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James Plunkett Fisher

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James Plunkett Fisher Veteran

Birth
Monroe County, West Virginia, USA
Death
17 Feb 1905 (aged 59)
Monroe County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Lillydale, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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He was a carpenter and he was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War; son of Demarids Frances "Fanny" DeHart and step-son of John J. Fisher.


James P. Fisher was a confederate artilleryman serving with CPT Thomas A Bryan's artillery. Bryan's Company, Aka: Bryan's Artillery, Monroe Artillery, Lewisburg Artillery, Bryan's Battery, also called Lewisburg Artillery, was organized during the summer of 1862. It served with the Army of Western Virginia and in December contained 4 officers and 116 men. Later the unit was assigned to McCausland's Brigade, Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee.

It sustained 5 casualties in the fight at Cloyd's Mountain, and in December, 1864, attached to J.F. King's Battalion of Artillery, served with Early in the Shenandoah Valley. The battery disbanded during the spring of 1865. Captain Thomas A. Bryan was in command.

He was a carpenter and he was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War; son of Demarids Frances "Fanny" DeHart and step-son of John J. Fisher.


James P. Fisher was a confederate artilleryman serving with CPT Thomas A Bryan's artillery. Bryan's Company, Aka: Bryan's Artillery, Monroe Artillery, Lewisburg Artillery, Bryan's Battery, also called Lewisburg Artillery, was organized during the summer of 1862. It served with the Army of Western Virginia and in December contained 4 officers and 116 men. Later the unit was assigned to McCausland's Brigade, Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee.

It sustained 5 casualties in the fight at Cloyd's Mountain, and in December, 1864, attached to J.F. King's Battalion of Artillery, served with Early in the Shenandoah Valley. The battery disbanded during the spring of 1865. Captain Thomas A. Bryan was in command.



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