Peter Videau Guerry Jr. mustered volunteers and enlisted CSA with them 7 Mar 1861 as Captain, was commissioned so on 3 Jul 1861, and was killed in the 1st Cold Harbor battle in Hanover County, Virginia. This was the third encounter of the Seven Days Battles (Peninsula Campaign) of the American Civil War under Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Per Memoirs of Peter's sister Sarah, Peter "was killed while bravely charging at the head of his company the battle before Richmond, Gains Mill, Friday June 27, 1862."
Many historical references state "comrades carried their fallen Captain Peter Guerry home for burial" which would likely mean here at Enon near his father, or at Warrior stand where his two cousins Thomas Jefferson Guerry and John E. Guerry rest, also casualties of the Civil War. Having said that, I have a burial list of both cemeteries sent to me by Glenn Drummond (Macon County AL historian) and it only shows PVG Senior at Enon on the list, no location shown for Junior. In 2010 an archaeological excavation of an historic house site located on the land owned by Peter V. Guerry, Jr. in the mid 1850's produced no evidence of a home-place burial. In short, it is unproven exactly what "brought home" meant, and his burial site remains a puzzle.
Many historical references state "comrades carried their fallen Captain Peter Guerry home for burial" which would likely mean here at Enon near his father, or at Warrior stand where his two cousins Thomas Jefferson Guerry and John E. Guerry rest, also casualties of the Civil War. Having said that, I have a burial list of both cemeteries sent to me by Glenn Drummond (Macon County AL historian) and it only shows PVG Senior at Enon on the list, no location shown for Junior. In 2010 an archaeological excavation of an historic house site located on the land owned by Peter V. Guerry, Jr. in the mid 1850's produced no evidence of a home-place burial. In short, it is unproven exactly what "brought home" meant, and his burial site remains a puzzle.
Peter Videau Guerry Jr. mustered volunteers and enlisted CSA with them 7 Mar 1861 as Captain, was commissioned so on 3 Jul 1861, and was killed in the 1st Cold Harbor battle in Hanover County, Virginia. This was the third encounter of the Seven Days Battles (Peninsula Campaign) of the American Civil War under Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Per Memoirs of Peter's sister Sarah, Peter "was killed while bravely charging at the head of his company the battle before Richmond, Gains Mill, Friday June 27, 1862."
Many historical references state "comrades carried their fallen Captain Peter Guerry home for burial" which would likely mean here at Enon near his father, or at Warrior stand where his two cousins Thomas Jefferson Guerry and John E. Guerry rest, also casualties of the Civil War. Having said that, I have a burial list of both cemeteries sent to me by Glenn Drummond (Macon County AL historian) and it only shows PVG Senior at Enon on the list, no location shown for Junior. In 2010 an archaeological excavation of an historic house site located on the land owned by Peter V. Guerry, Jr. in the mid 1850's produced no evidence of a home-place burial. In short, it is unproven exactly what "brought home" meant, and his burial site remains a puzzle.
Many historical references state "comrades carried their fallen Captain Peter Guerry home for burial" which would likely mean here at Enon near his father, or at Warrior stand where his two cousins Thomas Jefferson Guerry and John E. Guerry rest, also casualties of the Civil War. Having said that, I have a burial list of both cemeteries sent to me by Glenn Drummond (Macon County AL historian) and it only shows PVG Senior at Enon on the list, no location shown for Junior. In 2010 an archaeological excavation of an historic house site located on the land owned by Peter V. Guerry, Jr. in the mid 1850's produced no evidence of a home-place burial. In short, it is unproven exactly what "brought home" meant, and his burial site remains a puzzle.
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