According to an entry in the "Cyphering Book" of his father Benjamin H. Kirkland, Henry was born 8 March 1834 in Henry County. In 1850 he was listed on the census as a member of his father's household at age 16. He appeared as the head of his own household on the 1860 census of Dale County, Alabama, at age 26. Members of his family included wife Rebecca, age 26, born in Georgia, sons Snowden, James M. and Jason, ages 4, 3 and 1, respectively, all born in Alabama. His fourth son, Joseph Marion arrived on 20 March 1861. A year later on 10 March 1862, Henry enlisted as a private in Company A. 3rd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion, which was subsequently reformed as Company E, 60th Alabama Infantry Regiment. On his enlistment record, he was described as having a "sallow complexion, sandy hair and five feet, ten inches in height." Campaigns in which his unit participated were the Battle of Chickamauga Creek (Georgia), September 19-20, 1863; the Siege of Knoxville (Tennessee), November 28, 1863; the Battle of Beans Station (Tennessee), December 14, 1863; Drewry's Bluff (Virginia), May 9-10, 1864; Richmond (Virginia), May 12, 1864; Drewry's Bluff (a second time), May 16, 1864; and the Trenches Before Petersburg (Virginia), July 9, 1864 to March 14th, 1865 (Perry & Smith's Directory, 1866, pp. 94-97). Henry seems to have survived them all relatively unscathed until Petersburg. Entering the Confederate trenches around the City on 9 July 1864, his unit was "exposed to an almost incessant fire of musketry; and to daily cannonades and bombardments of the most furious character. Consequently, it lost nearly one-third of the men it carried into the trenches," including Henry when on 27 October 1864 an exploding shell fragment struck him, inflicting a mortal wound from which he died the following day. He now rests among the approximately 30,000 Confederate dead, most of them unknown, buried in mass graves at Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg City.
Sam Carnley, gggrandson,
12 October 2017
∼Private, Company A, 3rd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion, Alabama Volunteers, CSA
Henry A. Kirkland was born about 1834 in Alabama. In 1860 Henry A. Kirkland, 26, is listed in Dale County, Alabama, with Rebecca Kirkland, 26; and children Snowden, 4; James M., 3; and Jason, 1. Living next door was James M. Kirkland, 23; his mother Rutha, 63, born in South Carolina; and children Matilda, 13; John, 11; and Zachariah, 9.
Henry Kirkland enlisted on March 10, 1862, at Montgomery, Alabama for 3 years or the war, and received a $50 bounty. Pvt. Henry A. Kirkland was wounded in the trenches on October 27 and died on October 28, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia. He was described as 5 ft 10 in tall, sallow complexion, and sandy hair. His widow, Rebecca A. Kirkland, filed for settlement on November 23, 1864.
Sources:
1860 federal census, Dale County, Alabama.
Henry A. Kirkland and James M. Kirkland, Confederate Civil War service records.
Sam Carnley, gggrandson,
12 October 2017
∼Private, Company A, 3rd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion, Alabama Volunteers, CSA
Henry A. Kirkland was born about 1834 in Alabama. In 1860 Henry A. Kirkland, 26, is listed in Dale County, Alabama, with Rebecca Kirkland, 26; and children Snowden, 4; James M., 3; and Jason, 1. Living next door was James M. Kirkland, 23; his mother Rutha, 63, born in South Carolina; and children Matilda, 13; John, 11; and Zachariah, 9.
Henry Kirkland enlisted on March 10, 1862, at Montgomery, Alabama for 3 years or the war, and received a $50 bounty. Pvt. Henry A. Kirkland was wounded in the trenches on October 27 and died on October 28, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia. He was described as 5 ft 10 in tall, sallow complexion, and sandy hair. His widow, Rebecca A. Kirkland, filed for settlement on November 23, 1864.
Sources:
1860 federal census, Dale County, Alabama.
Henry A. Kirkland and James M. Kirkland, Confederate Civil War service records.
According to an entry in the "Cyphering Book" of his father Benjamin H. Kirkland, Henry was born 8 March 1834 in Henry County. In 1850 he was listed on the census as a member of his father's household at age 16. He appeared as the head of his own household on the 1860 census of Dale County, Alabama, at age 26. Members of his family included wife Rebecca, age 26, born in Georgia, sons Snowden, James M. and Jason, ages 4, 3 and 1, respectively, all born in Alabama. His fourth son, Joseph Marion arrived on 20 March 1861. A year later on 10 March 1862, Henry enlisted as a private in Company A. 3rd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion, which was subsequently reformed as Company E, 60th Alabama Infantry Regiment. On his enlistment record, he was described as having a "sallow complexion, sandy hair and five feet, ten inches in height." Campaigns in which his unit participated were the Battle of Chickamauga Creek (Georgia), September 19-20, 1863; the Siege of Knoxville (Tennessee), November 28, 1863; the Battle of Beans Station (Tennessee), December 14, 1863; Drewry's Bluff (Virginia), May 9-10, 1864; Richmond (Virginia), May 12, 1864; Drewry's Bluff (a second time), May 16, 1864; and the Trenches Before Petersburg (Virginia), July 9, 1864 to March 14th, 1865 (Perry & Smith's Directory, 1866, pp. 94-97). Henry seems to have survived them all relatively unscathed until Petersburg. Entering the Confederate trenches around the City on 9 July 1864, his unit was "exposed to an almost incessant fire of musketry; and to daily cannonades and bombardments of the most furious character. Consequently, it lost nearly one-third of the men it carried into the trenches," including Henry when on 27 October 1864 an exploding shell fragment struck him, inflicting a mortal wound from which he died the following day. He now rests among the approximately 30,000 Confederate dead, most of them unknown, buried in mass graves at Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg City.
Sam Carnley, gggrandson,
12 October 2017
∼Private, Company A, 3rd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion, Alabama Volunteers, CSA
Henry A. Kirkland was born about 1834 in Alabama. In 1860 Henry A. Kirkland, 26, is listed in Dale County, Alabama, with Rebecca Kirkland, 26; and children Snowden, 4; James M., 3; and Jason, 1. Living next door was James M. Kirkland, 23; his mother Rutha, 63, born in South Carolina; and children Matilda, 13; John, 11; and Zachariah, 9.
Henry Kirkland enlisted on March 10, 1862, at Montgomery, Alabama for 3 years or the war, and received a $50 bounty. Pvt. Henry A. Kirkland was wounded in the trenches on October 27 and died on October 28, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia. He was described as 5 ft 10 in tall, sallow complexion, and sandy hair. His widow, Rebecca A. Kirkland, filed for settlement on November 23, 1864.
Sources:
1860 federal census, Dale County, Alabama.
Henry A. Kirkland and James M. Kirkland, Confederate Civil War service records.
Sam Carnley, gggrandson,
12 October 2017
∼Private, Company A, 3rd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion, Alabama Volunteers, CSA
Henry A. Kirkland was born about 1834 in Alabama. In 1860 Henry A. Kirkland, 26, is listed in Dale County, Alabama, with Rebecca Kirkland, 26; and children Snowden, 4; James M., 3; and Jason, 1. Living next door was James M. Kirkland, 23; his mother Rutha, 63, born in South Carolina; and children Matilda, 13; John, 11; and Zachariah, 9.
Henry Kirkland enlisted on March 10, 1862, at Montgomery, Alabama for 3 years or the war, and received a $50 bounty. Pvt. Henry A. Kirkland was wounded in the trenches on October 27 and died on October 28, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia. He was described as 5 ft 10 in tall, sallow complexion, and sandy hair. His widow, Rebecca A. Kirkland, filed for settlement on November 23, 1864.
Sources:
1860 federal census, Dale County, Alabama.
Henry A. Kirkland and James M. Kirkland, Confederate Civil War service records.
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