Appomattox

[Rick Smith]

(08-09-2015 04:54 PM)Jim Page Wrote:  Always wanted to visit Appomattox and one day I'll do it. I was recently re-reading my great-grandfather's 1920s pension application to the state of Florida and it mentioned he was mustered out of the Confederate army in Appomattox at the end of hostilities, having retreated with his outfit from Petersburg.

I'm not to be trusted with military info and such, but I think he (Peyton Page) was a private (horse-shoer) in Company A of the First North Carolina Calvary. He did get his pension from the state of Florida, which I think was $26 a month, later raised to $40 a month.

--Jim

Jim,

That is great to know your ancestor like this.

My great great grandfather was in the 41st Va. Inf. Regt. What was left of the 41st was at Appomattox. They were in Billy Mahone's Brigade. He was from Petersburg so did not have too far to go to get home at the end.

He is buried at Blandford Church in the Confederate cemetery, just down the road from the site of the Crater.

Rick