Confederate Veterans buried at Riverside.

Carpenter Family Cemetery, Jackson County, FL

GPS N30° 44.006' W85° 1.761'


The biological and military information on the Carpenter Cemetery page came from searching the internet.  The majority of the biological information came from the Ancestory.com,  Edenfield Genealogical Society, Compiled Military Records, and from the Florida Confederate Pension Applications found on The State Library and Archives site. Photos & GPS readings from Larry Clere.  Contact
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Private Henry C. Carpenter
Company G, 2nd Florida Cavalry Regiment

GPS N30° 44.001' W85° 1.776

Henry Carpenter, son of William Carpenter and Isabella Baker, was born in Jackson County, Florida, on 22 Nov 1838. He enlisted at Blue Springs, Jackson County, Florida, in Company G, 2nd Florida Cavalry, on 22 Aug 1863. He engaged against the enemy at the Battle of Natural Bridge, Ocean Pond, Cedar Creek Ford, & Gainesville, Florida. Major General Sam Jones at Baldwin, Duval County, Florida, surrendered him on 17 May 1865. He died on 30 Aug 1912 and is buried at the Carpenter Family Cemetery, Jackson County, Florida. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION # A11035 -  NARA PUB M251 REEL 7 C - Di, - EGS DATABASE]

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Private James Carpenter
Company F, 6th Florida Infantry

GPS N30° 44.003' W85° 1.775'

James Carpenter, son of William Carpenter and Isabella Baker, was born in Jackson County, Florida, 1841 and he died on 8 Sep 1908. He enlisted at Apalachicola Arsenal, Chattahoochee, Florida, in Company F, 6th Florida Infantry, on 4 March 1862. He was wounded in the hand near Atlanta, Georgia in 1864, and was captured near Nashville, Tennessee, on Dec 16, 1864. He was released from Camp Douglas, Illinois, on 18 Jun 1865. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION # A00643 - NARA PUB M251 REEL 69 A-Ca, - EGS DATABASE]

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Private John Joseph Carpenter
Captain George Robinson's Home Guard

GPS N30° 44.001' W85° 1.772'

John Joseph Carpenter, son of William Carpenter and Isabella Baker, was born in Jackson County, Florida, 15 Nov 1845 and died on 5 Feb 1900. He enlisted in Captain George Robinson's Home Guard about 15 Jun 1864 and remained with the company until it was disbanded. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION # A01473 - EGS DATABASE]

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Private William Carpenter
Company F, 6th Florida Infantry

GPS N30° 44.000' W85° 1.783'

William Carpenter, son of William Carpenter and Isabella Baker, was born in Jackson County, Florida, on 2 Jan 1838 and he died on 16 Nov 1922.  He enlisted in Company F, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment on 11 Feb 1862, at Apalachicola Arsenal, River Junction, Florida. . In 1863 he was charged 53.86 for loss of his gun and equipment. He was in a Confederate hospital with chronic diarrhea for some time. William was surrendered at Quincy, Florida, on 11 May 1865 and was paroled there on 22 May 1865. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION # A02428 - NARA PUB M251 REEL 69 A-Ca, - EGS DATABASE]

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Private Zeckliedge Johnson
Private Company F, 6th Florida Infantry

GPS N30° 43.999' W85° 1.775'

 Zeckliedge Johnson, son of Alfred Johnson and Annis B. McGlamry, was born 24May 1831, in Georgia. He was a brother-in-law to the Carpenter brothers listed above. He married their sister, Frances Carpenter, in 1857. Zeckliedge enlisted in Company F, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment at Apalachicola Arsenal, on 4 May 1862. He was detailed Company Cook on 17 Dec 1863. On 7 Dec 1864, he was captured at Murfreesboro,  Tennessee. He took "The Oath" on 13 June 1865 and was released from Camp Chase, Ohio.  [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION # A12592 - NARA PUB M251 REEL 72 I-Ma, - EGS DATABASE]

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Miles Minor Nelson
C.S.A.

GPS N30° 44.010' W85° 1.770'


Miles Minor Nelson was born 18 Jul 1818 in Alabama. His birth date is more than likely 1828. according to census reports. No record of service has been located. He may have been a member of a local militia company.

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Private John Rhodes
Company K, 17th Alabama Regiment

GPS N30° 44.008' W85° 1.767'

John Rhodes was born 17 Aug 1841, and he died 20 Oct 1901. John enlisted in in Company K, 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment, in Warrington, Florida, 26 Nov 1862.. [ANCESTRY.COM- FOOTNOTE.COM]

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