Person:Thomas Clark (127)

Information from Mark Linkous: Thomas Huff enlisted in the 13th Georgia Infantry in Griffin, GA on 08 Jul 1861. At some point during 1862, he was hospitalized for diarrhea and deserted from the C.S.A. hospital in Danville, VA on 13 Jan 1863. At this point, he disappears from the records. Wife, Mary, new husband Wm Arnold, Alexander and Mollie are on the 1870 Census in Griffin, GA and in Atlanta for the 1880 and 1900 census.

The Civil War in Georgia

Georgia 13th Infantry Regiment

HISTORICAL NOTES:

Mustered into service, July 8, 1861 at Griffin, GA, served with Floyd's Brigade in West Virginia, reassigned to Lawton's Brigade at Savannah, arriving January 1, 1862, reorganized May 1862. The Lawton-Gordon-Evans Georgia Brigade (so-named for its three principal commanders) was one of the premier brigades of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, serving with distinction from the Seven Days battles around Richmond (May-June 1862) until its surrender at Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865). The brigade was initially comprised of six regiments (13th, 26th, 31st, 38th, 60th, and 61st Georgia), which were raised at the call of Governor Joe Brown for the defense of the Georgia coast following the bombardment of Fort Sumter. The 13th Georgia had initially mustered into Confederate service on July 8, 1861 and served briefly with Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd's brigade in West Virginia, seeing minor action at the Battles of Sewell Mountain and Laurel Hill before being returned to Georgia due to sickness and lack of clothing suitable for the harsh winter climate in the West Virginia mountains. While on coastal duty, they engaged in a number of skirmishes, including the capture of a gunboat that afterwards bore their name and a brush-up with the 8th Michigan on Whitemarsh Island, Georgia on April 16, 1862. The six regiments were placed under the command of Brig. Gen. Alexander Lawton, commander of the Georgia Military District, who had proposed formation of an "elite brigade" of Georgia troops to answer Richmond's call for troops to repel the threat posed by McClellan's advance from Williamsburg on the Confederate capital (i.e. the Peninsula Campaign). In May 1862, the six regiments, which mustered between 6,000-7000 men, were moved by train to Lynchburg and the Shenandoah Valley to reenforce Stonewall Jackson as part of a deception planned by General Lee to mask his planned offensive against McClellan's forces around Richmond. FIELD OFFICERS:

BATTLES:

Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862) Bristoe Station (August 27, 1862) Groveton (or Brawner's Farm) (August 28, 1862) Second Manassas (or Bull Run) (August 29-30, 1862) Antietam (or Sharpsburg) (September 17,1862) Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862) Chancellorsville (April 29-5, 1863) Wincester (2nd Battle of) (June 13-15, 1863) York & Wrightsville (June 28-29, 1863) Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) Mine Run Campaign (Skirmishes of Nov. 26-Dec 2, 1863) Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864) Spotsylvania Court House (May 10-12, 1864) Monocacy (July 9, 1864) Winchester (3rd Battle of)(or Opequon Creek) (Sept. 19, 1864) Fisher's Hill (September 22, 1864) Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864) Hatcher's Run (Feb. 5-7,. 1865) Hares Hill (Fort Steadman) (March 25, 1865) Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

ROSTERS:

Company A - Confederate Guards (Pike County) Company B - Meriwether Volunteers (Meriwether and Troup Counties) Company C - Ringgold Rangers (Ringgold, Georgia and Catoosa County) Company D - Upson Volunteers (Upson County) Company E - Randolph Volunteers (Randolph and Terrell Counties) Company F - Fayette Rangers (Fayette County) Company G - Early Guards (Early County) Company H - Panola Rifles (Terrell County) Company I - Stark Volunteers (Spalding County) Company K - Evans Guards (Troup County)

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;)
   Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Garden, Buchanan, Virginia; Roll: T623_1702; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 5.

   Record for Thomas Clark

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;)
   Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Precinct 5, Boyle, Kentucky; Roll: T625_558; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 34; Image: .

   Record for Thomas Chark

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;)
   Database online.

   Record for Sarah Elizabeth Sally Bostic

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;)
   Database online.

   Record for Thomas Henderson Clark (HUFF)

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnes;)
   Year: 1870; Census Place: , , ; Roll: M593.

   Birth date: abt 1832 Birth place: Georgia Residence date: 1870 Residence place: New Garden, Russell, Virginia

   http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1870usfedcen&h=39334899&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;)
   Database online.

   Record for Whitfield Huff

7. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1;)
   Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1001, Spalding, Georgia; Roll: ; Page: 176; Image: 178.

   Record for Thos H Huff

8.   Huff was original name; changed to Clark with relocation to Virginia.
   According to information I was shown Thomas H. Huff left a military hospital in Danville, VA on Jan 13, 1865 and changed his name to Thomas H. Clark, eventually settling in western Virgina. The unit Thomas H. Huff was in, Co. I 13th Georgia Infantry had been in western Virgina and West Virgin early in the war.
9.   1840 Census:
   Baldwin Co, GA James Huff, 26
   Bartow Co, GA John Huff (age 40-50), Female (20-30), Female (5-10), Male (5-10), Female (<5), Male (<5) (not Thomas' family, male children are Ben and Richard)
   Bibb Co, GA Travers Huff
   Carroll Co, GA Leonard Huff
   Cass Co, Ga John Huff
   Clarke Co, GA Henry Huff, John Huff, L. B. Huff
   Gwinnett Co, GA Huff (Surname Index)
   Harris Co, GA E. Huff, Edward Huff, W. Huff (William Huff had a son Thomas)
   Jasper Co, GA Huff (Surname Index)
   Jefferson Co, GA Limon Huff
   Lumpkin Co, GA Henry Huff
   Meriwether Co, GA Huff (Surname Index)
   Morgan Co, GA Huff (Surname Index)
   Muscogee Co, GA Daniel Huff Sr, Daniel Huff
   Newton Co, GA Huff (Surname Index)
   Pike Co, GA Franklin Huff, Whitfield Huff
   Talbot Co, GA Donaldson Huff, James Huff, Green Huff
   end of found Huffs in GA 1840 census
   http://www.census-online.com/links/GA/1840.html
10.   Thomas Henderson Huff's father is possibly Edward Huff, who was born in Brunswick Co., VA in 1792 and moved to Harris Co, GA
11.   1920 Russell Co VA
    
    William Clark
    
    1 M 10-15
    1 M 45>
    1 F <10
    1 F 10-15
    1 F 45>
    2 People in Agriculture
    
    Fredrick Clark
    
    1 M <10
    1 M 26-44
    1 F 16-25
    1 People in Agriculture
12.   At 32, Thomas was living in Russel Co, VA, where his daughter Frances was born (1867)
    but no surname Clark found in 1870 census
13.   Wilkes County, Georgia 1830 Census Index
    Showing the name and page number on National Archives Microfilm Series M19, Roll 21
    Huff, David 320
    Huff, William 322
14.   Thomas H. Huff from Co. I 13th Georgia Infantry deserted from a Danville hospital on Jan. 13, 1865
15.   Home in 1920: Precinct 5, Boyle, Kentucky
    Page: 7A ; ED: 34
    Looks like he is living in the home of Robert Hoakaker with his wife Fannie B
16.   1860 had Aleck and Molly. His sister, Adeline, was also with him.