A headstone for H.M. Miller, 13th Georgia (1932)
25 September 2022
This application is typical of the work of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) in the early decades of the 20th Century. It’s for Sharpsburg survivor Henry Marcus Miller.
The original document is in the US National Archives in Washington, DC (United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949; NARA microfilm publication M1916); I found it online thanks to Ancestry.com.
The applicant Mrs. A.L. Bowen was Alma Jessie Miller Bowen (1886-1962), Henry’s daughter from his second marriage to Mary Agatha Jane Lee McCall in 1885. Improbably, Alma’s husband’s first name was also Alma.
Sarah Cynthia Parker and James Erwin Lee (c. 1880)
25 September 2022
James Erwin (or Ervin) Lee was Junior 2nd Lieutenant of Company H, 13th Georgia Infantry when he was wounded at Sharpsburg in September 1862. He was wounded again at Spotsylvania Court House, VA in May 1864 and retired from field service in March 1865. A skilled mechanic and carpenter, he returned to his wife Sarah and their children in Terrell County after the war.
This photograph shared to the FamilySearch database by Jessica Reedstrom.
James A Seaman (1907)
24 September 2022
Sharpsburg survivor James A Seaman, late of the 33rd Virginia Infantry, was described as
a student all his life, and in addition to being remarkably well read is schooled in a knowledge of men–the highest type of education.
He advanced himself from a humble 17 year old laborer before the war to prominent attorney, prosecutor, and legislator in the years after. Here he is in the Manual of the State of West Virginia for the Years 1907-1908:
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