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Col Charles Gaines Armistead

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Col Charles Gaines Armistead

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
28 Jun 1869 (aged 42–43)
Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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LAWYER IN YALOBUSHA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.
PREWAR, STATE REPRESENTATIVE SENATOR.
LT COLONEL OF MILITIA, AND ADC TO THE GOVERNOR.
MARRIED: FRANCIS E. LEIGH.
4th SARGENT CO H 15th MISSISSIPPI. May 29, 1861.
CAPTAIN AND QUARTER MASTER ( QM, ) MISSISSIPPI, JUNE 17, 1861.
WOUNDED IN ACTION, ( WIA ) MILL SPRINGS.
IN EARLY 1863 A PAYMASTER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI AND EAST LOUISIANA.
LATER THAT YEAR HE WROTE PRESDENT DAVIS OFFERING TO ORGANIZED UNATTACHED COMPANIES INTO NEW REGIMENT.
COLONEL 12th MISSISSIPPI ( AKA 16th CONFEDERATE ) CAVALRY, DECEMBER 29, 1863.
SHOT IN THE SHOULDER AND SIDE DURING THE JUNE 24, 1864, ATTACK ON LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA.
OFTEN COMMANDED A BRIGADE.
RECOMENDED FOR PROMOTION TO BRIGADIER.
PAROLED MAY 14, 1865, GAINSVILLE.
LAWYER IN MENPHIS, TENESSEE.
POSTWAR. DIED JUNE 28, 1869, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.
AT THE STATE ASYLUM, OF HIS WAR WOUNDS AND THE RESULTING INSANITY.
BURIED: JACKSON. ONE WAR TIME INSPECTOR FOUND ARMISTEAD " AN INTELLIGENT GENTLEMAN WHOSE GALLANTRY IS ATTESTED. "







LAWYER IN YALOBUSHA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.
PREWAR, STATE REPRESENTATIVE SENATOR.
LT COLONEL OF MILITIA, AND ADC TO THE GOVERNOR.
MARRIED: FRANCIS E. LEIGH.
4th SARGENT CO H 15th MISSISSIPPI. May 29, 1861.
CAPTAIN AND QUARTER MASTER ( QM, ) MISSISSIPPI, JUNE 17, 1861.
WOUNDED IN ACTION, ( WIA ) MILL SPRINGS.
IN EARLY 1863 A PAYMASTER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI AND EAST LOUISIANA.
LATER THAT YEAR HE WROTE PRESDENT DAVIS OFFERING TO ORGANIZED UNATTACHED COMPANIES INTO NEW REGIMENT.
COLONEL 12th MISSISSIPPI ( AKA 16th CONFEDERATE ) CAVALRY, DECEMBER 29, 1863.
SHOT IN THE SHOULDER AND SIDE DURING THE JUNE 24, 1864, ATTACK ON LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA.
OFTEN COMMANDED A BRIGADE.
RECOMENDED FOR PROMOTION TO BRIGADIER.
PAROLED MAY 14, 1865, GAINSVILLE.
LAWYER IN MENPHIS, TENESSEE.
POSTWAR. DIED JUNE 28, 1869, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.
AT THE STATE ASYLUM, OF HIS WAR WOUNDS AND THE RESULTING INSANITY.
BURIED: JACKSON. ONE WAR TIME INSPECTOR FOUND ARMISTEAD " AN INTELLIGENT GENTLEMAN WHOSE GALLANTRY IS ATTESTED. "






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