Person:William Comegys (43)

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Col William Hughlett Comegys
b.15 Aug 1827 Greensboro, Caroline County, MD
d.5 May 1897 Greensboro, Caroline County, MD
Parents and Siblings
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m. 18 Jan 1825
  1. Charlotte Ann Comegys1825 - 1901
  2. Col William Hughlett Comegys1827 - 1897
  3. Richard H Comegys1829 - 1905
  4. Sarah Augusta Comegys1831 -
  5. Dr Henry Cornelius Comegys1833 - 1904
Spouse and Children
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m. 29 Apr 1850
  1. Henry Winfield Comegys1851 - 1944
  2. Mary Spencer Comegys1853 -
  3. Martha Hooper Comegys1855 - 1920
  4. Richard Ernest Comegys1857 - 1920
  5. William Wirt Comegys1857 - 1921
  6. S Prentiss Comegys1860 -
  7. Alice Comegys1862 - 1863
Spouse and Children
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m. Est 1865
  1. Norman Fleming Comegys1865 - 1894
  2. Betty ComegysAbt 1867 - Aft 1870
  3. Lavinia Comegys1869 -
  4. Robert Beattie Comegys1870 - 1962
  5. Effie Comegys1870 -
  6. Bertha Comegys1872 - 1955
  7. Alice Comegys1874 - 1936
  8. Lotta Comegys1878 - 1957
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Facts and Events
Name Col William Hughlett Comegys
Gender Male
Birth? 15 Aug 1827 Greensboro, Caroline County, MD
Marriage 29 Apr 1850 Queen Anne's County, MDto Sarah Margarette Spencer
Marriage Est 1865 to Martha S Fleming
Death[1] 5 May 1897 Greensboro, Caroline County, MD
Burial[2] Hughlett Cemetery, Greensboro, Caroline County, MD
Reference Number 461
Reference Number UC 612

In 1861 with the outbreak of the Civil War William sold his mercantile business and organized the First Eastern Shore Maryland Volunteers of which he was Lt Colonel and James Wallace was Colonel. The unit fought at "Little Round Top" at Gettysburg on 3 July 1863 and "Succeeded in checking and finally repulsing the enemy which retired in great confusion and ceased any further attack. This was the last great struggle on the part of the south, and the war was effectively at an end."

References
  1. ↑ Comegys, William Wirt. Comegys Family in America, The. (Published by the author, Greensboro, MD, 1910)
    p 37.
  2. ↑ Beneath These Stones Caroline County MD. (Upper Shore Genealogical Society, Easton, MD, 1996)
    Vol 1.
  3.   Comegys, William Wirt. Comegys Family in America, The. (Published by the author, Greensboro, MD, 1910)
    page 43.
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