Person:Charles Hume (5)

Major Charles Connor Hume, CSA

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m. 21 Jun 1836

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Name	Major Charles Connor Hume, CSA
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	1 Feb 1842	Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Death^[1]	20 May 1863	Charles, Maryland, United States

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Charles Hume, in Hume, John Robert. History of the Hume family: biographical and chronological record of the rise and progress of this ancient family and its founders from the days of Egbert the Saxon King of England to the present time; particularly relating to the Wedderburn branch, its extinction in Scotland, and continuation in Virginia ... to which is added a list of the letters and documents relating to the Humes of Wedderburn in Scotland and America. (Washington [District of Columbia]: Library of Congress, 19--)
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Maj. Charles Connor Hume, born Feb. 1 1842, was in the Army of the Southern Confederacy, and for important and daring service was greatly distinguished, and promoted from the ranks to the position of Major in the Regular Army of the Confederacy. He enjoyed the confidence, esteem, and friendship of Generals Robert E. Lee and J. E. B. Stuart. He was killed in discharge of his duty in Charles County, Maryland, May 20, 1863, near Pickewaxen Church, at which place he was buried.