war, in July 1861, the twenty-three year old Rhett was appointed to the rank of second lieutenant where he served in South Carolina 1st Infantry Regiment (Maxcy Gregg's), Company I (Richardson's Guards). Sadly, during the Battle of Cold Harbor, Lieutenant Rhett was mortally wounded on July 27th, 1862 and succumbed to his wounds on July 29th, 1862. Please visit http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/unit95.htm and to view facts, figures, movement, and history of Lieutenant Rhett's unit. Also noteworthy, Lieutenant Rhett was the younger brother of two artillery officers: Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Moore Rhett, CSA and Captain Andrew Burnet Rhett, CSA.
Lieutenant Robert Woodward Rhett, CSA was born to the famous South Carolina politician and Charleston Mercury newspaper owner Robert Barnwell (Smith) Rhett and Mrs. Elizabeth Washington Burnett Rhett. Although, undoubtedly, named after another South Carolina politician and his father's law partner and second cousin, Robert Woodward Barnwell, there appears to be very little documentation of Rhett's short life. Born in Beaufort, South Carolina on July 1st, 1838, Rhett was the sixth sibling of eleven children born to his parents. Shortly after the breakout of the war, in July 1861, the twenty-three year old Rhett was appointed to the rank of second lieutenant where he served in South Carolina 1st Infantry Regiment (Maxcy Gregg's), Company I (Richardson's Guards). Sadly, during the Battle of Cold Harbor, Lieutenant Rhett was mortally wounded on July 27th, 1862 and succumbed to his wounds on July 29th, 1862. Please visit http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/unit95.htm and to view facts, figures, movement, and history of Lieutenant Rhett's unit. Also noteworthy, Lieutenant Rhett was the younger brother of two artillery officers: Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Moore Rhett, CSA and Captain Andrew Burnet Rhett, CSA.
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