DIED FOR HOME AND NATIVE LAND

Newberry Observer

May 1, 1906

A Roll of Confederate Heroes Who Laid Down Their Lives in Hospitals or on the Field of Battle—The List Sacredly Preserved by One of Their Surviving Comrades.

Mr. L.M. Speers of Newberry was orderly sergeant of Company B, Third South Carolina regiment in the Civil War. He has the roll of the company which he preserves with great care and with affectionate remembrance of his comrades living and dead. The roll that follows relates only those members of the company who died in services. It may not cover the entire service of the company. Mr. Speers was several times wounded—seven times altogether—in battle, one very seriously.

List of Men Who Died of Disease or were Killed in Battle from Company “B” 3D S.C. Regiment

Capt. S.N. Davidson, Newberry—Died from disease at Petersburg, Va., 19 June 1862,

Lieut. Wm. P. Hunter —Killed in Battle of Wilderness, Va., 6th May 1864

Lieut. M.P. Buzhardt— Killed at Battle of Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863

Lieut. C.S. Davenport—Killed at Battle of Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862

Sergt. J.R.G. Reeder–Died September 27, 1863, from wounds received at the Battle of Chickamauga, Ga.

Sergt. J.A. Copeland, Laurens— Died September 24, 1863, from wounds received at the Battle of Chickamauga, Ga.

Sergt. J.F. Clark–Died from disease at home November 14, 1862

Sergt. M.B. Summer–Died from disease at Fort Deleware [sic] September 13, 1863

Corp. M. Suber–Died from disease at Culpeper, Va. August 10, 1861

Corp. W.F. Anderson–Died from disease at Richmond, Va. March 26, 1862

Corp. T.M. Davis—Died from disease at Manassas Junction, Va. February 17, 1862

Corp. R. Workman—Killed at Battle of the Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864

I.P. Cannon—Died from disease at St. Francis hospital, Richmond, Va., September 4, 1861

J.G. Chupp–Died of disease, date not known.

J. Cole–Died of disease, date not known.

J.P. Cleland—Died from disease at home December 22, 1862

Thomas Craddock—Died from disease at Richmond, Va., May 10, 1862

E.G. Clark—Died from disease at Richmond, Va., April 22, 1862

E.W. Davenport–Died November 8, 1863 from wounds received in the Battle Chickamauga, Ga.

D.P. Davis–Killed at Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862

E.A. Butler–Killed at Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862

W.W. Gibson–Killed at Battle of Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864

Meredith Gibson–Died September 30, 1863, from wounds received in the Battle Chickamauga, Ga.

H.F. Harmon—Died from effect of wounds at Camp Douglass, Ill. July 1864

W.H. King—died at home from disease November 2, 1863

J.E. Lyles–Died from disease at Richmond, Va., March 3, 1863

Henry Livingstone—Died from disease at Staunton, Va., November 2, 1862.

A.J. Longshore–Died December 15, 1862 from wounds received at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.

J.W. Lark–Died from disease at Manassas Junction, Va., January 23, 1862

J.L. Motes–Died from disease at Winchester, Va., November 19, 1863

J.H. Middleton, Laurens–Died September 21, 1863 from wounds received in the Battle Chickamauga, Ga.

John Galloway–Killed in battle at Knoxville, Tennessee., November 18, 1863

L.T. Crooks–Killed at the Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 20, 1863

J.M. Pitts–Died from disease at Winchester, Va., January 23, 1865.

William Pitts–Died July 23, 1862 from wounds received at Savage Station Jun 29, 1862

William Bishop—Died from disease at home August 30, 1864.

W.G. Griffin—Died from disease at Charlottesville, Va., November 2, 1861

G.A. Suber–Died December 13, 1862 from the effects of wounds received at Battle of Fredericksburg, Va

Andrew Suber—Died from disease at Culpeper, Va., September 17, 1861

William F. Spruel–Killed at the Battle of Savage Station, Va., June 29, 1862

J.S. Spruel–Died December 17, 1862 from the effects of wounds received at the Battle of Savage Station, Va.

J.P. Stewart—Died from disease at Rock Island, Ill., March 3, 1864

David Harp—Died from disease at Culpeper, Va., September 18, 1862

Jno C. Cary—Died from disease at home January 7, 1865

J.W.  Golding—Died from disease at New Market, Tennessee, February 21, 1864

Walter Willingham—Died in Columbus, S.C., 18864 from the effects of wounds received in battle.

Jesse Gary—Killed in Battle of Sharpsburg, Md., September 17, 1862

Calvin Thrift—Died from disease at Culpeper, Va., June 30, 1862

S.J. Robinson, Spartanburg—Killer in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862

A.M. Reeder, Jr. Died from disease at home June 10, 1863.