Appomattox

[Rick Smith]

(08-10-2015 08:39 AM)BettyO Wrote:  Did your great-great grandfather die in the battle, Rick?

Mine lived through the entire conflict, only to die in a street-car accident in Richmond in 1891! Very ironic indeed.....

By the way, Lew Powell's only surviving brother, George, was wounded at the Battle of the Crater with a severe hip and leg injury. He spent months in hospital and then was shipped home near the end of the war.

Betty,

No, Robert Alley survived the battle and the war, but his elder brother, James, was wounded at Malvern Hill and died in a Richmond hospital. After the war, Robert Alley returned home to Petersburg and would eventually open a butcher shop on Washington Street. His family home was at the corner of Rome & Sheppard Streets. The site has changed considerably, but there are great efforts being made to revitalize Petersburg. It is a great city.

What regiment was George Powell in?

Rick