CSA
Son of Henry and Elizabeth White Foxworth. Wesley married Ann Eliza Woodward on the June 22, 1851.
Wesley enlisted in Confederate army on September 1, 1863 at Georgetown. He joined with Captain John Hyrne Tuckers Company of South Carolina Cavalry, "Marion's Men of Winyah". It was incorporated into the 7th SC Cavalry in March 1864 and formed Companys A and F of that regiment.
Before the war, the census lists him as a farmer with $1800 in real property and $800 in personal.
His son, William Stacy Foxworth, wrote about his father in 1909. He recalled him as a "humble Christian genetleman, courteous, unassuming, sympathetic and helpful." It was, sadly, because of his nature that he incurred debts while acting as security for his friends and left his wife almost helpless when he died in Virginia six months before the war ended.
Wesley Samuel's memorial marker was placed in New Life cemetery next to his wife's grave by a great-grandson. It contains some errors. His wife's middle name was not Elizabeth and he died on the 22nd, not at Weldon Railroad on the 23rd.
Alexander Cheves Haskell wrote about being a Colonel in the Army and in command of his new Regiment, the 7th SC Cavalry, which was Wesley's, during the weeks before Wesley was killed:
"I find my strength, health, and, I regret to say, my appetite improving daily. I find my Command in fine heart, with a good reputation and confidence of their ability to whip Cavalry, Infantry or Gun-boats; but much reduced in numbers by death, wounds and sickness; horses very thin and suffering."
At this time, Grant, with the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James, was confronting Lee's Army along a constantly extending line, and within less than 20 miles of Richmond. The resulting small engagements were incessant, from August 1 to November 1, resulting in tremendous loss of life on both sides.
"I have been worked very hard in keeping up my Regiment and horses, under great disadvantages. I have very little energy, having been nearly worn out by the severe campaign. I have been kept down by exposure, fatigue and very bad diet, insufficient as well as bad. But now we are resting in the trenches in front of the enemy in Deep Bottom.
I continue to be much pleased with my Regiment, with which I am willing to confront any of the enemy's Cavalry or Infantry, and am not ashamed to bring it into line with the best of our own. The Command is a very trying one. We fight as Infantry, and yet have all the trouble and responsibility of the horses, the amount of which trouble I had not conceived before trying."
On September 1864 the last month of Wesley's life, is a description of a battle on the North side of the James River that the 7th was involved in:
"Rising in my stirrups I cried so that every man could hear it, 'Forward Seventh!' Then came the rush: Georgia to get ahead of SC; Hampton Legion to pass the Seventh; and the Seventh to get ahead of Texas and win for the whole brigade. I never saw such a charge in all my experience. They went through and over the abattis as if it were a grass sward. They yelled like madmen, and before the fight had well begun they were on top of the works, the enemy rushing across the Chickahominy, and men and horses floundering in the mud. The day was ours. I never felt more grateful and happy. The Texans commented, 'But Colonel, we didn't know Cavalry could fight that way.' Our loss was almost miraculously small for such a position, and if we had advanced in the ordinary way it would have been much heavier, and we might have been repulsed."
Wesley Samuel Foxworth died September 22, 1864 and is buried somewhere unknown in Virginia.
Son of Henry and Elizabeth White Foxworth. Wesley married Ann Eliza Woodward on the June 22, 1851.
Wesley enlisted in Confederate army on September 1, 1863 at Georgetown. He joined with Captain John Hyrne Tuckers Company of South Carolina Cavalry, "Marion's Men of Winyah". It was incorporated into the 7th SC Cavalry in March 1864 and formed Companys A and F of that regiment.
Before the war, the census lists him as a farmer with $1800 in real property and $800 in personal.
His son, William Stacy Foxworth, wrote about his father in 1909. He recalled him as a "humble Christian genetleman, courteous, unassuming, sympathetic and helpful." It was, sadly, because of his nature that he incurred debts while acting as security for his friends and left his wife almost helpless when he died in Virginia six months before the war ended.
Wesley Samuel's memorial marker was placed in New Life cemetery next to his wife's grave by a great-grandson. It contains some errors. His wife's middle name was not Elizabeth and he died on the 22nd, not at Weldon Railroad on the 23rd.
Alexander Cheves Haskell wrote about being a Colonel in the Army and in command of his new Regiment, the 7th SC Cavalry, which was Wesley's, during the weeks before Wesley was killed:
"I find my strength, health, and, I regret to say, my appetite improving daily. I find my Command in fine heart, with a good reputation and confidence of their ability to whip Cavalry, Infantry or Gun-boats; but much reduced in numbers by death, wounds and sickness; horses very thin and suffering."
At this time, Grant, with the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James, was confronting Lee's Army along a constantly extending line, and within less than 20 miles of Richmond. The resulting small engagements were incessant, from August 1 to November 1, resulting in tremendous loss of life on both sides.
"I have been worked very hard in keeping up my Regiment and horses, under great disadvantages. I have very little energy, having been nearly worn out by the severe campaign. I have been kept down by exposure, fatigue and very bad diet, insufficient as well as bad. But now we are resting in the trenches in front of the enemy in Deep Bottom.
I continue to be much pleased with my Regiment, with which I am willing to confront any of the enemy's Cavalry or Infantry, and am not ashamed to bring it into line with the best of our own. The Command is a very trying one. We fight as Infantry, and yet have all the trouble and responsibility of the horses, the amount of which trouble I had not conceived before trying."
On September 1864 the last month of Wesley's life, is a description of a battle on the North side of the James River that the 7th was involved in:
"Rising in my stirrups I cried so that every man could hear it, 'Forward Seventh!' Then came the rush: Georgia to get ahead of SC; Hampton Legion to pass the Seventh; and the Seventh to get ahead of Texas and win for the whole brigade. I never saw such a charge in all my experience. They went through and over the abattis as if it were a grass sward. They yelled like madmen, and before the fight had well begun they were on top of the works, the enemy rushing across the Chickahominy, and men and horses floundering in the mud. The day was ours. I never felt more grateful and happy. The Texans commented, 'But Colonel, we didn't know Cavalry could fight that way.' Our loss was almost miraculously small for such a position, and if we had advanced in the ordinary way it would have been much heavier, and we might have been repulsed."
Wesley Samuel Foxworth died September 22, 1864 and is buried somewhere unknown in Virginia.
CSA
Son of Henry and Elizabeth White Foxworth. Wesley married Ann Eliza Woodward on the June 22, 1851.
Wesley enlisted in Confederate army on September 1, 1863 at Georgetown. He joined with Captain John Hyrne Tuckers Company of South Carolina Cavalry, "Marion's Men of Winyah". It was incorporated into the 7th SC Cavalry in March 1864 and formed Companys A and F of that regiment.
Before the war, the census lists him as a farmer with $1800 in real property and $800 in personal.
His son, William Stacy Foxworth, wrote about his father in 1909. He recalled him as a "humble Christian genetleman, courteous, unassuming, sympathetic and helpful." It was, sadly, because of his nature that he incurred debts while acting as security for his friends and left his wife almost helpless when he died in Virginia six months before the war ended.
Wesley Samuel's memorial marker was placed in New Life cemetery next to his wife's grave by a great-grandson. It contains some errors. His wife's middle name was not Elizabeth and he died on the 22nd, not at Weldon Railroad on the 23rd.
Alexander Cheves Haskell wrote about being a Colonel in the Army and in command of his new Regiment, the 7th SC Cavalry, which was Wesley's, during the weeks before Wesley was killed:
"I find my strength, health, and, I regret to say, my appetite improving daily. I find my Command in fine heart, with a good reputation and confidence of their ability to whip Cavalry, Infantry or Gun-boats; but much reduced in numbers by death, wounds and sickness; horses very thin and suffering."
At this time, Grant, with the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James, was confronting Lee's Army along a constantly extending line, and within less than 20 miles of Richmond. The resulting small engagements were incessant, from August 1 to November 1, resulting in tremendous loss of life on both sides.
"I have been worked very hard in keeping up my Regiment and horses, under great disadvantages. I have very little energy, having been nearly worn out by the severe campaign. I have been kept down by exposure, fatigue and very bad diet, insufficient as well as bad. But now we are resting in the trenches in front of the enemy in Deep Bottom.
I continue to be much pleased with my Regiment, with which I am willing to confront any of the enemy's Cavalry or Infantry, and am not ashamed to bring it into line with the best of our own. The Command is a very trying one. We fight as Infantry, and yet have all the trouble and responsibility of the horses, the amount of which trouble I had not conceived before trying."
On September 1864 the last month of Wesley's life, is a description of a battle on the North side of the James River that the 7th was involved in:
"Rising in my stirrups I cried so that every man could hear it, 'Forward Seventh!' Then came the rush: Georgia to get ahead of SC; Hampton Legion to pass the Seventh; and the Seventh to get ahead of Texas and win for the whole brigade. I never saw such a charge in all my experience. They went through and over the abattis as if it were a grass sward. They yelled like madmen, and before the fight had well begun they were on top of the works, the enemy rushing across the Chickahominy, and men and horses floundering in the mud. The day was ours. I never felt more grateful and happy. The Texans commented, 'But Colonel, we didn't know Cavalry could fight that way.' Our loss was almost miraculously small for such a position, and if we had advanced in the ordinary way it would have been much heavier, and we might have been repulsed."
Wesley Samuel Foxworth died September 22, 1864 and is buried somewhere unknown in Virginia.
Son of Henry and Elizabeth White Foxworth. Wesley married Ann Eliza Woodward on the June 22, 1851.
Wesley enlisted in Confederate army on September 1, 1863 at Georgetown. He joined with Captain John Hyrne Tuckers Company of South Carolina Cavalry, "Marion's Men of Winyah". It was incorporated into the 7th SC Cavalry in March 1864 and formed Companys A and F of that regiment.
Before the war, the census lists him as a farmer with $1800 in real property and $800 in personal.
His son, William Stacy Foxworth, wrote about his father in 1909. He recalled him as a "humble Christian genetleman, courteous, unassuming, sympathetic and helpful." It was, sadly, because of his nature that he incurred debts while acting as security for his friends and left his wife almost helpless when he died in Virginia six months before the war ended.
Wesley Samuel's memorial marker was placed in New Life cemetery next to his wife's grave by a great-grandson. It contains some errors. His wife's middle name was not Elizabeth and he died on the 22nd, not at Weldon Railroad on the 23rd.
Alexander Cheves Haskell wrote about being a Colonel in the Army and in command of his new Regiment, the 7th SC Cavalry, which was Wesley's, during the weeks before Wesley was killed:
"I find my strength, health, and, I regret to say, my appetite improving daily. I find my Command in fine heart, with a good reputation and confidence of their ability to whip Cavalry, Infantry or Gun-boats; but much reduced in numbers by death, wounds and sickness; horses very thin and suffering."
At this time, Grant, with the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James, was confronting Lee's Army along a constantly extending line, and within less than 20 miles of Richmond. The resulting small engagements were incessant, from August 1 to November 1, resulting in tremendous loss of life on both sides.
"I have been worked very hard in keeping up my Regiment and horses, under great disadvantages. I have very little energy, having been nearly worn out by the severe campaign. I have been kept down by exposure, fatigue and very bad diet, insufficient as well as bad. But now we are resting in the trenches in front of the enemy in Deep Bottom.
I continue to be much pleased with my Regiment, with which I am willing to confront any of the enemy's Cavalry or Infantry, and am not ashamed to bring it into line with the best of our own. The Command is a very trying one. We fight as Infantry, and yet have all the trouble and responsibility of the horses, the amount of which trouble I had not conceived before trying."
On September 1864 the last month of Wesley's life, is a description of a battle on the North side of the James River that the 7th was involved in:
"Rising in my stirrups I cried so that every man could hear it, 'Forward Seventh!' Then came the rush: Georgia to get ahead of SC; Hampton Legion to pass the Seventh; and the Seventh to get ahead of Texas and win for the whole brigade. I never saw such a charge in all my experience. They went through and over the abattis as if it were a grass sward. They yelled like madmen, and before the fight had well begun they were on top of the works, the enemy rushing across the Chickahominy, and men and horses floundering in the mud. The day was ours. I never felt more grateful and happy. The Texans commented, 'But Colonel, we didn't know Cavalry could fight that way.' Our loss was almost miraculously small for such a position, and if we had advanced in the ordinary way it would have been much heavier, and we might have been repulsed."
Wesley Samuel Foxworth died September 22, 1864 and is buried somewhere unknown in Virginia.
Gravesite Details
Marker has incorrect info. Wesley's wife was Ann Eliza, not Anne Elizabeth. Wesley died from disease on September 22, 1864, not at Weldon Railroad on the 23rd.
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