Michael Creech
FIND A GRAVE ID 50681802
EMAIL [email protected]]
h/o of Mary Catherine Connell
S/o John & Jennie Adams Connell
Francis Marion ("Frank") Connell served as a private in the 22nd South Carolina Volunteers, Company E. He was wounded in the ankle during the battle of Successionville in 1862. 100 men, including Frank Connell were rushed to the earthworks fort to meet a large Union force that attacked in the dead of night. Records show that the 100 CSA soldiers arrived just as the ramparts were breached, and fierce hand to hand combat took place. The small force held along with the remaining men of the artillery battery just long enough for the larger body of CSA soldiers to arrive and throw back the Federals. The Union forces suffered heavy casualties, estimated in the range of 1500 dead.
Frank Connell returned to service sporadically after he was injured. Much of the 22nd SCV was destroyed at the Battle of the Crater, so his occasional AWOL status turned out to be rather beneficial. Pension records show that he was unable to farm due to lingering effects of the wounds, causing one to wonder his value as an infantryman after Sucessionville.
Michael Creech
FIND A GRAVE ID 50681802
EMAIL [email protected]]
h/o of Mary Catherine Connell
S/o John & Jennie Adams Connell
Francis Marion ("Frank") Connell served as a private in the 22nd South Carolina Volunteers, Company E. He was wounded in the ankle during the battle of Successionville in 1862. 100 men, including Frank Connell were rushed to the earthworks fort to meet a large Union force that attacked in the dead of night. Records show that the 100 CSA soldiers arrived just as the ramparts were breached, and fierce hand to hand combat took place. The small force held along with the remaining men of the artillery battery just long enough for the larger body of CSA soldiers to arrive and throw back the Federals. The Union forces suffered heavy casualties, estimated in the range of 1500 dead.
Frank Connell returned to service sporadically after he was injured. Much of the 22nd SCV was destroyed at the Battle of the Crater, so his occasional AWOL status turned out to be rather beneficial. Pension records show that he was unable to farm due to lingering effects of the wounds, causing one to wonder his value as an infantryman after Sucessionville.
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William Avery Connell
1870–1946
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James Henry Connell
1871–1939
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John Connell
1874–1946
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Millie C Hamilton
1881–1954
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PVT Martin Franklin Connell
1888–1964
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Jacob Sylvester Connell
1890–1920
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Jessie Lee Connell Maness
1894–1960
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Addie Connell Wood
1896–1974
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Sarah Ann Connell Maness
1899–1994
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Mary Connell Brewer
1901–1987
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Henry C Connell
1904–1935
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