James L. Ashcraft
Born in 1828 in Chester County, South Carolina, and moved with his family to establish new farms in Arkansas around 1855, settling near present-day Rison in Cleveland County.
James enlisted in Captain Halliday's Company D of the 26th Arkansas Infantry at Centerville, in Bradley County on May 12, 1862 and was inducted with the company into Confederate service at Pine Bluff. Shortly thereafter, the company was renamed, becoming Company I of C.D. Morgan's Battalion, 26th Arkansas Infantry. The unit moved to Bayou Miles in July, 1862, thence to Camp Crystal Hill the following month, and in April, 1863 moved to Camp Anderson in present-day Lincoln County, where James died in camp from disease on October 31, 1863.
Source: http://www.civilwarbuff.org/ashcraft.html
Research done by Tom Ezell and his great-uncle Bill Ashcraft.
Born in 1828 in Chester County, South Carolina, and moved with his family to establish new farms in Arkansas around 1855, settling near present-day Rison in Cleveland County.
James enlisted in Captain Halliday's Company D of the 26th Arkansas Infantry at Centerville, in Bradley County on May 12, 1862 and was inducted with the company into Confederate service at Pine Bluff. Shortly thereafter, the company was renamed, becoming Company I of C.D. Morgan's Battalion, 26th Arkansas Infantry. The unit moved to Bayou Miles in July, 1862, thence to Camp Crystal Hill the following month, and in April, 1863 moved to Camp Anderson in present-day Lincoln County, where James died in camp from disease on October 31, 1863.
Source: http://www.civilwarbuff.org/ashcraft.html
Research done by Tom Ezell and his great-uncle Bill Ashcraft.
James L. Ashcraft
Born in 1828 in Chester County, South Carolina, and moved with his family to establish new farms in Arkansas around 1855, settling near present-day Rison in Cleveland County.
James enlisted in Captain Halliday's Company D of the 26th Arkansas Infantry at Centerville, in Bradley County on May 12, 1862 and was inducted with the company into Confederate service at Pine Bluff. Shortly thereafter, the company was renamed, becoming Company I of C.D. Morgan's Battalion, 26th Arkansas Infantry. The unit moved to Bayou Miles in July, 1862, thence to Camp Crystal Hill the following month, and in April, 1863 moved to Camp Anderson in present-day Lincoln County, where James died in camp from disease on October 31, 1863.
Source: http://www.civilwarbuff.org/ashcraft.html
Research done by Tom Ezell and his great-uncle Bill Ashcraft.
Born in 1828 in Chester County, South Carolina, and moved with his family to establish new farms in Arkansas around 1855, settling near present-day Rison in Cleveland County.
James enlisted in Captain Halliday's Company D of the 26th Arkansas Infantry at Centerville, in Bradley County on May 12, 1862 and was inducted with the company into Confederate service at Pine Bluff. Shortly thereafter, the company was renamed, becoming Company I of C.D. Morgan's Battalion, 26th Arkansas Infantry. The unit moved to Bayou Miles in July, 1862, thence to Camp Crystal Hill the following month, and in April, 1863 moved to Camp Anderson in present-day Lincoln County, where James died in camp from disease on October 31, 1863.
Source: http://www.civilwarbuff.org/ashcraft.html
Research done by Tom Ezell and his great-uncle Bill Ashcraft.
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Company D, 26th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States Army
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