Biographies
of some people mentioned on this website
Some of the biographies are excerpted from other sources, such as "Confederate Military History," published 1899. The accuracy of their details has not been verified.
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Born | Died | Family | Pre-War Occupation |
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Baptist minister, Unionist, abolitionist |
March 7, 1832, Bergen, NY | 1918 | married Mary E. ~1861, 5 children | Baptist minister |
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Union Provost Marshal |
May 6, 1829, Monroe, OH | May 25, 1913, Mankato, MN | married Rose Thurston,
September 25, 1851
married Zula Bartlett, December 23, 1879 |
Secretary of State of Minnesota |
| J.
Rock Champion
Minute Man, Confederate soldier |
Ireland | Aug. 30, 1862, in battle, Bolivar, TN | steamboat mate | |
Basil
W. Duke 
Minute Man, Confederate soldier |
May 28, 1837, Louisville, KY | married Henrietta Hunt Morgan,
June 18, 1861
children: Basil, Thomas, Mary, Calvin, Henry, Julia, Francis |
lawyer | |
John
Charles Fremont 
Union commander under initial martial law |
Jan. 21, 1813, Savannah, GA | July 13, 1890 in New York City | married Jessie Benton | presidential candidate, explorer |
Absalom
C.
Grimes 
Confederate spy & mail smuggler |
Aug. 22, 1834, near Louisville, KY | March 27, 1911, St. Louis, MO | married Lucy J. Glascock, March 7, 1865, children: James, Hudson, Lottie, Mark?, [3 others] | steamboat pilot |
John
McNeil 
Union general |
Feb. 14, 1813, Canada | June 8, 1891, St. Louis, MO | insurance, John McNeil & Co., with John B. Gray | |
| Thomas
L. Snead
Confederate colonel, Price's right-hand man |
Jan. 10, 1828, Henrico Co., VA | Oct. 17, 1890, New York City | married Harriett Vairin Reel
children: Mary, Harry |
lawyer and newspaper editor |
Biographies at other
web sites--use your back button to return here
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Born | Died | Family | Pre-War Occupation |
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Thomas E.
Courtenay
(a site by Courtenay's descendents -- use your 'back' button to return here)
Confederate agent, explosives inventor |
April 19, 1822, Belfast Ireland | Sept. 3, 1875, Virginia | married Mildred Ann Clendenin,
1847
children: Austin, James, Charles, Ellen, Mary |
sheriff of St. Louis County, 1859-1860, real estate agent, merchant in river trade |
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Colton Greene
(an article on the Camp Sterling Price SVC site-- use your 'back' button to return here)
Minute Man, Confederate soldier
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South Carolina | Sept. 30, 1900, Memphis, TN | "Hoyt, Greene & Co.", grocers |
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