Donna, I don't know - I am not related to that family. Went back and checked the Confederate Veteran obit. It does say HARRARD, but it could have been a mistake or typo. Perhaps the records of Camp Waddell might show additional info. Terri -----Original Message----- From: Donna Wall <dfshine@worldnet.att.net> To: ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com <ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, August 25, 2000 10:48 PM Subject: Re: [ALBARBOU] CSA - Bickerstaff, James H. >In Columbus, GA there is still Bickerstaff Clay Products (they make bricks) >today. Is the wife of James H. Bickerstaff possibly Miss 'Garrard' instead >of Harrard? Does anyone know? >----- Original Message ----- >From: Jim and Terri Tait <jtait@HiWAAY.net> >To: <ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 8:32 PM >Subject: [ALBARBOU] CSA - Bickerstaff, James H. > > >: Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol. XV, June 1907, No. 6, page 269, 270 >: >: James H. Bickerstaff >: >: Maj. James Henry Bickerstaff, one of the most prominent citizens and >: veterans of Seale,.Ala., died at the residence of his son, in Columbus, >Ga., >: May 18, 1906. He had been in ill health for some time, and had gone to >: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, for treatment; but the operation there >: performed did not bring the hoped-for improvement. >: >: James Bickerstaff was born in Russell County, Ala., in 1844. He was among >: the first to respond to the call of the Southland, and enlisted in the >: Russell Volunteers, under Capt. Ben Baker, in April, 1861, before he was >: seventeen years old, and his company was sent to Virginia. He took part >in >: the first battle of Manassas. While in camp there his brother Robert, also >a >: member of the company, died from exposure and measles and was buried at >: Manassas. After the term of his first enlistment had expired. he returned >: to Alabama with several companions and joined the battalion of Maj. James >: Waddell. However, his father, Capt. U. F. Bickerstaff,. having organized >a >: company of Russell County men, James Bickerstaff was transferred to that >: command, Company I, 34th Alabama Regiment and was made second lieutenant. >: The company was stationed at Corinth. Miss., for some time. >: >: In the battle of Murfreesboro Comrade Bickerstaff manifested great courage >: and determination. In the midst of the battle his father was mortally >: wounded, and Captain Burch, commanding the company, was also wounded. >With >: tears of grief blinding his eyes, lieutenant Bickerstaff seized the sword >: that had fallen from his father's hand, assumed command, rallied the >: company, and led them on in the battle until himself shot down, seriously >: wounded in the thigh and slightly in the arm. His father lingered until >: February 14, and was nursed and cared for by a Mrs. Thompson in her own >home >: and was buried in her garden. While attending the Reunion at Nashville in >: 1904 Captain Bickerstaff visited Murphreesboro in the hope of locating his >: father's grave, but was not successful. >: >: Among other battles in which he took part were Mumsfordville and >Perryville, >: Ky.. Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, Tenn., Chickamauga, and all >the >: battles from Dalton, Ga., to Atlanta. In the battle of East Point, near >: Atlanta, July 28, 1864, he lost his left arm, a bullet shattering the >elbow. >: After Hood's campaign into Tennessee, Major Bickerstaff again joined his >: command and accompanied them to South Carolina. Of this later attempt at >: service he said: "Finding the loss of an arm too much for me, I >sorrowfully >: returned home, took charge of my mother's farm, and helped to care for her >: and my younger brothers and sisters." >: >: A few years later he was married to Miss Emma Lindsay Harrard, of >Columbus, >: Ga., who, with four sons and three daughters, survives him. His aged >mother >: heart-broken over his death, joined him in the spirit land a few months >: later. >: >: For several years Major Bickerstaff served Russell County as tax >collector, >: but at the time of his death was engaged in farming and >brick-manufacturing, >: being successful in both enterprises. He was pension examiner for Russell >: County and a member of the staff of Gen. George P. Harrison, with the rank >: of Major, also an officer of Camp Waddell, and was always interested in >: anything pertaining to the Southland. For forty years he had been a >humble >: follower of Christ. He was tenderly laid to rest by his comrades dressed >in >: his suit of Confederate's gray. The casket was of the same gray and >draped >: with a Confederate flag. Over the grave a prayer was offered, a salute >: fired, and taps sounded. >: >: Recognizing his true worth and many noble qualities, one of his home >papers >: said of Major Bickerstaff: "Few men have lived and died in Russell County >: or elsewhere who have left a record of so great faith, hope, and service. >: He was a gentleman of the old school, courtly, courteous, an upright, >: honorable citizen of whom Russell County and the State may be well proud, >: and a true friend whose death we all sincerely mourn and deplore." >: >: >: >: >: >: >: ==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== >: Check the Macon County Ga. web site for their newspaper listings. There >are many listings for Alabama citizens including those in Barbour Co., >: > > >==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== >Have you checked the Georgia Counties just across the river. Many of the Barbour residents came from, Crawford, Taylor, Randolph, Macon, Stewart Counties in Georgia just to mention a few. >