Claunch and Stewart Families

Civil War Service:

Hunt, Gabriel M.
BATTLE UNIT NAME: 40th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
SIDE: Confederacy
COMPANY: D
SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Third Lieutenant
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Third Lieutenant
ALTERNATE NAME:
FILM NUMBER: M226 ROLL 31
PLAQUE NUMBER:
NOTES:

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Hunt, Gabriel M. - Jr. 2nd Lieutenant Resigned 8-9-62 because of disability. Co D, 40th Georia Infantry, CSA

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Unit Details:

40th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
OVERVIEW:
40th Infantry Regiment was organized during the fall of 1861 and raised its companies in Bartow, Calhoun, Gordon, Whitfield, Paulding, and Haralson counties. It moved to Tennessee, then Mississippi, and was placed in Barton's Brigade, Department of Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The 40th participated in the conflicts at Chickasaw Bayou and Champion's Hill and was part of the garrison surrendered at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. After being exchanged it was attached to General Stovall's Brigade, Army of Tennessee, served on many battlefields from Chattanooga to Nashville, and ended the war in North Carolina. The regiment reported 36 casualties at Chattanooga, totalled 223 men and 105 arms in December, 1863, and had 74 effectives in November, 1864. It surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonel Abda Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Young, and Major Raleigh S. Camp

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Letter from W. Henry Darnall to Gabriel Moore Hunt:

Camp near Cumberland Gap
August 27th, 1862

Dear Gabe,

Enclosed you will find a certificate drawn up as you directed. It is an exact copy of the form you sent me, & will, I hope, be satisfactory. A week or so ago, your discharge from the War Department came out, and I sent it to Knoxville by J. D. Ingles, telling him to give it to you if he saw you - if not, to send it to you at Calhoun. He reached Knoxville the day you left there but after you had gone. He says he sent off to Calhoun the next day, by mail. I hope you have it. If you have it, no special order, sending you to Calhoun is required. You are'all settin up' now, & I hope will remain so.

I suppose you have heard of our fight at Tazewell. The 40th whipped the 16th Ohio Regt in less than 15 minutes. Nobody in the Regt was killed - 6 or 7 wounded, among them J. D. Ingles slightly in the face, with a piece of shell. You humble servt. was complimented on the field by Col. Johnson, & has since been promoted to a Lieutenancy, to fill the vacancy by G. M. Hunt.

We are now at Cumberland Gap, with the Yankees hemmed in on every side. Genl Smith is in their rear with a large force. Their supplies are cut off, and we are waiting for them to starve. Hope they may soon. We have been in line of battle 8 days & nights and we are ready to dance whenever the ball opens. Co. 'D' is doing finely - fat & saucy. All the boys send their pious regards to 'Gabe'. Dave says 'My love to "Gabe", & tell him to save himself for fun when we get home. My love to all friends who ask after the little boy's welfare. Reserve for yourself, however, the greater share of your friend's affec.

Yours,

W. Henry Darnall

Lt. G. M. Hunt

P. S. Tell the Major to write - love to him. H.

Darnall, William Henry
Battle Unit Name: 40th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
Side: Confederacy
Company:
Soldier's Rank In: Private
Soldier's Rank Out: First Lieutenant
Alternate name: William H.Darnall
Film Number:
M226 ROLL 15
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Battle of Tazewell

The following is a brief account of the Battle of Tazewell as reported by Col. John F. DeCourcey, 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and commander of the 26th Brigade at Tazewell, Tennessee:

On the 6th, however, my advance posts, composed of the Sixteenth Ohio, were very suddenly attacked by a very superior force, which I afterward discovered was under the command of General Stevenson, and which I have every reason to believe, from the reports of the enemy stud from our own officers, prisoners in their hands, was composed of about 90,000 men, with a large amount of artillery. This force we held in check on the 6th of August from 11 o'clock a.m. till half past 3 p.m., when they retreated from my front, and merely continued an artillery fire until 6 in the evening, when I made my return to the Gap unmolested or without even an attempt being made by the enemy to follow me.

The expeditions under my command proceeded in a due southerly direction as far as Tazewell and operated around that town. On the second expedition to Tazewell I operated in a zone of about 8 miles east and west of Tazewell, and on two occasions approached to within 1 mile of the Clinch River. On the last expedition I encountered the enemy every day and forced him from my front until I was attacked by Stevenson, as already stated in my deposition. I went south about 15 miles from Cumberland Gap.

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40th Infantry Regiment

40th Infantry Regiment was organized during the fall of 1861 and raised its companies in Bartow, Calhoun, Gordon, Whitfield, Paulding, and Haralson counties. It moved to Tennessee, then Mississippi, and was placed in Barton's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. The 40th participated in the conflicts at Chickasaw Bayou and Champion's Hill and was part of the garrison surrendered at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. After being exchanged it was attached to General Stovall's Brigade, Army of Tennessee, served on many battlefields from Chattanooga to Nashville, and ended the war in North Carolina. The regiment reported 36 casualties at Chattanooga, totaled 223 men and 105 arms in December, 1863, and had 74 effectives in November, 1864. It surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonel Abda Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Young, and Major Raleigh S. Camp.

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http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/fulton/gordon/civilwardatabank.pdf

Ingles, James D. -- Private - February 20, 1862. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Roll dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. No later record.

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Darnall, William H. (or Darnell) -- Enlisted as a private in Company E, 1st Regiment Georgia Regulars February 25, 1861. Discharged December 29, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Company D, 40th Regiment Georgia Infantry February 20, 1862. Elected 2nd Lieutenant in 1862; 1st Lieutenant of Company C, 40th Regiment Georgia Infantry August 1862. Wounded at Atlanta, Georgia July 22, 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.

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