Military
July 30, 1861 • Bowden, Georgia
His entire College class joined the CSA, Cobb's Legion ("Ashley Wilkes" unit). He was paroled in July, 1865. See" Company B, Cobb's Legion" by Hugh W. Barrow.
See picture of James Jethro Barnes on his wife's page - there was no more room to add pictures on his page.
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James J. Barnes, of Atlanta, a veteran of Cobb's Georgia legion, was born in Fayette county, Ga., April 10, 1840, of Carolinian ancestry. He was reared upon the farm of his parents in his native county, and at the beginning of hostilities in 1861 was a student at Bowden college, Carroll county, where he had the advantage of instruction in military tactics.
When Georgia seceded, Rev. Charles A. McDaniel, president of this institution, a minister of the Methodist Protestant church, a fine teacher and one of the most eloquent orators that the State has produced, organized the cadets in a company under his command, which became Company B of the infantry of Cobb's legion. Later, Captain McDaniel was made colonel of the Forty first Georgia regiment, and was killed at the battle of Perryville. Barnes entered his company of the legion as a private, and accompanied the command to Virginia, where he served throughout the war under the brigade command of Gens. Howell Cobb, Thomas R. R. Cobb and W. T. Wofford, in Longstreet's corps.
On the Virginia peninsula he was in battle at Little Bethel, Dams No. 1 and No. 2, and Seven Pines, and during the Seven Days' battles before Richmond he fought at Mechanicsville, and Frayser's Farm.
At South Mountain, Md., September 14, 1862, he was severely wounded. A ball struck his left knee as he stood in the firing line within twenty paces of the advancing enemy, but, as it caused little pain at the moment, he continued firing until another bullet carried away the tip of one of his fingers, which seemed so painful that he was put out of the fight. But the bullet which hit his knee shattered the bones and he had to be left in the field hospital, and carried later to a German Lutheran church.
A week later he and a comrade were taken to the home of a wealthy family in the vicinity, and he was kindly nursed to convalescence. Just as he was able to be about with the help of crutches he went driving with a young lady of the house, and by accident was thrown out, causing injuries that greatly delayed his recovery.
In the spring of 1863 he returned to his battalion, but was pronounced unfit for field duty and sent to Richmond and assigned to hospital service. Tiring of this presently, he left without leave or license, and rejoined his battalion, with which he fought during the remainder of the war, participating in the battles of Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Winchester and Cedar Creek. On the retreat from Richmond he was captured at Sailor's Creek, and being taken to Newport News, Va., he was held there as a prisoner of war until July, 1865.
Mr. Barnes has been a resident of Atlanta since August, 1865, and is one of the prominent wholesale merchants of the city. In public office he has served with credit as deputy sheriff of Fulton county in 1891-92; as sheriff two terms, 1892-96, and as member of the city council.
He was married in 1868 to Cornelia Virginia Hall, and they have three sons and a daughter:
William Hilary, James J., Jr., and John S., business men of Atlanta, and Mary Hall Barnes.
From CONFEDERATE MILITARY HISTORY. Vol 6 pages 488 - 489
A LIBRARY OF CONFEDERATE STATES HISTORY, IN TWELVE
VOLUMES, WRITTEN BY DISTINGUISHED MEN OF THE SOUTH,
AND EDITED BY GEN. CLEMENT A. EVANS OF GEORGIA.
Contributor: Billy Walker (31535270) • [email protected]
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Son of Wm. H. Barnes & Elizabeth Mangum. Married to Cornelia Hall. Widowed. Son, J. J. Barnes, Jr. gave info.
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Have copy of death certificate - died of uremic poison.
July 30, 1861 • Bowden, Georgia
His entire College class joined the CSA, Cobb's Legion ("Ashley Wilkes" unit). He was paroled in July, 1865. See" Company B, Cobb's Legion" by Hugh W. Barrow.
See picture of James Jethro Barnes on his wife's page - there was no more room to add pictures on his page.
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James J. Barnes, of Atlanta, a veteran of Cobb's Georgia legion, was born in Fayette county, Ga., April 10, 1840, of Carolinian ancestry. He was reared upon the farm of his parents in his native county, and at the beginning of hostilities in 1861 was a student at Bowden college, Carroll county, where he had the advantage of instruction in military tactics.
When Georgia seceded, Rev. Charles A. McDaniel, president of this institution, a minister of the Methodist Protestant church, a fine teacher and one of the most eloquent orators that the State has produced, organized the cadets in a company under his command, which became Company B of the infantry of Cobb's legion. Later, Captain McDaniel was made colonel of the Forty first Georgia regiment, and was killed at the battle of Perryville. Barnes entered his company of the legion as a private, and accompanied the command to Virginia, where he served throughout the war under the brigade command of Gens. Howell Cobb, Thomas R. R. Cobb and W. T. Wofford, in Longstreet's corps.
On the Virginia peninsula he was in battle at Little Bethel, Dams No. 1 and No. 2, and Seven Pines, and during the Seven Days' battles before Richmond he fought at Mechanicsville, and Frayser's Farm.
At South Mountain, Md., September 14, 1862, he was severely wounded. A ball struck his left knee as he stood in the firing line within twenty paces of the advancing enemy, but, as it caused little pain at the moment, he continued firing until another bullet carried away the tip of one of his fingers, which seemed so painful that he was put out of the fight. But the bullet which hit his knee shattered the bones and he had to be left in the field hospital, and carried later to a German Lutheran church.
A week later he and a comrade were taken to the home of a wealthy family in the vicinity, and he was kindly nursed to convalescence. Just as he was able to be about with the help of crutches he went driving with a young lady of the house, and by accident was thrown out, causing injuries that greatly delayed his recovery.
In the spring of 1863 he returned to his battalion, but was pronounced unfit for field duty and sent to Richmond and assigned to hospital service. Tiring of this presently, he left without leave or license, and rejoined his battalion, with which he fought during the remainder of the war, participating in the battles of Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Winchester and Cedar Creek. On the retreat from Richmond he was captured at Sailor's Creek, and being taken to Newport News, Va., he was held there as a prisoner of war until July, 1865.
Mr. Barnes has been a resident of Atlanta since August, 1865, and is one of the prominent wholesale merchants of the city. In public office he has served with credit as deputy sheriff of Fulton county in 1891-92; as sheriff two terms, 1892-96, and as member of the city council.
He was married in 1868 to Cornelia Virginia Hall, and they have three sons and a daughter:
William Hilary, James J., Jr., and John S., business men of Atlanta, and Mary Hall Barnes.
From CONFEDERATE MILITARY HISTORY. Vol 6 pages 488 - 489
A LIBRARY OF CONFEDERATE STATES HISTORY, IN TWELVE
VOLUMES, WRITTEN BY DISTINGUISHED MEN OF THE SOUTH,
AND EDITED BY GEN. CLEMENT A. EVANS OF GEORGIA.
Contributor: Billy Walker (31535270) • [email protected]
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Son of Wm. H. Barnes & Elizabeth Mangum. Married to Cornelia Hall. Widowed. Son, J. J. Barnes, Jr. gave info.
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Have copy of death certificate - died of uremic poison.
Military
July 30, 1861 • Bowden, Georgia
His entire College class joined the CSA, Cobb's Legion ("Ashley Wilkes" unit). He was paroled in July, 1865. See" Company B, Cobb's Legion" by Hugh W. Barrow.
See picture of James Jethro Barnes on his wife's page - there was no more room to add pictures on his page.
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James J. Barnes, of Atlanta, a veteran of Cobb's Georgia legion, was born in Fayette county, Ga., April 10, 1840, of Carolinian ancestry. He was reared upon the farm of his parents in his native county, and at the beginning of hostilities in 1861 was a student at Bowden college, Carroll county, where he had the advantage of instruction in military tactics.
When Georgia seceded, Rev. Charles A. McDaniel, president of this institution, a minister of the Methodist Protestant church, a fine teacher and one of the most eloquent orators that the State has produced, organized the cadets in a company under his command, which became Company B of the infantry of Cobb's legion. Later, Captain McDaniel was made colonel of the Forty first Georgia regiment, and was killed at the battle of Perryville. Barnes entered his company of the legion as a private, and accompanied the command to Virginia, where he served throughout the war under the brigade command of Gens. Howell Cobb, Thomas R. R. Cobb and W. T. Wofford, in Longstreet's corps.
On the Virginia peninsula he was in battle at Little Bethel, Dams No. 1 and No. 2, and Seven Pines, and during the Seven Days' battles before Richmond he fought at Mechanicsville, and Frayser's Farm.
At South Mountain, Md., September 14, 1862, he was severely wounded. A ball struck his left knee as he stood in the firing line within twenty paces of the advancing enemy, but, as it caused little pain at the moment, he continued firing until another bullet carried away the tip of one of his fingers, which seemed so painful that he was put out of the fight. But the bullet which hit his knee shattered the bones and he had to be left in the field hospital, and carried later to a German Lutheran church.
A week later he and a comrade were taken to the home of a wealthy family in the vicinity, and he was kindly nursed to convalescence. Just as he was able to be about with the help of crutches he went driving with a young lady of the house, and by accident was thrown out, causing injuries that greatly delayed his recovery.
In the spring of 1863 he returned to his battalion, but was pronounced unfit for field duty and sent to Richmond and assigned to hospital service. Tiring of this presently, he left without leave or license, and rejoined his battalion, with which he fought during the remainder of the war, participating in the battles of Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Winchester and Cedar Creek. On the retreat from Richmond he was captured at Sailor's Creek, and being taken to Newport News, Va., he was held there as a prisoner of war until July, 1865.
Mr. Barnes has been a resident of Atlanta since August, 1865, and is one of the prominent wholesale merchants of the city. In public office he has served with credit as deputy sheriff of Fulton county in 1891-92; as sheriff two terms, 1892-96, and as member of the city council.
He was married in 1868 to Cornelia Virginia Hall, and they have three sons and a daughter:
William Hilary, James J., Jr., and John S., business men of Atlanta, and Mary Hall Barnes.
From CONFEDERATE MILITARY HISTORY. Vol 6 pages 488 - 489
A LIBRARY OF CONFEDERATE STATES HISTORY, IN TWELVE
VOLUMES, WRITTEN BY DISTINGUISHED MEN OF THE SOUTH,
AND EDITED BY GEN. CLEMENT A. EVANS OF GEORGIA.
Contributor: Billy Walker (31535270) • [email protected]
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Son of Wm. H. Barnes & Elizabeth Mangum. Married to Cornelia Hall. Widowed. Son, J. J. Barnes, Jr. gave info.
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Have copy of death certificate - died of uremic poison.
July 30, 1861 • Bowden, Georgia
His entire College class joined the CSA, Cobb's Legion ("Ashley Wilkes" unit). He was paroled in July, 1865. See" Company B, Cobb's Legion" by Hugh W. Barrow.
See picture of James Jethro Barnes on his wife's page - there was no more room to add pictures on his page.
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James J. Barnes, of Atlanta, a veteran of Cobb's Georgia legion, was born in Fayette county, Ga., April 10, 1840, of Carolinian ancestry. He was reared upon the farm of his parents in his native county, and at the beginning of hostilities in 1861 was a student at Bowden college, Carroll county, where he had the advantage of instruction in military tactics.
When Georgia seceded, Rev. Charles A. McDaniel, president of this institution, a minister of the Methodist Protestant church, a fine teacher and one of the most eloquent orators that the State has produced, organized the cadets in a company under his command, which became Company B of the infantry of Cobb's legion. Later, Captain McDaniel was made colonel of the Forty first Georgia regiment, and was killed at the battle of Perryville. Barnes entered his company of the legion as a private, and accompanied the command to Virginia, where he served throughout the war under the brigade command of Gens. Howell Cobb, Thomas R. R. Cobb and W. T. Wofford, in Longstreet's corps.
On the Virginia peninsula he was in battle at Little Bethel, Dams No. 1 and No. 2, and Seven Pines, and during the Seven Days' battles before Richmond he fought at Mechanicsville, and Frayser's Farm.
At South Mountain, Md., September 14, 1862, he was severely wounded. A ball struck his left knee as he stood in the firing line within twenty paces of the advancing enemy, but, as it caused little pain at the moment, he continued firing until another bullet carried away the tip of one of his fingers, which seemed so painful that he was put out of the fight. But the bullet which hit his knee shattered the bones and he had to be left in the field hospital, and carried later to a German Lutheran church.
A week later he and a comrade were taken to the home of a wealthy family in the vicinity, and he was kindly nursed to convalescence. Just as he was able to be about with the help of crutches he went driving with a young lady of the house, and by accident was thrown out, causing injuries that greatly delayed his recovery.
In the spring of 1863 he returned to his battalion, but was pronounced unfit for field duty and sent to Richmond and assigned to hospital service. Tiring of this presently, he left without leave or license, and rejoined his battalion, with which he fought during the remainder of the war, participating in the battles of Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Winchester and Cedar Creek. On the retreat from Richmond he was captured at Sailor's Creek, and being taken to Newport News, Va., he was held there as a prisoner of war until July, 1865.
Mr. Barnes has been a resident of Atlanta since August, 1865, and is one of the prominent wholesale merchants of the city. In public office he has served with credit as deputy sheriff of Fulton county in 1891-92; as sheriff two terms, 1892-96, and as member of the city council.
He was married in 1868 to Cornelia Virginia Hall, and they have three sons and a daughter:
William Hilary, James J., Jr., and John S., business men of Atlanta, and Mary Hall Barnes.
From CONFEDERATE MILITARY HISTORY. Vol 6 pages 488 - 489
A LIBRARY OF CONFEDERATE STATES HISTORY, IN TWELVE
VOLUMES, WRITTEN BY DISTINGUISHED MEN OF THE SOUTH,
AND EDITED BY GEN. CLEMENT A. EVANS OF GEORGIA.
Contributor: Billy Walker (31535270) • [email protected]
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Son of Wm. H. Barnes & Elizabeth Mangum. Married to Cornelia Hall. Widowed. Son, J. J. Barnes, Jr. gave info.
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Have copy of death certificate - died of uremic poison.
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