Union Soldiers During the Civil War William & Isaac Peck (2 of 4 Brothers) 113th OH Regiment – Company C Duty: The 113th Ohio Infantry was organized at: Camp Chase, Columbus; Camp Zanesville, Zanesville; and Camp Dennison near Cincinnati. The regiment—with its Companies A, B, C, and F—was mustered in for three years’ service on October 10, 1862 at Camp Chase,…
Union Soldiers During the Civil War Nathan & Lewis Peck (2 of 4 brothers) 158th PA Regiment- Company K Duty: Organized at Chambersburg November 1, 1862, and ordered to Suffolk, Va. Attached to Spinola’s Brigade, Division at Suffolk, 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 5th Division, 18th Corps, Dept. of North…
Thomas Flewelling – Loyalist The name Flewelling, and its variations, derives from the Welsh surname, Llewellyn which, in turn, is derived from a given name. The Welsh adopted the use of inherited surnames about the 16th and 17th centuries. The English, often phonetically attempting to write Llewellyn, would write one of the “F” versions. Throughout…
Richard Hankins – Revolutionary War Patriot Remember the movie ‘The Patriot’ starring Mel Gibson? Mel Gibson’s character played the historical ‘Swamp Fox’ and my research points to the fact that our ancestor fought under the Swamp Fox and survived!!! More to come on this.. Marion showed himself to be a singularly able leader of irregular militiamen. Unlike…
James V of Scotland James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death in 1542. He was crowned on 21 September 1513 at the age of seventeen months. James was the son of King James IV and Margaret Tudor, and during his childhood Scotland was governed by regents, firstly by his mother until…
Jean Stewart Campbell Birth 1537 Scotland Death 7 Jan 1588 (aged 50–51) City of Edinburgh, Scotland Burial Abbey of Holyrood Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland Add to Map Memorial ID 132906775 · View Source Lady Jean Stewart (also known as Jane Stuart; c. 1533[1] – 7 January 1587/88) was an illegitimate daughter of King James V of Scotland by his…
Timothy Webster – 12 Mar 1822 Timothy Webster Becomes the First Spy Executed in the Civil War On the day of April 29, 1862, Timothy Webster became the first person executed during the Civil War for acts of espionage. Convicted four days prior to his execution, a court-martial in Richmond, Virginia ruled that Webster, an…