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Biography | |
Born | 06/27/1836 |
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Birth Location | Russell Co. |
Died | 09/17/1862 |
Death Location | Sharpsburg, MD |
Father | John Barrett |
Mother | Cynthia A. Hurt |
Married | 06/07/1859 |
Spouse | Rebecca F. Honaker |
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37th Infantry | |
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37th Infantry | |
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Census Information:
1850: 1271, Age 14
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Miscellaneous Information:
Letter mention: Personal
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Military Information:
Compiled Service Record | ||
Card 1 3rd Sergeant, Company I, 37th Virginia Infantry Appears on a muster roll dated May 31st, 1861 Enrolled for active service on: May 3 Enrolled for active service at: New Garden Enrolled by: Capt. J. F. McElhenney Period: 1 year Age: 24 Company was enrolled for active service at Honaker, Va., on the 3rd day of May, 1861 and travelled then to Abingdon where it arrived on the 30th, 1861, a distance of 34 miles. |
Card 2 Appears on a muster roll for July & Aug., 1861 (Dated Aug. 31) Enlisted: When: May 2 Where: New Garden By whom: Capt. S. Hunt Period: 12 mo. Last paid: By whom: Capt. Dunbar To what time: June 30 Present or absent: Present Remarks: |
Card 3 Appears on a muster roll for Jan. & Feb., 1862 (Dated June 13, 1862) Enlisted: When: May 2 Where: New Garden By whom: Capt. S. Hunt Period: 1 year Last paid: By whom: Capt. Haller To what time: Dec. 31 Present or absent: Present Remarks: |
Card 4 Appears on a muster roll for Mch. & Apr., 1862 (Dated Aug. 15, 1862) Enlisted: When: May 2 Where: New Garden By whom: Capt. Hunt Period: 12 mos. Last paid: By whom: Capt. Cole To what time: Feb. 28 Present or absent: Present Remarks: |
Card 5 2nd Lieutenant, Company I, 37th Virginia Infantry Appears on a muster roll for May & June, 1862 (Not dated) Enlisted: When: May 2 Where: New Garden By whom: Capt. Hunt Period: 3 yrs Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: Present Remarks: Promoted to 2 Lieut. May 17 |
Card 6 Appears on a muster roll for July & Aug., 1862 (Dated Sept. 28, 1862) Enlisted: When: May 2, 1861 Where: New Garden By whom: Capt. Hunt Period: 3 yrs Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: Present Remarks: |
Card 7 Appears on a muster roll for Sept. & Oct., 1862 (Dated Dec. 11, 1862) Enlisted: When: May 2, 1861 Where: New Garden By whom: Capt. Hunt Period: 3 yrs Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: Remarks: Killed in battle at Sharpsburg Sept. 17th |
Card 8 Appears on a Register containing Rosters of Commissioned Officers, Provisional Army Confederate States. Date of resignation, death, transfer or promotion: Elected May 17, 1862 |
Card 9 1 Lieutenant, Company I, 37th Virginia Infantry Appears on a Regimental Return of the organization named above, for the month of May, 1862. Commissioned officers present and absent: Present |
Card 10 Appears on a LIST of killed and wounded, in Taliaferro's Brigade, from the time Gen. Lee took command at Gordonsville, until the Army left the Valley. List dated: Camp near Snickers Neck Jan 16, 1863. Where: Sharpsburg Remarks: Killed |
Card 11 Statement of Service Reference Slip. Dept. Confed. Mil. Records, Va. James H. Barrett Lt. Co. , 37 Reg't, Va. Inf. Enl. as Sergt. May 2, 1861. Promoted 2 Lt May 17, 1862. M. R. dated Dec. 11, 1862 (last on file) shows him 2 Lt. - Killed in battle at Sharpsburg, Sept. 17. 3.00 4/2/15 F. V. V. C & E Div. Nothing addl. found 9.40 Harley A. D. |
Card 12 April 3, 1915 Respectfully returned to Col. Joseph V. Bidgood, Secretary, Deparment Confederate Military Records, Richmond, Virginia. The records show tha James H. Barrett, 37th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States Army, enlisted as sergeant May 2, 1861, and was promoted to 2d lieutenant May 17, 1862. On roll dated December 11, 1862, last roll on file, he was reported to have been killed in battle September 17. H. F. McCain The Adjutant General. |
Card 13 [Back of pay voucher, July 24, 1862.] |
Card 14 [Pay voucher.] |