Esmeralda Herald, 5/24/1879:
Death of Major Foote. Last Thursday evening at 8 o’clock Major R. E. Foote died suddenly at this place. He had been in his general good health and during the week had ably conducted several cases in court with his usual ability. His sudden death was a severe shock to his many friends. Major Foote was a young man, thirty-six years of age, and a lawyer of more than ordinary ability. Thoroughly cultured, a fluent and forcible speaker, he was very successful as a lawyer and stood foremost in the head ranks in this part of the country. When the rebellion broke out young Foote cast his fortunes with the Confederacy and entered the artillery branch of the service as a lieutenant. He was rapidly promoted, and at the close of the war wore the golden leaves of a major. After the rebellion he emigrated to Idaho where he began the practice of law, and for seven or eight years stood as one of the leading lawyers of that Territory. In 1874 he was before the Democratic convention of the Territory for the nomination of Delegate to Congress, and the convention remained in session seventeen days, fourteen of which were spent in the fruitless effort to divide the tie vote between Major Foote and Hon. S. A. Fenn, the latter finally being victorious. After his defeat for the nomination Foote removed to San Francisco and thence to Virginia City, where he practiced his profession until about a year and a half ago when he came to this place and Bodie, where he has resided ever since. His father, Hon. Henry S. Foote, is at present Director of the United States mint at New Orleans. He leaves besides two brothers in San Francisco, three sisters on this coast and two in Washington City. His passing away was painful, and the end came as he often wished it would –
“Life! We’ve been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather. Tis hard to part when friends are dear - , Perhaps ‘twill cost a sigh, a tear; Then steal away, give little warning, Say not Good Night – but in some brigher clime, Bid me Good Morning.”
Esmeralda Herald, 5/31/1879:
Decoration Day at Aurora. Away out in Aurora, where the clashes and demands of active and social life do not tax the poetic impulses of our people, Decoration Day happened to be celebrated in a manner in all respects worthy of the occasion. At the suggestion of Eli Johnson, a Union soldier, and who was a resident of Aurora at the time of the death of Major R. E. Foote, a soldier of the Confederate army, and brother-in-law of Hon. William M. Stewart, certain gentlemen proceeded to the grave of the deceased and performed the ceremony which is so beautiful and touching in its character – the decoration of the grave. Amongst these gentlemen, chiefly the professional friends of the deceased, were Messrs. R. H. Lindsay, A. C. Ellis, A. W. Crocker, T. W. W. Davies, Thos. E. Hayden, D. J. Lewis, Attorney General Murphy, Hon. W. M. Seawell, Thos. H. Wells, and other gentlemen sojourning in Aurora. On arriving at the grave there were no formal ceremonies, except that these gentlemen, prompted with devotion to the custom which is so beautiful and touching in its character, placed upon I sprigs of evergreen and daisies such as were gathered from the hillsides surrounding his last resting place. The late Major R. E. Foote had achieved in the Territory of Idaho as well as in the State of Nevada, a distinguished reputation in his profession, and his ability was generally conceded and recognized by its members and the general public. Although a soldier of the Lost Cause, had the circumstances been reversed and the Union soldier, Johnson, been resting in his grave on the bleak and barren hillside, and Foote been enjoying good health, he, under the same circumstances, would have been first to suggest the observance of the ceremony, which more than anything else serves to preserve a sentiment of devotion to our common country.
Esmeralda Herald, 5/24/1879:
Bar Meeting. At a meeting of the Aurora bar, held yesterday afternoon, Judge W. M. Seawell presiding, a committee of three, consisting of T. A. Stephens, Attorney General M. A. Murphy and A. W. Crocker were appointed to take charge of the remains of Major R. E. Foote and make all necessary funeral arrangements. The county officers were requested to attend the funeral in a body, and the necessary pall-bearers were chosen. The funeral will take place from Wingate Hall at 1 o’clock p.m. to-day.
*****
Idaho Statesman, 10/31/1874: DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Boise County. For Territorial Council, John M. Cannady, James H. Hawley, R.E. Foote.
Nevada State Census, 1875 Record: R.E. Foote, 32 yrs, Lawyer, b. MS, HH-M.H. Lewis, Community, Elko County.
Owyhee (Idaho) Avalanche, 6/8/1878: Major R.E. Foote, formerly of this territory, has been located recently at Bodie, California, but intends to settle down soon at Aurora, Nevada.
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My thanks to Don Huffman for transferring this memorial to me to manage.
The following was posted by Don Huffman of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, General William Passmore Carlin Camp No. 25, Gardnerville, Nevada:
Enlisted with the Confederate States of America in Captain Marshall's Company D, Artillery Corps of Tennessee. Promoted to Seargent 25 June 1861. Promoted to Sergeant Major and Adjutant of the Artillery Corps 20 July 1861. Several companies were reorganized throughout the Civil War and upon parole, about Aug 1865, he held the rank of First Lieutenant. He was a Lawyer in Austin Nevada prior to his death in Aurora. He was one of several persons honored for their service 9 August 2014 and is listed on a monument erected in their names.
*****
The following was added by Sue:
Notes of Company E, 4th (McNair’s) Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America re: Cpl. John H. Morris, Killed in action 11 Jul 1863:
…”killed in “The Jackson Campaign” in the city of Jackson, MS. This information provided by The United States Department of the Interior, and they mailed a copy of the report (Report #73) by his commanding officer, Col. H.G. Bunn to Capt. R.E. Foote, Asst. Adjutant-General, McNair’s Brigade. This record is is (sic) available in The War Of The Rebellion: A Compilation Of The Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies – Prepared, under the direction of the Secretary of War, Published Pursuant to Acts of Congress. Series I-Vol. XXIV – In Three Parts – Part II – Reports Washington: Government Printing Office.”
Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 (The Library of Congress):
Pg 531 - January 28, 1865 – Capt. R.E. Foote, of Tennessee, recommended by James A. Seddon (Confederate Secretary of War) for promotion to “major in the Adjutant-General’s Department, Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, for duty with B.R. Johnson’s division, Army of Northern Virginia (an original vacancy), to rank from January 27, 1865.” Pg 532 - “Executive Department, Confederate States of America, Richmond, February 6, 1865. To the Senate of the Confederate States: Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Capt. R.E. Foote, of Tennessee, to be promoted to major in the Adjutant-General’s Department, Provision Army of the Confederate States of America. JEFFERSON DAVIS.”
Senate Executive Journal (The Library of Congress):
Pg 503 - “Washington, D.C., March 23, 1867. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate R.E. Foote to be attorney of the United States for the Territory of Idaho, in the place of George C. Hough, resigned. ANDREW JOHNSON. Pg 516 – “The messages were read…Ordered, That the nominations of R.E. Foote and Franklin J. Dickman be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.”
Death of Major Foote. Last Thursday evening at 8 o’clock Major R. E. Foote died suddenly at this place. He had been in his general good health and during the week had ably conducted several cases in court with his usual ability. His sudden death was a severe shock to his many friends. Major Foote was a young man, thirty-six years of age, and a lawyer of more than ordinary ability. Thoroughly cultured, a fluent and forcible speaker, he was very successful as a lawyer and stood foremost in the head ranks in this part of the country. When the rebellion broke out young Foote cast his fortunes with the Confederacy and entered the artillery branch of the service as a lieutenant. He was rapidly promoted, and at the close of the war wore the golden leaves of a major. After the rebellion he emigrated to Idaho where he began the practice of law, and for seven or eight years stood as one of the leading lawyers of that Territory. In 1874 he was before the Democratic convention of the Territory for the nomination of Delegate to Congress, and the convention remained in session seventeen days, fourteen of which were spent in the fruitless effort to divide the tie vote between Major Foote and Hon. S. A. Fenn, the latter finally being victorious. After his defeat for the nomination Foote removed to San Francisco and thence to Virginia City, where he practiced his profession until about a year and a half ago when he came to this place and Bodie, where he has resided ever since. His father, Hon. Henry S. Foote, is at present Director of the United States mint at New Orleans. He leaves besides two brothers in San Francisco, three sisters on this coast and two in Washington City. His passing away was painful, and the end came as he often wished it would –
“Life! We’ve been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather. Tis hard to part when friends are dear - , Perhaps ‘twill cost a sigh, a tear; Then steal away, give little warning, Say not Good Night – but in some brigher clime, Bid me Good Morning.”
Esmeralda Herald, 5/31/1879:
Decoration Day at Aurora. Away out in Aurora, where the clashes and demands of active and social life do not tax the poetic impulses of our people, Decoration Day happened to be celebrated in a manner in all respects worthy of the occasion. At the suggestion of Eli Johnson, a Union soldier, and who was a resident of Aurora at the time of the death of Major R. E. Foote, a soldier of the Confederate army, and brother-in-law of Hon. William M. Stewart, certain gentlemen proceeded to the grave of the deceased and performed the ceremony which is so beautiful and touching in its character – the decoration of the grave. Amongst these gentlemen, chiefly the professional friends of the deceased, were Messrs. R. H. Lindsay, A. C. Ellis, A. W. Crocker, T. W. W. Davies, Thos. E. Hayden, D. J. Lewis, Attorney General Murphy, Hon. W. M. Seawell, Thos. H. Wells, and other gentlemen sojourning in Aurora. On arriving at the grave there were no formal ceremonies, except that these gentlemen, prompted with devotion to the custom which is so beautiful and touching in its character, placed upon I sprigs of evergreen and daisies such as were gathered from the hillsides surrounding his last resting place. The late Major R. E. Foote had achieved in the Territory of Idaho as well as in the State of Nevada, a distinguished reputation in his profession, and his ability was generally conceded and recognized by its members and the general public. Although a soldier of the Lost Cause, had the circumstances been reversed and the Union soldier, Johnson, been resting in his grave on the bleak and barren hillside, and Foote been enjoying good health, he, under the same circumstances, would have been first to suggest the observance of the ceremony, which more than anything else serves to preserve a sentiment of devotion to our common country.
Esmeralda Herald, 5/24/1879:
Bar Meeting. At a meeting of the Aurora bar, held yesterday afternoon, Judge W. M. Seawell presiding, a committee of three, consisting of T. A. Stephens, Attorney General M. A. Murphy and A. W. Crocker were appointed to take charge of the remains of Major R. E. Foote and make all necessary funeral arrangements. The county officers were requested to attend the funeral in a body, and the necessary pall-bearers were chosen. The funeral will take place from Wingate Hall at 1 o’clock p.m. to-day.
*****
Idaho Statesman, 10/31/1874: DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Boise County. For Territorial Council, John M. Cannady, James H. Hawley, R.E. Foote.
Nevada State Census, 1875 Record: R.E. Foote, 32 yrs, Lawyer, b. MS, HH-M.H. Lewis, Community, Elko County.
Owyhee (Idaho) Avalanche, 6/8/1878: Major R.E. Foote, formerly of this territory, has been located recently at Bodie, California, but intends to settle down soon at Aurora, Nevada.
**********
My thanks to Don Huffman for transferring this memorial to me to manage.
The following was posted by Don Huffman of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, General William Passmore Carlin Camp No. 25, Gardnerville, Nevada:
Enlisted with the Confederate States of America in Captain Marshall's Company D, Artillery Corps of Tennessee. Promoted to Seargent 25 June 1861. Promoted to Sergeant Major and Adjutant of the Artillery Corps 20 July 1861. Several companies were reorganized throughout the Civil War and upon parole, about Aug 1865, he held the rank of First Lieutenant. He was a Lawyer in Austin Nevada prior to his death in Aurora. He was one of several persons honored for their service 9 August 2014 and is listed on a monument erected in their names.
*****
The following was added by Sue:
Notes of Company E, 4th (McNair’s) Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America re: Cpl. John H. Morris, Killed in action 11 Jul 1863:
…”killed in “The Jackson Campaign” in the city of Jackson, MS. This information provided by The United States Department of the Interior, and they mailed a copy of the report (Report #73) by his commanding officer, Col. H.G. Bunn to Capt. R.E. Foote, Asst. Adjutant-General, McNair’s Brigade. This record is is (sic) available in The War Of The Rebellion: A Compilation Of The Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies – Prepared, under the direction of the Secretary of War, Published Pursuant to Acts of Congress. Series I-Vol. XXIV – In Three Parts – Part II – Reports Washington: Government Printing Office.”
Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 (The Library of Congress):
Pg 531 - January 28, 1865 – Capt. R.E. Foote, of Tennessee, recommended by James A. Seddon (Confederate Secretary of War) for promotion to “major in the Adjutant-General’s Department, Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, for duty with B.R. Johnson’s division, Army of Northern Virginia (an original vacancy), to rank from January 27, 1865.” Pg 532 - “Executive Department, Confederate States of America, Richmond, February 6, 1865. To the Senate of the Confederate States: Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Capt. R.E. Foote, of Tennessee, to be promoted to major in the Adjutant-General’s Department, Provision Army of the Confederate States of America. JEFFERSON DAVIS.”
Senate Executive Journal (The Library of Congress):
Pg 503 - “Washington, D.C., March 23, 1867. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate R.E. Foote to be attorney of the United States for the Territory of Idaho, in the place of George C. Hough, resigned. ANDREW JOHNSON. Pg 516 – “The messages were read…Ordered, That the nominations of R.E. Foote and Franklin J. Dickman be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.”
Esmeralda Herald, 5/24/1879:
Death of Major Foote. Last Thursday evening at 8 o’clock Major R. E. Foote died suddenly at this place. He had been in his general good health and during the week had ably conducted several cases in court with his usual ability. His sudden death was a severe shock to his many friends. Major Foote was a young man, thirty-six years of age, and a lawyer of more than ordinary ability. Thoroughly cultured, a fluent and forcible speaker, he was very successful as a lawyer and stood foremost in the head ranks in this part of the country. When the rebellion broke out young Foote cast his fortunes with the Confederacy and entered the artillery branch of the service as a lieutenant. He was rapidly promoted, and at the close of the war wore the golden leaves of a major. After the rebellion he emigrated to Idaho where he began the practice of law, and for seven or eight years stood as one of the leading lawyers of that Territory. In 1874 he was before the Democratic convention of the Territory for the nomination of Delegate to Congress, and the convention remained in session seventeen days, fourteen of which were spent in the fruitless effort to divide the tie vote between Major Foote and Hon. S. A. Fenn, the latter finally being victorious. After his defeat for the nomination Foote removed to San Francisco and thence to Virginia City, where he practiced his profession until about a year and a half ago when he came to this place and Bodie, where he has resided ever since. His father, Hon. Henry S. Foote, is at present Director of the United States mint at New Orleans. He leaves besides two brothers in San Francisco, three sisters on this coast and two in Washington City. His passing away was painful, and the end came as he often wished it would –
“Life! We’ve been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather. Tis hard to part when friends are dear - , Perhaps ‘twill cost a sigh, a tear; Then steal away, give little warning, Say not Good Night – but in some brigher clime, Bid me Good Morning.”
Esmeralda Herald, 5/31/1879:
Decoration Day at Aurora. Away out in Aurora, where the clashes and demands of active and social life do not tax the poetic impulses of our people, Decoration Day happened to be celebrated in a manner in all respects worthy of the occasion. At the suggestion of Eli Johnson, a Union soldier, and who was a resident of Aurora at the time of the death of Major R. E. Foote, a soldier of the Confederate army, and brother-in-law of Hon. William M. Stewart, certain gentlemen proceeded to the grave of the deceased and performed the ceremony which is so beautiful and touching in its character – the decoration of the grave. Amongst these gentlemen, chiefly the professional friends of the deceased, were Messrs. R. H. Lindsay, A. C. Ellis, A. W. Crocker, T. W. W. Davies, Thos. E. Hayden, D. J. Lewis, Attorney General Murphy, Hon. W. M. Seawell, Thos. H. Wells, and other gentlemen sojourning in Aurora. On arriving at the grave there were no formal ceremonies, except that these gentlemen, prompted with devotion to the custom which is so beautiful and touching in its character, placed upon I sprigs of evergreen and daisies such as were gathered from the hillsides surrounding his last resting place. The late Major R. E. Foote had achieved in the Territory of Idaho as well as in the State of Nevada, a distinguished reputation in his profession, and his ability was generally conceded and recognized by its members and the general public. Although a soldier of the Lost Cause, had the circumstances been reversed and the Union soldier, Johnson, been resting in his grave on the bleak and barren hillside, and Foote been enjoying good health, he, under the same circumstances, would have been first to suggest the observance of the ceremony, which more than anything else serves to preserve a sentiment of devotion to our common country.
Esmeralda Herald, 5/24/1879:
Bar Meeting. At a meeting of the Aurora bar, held yesterday afternoon, Judge W. M. Seawell presiding, a committee of three, consisting of T. A. Stephens, Attorney General M. A. Murphy and A. W. Crocker were appointed to take charge of the remains of Major R. E. Foote and make all necessary funeral arrangements. The county officers were requested to attend the funeral in a body, and the necessary pall-bearers were chosen. The funeral will take place from Wingate Hall at 1 o’clock p.m. to-day.
*****
Idaho Statesman, 10/31/1874: DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Boise County. For Territorial Council, John M. Cannady, James H. Hawley, R.E. Foote.
Nevada State Census, 1875 Record: R.E. Foote, 32 yrs, Lawyer, b. MS, HH-M.H. Lewis, Community, Elko County.
Owyhee (Idaho) Avalanche, 6/8/1878: Major R.E. Foote, formerly of this territory, has been located recently at Bodie, California, but intends to settle down soon at Aurora, Nevada.
**********
My thanks to Don Huffman for transferring this memorial to me to manage.
The following was posted by Don Huffman of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, General William Passmore Carlin Camp No. 25, Gardnerville, Nevada:
Enlisted with the Confederate States of America in Captain Marshall's Company D, Artillery Corps of Tennessee. Promoted to Seargent 25 June 1861. Promoted to Sergeant Major and Adjutant of the Artillery Corps 20 July 1861. Several companies were reorganized throughout the Civil War and upon parole, about Aug 1865, he held the rank of First Lieutenant. He was a Lawyer in Austin Nevada prior to his death in Aurora. He was one of several persons honored for their service 9 August 2014 and is listed on a monument erected in their names.
*****
The following was added by Sue:
Notes of Company E, 4th (McNair’s) Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America re: Cpl. John H. Morris, Killed in action 11 Jul 1863:
…”killed in “The Jackson Campaign” in the city of Jackson, MS. This information provided by The United States Department of the Interior, and they mailed a copy of the report (Report #73) by his commanding officer, Col. H.G. Bunn to Capt. R.E. Foote, Asst. Adjutant-General, McNair’s Brigade. This record is is (sic) available in The War Of The Rebellion: A Compilation Of The Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies – Prepared, under the direction of the Secretary of War, Published Pursuant to Acts of Congress. Series I-Vol. XXIV – In Three Parts – Part II – Reports Washington: Government Printing Office.”
Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 (The Library of Congress):
Pg 531 - January 28, 1865 – Capt. R.E. Foote, of Tennessee, recommended by James A. Seddon (Confederate Secretary of War) for promotion to “major in the Adjutant-General’s Department, Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, for duty with B.R. Johnson’s division, Army of Northern Virginia (an original vacancy), to rank from January 27, 1865.” Pg 532 - “Executive Department, Confederate States of America, Richmond, February 6, 1865. To the Senate of the Confederate States: Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Capt. R.E. Foote, of Tennessee, to be promoted to major in the Adjutant-General’s Department, Provision Army of the Confederate States of America. JEFFERSON DAVIS.”
Senate Executive Journal (The Library of Congress):
Pg 503 - “Washington, D.C., March 23, 1867. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate R.E. Foote to be attorney of the United States for the Territory of Idaho, in the place of George C. Hough, resigned. ANDREW JOHNSON. Pg 516 – “The messages were read…Ordered, That the nominations of R.E. Foote and Franklin J. Dickman be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.”
Death of Major Foote. Last Thursday evening at 8 o’clock Major R. E. Foote died suddenly at this place. He had been in his general good health and during the week had ably conducted several cases in court with his usual ability. His sudden death was a severe shock to his many friends. Major Foote was a young man, thirty-six years of age, and a lawyer of more than ordinary ability. Thoroughly cultured, a fluent and forcible speaker, he was very successful as a lawyer and stood foremost in the head ranks in this part of the country. When the rebellion broke out young Foote cast his fortunes with the Confederacy and entered the artillery branch of the service as a lieutenant. He was rapidly promoted, and at the close of the war wore the golden leaves of a major. After the rebellion he emigrated to Idaho where he began the practice of law, and for seven or eight years stood as one of the leading lawyers of that Territory. In 1874 he was before the Democratic convention of the Territory for the nomination of Delegate to Congress, and the convention remained in session seventeen days, fourteen of which were spent in the fruitless effort to divide the tie vote between Major Foote and Hon. S. A. Fenn, the latter finally being victorious. After his defeat for the nomination Foote removed to San Francisco and thence to Virginia City, where he practiced his profession until about a year and a half ago when he came to this place and Bodie, where he has resided ever since. His father, Hon. Henry S. Foote, is at present Director of the United States mint at New Orleans. He leaves besides two brothers in San Francisco, three sisters on this coast and two in Washington City. His passing away was painful, and the end came as he often wished it would –
“Life! We’ve been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather. Tis hard to part when friends are dear - , Perhaps ‘twill cost a sigh, a tear; Then steal away, give little warning, Say not Good Night – but in some brigher clime, Bid me Good Morning.”
Esmeralda Herald, 5/31/1879:
Decoration Day at Aurora. Away out in Aurora, where the clashes and demands of active and social life do not tax the poetic impulses of our people, Decoration Day happened to be celebrated in a manner in all respects worthy of the occasion. At the suggestion of Eli Johnson, a Union soldier, and who was a resident of Aurora at the time of the death of Major R. E. Foote, a soldier of the Confederate army, and brother-in-law of Hon. William M. Stewart, certain gentlemen proceeded to the grave of the deceased and performed the ceremony which is so beautiful and touching in its character – the decoration of the grave. Amongst these gentlemen, chiefly the professional friends of the deceased, were Messrs. R. H. Lindsay, A. C. Ellis, A. W. Crocker, T. W. W. Davies, Thos. E. Hayden, D. J. Lewis, Attorney General Murphy, Hon. W. M. Seawell, Thos. H. Wells, and other gentlemen sojourning in Aurora. On arriving at the grave there were no formal ceremonies, except that these gentlemen, prompted with devotion to the custom which is so beautiful and touching in its character, placed upon I sprigs of evergreen and daisies such as were gathered from the hillsides surrounding his last resting place. The late Major R. E. Foote had achieved in the Territory of Idaho as well as in the State of Nevada, a distinguished reputation in his profession, and his ability was generally conceded and recognized by its members and the general public. Although a soldier of the Lost Cause, had the circumstances been reversed and the Union soldier, Johnson, been resting in his grave on the bleak and barren hillside, and Foote been enjoying good health, he, under the same circumstances, would have been first to suggest the observance of the ceremony, which more than anything else serves to preserve a sentiment of devotion to our common country.
Esmeralda Herald, 5/24/1879:
Bar Meeting. At a meeting of the Aurora bar, held yesterday afternoon, Judge W. M. Seawell presiding, a committee of three, consisting of T. A. Stephens, Attorney General M. A. Murphy and A. W. Crocker were appointed to take charge of the remains of Major R. E. Foote and make all necessary funeral arrangements. The county officers were requested to attend the funeral in a body, and the necessary pall-bearers were chosen. The funeral will take place from Wingate Hall at 1 o’clock p.m. to-day.
*****
Idaho Statesman, 10/31/1874: DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Boise County. For Territorial Council, John M. Cannady, James H. Hawley, R.E. Foote.
Nevada State Census, 1875 Record: R.E. Foote, 32 yrs, Lawyer, b. MS, HH-M.H. Lewis, Community, Elko County.
Owyhee (Idaho) Avalanche, 6/8/1878: Major R.E. Foote, formerly of this territory, has been located recently at Bodie, California, but intends to settle down soon at Aurora, Nevada.
**********
My thanks to Don Huffman for transferring this memorial to me to manage.
The following was posted by Don Huffman of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, General William Passmore Carlin Camp No. 25, Gardnerville, Nevada:
Enlisted with the Confederate States of America in Captain Marshall's Company D, Artillery Corps of Tennessee. Promoted to Seargent 25 June 1861. Promoted to Sergeant Major and Adjutant of the Artillery Corps 20 July 1861. Several companies were reorganized throughout the Civil War and upon parole, about Aug 1865, he held the rank of First Lieutenant. He was a Lawyer in Austin Nevada prior to his death in Aurora. He was one of several persons honored for their service 9 August 2014 and is listed on a monument erected in their names.
*****
The following was added by Sue:
Notes of Company E, 4th (McNair’s) Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America re: Cpl. John H. Morris, Killed in action 11 Jul 1863:
…”killed in “The Jackson Campaign” in the city of Jackson, MS. This information provided by The United States Department of the Interior, and they mailed a copy of the report (Report #73) by his commanding officer, Col. H.G. Bunn to Capt. R.E. Foote, Asst. Adjutant-General, McNair’s Brigade. This record is is (sic) available in The War Of The Rebellion: A Compilation Of The Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies – Prepared, under the direction of the Secretary of War, Published Pursuant to Acts of Congress. Series I-Vol. XXIV – In Three Parts – Part II – Reports Washington: Government Printing Office.”
Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 (The Library of Congress):
Pg 531 - January 28, 1865 – Capt. R.E. Foote, of Tennessee, recommended by James A. Seddon (Confederate Secretary of War) for promotion to “major in the Adjutant-General’s Department, Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, for duty with B.R. Johnson’s division, Army of Northern Virginia (an original vacancy), to rank from January 27, 1865.” Pg 532 - “Executive Department, Confederate States of America, Richmond, February 6, 1865. To the Senate of the Confederate States: Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Capt. R.E. Foote, of Tennessee, to be promoted to major in the Adjutant-General’s Department, Provision Army of the Confederate States of America. JEFFERSON DAVIS.”
Senate Executive Journal (The Library of Congress):
Pg 503 - “Washington, D.C., March 23, 1867. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate R.E. Foote to be attorney of the United States for the Territory of Idaho, in the place of George C. Hough, resigned. ANDREW JOHNSON. Pg 516 – “The messages were read…Ordered, That the nominations of R.E. Foote and Franklin J. Dickman be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.”
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