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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Green Smith Rasberry |
| Unknown[1] |
Pomp Rasberry |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[3] |
19 Nov 1839 |
Bibb, Alabama, United States |
| Military[2] |
28 Mar 1862 |
Centerville, Cullman, Alabama, United Statesenlisted as a private, CSA 44th Alabama Infantry (Civil War)/Company F, aged 22, from Lime Kilns, Alabama. |
| Military[2] |
16 Nov 1863 |
Campbells Station, Maury, Tennessee, United StatesCaptured, took Oat of Allegiance to the United States. |
| Military[4] |
30 Jan 1864 |
Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United StatesReleased by order of Major General Grant |
| Military[3] |
1 Mar 1864 |
Camp Nelson, Jessamine, Kentucky, United Statesjoined 4th Kentucky Infantry (Civil War)/Company F and later Company H |
| Military[3] |
14 Apr 1864 |
Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United StatesMustered into service with Company F & H of the 4th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry |
| Military[3][5] |
29 Jul 1864 |
Lovejoy, Clayton, Georgia, United StatesCaptured at Lovejoy's Station and sent to Andersonville Prison (see Andersonville National Historic Site) |
| Military[3] |
1 Oct 1864 |
Florence, South Carolina, United StatesCompany Muster Roll, Pvt., Co. H, 4 Reg’t Kentucky Mtd. Inf. For May & June 1865. Remarks: Died in Prison at Florence S.C. October 1, 1864. |
| Military[3] |
3 Dec 1864 |
Washington, D.C.The 44th Alabama Infantry, (C.S.A.) - Reports him a REBEL DESERTER / TAKEN OATH and was SENT TO WASHINGTON D.C. |
| Military[3] |
1 Apr 1865 |
Andersonville, Sumter, Georgia, United StatesEscaped from Andersonville Prison. But was reported to have died January 1, 1865 at Andersonville Prison. |
| Military[3] |
1 May 1865 |
United StatesOfficially became a deserter of the United States. However, everyone in the North thought he died a prisoner of war. |
| Military[3] |
19 Jul 1865 |
Macon, Georgia, United StatesEntitled to Discharge by reason of his death. The said Green S. Rasberry...due pay and bounty...Given in Duplicate, at Macon, Georgia, 19th day of July 1865. Signed Sylvester Rockwell, Capt. Co. H, Commanding Company. |
| Residence[3] |
19 Sep 1881 |
Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United StatesThe records afford no information in this mans case subsequent to his capture July 29, 1864. |
| Marriage |
18 Oct 1896 |
Chilton, Alabama, United Statesto Luritty Angelina Rasberry |
| Military? |
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2nd Lieutenant Citation needed |
| Death? |
28 Jun 1917 |
Chilton, Alabama, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Azalia McGranahan Thomas of Sandy, Utah. Letters of Correspondence with Patrick Lawrence Hogue (Samples) of Weed, California. (17 Jan 1996; 14 Feb 1996; 22 Feb 1996; 24 Feb 1996).
Grren Smith Rasberry, who married Luritty Angelina Rasberry, was the son of Green Rasberry and Rebecca Barrett, and the grandson of Thomas Madison Rasberry. So a granddaughter of Green Rasberry and a grandson of his brother, Thomas Madison Rasberry married each other. This information furnished by Mitchelene Shaddix, the granddaughter of Luritty Angelina and Green Smith Rasberry.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boyd, Charles E. Devil's Den: a history of the 44th Alababma [sic] Volunteer Infantry Regiment Confederate States Army (1862-1865). (Alabama: C.E. Boyd], c1987).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Fold3.com Civil War.
44th Alabama Infantry, (C. S. A.) - Reports Green S. Rasberry as a REBEL DESERTER / TAKEN OATH and was SENT TO WASHINGTON D.C.
Joined Company F & H of the 4th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry (U. S. A.)
I certify, on honor, that Green S. Rasberry, a Private of Captain Sylvester Rockwell Company H of the 4th Regiment of Kentucky Mounted Infantry Volunteers (U. S. A.), of the State of Kentucky, born in Bibb County, State of Alabama, aged 24 years; 5 feet 9 inches high; light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, and by occupation a farmer, who joined for service and was enrolled (see Note 9) on the 1st day of March, 1864, at Camp Nelson, Kentucky by A. P. Merrill, for the period of three years, and mustered into the service of the United States as a Recruit on the 14th day of April, 1864, at Louisville, Kentucky, by Captain Thompson; and having served Honestly and Faithfully with his Company to the day of his death reported as the 1st of January 1865 at Andersonville Prison, Georgia and is now entitled to Discharge by reason of his death.
The said Green S. Rasberry...due pay and bounty...Given in Duplicate, at Macon, Georgia, 19th day of July 1865. Signed Sylvester Rockwell, Capt. Co. H, Commanding Company.
The reported death of this man while prisoner of War is Cancelled. He was on September 19, 1881, a resident of Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama. The records afford no information in this mans case subsequent to his capture July 29, 1864.
Green S. Rasberry, was Captured in July 29, 1864 and became a prisoner of war. In April 1865, he failed to rejoin his command after his escape from confinement from Andersonville Prison, Georgia. He thereby became, constructively a deserter from on or about May 1st of 1865. This charge of desertion is removed and he is discharged to date May 1, 1865, under the prisoners of the Act of Congress approved March 2, 1889. Discharge Certificate furnished by War Dept. June 2, 1890.
- ↑ Green S Rasberry, in United States. War Department; United States. Surgeon-General's Office; United States. Office of the Commissary General; and United States. Prisoner of War Division. Selected records of the War Department relating to Confederate prisoners of War, 1861-1865. (Washington, District of Columbia: The National Archives, 1965-1966)
Roll M598_8.
Confederate Prisoner of War Released by order of Major General Grant at Knoxville.
- ↑ RASBERRY, GREEN S. Andersonville Prison, in Civil War Prisons.
Record ID: 30485
Name: RASBERRY, GREEN S.
Rank: PRIVATE
Company: H
Arm: Infantry
Regiment number: 4th Kentucky Infantry
Date captured: 7/29/1864
Location captured: Lovejoy Station, Georgia
Date of death: 1/1/1865
Cause of death:
Fate: Reported to have died at Andersonville, January 1, 1865.
Remarks: REPORTED TO HAVE DIED AT ANDERSONVILLE
- 4th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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