Colvard, James W.
Birth Name | Colvard, James W. |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | 30 years, 2 months, 30 days |
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | 1835 | Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States | North Carolina | |
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Death | March 31, 1865 | Battle of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA | Virginia | |
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Burial | 1865 | Battle of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA | Battlefield Grave | |
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Relation to the center person (Claunch, William Nathan) : first cousin three times removed (up)
Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Colvard, Wade Hampton | July 9, 1805 | June 29, 1880 | |
Mother | Vannoy, Phoebe | July 27, 1816 | November 30, 1892 | |
Brother | Colvard, Rufus Winfield | August 8, 1832 | July 15, 1891 | |
Brother | Colvard, Wiley Thomas | December 23, 1838 | June 12, 1918 | |
Brother | Colvard, William Henry Harrison | September 2, 1841 | July 9, 1908 | |
Brother | Colvard, Payton Monroe | July 6, 1844 | September 10, 1893 | |
Brother | Colvard, Thomas Jefferson | September 9, 1847 | September 19, 1885 | |
Brother | Colvard, Charles Cicero | January 21, 1849 | July 5, 1876 | |
Sister | Colvard, Sallie Elvira | January 17, 1843 | December 29, 1876 | |
Sister | Colvard, Rachel Ann | January 23, 1846 | June 22, 1891 | |
Brother | Colvard, John | 1853 | 1865 | |
Brother | Colvard, Jesse A. | 1837 | September 11, 1864 | |
Colvard, James W. | 1835 | March 31, 1865 |
Narrative
Civil War Service:
James, a Confederate soldier in the Civil War, was killed in action near the Dinwiddie Court House in Dinwiddie Virginia. He was a soldier in Company A 1st North Carolina Cavalry. The exact location of his final resting place is unknown. He is one of two sons of Wade Hampton Colvard and Phoebe Vannoy Colvard killed in battle during the Civil War.
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Service Details:
Colvard, J.W.
BATTLE UNIT NAME: 1st Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry
SIDE: Confederacy
COMPANY: A
SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Private
ALTERNATE NAME: FILM NUMBER:
M230 ROLL 8
PLAQUE NUMBER:
NOTES:
https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=38CF2C8F-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
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Unit Details
CONFEDERATE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS
1st Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry
OVERVIEW:
9th Regiment Volunteers-1st Cavalry was organized at Camp Beauregard, Ridgeway, North Carolina, in August, 1861. Its companies were from the counties of Ashe, Northampton, Mecklenburg, Watauga, Wayne, Warren, Cabarrus, Buncombe, Duplin, and Macon. Ordered to Virginia, the regiment was brigaded under Generals Hampton, L.S. Baker, James B. Gordon, and Barringer. It fought in many campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia, including the battles at Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill, Fairfax Court House, Sharpsburg, Stuart's raid into Pennsylvania, Hampton's raid to Dumfries, Brandy Station, Aldie, Upperville, Carlisle, Gettysburg, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Reams' Station, Hampton's Cattle Raid, and Five Forks. The 1st Cavalry had 407 effectives at Gettysburg and 8 at Appomattox. The field officers were Colonels Lawrence S. Baker, W.H. Cheek, James B. Gordon, Robert Ransom, Jr., and Thomas Ruffin; Lieutenant Colonels Rufus Barringer and William H.H. Cowles; and Majors Thomas N. Crumpler, George S. Dewey, Marcus D.L. McLeod, and John H. Whitaker.
https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CNC0001RC
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