Mears' 1859-60 city directory for Columbus, Georgia, shows; JACQUES, S. R., book-keeper, Oglethorpe corner of Bryan, res. Oglethorpe [Street] between Bryan and Franklin [streets]
The 1st City Battalion Infantry, State Guards -- also known as the 1st City Battalion (of Columbus) or Jaques' Battalion of Reserves -- appears to have been organized in May 1864 and operated under the command of Major Samuel R. JAQUES, who had been Captain of Company A in the 19th Battalion (also organized in Muscogee County). A number of men in the 1st City Battalion had previously been in the 19th Battalion.
The Georgia Roster of Confederate Soldiers" (6 Volumes plus Index), compiled and edited by Lillian Henderson, shows: Samuel R. JAQUES (or JACQUES) – 1st Sgt. 14 AUG 1861. Captured at Malvern Hill, VA 05 AUG 1862. Paroled at Aiken’s Landing, VA, 26 AUG 1862. Discharged, furnished W. L. SNEAD as substitute, 03 FEB 1863. Elected Captain of the 1st City Battn. Columbus, Ga., 08 JUL 1863. Transferred to Co. A, 19th Battn. State Guards. Elected Major, date not given. Roll dated 28 FEB 1865, last on roll on file, shows him present. No later record. [National Parks Service's Civil War Soldiers and Sailors online database shows: Samuel R. JAQUES entered as Major, separated as unknown, company unknown]
Samuel R. JAQUES married 11 FEB 1869 in Muscogee County, Georgia, to Isabella P. ROGERS. He subsequently married 20 JAN 1881 in Bibb County, Georgia, to Eleanor H. HALL.
His first wife: “FUNERAL NOTICE: The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. JAQUES, and Mr. E. G. STEWART and family, are invited to attend the burial of Mrs. S. R. JAQUES, form the South-Western R. R. Depot, on the arrival of the train containing her remains, at 1 1/2 o’clock to-day (Wednesday).” [Columbus (GA) Enquirer newspaper, Wednesday, 11 AUG 1869, p. 3.] Isabelle is perhaps the daughter of Charles P. ROGERS, who appears aged 18 years in the household of Charles ROGERS
& his wife Caroline ROGERS
on the 1850 census of Land District 8 in Muscogee County, Georgia. Charles P. had a sister Isabell (born ca. 1845) who is found unmarried in her father’s 1860 and 1870 households, also in Muscogee County, and 1880 at Marietta in Cobb County, Georgia.
Bio provided by Riverside: Jacques was originally from New Jersey and broke ties with his father after signing up with the Confederate Army at the age of 19 [sic - if his birth date in 1840 is accurate, there was no "Confederate army" when he was 19 years of age]. He was never wounded in service, though random bullets tore holes in his clothing and shoes during battle. When captured near Richmond, Jacques defiantly threw his sword into a river rather than surrender it to the Union Army. He was held prisoner for six weeks near Norfolk. After his release, he re-joined the Confederates and was commissioned as a Major. He became a grocer by trade after the war, and he operated the Juliette Milling Company for more than 25 years.
The 1st City Battalion Infantry, State Guards -- also known as the 1st City Battalion (of Columbus) or Jaques' Battalion of Reserves -- appears to have been organized in May 1864 and operated under the command of Major Samuel R. JAQUES, who had been Captain of Company A in the 19th Battalion (also organized in Muscogee County). A number of men in the 1st City Battalion had previously been in the 19th Battalion.
The Georgia Roster of Confederate Soldiers" (6 Volumes plus Index), compiled and edited by Lillian Henderson, shows: Samuel R. JAQUES (or JACQUES) – 1st Sgt. 14 AUG 1861. Captured at Malvern Hill, VA 05 AUG 1862. Paroled at Aiken’s Landing, VA, 26 AUG 1862. Discharged, furnished W. L. SNEAD as substitute, 03 FEB 1863. Elected Captain of the 1st City Battn. Columbus, Ga., 08 JUL 1863. Transferred to Co. A, 19th Battn. State Guards. Elected Major, date not given. Roll dated 28 FEB 1865, last on roll on file, shows him present. No later record. [National Parks Service's Civil War Soldiers and Sailors online database shows: Samuel R. JAQUES entered as Major, separated as unknown, company unknown]
Samuel R. JAQUES married 11 FEB 1869 in Muscogee County, Georgia, to Isabella P. ROGERS. He subsequently married 20 JAN 1881 in Bibb County, Georgia, to Eleanor H. HALL.
His first wife: “FUNERAL NOTICE: The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. JAQUES, and Mr. E. G. STEWART and family, are invited to attend the burial of Mrs. S. R. JAQUES, form the South-Western R. R. Depot, on the arrival of the train containing her remains, at 1 1/2 o’clock to-day (Wednesday).” [Columbus (GA) Enquirer newspaper, Wednesday, 11 AUG 1869, p. 3.] Isabelle is perhaps the daughter of Charles P. ROGERS, who appears aged 18 years in the household of Charles ROGERS
& his wife Caroline ROGERS
on the 1850 census of Land District 8 in Muscogee County, Georgia. Charles P. had a sister Isabell (born ca. 1845) who is found unmarried in her father’s 1860 and 1870 households, also in Muscogee County, and 1880 at Marietta in Cobb County, Georgia.
Bio provided by Riverside: Jacques was originally from New Jersey and broke ties with his father after signing up with the Confederate Army at the age of 19 [sic - if his birth date in 1840 is accurate, there was no "Confederate army" when he was 19 years of age]. He was never wounded in service, though random bullets tore holes in his clothing and shoes during battle. When captured near Richmond, Jacques defiantly threw his sword into a river rather than surrender it to the Union Army. He was held prisoner for six weeks near Norfolk. After his release, he re-joined the Confederates and was commissioned as a Major. He became a grocer by trade after the war, and he operated the Juliette Milling Company for more than 25 years.
Mears' 1859-60 city directory for Columbus, Georgia, shows; JACQUES, S. R., book-keeper, Oglethorpe corner of Bryan, res. Oglethorpe [Street] between Bryan and Franklin [streets]
The 1st City Battalion Infantry, State Guards -- also known as the 1st City Battalion (of Columbus) or Jaques' Battalion of Reserves -- appears to have been organized in May 1864 and operated under the command of Major Samuel R. JAQUES, who had been Captain of Company A in the 19th Battalion (also organized in Muscogee County). A number of men in the 1st City Battalion had previously been in the 19th Battalion.
The Georgia Roster of Confederate Soldiers" (6 Volumes plus Index), compiled and edited by Lillian Henderson, shows: Samuel R. JAQUES (or JACQUES) – 1st Sgt. 14 AUG 1861. Captured at Malvern Hill, VA 05 AUG 1862. Paroled at Aiken’s Landing, VA, 26 AUG 1862. Discharged, furnished W. L. SNEAD as substitute, 03 FEB 1863. Elected Captain of the 1st City Battn. Columbus, Ga., 08 JUL 1863. Transferred to Co. A, 19th Battn. State Guards. Elected Major, date not given. Roll dated 28 FEB 1865, last on roll on file, shows him present. No later record. [National Parks Service's Civil War Soldiers and Sailors online database shows: Samuel R. JAQUES entered as Major, separated as unknown, company unknown]
Samuel R. JAQUES married 11 FEB 1869 in Muscogee County, Georgia, to Isabella P. ROGERS. He subsequently married 20 JAN 1881 in Bibb County, Georgia, to Eleanor H. HALL.
His first wife: “FUNERAL NOTICE: The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. JAQUES, and Mr. E. G. STEWART and family, are invited to attend the burial of Mrs. S. R. JAQUES, form the South-Western R. R. Depot, on the arrival of the train containing her remains, at 1 1/2 o’clock to-day (Wednesday).” [Columbus (GA) Enquirer newspaper, Wednesday, 11 AUG 1869, p. 3.] Isabelle is perhaps the daughter of Charles P. ROGERS, who appears aged 18 years in the household of Charles ROGERS
& his wife Caroline ROGERS
on the 1850 census of Land District 8 in Muscogee County, Georgia. Charles P. had a sister Isabell (born ca. 1845) who is found unmarried in her father’s 1860 and 1870 households, also in Muscogee County, and 1880 at Marietta in Cobb County, Georgia.
Bio provided by Riverside: Jacques was originally from New Jersey and broke ties with his father after signing up with the Confederate Army at the age of 19 [sic - if his birth date in 1840 is accurate, there was no "Confederate army" when he was 19 years of age]. He was never wounded in service, though random bullets tore holes in his clothing and shoes during battle. When captured near Richmond, Jacques defiantly threw his sword into a river rather than surrender it to the Union Army. He was held prisoner for six weeks near Norfolk. After his release, he re-joined the Confederates and was commissioned as a Major. He became a grocer by trade after the war, and he operated the Juliette Milling Company for more than 25 years.
The 1st City Battalion Infantry, State Guards -- also known as the 1st City Battalion (of Columbus) or Jaques' Battalion of Reserves -- appears to have been organized in May 1864 and operated under the command of Major Samuel R. JAQUES, who had been Captain of Company A in the 19th Battalion (also organized in Muscogee County). A number of men in the 1st City Battalion had previously been in the 19th Battalion.
The Georgia Roster of Confederate Soldiers" (6 Volumes plus Index), compiled and edited by Lillian Henderson, shows: Samuel R. JAQUES (or JACQUES) – 1st Sgt. 14 AUG 1861. Captured at Malvern Hill, VA 05 AUG 1862. Paroled at Aiken’s Landing, VA, 26 AUG 1862. Discharged, furnished W. L. SNEAD as substitute, 03 FEB 1863. Elected Captain of the 1st City Battn. Columbus, Ga., 08 JUL 1863. Transferred to Co. A, 19th Battn. State Guards. Elected Major, date not given. Roll dated 28 FEB 1865, last on roll on file, shows him present. No later record. [National Parks Service's Civil War Soldiers and Sailors online database shows: Samuel R. JAQUES entered as Major, separated as unknown, company unknown]
Samuel R. JAQUES married 11 FEB 1869 in Muscogee County, Georgia, to Isabella P. ROGERS. He subsequently married 20 JAN 1881 in Bibb County, Georgia, to Eleanor H. HALL.
His first wife: “FUNERAL NOTICE: The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. JAQUES, and Mr. E. G. STEWART and family, are invited to attend the burial of Mrs. S. R. JAQUES, form the South-Western R. R. Depot, on the arrival of the train containing her remains, at 1 1/2 o’clock to-day (Wednesday).” [Columbus (GA) Enquirer newspaper, Wednesday, 11 AUG 1869, p. 3.] Isabelle is perhaps the daughter of Charles P. ROGERS, who appears aged 18 years in the household of Charles ROGERS
& his wife Caroline ROGERS
on the 1850 census of Land District 8 in Muscogee County, Georgia. Charles P. had a sister Isabell (born ca. 1845) who is found unmarried in her father’s 1860 and 1870 households, also in Muscogee County, and 1880 at Marietta in Cobb County, Georgia.
Bio provided by Riverside: Jacques was originally from New Jersey and broke ties with his father after signing up with the Confederate Army at the age of 19 [sic - if his birth date in 1840 is accurate, there was no "Confederate army" when he was 19 years of age]. He was never wounded in service, though random bullets tore holes in his clothing and shoes during battle. When captured near Richmond, Jacques defiantly threw his sword into a river rather than surrender it to the Union Army. He was held prisoner for six weeks near Norfolk. After his release, he re-joined the Confederates and was commissioned as a Major. He became a grocer by trade after the war, and he operated the Juliette Milling Company for more than 25 years.
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