He enlisted in the 8th Alabama Infantry, Co. H (Capt. Cleveland's) on 25 June 1861. He was present for the engagements at New Market Bridge 22 December 1861, the Seizure of Yorktown 5 April 1862, and at Williamsburg on 5 May 1862. He was listed as absent sick at Seven Pines 1 June 1862, Gains Mill 27 June 1862, and at Frasers Farm on 30 June 1862. Berry died in the Danville Confederate Hospital in Danville, Virginia and is buried in the Danville National Cemetery.
Source for Death and Burial:(Authority: Historical record roll signed at Boyton Plank Rd. near Petersburg, Virginia, January 1865).
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Alabama Civil War Service Database
Last Name: Tillman
First Name: Berry
Date of Birth: 1842
Birth Information:
Date of Death: 1862/07/15
Death Information: Died: Danville, Virginia Confederate Hospital
Regimental Unit: 8th Alabama
Company Unit: H
Co. Unit Name: Captain Cleveland's
Remarks: Most of the Confederate soldiers who died in the Danville, Virginia Confederate Hospital are buried in the Danville National Cemetery.
Source Authority: Information by Raymond W. Watkins, Falls Church, Virginia, 1979.
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I have been told that those that died in the Danville Confederate Hospital were buried in this cemetery, unless shipped home for burial by their family. Most of our Southern families didn't have that kind of money. Berry was never released; his record says he died in the hospital and was buried in the cemetery there. Most were buried the same day or day after they died.
He enlisted in the 8th Alabama Infantry, Co. H (Capt. Cleveland's) on 25 June 1861. He was present for the engagements at New Market Bridge 22 December 1861, the Seizure of Yorktown 5 April 1862, and at Williamsburg on 5 May 1862. He was listed as absent sick at Seven Pines 1 June 1862, Gains Mill 27 June 1862, and at Frasers Farm on 30 June 1862. Berry died in the Danville Confederate Hospital in Danville, Virginia and is buried in the Danville National Cemetery.
Source for Death and Burial:(Authority: Historical record roll signed at Boyton Plank Rd. near Petersburg, Virginia, January 1865).
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Alabama Civil War Service Database
Last Name: Tillman
First Name: Berry
Date of Birth: 1842
Birth Information:
Date of Death: 1862/07/15
Death Information: Died: Danville, Virginia Confederate Hospital
Regimental Unit: 8th Alabama
Company Unit: H
Co. Unit Name: Captain Cleveland's
Remarks: Most of the Confederate soldiers who died in the Danville, Virginia Confederate Hospital are buried in the Danville National Cemetery.
Source Authority: Information by Raymond W. Watkins, Falls Church, Virginia, 1979.
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I have been told that those that died in the Danville Confederate Hospital were buried in this cemetery, unless shipped home for burial by their family. Most of our Southern families didn't have that kind of money. Berry was never released; his record says he died in the hospital and was buried in the cemetery there. Most were buried the same day or day after they died.
Family Members
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Gideon Theodore Tillman
1840–1927
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Willis Alfred Tillman Sr
1845–1911
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Susan Tillman Willard
1847–1908
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Ausmus Austin Tillman
1849–1935
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Clarissa Tillman Broadus
1851–1897
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Joseph Bonner Tillman
1853–1916
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Julia Tillman Clark
1857–1928
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William Tillman
1860–1866
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Murdock McInnis Tillman
1861–1931
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Melissia C Tillman Pierce
1864–1930
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