Civil War Cadet Life & the Battle of New Market This has so much info I had to pass it along. The URL for the site is below the infomation. Hope he belongs to someone and maybe one day I can claim him!! Liz (Merrit side still looking) Sloan, Lanier, Merritt, Joyner and Armstrong James L. Merritt letters VMI Archives Manuscript #337 Full-text online Civil War Resources top level James Love Merritt, from Lawrenceville, Virginia, was born in September 1845. He was the son of W. H. E Merritt and Elizabeth Willis Goode. Merritt matriculated at VMI on August 6, 1863, and on May 15, 1864, he took part in the Battle of New Market as a private in Cadet Company C. He was seriously wounded in the battle and did not return to the Institute. Following the Civil War, he pursued a career in civil engineering and subsequently settled on his farm near Lawrenceville. Merritt never married; his closest relative was Howard Jeffries Merritt, a member of the VMI Class of 1868. He died at his home on March 18, 1911. The Merritt papers consist of two letters, both written to his father. Full text transcriptions: November 23, 1863, written from VMI. Civil War cadet life. "I am very tired of this place as I don't get enough to eat very often" May 16, 1864, from New Market. Written the day after the Battle of New Market; reports that he has been wounded in the stomach. http://www.vmi.edu/archives/manuscripts/ms0337.html#fulltext Welcome, come by and say "Howdy" at: http://www.videoranch.net Visit Chicksands: http://www.videoranch.net/chicksands.htm Come and shop in our online General Store: http://www.videoranch.net/giftshop.htm
I'm looking for a possible connection through marriage or other very close relationship of a MERRITT & a WOOD. I have been researching a MERRITT WOOD, b.1794-97 , Buckingham Co VA....who was in GA by 1818.... His military papers indicate he enlisted in VA. in 1813 & was discharged 1816.... This would have made him very young, and casts some doubt on the dob given by him on the military record. I've been told by another researcher that they have seen a MERRITT/WOOD marriage in the 1700s, but I've not been able to track it down... Any help is appreciated.... <>< Doris....A Texan in Georgia..... Still shaking the family tree and dodging the nuts after 30+ years! IBSSG