MILITARY Family Patriots Civil War

Index of Patriots

• Benjamin Arnold Fussell
• Wilson Jasper Lee
• David W. Sermons
• Elias Sermons
• Nathan J. Sirmon

Benjamin Arnold Fussell

Benjamin Arnold Fussell -- Alachua County, Florida -- Benjamin Arnold Fussell (b. 4 Nov 1845 Alachua County, Florida, d. 27 Jul 1925 Butler County, Alabama) on 9 Nov 1861, at the age of sixteen, enlisted in Capt. Clark's Company, Davis' Regiment, Florida Cavalry of the Confederate Army at Newnansville, Florida, to serve for a period of twelve months. On 26 Nov 1863, he was listed as missing in action. He was taken prisoner of war by the Union Army on that date at Missionary Ridge at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and from there was forwarded as a prisoner to Louisville, Kentucky, on 7 Dec 1863. Then on 8 Dec 1863, he was sent to Rock Island Barracks in Illinois.

To gain his freedom and avoid staying in a Union prison, he chose to serve with the United States Army doing frontier service in the West fighting Indians. He enlisted as a private in Co. F, 3rd Regt. of the United States Volunteer Infantry.

For an excellent discussion of how it came about that approximately six thousand Confederate soldiers held in prison camps volunteered to serve in the Union army to assist in the campaign in the west, one should read The Galvanized Yankees by Dee Brown.

Wilson Jasper Lee

Wilson Jasper Lee -- Lawrence County, Mississippi -- Wilson Jasper Lee (b. 30 May 1846, d. 21 May 1920) son of Needham W. Lee (b. 1814 Barnwell County, South Carolina) and Catherine Jane Williams Lee. His obituary states that he entered the army and spent one year in war. In 1924 Mary Winifred (Winnie) Mullins Lee, wife of Wilson Jasper Lee, filed a Mississippi Confederate Pension Application for her husband's service in Stubb's Battalion.

David W. Sermons

David W. Sermons -- Hyde County, North Carolina -- David W. Sermons (b. , d. ) son of ??, enlisted in Pitt County on October 17, 1861. Present or accounted for through April 1862. Reported absent sick during July-October, 1862. Died in hospital prior to January 1, 1863. Place and cause of death not reported.

Elias Sermons

Elias Sermons -- Pitt County, North Carolina -- Elias Sermons (b. , d. ) son of ??William Sermons (b. Pitt County, North Carolina), enlisted in Pitt County on December 20, 1862, for the war. Present or accounted for until wounded at Petersburg, Virginia, June 22, 1864. Died in hospital at Petersburg on or about June 30, 1864, of wounds.

Nathan J. Sirmon

Nathan J. Sirmon -- Butler County, Alabama -- Nathan J. Sirmon (b. ca. 1836, d. 1 Jul 1864) son of Levi Sirmon (b. ca. 1808 Georgia, d. after 1880 Alabama) and Mary, enlisted on 15 Oct 1862 at Greenville, Alabama, for 3 years or the war in (2nd) Co. H, 1 Confederate Reg't, Alabama Vols. He died of disease in Hospital at Atlanta, Georgia, on 1 Jul 1864.