Gaines Family Civil War History

When looking in 3rd Generation for my ancestors cousins is so easy making my family charts like this then I can pin point out who served in the Confederate and Union military during the Civil War. So I had many resources to get from threw ancestry, find a grave and familysearch which is free. Also most accurate. Find a Grave isn't the best because it not listed all the children etc.

On TMC all the Gaines family ancestry is dated to the Knight at Aincort 1415 Davy Gamy his name is read by the King Henry of the casualty list of the battle. This film was made in 1944. Based on the William Shakespeare
play.

Today is Meck Dec Session day for Mclkenburg North Carolina May 20th 1776. I even visited the spot in Charlotte NC where one of the statues represents the signers Independence against the King of Britain.

My great grandmother, Thelma Welch Gaines Redmon her grandmother was Mary E Winn Walton she was a 2 cousin of General Stonewall Jackson today who made his flank attack at Chancellorsville Virginia which was considered to be General Robert E Lee's greatest victory of the civil war. Mary and "Stonewall" had the same common ancestors on his mothers side.

Just finished reading this book added to our library. It was copyrighted in 2011. Got it at the Fort Fischer museum with another book as well. Listed all the Generals short chapters which is a nice easy read for fans, and buffs of Confederate Generals.

Brigadier General Thomas F Toons from South Port NC he was in the 20th NC regiment they assaulted Union artillery position near a swamp. He was also wounded at Gaines Mill.

The Yankees were wavering and breaking but the tar heels could not hold the captured guns.

General William Dorsey Pender commander of the 13 North Carolina Infantry from Edgecomb NC was a owner of slaves don’t know how many exactly. His regiment broke through the Union lines at Gaines Mill they made two charges but gained no advantage. He later joined Hills Division General Stonewall Jackson at Second Manassas.

General Alfred Iverson Jr from North Carolina was at Gaines Mill then later lead a charge to a federal artillery position at Cold Harbor in 1864. His regiment was the 20th North Carolina troops. They couldn’t take the guns but also heavy losses in the charge.

CSA General Robert Federick Hoke commander of the 33rd North Carolina Infantry, he was at the battle of Gaines Mill on June 27th 1862.

General Jubal Early gave him praises for his command to lead into battle at Fredericksburg Virginia “A great officer of great energy of industry”.

General Daniel Harvey Hill CSA under General River E. Lee, Mr Hill took his division into battle at Gaines Mill on June 27th 1862. He wanted to resign because of his health problems but his famous brother in law General Stonewall Jackson convinced him to stay. After removal of Braxton Bragg he was then later removed from the army of Tennessee from President Jefferson Davis

Battle Cry version we play.

Round two the battle of Stones River 1864 the South is the winner this time in the series this week I record of 2-1 total against my friend in Battle Cry game. Won today 6-3. Civil War Diary visit this week on vacation decided to challenge our blog!

All visits with Civil War Diary will go here for our battle fights.

Playing Gaines Mill on battle cry 150th anniversary game I am the South and Steven is the North.

This is the 3rd annual Pilgrimage and Homecoming that will be held at the General Robert E. Lee status at the National Confederate Museum. SCV Chat will probably be broadcasting there hopefully.

General George B Anderson was from Orange County North Carolina he was at the battle of Gaines Mill then later wounded after Sharpsburg MD in the bloody lane died in Raleigh after having his foot amputated. His uncle in-law was Thomas S Ashe who was a Politician from Delegate to North Carolina Secession Convention in 1861, Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress. He also had two brothers in the CSA.

Sharing the most pro confederates go to learn about our heritage.

To learn more information about the SCV please go to www.scv.org

My ancestor who on my fathers side, was at Sugar Loaf battle with the 2nd Junior Reserves Infantry or 62 North Carolina Infantry "Join or be drafted" No way out of it no matter the cost. This is my 3rd great great grandfather who was 16 years of age. He was in Co I. From Hyde County NC. General George T Anderson commander of the regiment and brigade.

Sugar Loaf battle extended part of Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic.

Fort Fisher State Historic Site with friend Steven H Filmmaker

We will be going live tomorrow for some civil war battlefield sites tomorrow.

BG Edmund Winston Pettus CSA was a 3rd cousin to the Gaines family his brother was Gov John J Pettus Jr of Mississippi.

Military information

Major in the 20th Alabama. Infantry. Rising through the ranks, he was promoted Brigadier General in September 1863 and commanded a brigade in campaigns at Chattanooga, Atlanta and the Carolina's.

John P Gaines was a cousin to my ancestor, he lived in Grainger Tennessee, in Calhoun Kentucky. He was shot by bushwhackers near Breeding, Ky, Adair County during the Civil War. He later was in the CSA Co. C, 7th Ky. Cav. After the battle of Perryville Kentucky, the his siblings and family members went and retrieved his body and brought him home and buried him in the Gaines family cemetery in Green County, Ky. His date was October 21st 1862 took him, 7 months later to pass from his wounds They served with General John Hunt Morgan. Most of the regiment later was captured at the battle of Buffington Island. Most farmers in this area feared Guerillas soldier's on both sides. Johns, his mother Elizabeth Ann Graves Gaines, his uncle son was also in the Union army Francis Henry Graves his regiment Co. G, 13th Ky. Infantry was This regiment was known as the Brother against Brother regiment. This regiment was in the Army of the Ohio.

Major General Edmund P Gaines, his cousin was Private William Martin Gaines 50th Regiment from Alabama in the C.S.A, and Major William H Gaines, 5th Kentucky Volunteer Regiment, of many relatives in the 100's of his served in the Confederate states of America, Edmund, was married three times. His great grandfather William Gaines Sr, and his great uncles were all in the American Revolutionary War. Also his father James Taylor Gaines married 4 times total had 15 children. All had decedents of their own. This is who Gainesville Mississippi is named after. William Gaines Sr, and his brother James Gaines Sr, was my 6th great grandfather. Edmund's nephew was Major Francis Young Gaines was in the 3rd Alabama Cavalry was in the Civil War as well. There is a SCV camp named Gainesville Volunteers, SCV Camp 373 which town is named after him.

Yesterday in our Country for a week we were spied on by Chinese Communist Party, the last time this was happening attacked by Balloons by Japan in WW2 and our own Government in the Civil War and June 27th 1862 Gaines Mill, Union soldiers prepare Thaddeus Lowe's reconnaissance balloon for assent. This photograph was taken just prior to the Battle of Gaines' Mill. Which was owned by Dr William H Gaines, supporter of the Confederacy, who was under house arrest during the battle, The balloon was also used at Fair Oaks and Yorktown. The Confederates at Yorktown made a ritual to shoot down any that they saw.