Hiram S Fickle - Russell County, Virginia in the Civil War

Hiram S Fickle


Biography
Born	10/1842
Birth Location	Russell Co.
Died	08/06/1900
Death Location	Putnam Co., FL
Father	John B. Fickle
Mother	Mary M. Fields
Married	05/23/1873
Spouse	Anne Flora McCallum
Military Units
37th Infantry
16th Cavalry
Ferguson's Battalion
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
16th Virginia Cavalry
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37th Infantry
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Ferguson's Battalion
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Misc
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Widows Pension
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Census Information:

1850: 1778, Age 7
1860: 27L, Age 16
1870: Elk Garden, Lebanon 1, Age 24
1880: Robeson Co., NC 293, Age 38
1900: Alachua Co., FL 408, Age 57
1910: DEAD
1920: DEAD
1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information:

Blog Post: Hiram S. Fickle Steals a Horse

Letter mention: Isaac V. Reynolds
Letter mention: Charles B. Price
Widow filed pension: 1909 (FL)

Newspaper mentions:
Abingdon Virginian, 8/14/1863
Weekly Caucasian, 3/30/1872
Inter Ocean, 8/13/1888
Florida Times Union, 1/1/1897, 7/31/1900

Notes: Accidentally wounded at Monterey, 8/1861. Living next door to Robert McElyea in 1880CEN (they married sisters). Moved to Florida in 1884. Brief bio in "The MacQueens of Queensdale..." written by his sister in law. Mentioned at http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/MH/00/00/17/98/00001/William%20O%27Neal%20-%20final.pdf

Obituary online

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record

Card 1
Private, Company C, 37th Virginia Infantry

Appears on a muster roll for July & Aug., 1861 (Dated Aug. 31)

Enlisted:
When: May 10, 1861
Where: Lebanon, Va
By whom: Capt. J. F. McElheny
Period: 12 mo.

Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Dunbar
To what time: June 30

Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Shot in the arm by accidental discharge of muskett. Under care Surg. at Monterey.

Card 2

Appears on a muster roll for Jany & Feby., 1862 (Not dated)

Enlisted:
When: May 10
Where: Lebanon, Va
By whom: Capt. McElhenny
Period: 12 mo.

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: x
Remarks: Wounded on sick furlough

x Name appears in Column of Names Present

Card 3

Appears on a muster roll for Feby 28 to Mch. 30, 1862 (Not dated)

Enlisted:
When: May 10, 1861
Where: Russell Co., Va
By whom: Capt. McElhenny
Period: 1 year

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: x
Remarks: On sick furlough

x Name appears in Column of Names Present

Card 4

Appears on a Register
of Payments to Discharged Soldiers.

Date of discharge: 15 Apl., 1862
Date of payment: 17 Apl., 1862
By whom: F. P. Clark

Card 5

[Pay voucher, March 21, 1862. Signed by name.]

Card 6

[Back of disability discharge.]

Card 7

CERTIFICATE OF DISABILITY FOR DISCHARGE.
1862

Hiram S. Fickle a member, of Captain Jno. F. McElhenny's Company (C), of the 37th Regiment of Confederate States Va. Vols., was enlisted by Capt John F. McElhenny, of the 37th Regiment of Va. Vols., at Lebanon on the 10th day of May 1861 to serve one year; he was born in Russell Co. in the State of Virginia, is 19 years of age, 5 feet 11 1/2 inches high, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, and by occupation when enlisted a Blacksmith. During the last Eight months said soldier has been unfit for duty ____ days.
[...]
I CERTIFY, that I have carefully examined the said Hiram S. Fickle of Captain McElhenny's Company, and find him incapable of performing the duties of a soldier because of injuries received in the left forearm from a muskett ball, rendering the hand almost useless.
B. L. May Asst. Surgeon.
37th Regt. Va. Vols.
[Approved April 16, 1862, Camp near New Market.]

Card 8

No. 22

No. 8 Abstract B 2nd Qr. 1863
Lieut. Hiram S. Fickle
Dollars: 58.00
Paid 2 of May 1863

Card 9

[Pay voucher for corn, shoeing horses and hay, April 14-17, 1863. Paid May, 1863. Signed by name.]

Card 10
1st Lieutenant, Captain Charles E. Stevenson's Company, Ferguson's Battalion Cavalry

Appears on a muster roll for Aug. 4, 1862 (Dated Aug. 4, 1862)

Enlisted:
When:
Where:
By whom:
Period:

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Present
Remarks: Elect 1 Lieut 4 Aug. 1862

Card 11

[Back of forage requisition dated December 1, 1863.]

Card 12

[Forage requisition for twenty two horses, December, 1863. Signed as commanding company.]

Card 13

[Back of pay voucher, December 31, 1864. $800 covering May 1, 1864 to December 31, 1864.]

Card 14

[Front of pay voucher.]

Card 15
1st Lieutenant, 16th Virginia Cavalry

Appears on a muster roll for Oct. 31, 1863 to Apr. 1, 1864 (Dated Apl. 1, 1864)

Enlisted:
When:
Where:
By whom:
Period:

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Not stated
Remarks:

Recapitulation shows 1st Lt present for duty

Card 16

Appears on a muster roll for Oct. 31, 1863 to Oct. 31, 1864 (Dated Nov. 30, 1864)

Enlisted:
When:
Where:
By whom:
Period:

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Present
Remarks: In arrest.

Card 17

Appears on a muster roll for Nov. & Dec., 1864 (Dated Dec. 31, 1864)

Enlisted:
When:
Where:
By whom:
Period:

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Present
Remarks: In arrest since July 10, 1864

Card 18

Appears on a Roster dated Jan. 1865

Date of commission: Aug. 5, 1862

Remarks: Present in arrest since July 18, 1864

Card 19

Appears on a copy of an
Election Return
dated Hdqrs. Camp of Instruction
near Salem, Va. Jan 15, 1863

Remarks: Present & Voting

Card 20

Appears on a Register
containing Rosters of Commissioned Officers, Provisional Army Confederate States

Date of appointment: Aug. 4, 1862

Card 21

[Back of forage requistion. December 23, 1863.]

Card 22

[Front of forage requisition for ten horse. December, 1863. Signed as commanding company.]

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Compiled Service Record
Card 1 Private, Company C, 37th Virginia Infantry Appears on a muster roll for July & Aug., 1861 (Dated Aug. 31) Enlisted: When: May 10, 1861 Where: Lebanon, Va By whom: Capt. J. F. McElheny Period: 12 mo. Last paid: By whom: Capt. Dunbar To what time: June 30 Present or absent: Absent Remarks: Shot in the arm by accidental discharge of muskett. Under care Surg. at Monterey.	Card 2 Appears on a muster roll for Jany & Feby., 1862 (Not dated) Enlisted: When: May 10 Where: Lebanon, Va By whom: Capt. McElhenny Period: 12 mo. Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: x Remarks: Wounded on sick furlough x Name appears in Column of Names Present	Card 3 Appears on a muster roll for Feby 28 to Mch. 30, 1862 (Not dated) Enlisted: When: May 10, 1861 Where: Russell Co., Va By whom: Capt. McElhenny Period: 1 year Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: x Remarks: On sick furlough x Name appears in Column of Names Present
Card 4 Appears on a Register of Payments to Discharged Soldiers. Date of discharge: 15 Apl., 1862 Date of payment: 17 Apl., 1862 By whom: F. P. Clark	Card 5 [Pay voucher, March 21, 1862. Signed by name.]	Card 6 [Back of disability discharge.]
Card 7 CERTIFICATE OF DISABILITY FOR DISCHARGE. 1862 Hiram S. Fickle a member, of Captain Jno. F. McElhenny's Company (C), of the 37th Regiment of Confederate States Va. Vols., was enlisted by Capt John F. McElhenny, of the 37th Regiment of Va. Vols., at Lebanon on the 10th day of May 1861 to serve one year; he was born in Russell Co. in the State of Virginia, is 19 years of age, 5 feet 11 1/2 inches high, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, and by occupation when enlisted a Blacksmith. During the last Eight months said soldier has been unfit for duty ____ days. [...] I CERTIFY, that I have carefully examined the said Hiram S. Fickle of Captain McElhenny's Company, and find him incapable of performing the duties of a soldier because of injuries received in the left forearm from a muskett ball, rendering the hand almost useless. B. L. May Asst. Surgeon. 37th Regt. Va. Vols. [Approved April 16, 1862, Camp near New Market.]	Card 8 No. 22 No. 8 Abstract B 2nd Qr. 1863 Lieut. Hiram S. Fickle Dollars: 58.00 Paid 2 of May 1863	Card 9 [Pay voucher for corn, shoeing horses and hay, April 14-17, 1863. Paid May, 1863. Signed by name.]
Card 10 1st Lieutenant, Captain Charles E. Stevenson's Company, Ferguson's Battalion Cavalry Appears on a muster roll for Aug. 4, 1862 (Dated Aug. 4, 1862) Enlisted: When: Where: By whom: Period: Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: Present Remarks: Elect 1 Lieut 4 Aug. 1862	Card 11 [Back of forage requisition dated December 1, 1863.]	Card 12 [Forage requisition for twenty two horses, December, 1863. Signed as commanding company.]
Card 13 [Back of pay voucher, December 31, 1864. $800 covering May 1, 1864 to December 31, 1864.]	Card 14 [Front of pay voucher.]	Card 15 1st Lieutenant, 16th Virginia Cavalry Appears on a muster roll for Oct. 31, 1863 to Apr. 1, 1864 (Dated Apl. 1, 1864) Enlisted: When: Where: By whom: Period: Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: Not stated Remarks: Recapitulation shows 1st Lt present for duty
Card 16 Appears on a muster roll for Oct. 31, 1863 to Oct. 31, 1864 (Dated Nov. 30, 1864) Enlisted: When: Where: By whom: Period: Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: Present Remarks: In arrest.	Card 17 Appears on a muster roll for Nov. & Dec., 1864 (Dated Dec. 31, 1864) Enlisted: When: Where: By whom: Period: Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: Present Remarks: In arrest since July 10, 1864	Card 18 Appears on a Roster dated Jan. 1865 Date of commission: Aug. 5, 1862 Remarks: Present in arrest since July 18, 1864
Card 19 Appears on a copy of an Election Return dated Hdqrs. Camp of Instruction near Salem, Va. Jan 15, 1863 Remarks: Present & Voting	Card 20 Appears on a Register containing Rosters of Commissioned Officers, Provisional Army Confederate States Date of appointment: Aug. 4, 1862	Card 21 [Back of forage requistion. December 23, 1863.]
Card 22 [Front of forage requisition for ten horse. December, 1863. Signed as commanding company.]