Grandson of:
Allen & Mary (Polly) Gwin-Howard
and
Andrew & Mary(Polly) Waggoner-Caldwell

Son of:
Henry Hobart & Elizabeth Betty Caldwell-Howard

Married ~ Rachael Elizabeth Howard ~
15 April 1866-Lincoln County, NC.
She was his First Cousin-Once Removed

9 Children:.............*Burial at Willow Valley*
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*Francis Luther Howard
*Henry North Howard
-William Avery Howard
-Otha Durant Howard
*Ada Elizabeth Howard (Never Married)
*Minnie Gertrude Howard-Thompson
*Mary Jane Howard (Never Married)
-Lottie Rebekah Howard-Martin
*Lena Mayone Howard (Never Married)

OBITUARY :
The Mooresville Enterprise
Mooresville, NC.

Jackson A. Howard Passes At Home Here

Jackson Alexander Howard, aged 86 years,1 month and 17 days died at his home on West Center avenue at 9:15 o'clock last Saturday morning, January 25th. Mr. Howard had been in declining health for several years having suffered paralysis which had enfebeled him. He was a native of Lincoln county and was a son of the late Henry and Elizabeth Howard. About twenty-seven years ago Mr. Howard moved to this city with his family and had been prominent in social and county affairs, having served for several years a member of county pension board.He was an ex-Confederate soldier, having volunteered with Company K 23rd Regiment. North Carolina Troops CSA and served throughout the war. He was a consistent member of Central Methodist church, where the funeral services was held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock conducted by his pastor Rev. W. H. Shinn assisted by Rev. J P. Happs a former pastor now of Kannapolis and Dr. R. A. White pastor of the First Presbyterian church.
Interment was made at Willow Valley Cemetery.

Surviving are seven children,two sons and five daughters Mr. Otha Howard, of Denver, Lincoln county; W. A. Howard of Statesville; Mrs.Samuel Thompson of Moresville Route 2: Misses Ada, Jennie and Lena Howard, of this city, and Mrs. Joe Martin, of Bloomburg, Texas. One brother and two sisters also survive Mr. Durant Howard of Shepherds; Mrs. Alex Brotherton of Catawba County, and Mrs. Lee Cherry of Lincoln county.

Jackson A. Howard
Private
Company K-23rd NC Infantry Reg(CSA)
"Pee Dee Guards"

Enlisted August 20, 1862
Wounded at Chancellorsville

*23rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry*
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23rd Infantry Regiment,formerly the 13th Volunteers, was organized at Weldon, North Carolina, in July, 1861. Its members were raised in the counties of Anson, Lincoln, Montgomery, Richmond, Granville, Catawba, and Gaston. Seven companies arrived in Virginia on July 21; the other three came in August. First assigned to the Potomac District in the Department of Northern Virginia, it was later placed under the command of Generals Early, Garland, Iverson, and R.D.Johnston. The 23rd fought with the army from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, served in Early's operations in the Shenandoah Valley, and was active around Appomattox. It totalled 540 effectives in April, 1862, lost 84 during the Seven Days' Battles, had 18 killed and 35 wounded in the Maryland Campaign, and suffered 1 wounded at Fredericksburg. Of the 430 engaged at Chancellorsville, forty percent were disabled, and more than eighty percent of the 316 at Gettysburg were killed, wounded, or missing.

On the first day of Gettysburg the 23rd was almost completely destroyed. Iverson's Brigade marched into an ambush. A Federal Brigade was hidden behind a stone wall on the left flank of the brigade. The Confederates passed in front of the Federal position in perfect order, rifles at the right shoulder, and colors to the front. The first volley tore through the ranks covering the ground with the dead and wounded. After about twenty minutes, Iverson's brigade was destroyed. The Federals charged the surivors. Corporal Edwin S. Hart of the PEE DEE Guards, Company D, refused to surrender the colors. The Federals were only able to seize the colors after knocking Hart unconscious with the butt of a musket. At Gettysburg only five other brigades in the Army of Northern Virginia lost more men the Iverson

It surrendered 4 officers and 82 men of which 35 were armed. The field officers were Colonels Charles C. Blacknall, Daniel H. Christie, John F. Hoke, and Robert D. Johnston; Lieutenant Colonels William S. Davis and John W. Leak; and Major E.J. Christian.

A little known fact is that one out of every four Southern soldiers who died at Gettysburg was from North Carolina.

That's one-fourth...1/4...25%.

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Additional info on the 23rd North Carolina. Company K was originally known as the "Beattie's Ford Riflemen." The men known as the "Pee Dee Guards" became Company D of the 23rd NC. Also, the narrative implies, solely through placement in the same paragraph, the field officers at the time of the surrender. Robert Daniel Johnston was then the brigadier general commanding the brigade; Daniel Christie and Christoper Blacknall were dead. Hoke and Leak had been voted out in 1862. At the time of the surrender on 12 Apr 1865, Captain Abner Peace of Company E was acting regimental commander, and surrendered only 86 men.
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