More Civil War Soldiers Buried at Cow Pen Pond Cemetery

View of Cow Pen Pond Cemetery.
The pond is visible just past the tree line.

When most people think of the Civil War, they think everyone from the North was in the Union service and everyone from the South was in the Confederate service. This is just not true. People from the south served in the Union army and many from the north served in the Confederate service. This was especially true in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. The Citizens of Jackson County served in both the Union and Confederate service. It was truly a war of Brother against Brother. Cow Pen Pond Cemetery has a great many Union Army Veterans buried there.

TO MASTER VETERAN GRAVE INDEX

Chesterfield Basford was born Oct 1846 in North Carolina, and he died 25 May 1933, in Jackson County, Florida. His pension record indicates he was a member of the 1st Florida Cavalry (US). No other record found. [EGS DATABASE - FOOTNOTE.COM]

Steven J. Byrd enlisted as a corporal in Company A, 1st Florida Cavalry (Union). IN June 1865 he deserted and came home with two Remington Revolvers, a Carbine and a Saber. [CIVIL WAR MICROFILM - NARA M400 REEL 1]

Archibald Hamilton was born 6 Oct 1842, and died 28 Mar 1890. He enlisted in Company I, 4th Florida Regiment on 25 Sep 1861, at Fort Mallory on St Vincent Island, Florida. He was captured on 25 Nov 1863, at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee and sent to Rock Island, Illinois. He took "the Oath" and enlisted at Rock Island Barracks, Illinois, in the U. S. Army for frontier duty on 7 Nov 1864. [NARA PUB M251 REEL 55 H-La]

William J. M. Hatcher enlisted in Company F, 1st Florida Cavalry (US) on 29 Jun 1864, he was eighteen years old. William deserted on 15 Nov 1864, at Pensacola, Florida. William was 5' 3" tall and had brown eyes and dark hair. [NARA PUB M400 REEL 2 - CIVIL WAR MICROFILM - EGS DATABASE]

Dennis M. Hewett enlisted in Company K, 6th Florida Infantry in Vernon, Washington County, Florida, on 8 Mar 1862. He is listed as sick and then absent without leave for some time. He was reported as missing in action north of Chattanooga, Tennessee, 25 Nov 1863. Federal roll of prisoners show him captured on 25 Nov 1863, at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee and sent to Rock Island, Illinois. He took "the Oath" and enlisted at Rock Island Barracks, Illinois, in the U. S. Army for frontier duty on 31 Oct 1864. He married Mary Shepherd on 9 Oct 1867, in Jackson County, Florida. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION RECORD # D18057 - NARA PUB M251 REEL 71 G - H]

Lewis Moneyham enlisted in Company F, 6th Florida Infantry at Apalachicola, Florida, on 12 May 1862. He spent most of 1862 "sick" and was listed as absent without leave on 20 Dec 1862. Lewis had returned to his company by May 1863, and was listed as being detailed to assist the City Police of Knoxville, Tennessee. He was captured on 28 May 1864, at Dallas, Georgia. On 7 Nov 1864, he enlisted in the U. S. Army for frontier duty. He served in Company F, 2nd United States Volunteers. [NARA PUB M251 REEL 73 - CIVIL WAR MICROFILM - EGS DATABASE]

Hugh William Neel, son of Benjamin Harrison Neel and Gilley Crawford Boone, was born in Jackson County, Florida, 5 Nov 1847. He enlisted in Company D, 1st Florida Cavalry (Union) on 23 Mar 1865, at Barrancas, Florida. The record for June 1865, last on file, lists him as "not yet mustered." Hugh died on 24 Apr 1889, and is buried at Cow Pen Pond Cemetery. [EGS DATABASE - CIVIL WAR MICROFILM - NARA PUB M400 REEL 4]

Samuel H. Spurlock enlisted in Company A, 1st Florida Cavalry (US) at East Pass, Florida, on 27 Mar 1865. He was eighteen years old and he is listed as being 5'8" tall with a light complexion, dark eyes, and dark hair. His home was Butler, Alabama. He is listed as being mustered out of service on 17 Nov 1865. [CIVIL WAR MICROFILM - NARA M400 REEL 5]
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