In Memory
This page is dedicated to the remembrance of our ancestors, and their sacrifices.
May they never be forgotten!
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Pvt. Benjamin Franklin Cooper
Hampton Legion, Co. I; also 4th Reg. Co. G, SC Vols.
Buried at Clear Springs Baptist Church, Simpsonville, SC
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First Sergeant R.E. Sloan
Palmetto Sharpshooters, Co. C
Buried at Clear Springs Baptist Church, Simpsonville, SC
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Pvt. Sam H. Coward Jr.
62nd NC, Co. G
Died as POW at Camp Douglas on 3/6/1864. Buried at Oakwood cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Pvt. Simeon J. Cooper
3rd Battalion, Lt. Artillery, (Palmetto), Holtzclaw Co
Died 1/13/1865, Buried in mass grave
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Pvt. Robinson (R.W.) Cooper
3rd Battalion, Lt. Artillery; also White's Battalion, SC Lt. Artillery
Born 7/8/1842, Died 12/11/1862, Buried in mass grave
(Ancestors of Camp 1721 member J. Frank Chappell)
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Pvt. Caswell Leard
9th Battalion, Ga. Volunteers
Born 1835, Died 7/10/1863, Buried at Finns Point, Ft. Delaware Prison. (Died of wounds and smallpox)
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Pvt. David Leard (Caswell's brother, above)
9th Ga. Volunteers
Unknown dates, burial
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Pvt. Polk Leaird (This branch spelled name differently)
15th Regiment, Ga. Infantry , Co. H
Born 1845, Died 9/19/1863 on Chickamauga battlefield, burial site unknown
(Ancestors of Camp 1721 member Jack Leard)
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Pvt. Thaddeus McDuffie Templeton
Hampton's Legion, Co. E
Born 12/20/34, Died 10/19/1861 after being sent home on furlough with Camp Disease. Buried at Rocky Springs Presbyterian Church, Laurens county, SC.
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Pvt. James Ludy Templeton
Hampton's Legion, Company E
Born 4/3/1837, Died 5/30/1863 in hospital at Charlottesville, Va.
Buried at Rocky Springs Presbyterian Church, Laurens county, SC
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Pvt. John G. Garrett
16th SC Infantry, Company B
Born 1843, Died 9/6/1911, (with bullet still in leg after being shot in battle) , Buried at Unity Baptist Church, Simpsonville, SC
(Ancestors of Camp 1721 members James Harry Rodgers, Jr. and John Duard Rodgers)
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Pvt. James Scipio Peden
Hampton's Legion, Company E
Born 3/12/1821, Died 7/27/1864, Buried at Fairview Presbyterian Church, Fountain Inn, SC
(Ancestor of Camp 1721 members John Taylor Stenhouse Peden, Jr. and Henry Burwell Peden, II)
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Pvt. Benjamin Franklin Poole
4th South Carolina, Company F
Born 2/3/1836, Died 4/1902, Buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, Piedmont, SC
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Pvt. Nelson A. Garrett
16th SC Infantry, Company B
Born 1833, Died 8/2/1862, Buried at Camp Leesburg, Va. or Camp Leesburg, SC, Adams Run
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Pvt. Robert Lewis Garrett
7th South Carolina, 3rd Battery, Company K
Born 1827, Died 2/18/1912, Buried at Standing Springs Baptist Church , Simpsonville, SC
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Pvt. John G. Garrett
16th SC Infantry, Company B
Born 1844, Died 9/6/1911, Buried at Unity Baptist Church, Simpsonville, SC
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Pvt. Gideon Y. Garrett
16th SC Infantry, Company B
Born 1837, Died 12/27/1900, Buried at Standing Springs Baptist Church, Simpsonville, SC
(Ancestors of Camp 1721 member Marshall F. Watt, Jr.)
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Pvt. George W. Bumgarner
58th NC Infantry, Company H
Born 1830, Died 9/20/1863 from wounds received at Chickamauga. Buried at Ringold, Ga.
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Pvt. W. P. Bumgarner
58th NC Infantry, Company H
Born 3/29/1838, Died 7/27/1923 Buried at Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Granite Falls, NC
(Ancestors of Camp 1721 members Carl A. Bumgarner, Dean A. Bumgarner, Curtis L Bumgarner, and Westley A. Bumgarner)
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Pvt. Judson King
16th SC Volunteers, Company E
Born 6/26/1841, Died 5/12/1921 Captured at Battle of Franklin, Tn.---POW at Rock Island till end of war. Buried at Fork Shoals Baptist Church, Fork Shoals, SC
(Ancestor of Camp 1721 member Jerry W. Henderson)
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Pvt. Lemuel J. Huff
SC Light Artillery, Company A, 3rd Battalion
Born 1825, Died 1864 in Charleston, SC Buried at Big Creek Baptist Church, Williamston, SC. (also has a marker beside wife at Jackson Grove Methodist, Travelers Rest, SC)
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Pvt. Waddy T. Chiles
Palmetto Light Artillery, Company A
Born 4/25/1840, Died 1939 Buried at Salem Methodist Church, Greenville, SC
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Pvt. James A. Alexander
16th SC infantry, Company B
Born 8/18/1845, Died 3/24/1916 Buried at Bethuel Baptist Church, Greenville, SC
(Ancestors of Camp 1721 members Randy Jones and Harold E. Jones Sr.)
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Pvt. R.G. Bennett
6th Regiment SC Volunteers, Company B
Buried at Flint Hill Baptist Church, York county, South Carolina
(Ancestor of Camp 1721 member Reuben Jerry Bennett)
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