Civil War Veteran
In some records name is spelled Oliver.
Find a Grave contributor, Travis Holt has made the following suggested edits.
Olinver Basham (111440735)
Suggested edit: Broadfoot's 'Confederate Military History Vol. XIV' states:
Lieutenant Colonel Olinver Basham, a gallant Arkansas soldier of the Confederacy who fell at Pilot Knob, MO., in the fall of 1864, was a native of Virginia, born in 1819. He came to Arkansas as a young man of twenty years, was reared amid the surroundings of pioneer life, became a man of influence among his fellow citizens, and in 1850 and 1853 took his first steps in a notable public career as a member of the State legislature. He was selected by President Pierce in 1853, in recognition of prominence in politics and honorable reputation, as register of the land office of the United States, and being reappointed by President Buchanan he served ably in this position until 1860. He then accepted at the hands of his people the office of treasurer of Arkansas, which he held for two years, during the same period taking an active part in the organization of troops for Confederate service. In the spring of 1861 he raised a company of cavalry in Johnson County, of which he was elected Captain. The company was assigned to Churchill's regiment, and he was on duty with that command in the battles of Wilson's Creek and Fayetteville, and until early in 1862, when he resigned and returned to his duties at Little Rock as State Treasurer. At the expiration of his official term, January 1, 1863, he raised a squadron of two companies of cavalry in Johnson and Franklin counties, which was merged in Col. John F. Hill's regiment, Captain Basham taking the rank of Lieutenant colonel of that command. With this regiment, in the gallant brigade of Gen. W. L. Cabell, Lieutenant Colonel Basham participated in the fighting in Arkansas in the spring of 1864, including the battles of Poison Spring and Marks' Mill, in the latter receiving a slight wound, and in the fall of the same year marched with Price's army into Missouri. On September 27th, Cabell's brigade was ordered to storm Fort Davidson at Pilot Knob, surrounded by a ditch fifteen feet deep, and twenty feet wide, and defended by 600 veterans and seven pieces of artillery. The brigade swept forward over Pilot Knob, driving back the Federal companies which held the town and part of the mountain sides, and, said General Ewing, the Federal commander, "swept up on the plain in handsome style, yelling and on the double quick." At the distance of 600 yards they were met by a destructive fire of musketry and canister, but "rushed on most gallantly" until the reached the ditch, where many fell, the remainder saving themselves from annihilation by seeking refuge in the gullies. In the sacrifice of the brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Basham fell among the killed. His loss was severely felt by his command, and regretted throughout the State which he had served with such fidelity, in war and peace. A son of this patriot, George L. Basham, now a prominent attorney of Little Rock, born in Johnson County in 1848, entered the Confederate service in 1863, as a private in Captain McComb's company of the regiment of which his father was second in command. He served in the battles of Poison Spring and Marks' Mill, the skirmishes with gunboats on the Mississippi in the summer of 1864 all the engagements of his regiment in the Missouri campaign under General Price, and after that in the operations of Roane's brigade, dismounted, until his discharge, at Marshall, Tex., May 21, 1865. In 1871 Mr. Basham became a student of law at Little Rock and since 1873, when he was admitted to the bar, he has been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession at the State capital. He has held the offices of city and county attorney, and served as member of the State board of charities.'
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081) •
In some records name is spelled Oliver.
Find a Grave contributor, Travis Holt has made the following suggested edits.
Olinver Basham (111440735)
Suggested edit: Broadfoot's 'Confederate Military History Vol. XIV' states:
Lieutenant Colonel Olinver Basham, a gallant Arkansas soldier of the Confederacy who fell at Pilot Knob, MO., in the fall of 1864, was a native of Virginia, born in 1819. He came to Arkansas as a young man of twenty years, was reared amid the surroundings of pioneer life, became a man of influence among his fellow citizens, and in 1850 and 1853 took his first steps in a notable public career as a member of the State legislature. He was selected by President Pierce in 1853, in recognition of prominence in politics and honorable reputation, as register of the land office of the United States, and being reappointed by President Buchanan he served ably in this position until 1860. He then accepted at the hands of his people the office of treasurer of Arkansas, which he held for two years, during the same period taking an active part in the organization of troops for Confederate service. In the spring of 1861 he raised a company of cavalry in Johnson County, of which he was elected Captain. The company was assigned to Churchill's regiment, and he was on duty with that command in the battles of Wilson's Creek and Fayetteville, and until early in 1862, when he resigned and returned to his duties at Little Rock as State Treasurer. At the expiration of his official term, January 1, 1863, he raised a squadron of two companies of cavalry in Johnson and Franklin counties, which was merged in Col. John F. Hill's regiment, Captain Basham taking the rank of Lieutenant colonel of that command. With this regiment, in the gallant brigade of Gen. W. L. Cabell, Lieutenant Colonel Basham participated in the fighting in Arkansas in the spring of 1864, including the battles of Poison Spring and Marks' Mill, in the latter receiving a slight wound, and in the fall of the same year marched with Price's army into Missouri. On September 27th, Cabell's brigade was ordered to storm Fort Davidson at Pilot Knob, surrounded by a ditch fifteen feet deep, and twenty feet wide, and defended by 600 veterans and seven pieces of artillery. The brigade swept forward over Pilot Knob, driving back the Federal companies which held the town and part of the mountain sides, and, said General Ewing, the Federal commander, "swept up on the plain in handsome style, yelling and on the double quick." At the distance of 600 yards they were met by a destructive fire of musketry and canister, but "rushed on most gallantly" until the reached the ditch, where many fell, the remainder saving themselves from annihilation by seeking refuge in the gullies. In the sacrifice of the brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Basham fell among the killed. His loss was severely felt by his command, and regretted throughout the State which he had served with such fidelity, in war and peace. A son of this patriot, George L. Basham, now a prominent attorney of Little Rock, born in Johnson County in 1848, entered the Confederate service in 1863, as a private in Captain McComb's company of the regiment of which his father was second in command. He served in the battles of Poison Spring and Marks' Mill, the skirmishes with gunboats on the Mississippi in the summer of 1864 all the engagements of his regiment in the Missouri campaign under General Price, and after that in the operations of Roane's brigade, dismounted, until his discharge, at Marshall, Tex., May 21, 1865. In 1871 Mr. Basham became a student of law at Little Rock and since 1873, when he was admitted to the bar, he has been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession at the State capital. He has held the offices of city and county attorney, and served as member of the State board of charities.'
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081) •
Civil War Veteran
In some records name is spelled Oliver.
Find a Grave contributor, Travis Holt has made the following suggested edits.
Olinver Basham (111440735)
Suggested edit: Broadfoot's 'Confederate Military History Vol. XIV' states:
Lieutenant Colonel Olinver Basham, a gallant Arkansas soldier of the Confederacy who fell at Pilot Knob, MO., in the fall of 1864, was a native of Virginia, born in 1819. He came to Arkansas as a young man of twenty years, was reared amid the surroundings of pioneer life, became a man of influence among his fellow citizens, and in 1850 and 1853 took his first steps in a notable public career as a member of the State legislature. He was selected by President Pierce in 1853, in recognition of prominence in politics and honorable reputation, as register of the land office of the United States, and being reappointed by President Buchanan he served ably in this position until 1860. He then accepted at the hands of his people the office of treasurer of Arkansas, which he held for two years, during the same period taking an active part in the organization of troops for Confederate service. In the spring of 1861 he raised a company of cavalry in Johnson County, of which he was elected Captain. The company was assigned to Churchill's regiment, and he was on duty with that command in the battles of Wilson's Creek and Fayetteville, and until early in 1862, when he resigned and returned to his duties at Little Rock as State Treasurer. At the expiration of his official term, January 1, 1863, he raised a squadron of two companies of cavalry in Johnson and Franklin counties, which was merged in Col. John F. Hill's regiment, Captain Basham taking the rank of Lieutenant colonel of that command. With this regiment, in the gallant brigade of Gen. W. L. Cabell, Lieutenant Colonel Basham participated in the fighting in Arkansas in the spring of 1864, including the battles of Poison Spring and Marks' Mill, in the latter receiving a slight wound, and in the fall of the same year marched with Price's army into Missouri. On September 27th, Cabell's brigade was ordered to storm Fort Davidson at Pilot Knob, surrounded by a ditch fifteen feet deep, and twenty feet wide, and defended by 600 veterans and seven pieces of artillery. The brigade swept forward over Pilot Knob, driving back the Federal companies which held the town and part of the mountain sides, and, said General Ewing, the Federal commander, "swept up on the plain in handsome style, yelling and on the double quick." At the distance of 600 yards they were met by a destructive fire of musketry and canister, but "rushed on most gallantly" until the reached the ditch, where many fell, the remainder saving themselves from annihilation by seeking refuge in the gullies. In the sacrifice of the brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Basham fell among the killed. His loss was severely felt by his command, and regretted throughout the State which he had served with such fidelity, in war and peace. A son of this patriot, George L. Basham, now a prominent attorney of Little Rock, born in Johnson County in 1848, entered the Confederate service in 1863, as a private in Captain McComb's company of the regiment of which his father was second in command. He served in the battles of Poison Spring and Marks' Mill, the skirmishes with gunboats on the Mississippi in the summer of 1864 all the engagements of his regiment in the Missouri campaign under General Price, and after that in the operations of Roane's brigade, dismounted, until his discharge, at Marshall, Tex., May 21, 1865. In 1871 Mr. Basham became a student of law at Little Rock and since 1873, when he was admitted to the bar, he has been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession at the State capital. He has held the offices of city and county attorney, and served as member of the State board of charities.'
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081) •
In some records name is spelled Oliver.
Find a Grave contributor, Travis Holt has made the following suggested edits.
Olinver Basham (111440735)
Suggested edit: Broadfoot's 'Confederate Military History Vol. XIV' states:
Lieutenant Colonel Olinver Basham, a gallant Arkansas soldier of the Confederacy who fell at Pilot Knob, MO., in the fall of 1864, was a native of Virginia, born in 1819. He came to Arkansas as a young man of twenty years, was reared amid the surroundings of pioneer life, became a man of influence among his fellow citizens, and in 1850 and 1853 took his first steps in a notable public career as a member of the State legislature. He was selected by President Pierce in 1853, in recognition of prominence in politics and honorable reputation, as register of the land office of the United States, and being reappointed by President Buchanan he served ably in this position until 1860. He then accepted at the hands of his people the office of treasurer of Arkansas, which he held for two years, during the same period taking an active part in the organization of troops for Confederate service. In the spring of 1861 he raised a company of cavalry in Johnson County, of which he was elected Captain. The company was assigned to Churchill's regiment, and he was on duty with that command in the battles of Wilson's Creek and Fayetteville, and until early in 1862, when he resigned and returned to his duties at Little Rock as State Treasurer. At the expiration of his official term, January 1, 1863, he raised a squadron of two companies of cavalry in Johnson and Franklin counties, which was merged in Col. John F. Hill's regiment, Captain Basham taking the rank of Lieutenant colonel of that command. With this regiment, in the gallant brigade of Gen. W. L. Cabell, Lieutenant Colonel Basham participated in the fighting in Arkansas in the spring of 1864, including the battles of Poison Spring and Marks' Mill, in the latter receiving a slight wound, and in the fall of the same year marched with Price's army into Missouri. On September 27th, Cabell's brigade was ordered to storm Fort Davidson at Pilot Knob, surrounded by a ditch fifteen feet deep, and twenty feet wide, and defended by 600 veterans and seven pieces of artillery. The brigade swept forward over Pilot Knob, driving back the Federal companies which held the town and part of the mountain sides, and, said General Ewing, the Federal commander, "swept up on the plain in handsome style, yelling and on the double quick." At the distance of 600 yards they were met by a destructive fire of musketry and canister, but "rushed on most gallantly" until the reached the ditch, where many fell, the remainder saving themselves from annihilation by seeking refuge in the gullies. In the sacrifice of the brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Basham fell among the killed. His loss was severely felt by his command, and regretted throughout the State which he had served with such fidelity, in war and peace. A son of this patriot, George L. Basham, now a prominent attorney of Little Rock, born in Johnson County in 1848, entered the Confederate service in 1863, as a private in Captain McComb's company of the regiment of which his father was second in command. He served in the battles of Poison Spring and Marks' Mill, the skirmishes with gunboats on the Mississippi in the summer of 1864 all the engagements of his regiment in the Missouri campaign under General Price, and after that in the operations of Roane's brigade, dismounted, until his discharge, at Marshall, Tex., May 21, 1865. In 1871 Mr. Basham became a student of law at Little Rock and since 1873, when he was admitted to the bar, he has been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession at the State capital. He has held the offices of city and county attorney, and served as member of the State board of charities.'
Contributor: Travis Holt (48272081) •
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