oldest son of John C. Breckinridge
Major CSA
Married Sallie Francis Johnson in Washington DC 1869
survived by wife and 3 children
Malaria cause of death
Suggested edit from Contributor: (48307470)
I was at the Lexington Cemetery today, while there are many of his family members are there, he is not. I have a photocopy of the Breckinridge lot, I am happy to share .
I found an obituary/article from The Lexington Leader, Lexington, Kentucky, 09 Jan 1906, page 1, stating that Mr. Joseph Cabell Breckinridge is buried in Yonkers, New York. Maybe he can be found there. :)
I uploaded the obituary/article to his memorial.
Confederate service Chickamauga
Serving on Gen. Breckinridge's staff was his teenage son, Lt. Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, a slightly built but confident young man, nattily dressed in gray and wearing an embroidered hat. Cabell was dispatched on his thoroughbred mare, Fannie, to advise the commander of the Georgians that help was on its way. Cabell approached the gap and found not Georgia Rebels, but Iowa Yankees. Riding Fannie furiously, the young Confederate officer tried to escape between the Iowans and the side of the ridge. Captured and conveyed into captivity, he boldly asserted the Confederates were winning the battle and then hugged and kissed his beloved horse goodbye. Fannie ended up a prize of war for Brig. Gen. Peter J. Oosterhaus, the commander of the Federal advance.
Young Cabell was transported to a POW camp in Ohio. He was exchanged in early 1864 and returned to duty on the staff of his father, who at that point commanded troops in southwest Virginia.
After the war Cabell was involved in business in Arkansas and St. Louis, and served as Surveyor General of the Washington Territory under President Grover Cleveland. Like his father, he died at the relatively early age of 61, from pernicious anemia at his son-in-law's home in Yonkers, N.Y., in 1906.
Major CSA
Married Sallie Francis Johnson in Washington DC 1869
survived by wife and 3 children
Malaria cause of death
Suggested edit from Contributor: (48307470)
I was at the Lexington Cemetery today, while there are many of his family members are there, he is not. I have a photocopy of the Breckinridge lot, I am happy to share .
I found an obituary/article from The Lexington Leader, Lexington, Kentucky, 09 Jan 1906, page 1, stating that Mr. Joseph Cabell Breckinridge is buried in Yonkers, New York. Maybe he can be found there. :)
I uploaded the obituary/article to his memorial.
Confederate service Chickamauga
Serving on Gen. Breckinridge's staff was his teenage son, Lt. Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, a slightly built but confident young man, nattily dressed in gray and wearing an embroidered hat. Cabell was dispatched on his thoroughbred mare, Fannie, to advise the commander of the Georgians that help was on its way. Cabell approached the gap and found not Georgia Rebels, but Iowa Yankees. Riding Fannie furiously, the young Confederate officer tried to escape between the Iowans and the side of the ridge. Captured and conveyed into captivity, he boldly asserted the Confederates were winning the battle and then hugged and kissed his beloved horse goodbye. Fannie ended up a prize of war for Brig. Gen. Peter J. Oosterhaus, the commander of the Federal advance.
Young Cabell was transported to a POW camp in Ohio. He was exchanged in early 1864 and returned to duty on the staff of his father, who at that point commanded troops in southwest Virginia.
After the war Cabell was involved in business in Arkansas and St. Louis, and served as Surveyor General of the Washington Territory under President Grover Cleveland. Like his father, he died at the relatively early age of 61, from pernicious anemia at his son-in-law's home in Yonkers, N.Y., in 1906.
oldest son of John C. Breckinridge
Major CSA
Married Sallie Francis Johnson in Washington DC 1869
survived by wife and 3 children
Malaria cause of death
Suggested edit from Contributor: (48307470)
I was at the Lexington Cemetery today, while there are many of his family members are there, he is not. I have a photocopy of the Breckinridge lot, I am happy to share .
I found an obituary/article from The Lexington Leader, Lexington, Kentucky, 09 Jan 1906, page 1, stating that Mr. Joseph Cabell Breckinridge is buried in Yonkers, New York. Maybe he can be found there. :)
I uploaded the obituary/article to his memorial.
Confederate service Chickamauga
Serving on Gen. Breckinridge's staff was his teenage son, Lt. Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, a slightly built but confident young man, nattily dressed in gray and wearing an embroidered hat. Cabell was dispatched on his thoroughbred mare, Fannie, to advise the commander of the Georgians that help was on its way. Cabell approached the gap and found not Georgia Rebels, but Iowa Yankees. Riding Fannie furiously, the young Confederate officer tried to escape between the Iowans and the side of the ridge. Captured and conveyed into captivity, he boldly asserted the Confederates were winning the battle and then hugged and kissed his beloved horse goodbye. Fannie ended up a prize of war for Brig. Gen. Peter J. Oosterhaus, the commander of the Federal advance.
Young Cabell was transported to a POW camp in Ohio. He was exchanged in early 1864 and returned to duty on the staff of his father, who at that point commanded troops in southwest Virginia.
After the war Cabell was involved in business in Arkansas and St. Louis, and served as Surveyor General of the Washington Territory under President Grover Cleveland. Like his father, he died at the relatively early age of 61, from pernicious anemia at his son-in-law's home in Yonkers, N.Y., in 1906.
Major CSA
Married Sallie Francis Johnson in Washington DC 1869
survived by wife and 3 children
Malaria cause of death
Suggested edit from Contributor: (48307470)
I was at the Lexington Cemetery today, while there are many of his family members are there, he is not. I have a photocopy of the Breckinridge lot, I am happy to share .
I found an obituary/article from The Lexington Leader, Lexington, Kentucky, 09 Jan 1906, page 1, stating that Mr. Joseph Cabell Breckinridge is buried in Yonkers, New York. Maybe he can be found there. :)
I uploaded the obituary/article to his memorial.
Confederate service Chickamauga
Serving on Gen. Breckinridge's staff was his teenage son, Lt. Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, a slightly built but confident young man, nattily dressed in gray and wearing an embroidered hat. Cabell was dispatched on his thoroughbred mare, Fannie, to advise the commander of the Georgians that help was on its way. Cabell approached the gap and found not Georgia Rebels, but Iowa Yankees. Riding Fannie furiously, the young Confederate officer tried to escape between the Iowans and the side of the ridge. Captured and conveyed into captivity, he boldly asserted the Confederates were winning the battle and then hugged and kissed his beloved horse goodbye. Fannie ended up a prize of war for Brig. Gen. Peter J. Oosterhaus, the commander of the Federal advance.
Young Cabell was transported to a POW camp in Ohio. He was exchanged in early 1864 and returned to duty on the staff of his father, who at that point commanded troops in southwest Virginia.
After the war Cabell was involved in business in Arkansas and St. Louis, and served as Surveyor General of the Washington Territory under President Grover Cleveland. Like his father, he died at the relatively early age of 61, from pernicious anemia at his son-in-law's home in Yonkers, N.Y., in 1906.
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