He married Lesia Ann Elviah Freir on 4 Nov 1852 in Lowndes County, Georgia. Josiah and Leacy had six children: Sarah Eugenia, Joseph Lott, John M., Godfrey Schley, Rufus Thomas and Newton Josiah.They raised their family in Madison County, Florida.
Josiah enlisted on 28 Feb 1862 at Madison County Court House to serve three years. He served in Co. E., 5th Regiment, Florida Infantry. He was made Sergeant when he entered but was Private when he died. Following the Battle of Second Bull Run, Josiah was hospitalized in Warrenton Hospital where he died of chronic diarrhea.
After Josiah's death, Leacy married John E. Herring on 23 Dec 1866 in Madison County, Florida.
Josiah is believed to have been among the 600 Confederate Soldiers who died in hospitals following the Battles of First and Second Manassas. Their graves became unmarked when Union troops pulled up the wooden markers of the original headstones and burned them for firewood in the winter of 1863. Their remains were disinterred from their unmarked graves and reinterred beneath a granite monument in Warrenton Cemetery. The names of 520 have been identified by researchers and appear on a wall surrounding the monument.
See https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13091796/confederate-memorial
He married Lesia Ann Elviah Freir on 4 Nov 1852 in Lowndes County, Georgia. Josiah and Leacy had six children: Sarah Eugenia, Joseph Lott, John M., Godfrey Schley, Rufus Thomas and Newton Josiah.They raised their family in Madison County, Florida.
Josiah enlisted on 28 Feb 1862 at Madison County Court House to serve three years. He served in Co. E., 5th Regiment, Florida Infantry. He was made Sergeant when he entered but was Private when he died. Following the Battle of Second Bull Run, Josiah was hospitalized in Warrenton Hospital where he died of chronic diarrhea.
After Josiah's death, Leacy married John E. Herring on 23 Dec 1866 in Madison County, Florida.
Josiah is believed to have been among the 600 Confederate Soldiers who died in hospitals following the Battles of First and Second Manassas. Their graves became unmarked when Union troops pulled up the wooden markers of the original headstones and burned them for firewood in the winter of 1863. Their remains were disinterred from their unmarked graves and reinterred beneath a granite monument in Warrenton Cemetery. The names of 520 have been identified by researchers and appear on a wall surrounding the monument.
See https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13091796/confederate-memorial
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