Robert E Earle was enlisted and elected 2nd Lieutenant on June 4, 1861, at Montevallo, Alabama, for the war. He died from a gunshot wound to his head received while he was lying asleep in his own tent, on October 4, 1861. The descending ball fell through the top of his tent, struck him behind his right ear and lodged in his left temple. His father, Samuel S Earle, Elyton, Jefferson County, Alabama, applied for letters of administration. Name: Earle, Robert
Interment Date: Jan 24, 1927
Lot Reference: 0647 (Block : 06 Lot : 47)
Death Date: 10/4/1861
Gender: Male
Race: White
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Robert Emmett Earle, abt age 20, enlisted June 4, 1861 in Co B, 10th AL Infantry, 3rd Lieutenant. Unit was sent to Virginia,
and arrived day after 1st Battle of Bull Run (Manassas).
Robert Earle was killed at Centreville, near Manassas, Va on Oct 4, 1861 while asleep in his tent by a descending ball which fell through the top of his tent striking behind his right ear and lodging in his left temple.
His family returned his body for burial at Elyton, and he was reinterred later with other family members at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Robert E Earle was enlisted and elected 2nd Lieutenant on June 4, 1861, at Montevallo, Alabama, for the war. He died from a gunshot wound to his head received while he was lying asleep in his own tent, on October 4, 1861. The descending ball fell through the top of his tent, struck him behind his right ear and lodged in his left temple. His father, Samuel S Earle, Elyton, Jefferson County, Alabama, applied for letters of administration. Name: Earle, Robert
Interment Date: Jan 24, 1927
Lot Reference: 0647 (Block : 06 Lot : 47)
Death Date: 10/4/1861
Gender: Male
Race: White
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Robert Emmett Earle, abt age 20, enlisted June 4, 1861 in Co B, 10th AL Infantry, 3rd Lieutenant. Unit was sent to Virginia,
and arrived day after 1st Battle of Bull Run (Manassas).
Robert Earle was killed at Centreville, near Manassas, Va on Oct 4, 1861 while asleep in his tent by a descending ball which fell through the top of his tent striking behind his right ear and lodging in his left temple.
His family returned his body for burial at Elyton, and he was reinterred later with other family members at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Family Members
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Florence Jane Earle Mudd
1823–1867
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John Baylis Earle
1825–1882
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Samuel L Earle
1827–1878
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Sara Ellen Earle Greene
1829–1918
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Sgt Thomas Wright Earle
1831–1863
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SGT Thomas W. Earle
1831–1863
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Joseph Berry Earle
1832–1903
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Harriet Earle Hewitt
1835–1927
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James Harrison Earle
1837–1867
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Paul Hamilton Earle
1839–1900
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