confederate infantry

11TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY

Private Peter S. Arthur
Company B
11th Virginia Infantry

Wearing Secession Badge

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Company E
11th Virginia Infantry
"Lynchburg Rifles

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"Jeff Davis and the South"

bartow county Yankee killers
Company A, 23rd Georgia Regiment, Volunteer Infantry

The Chitwood Brothers - Bartow County Yankee Killers

Daniel, John and Pleasant were from Gordon County Georgia and all three enlisted as privates in Company A of the 23rd Georgia Infantry, "Bartow County Yankee Killers," August 31st, 1861. They are armed with large side knives and 1849 Colt pocket revolvers. Their shirts are "checked cottonade." Daniel was captured at Chancellorsville, exchanged, and returned to his unit. Daniel died in Georgia on May 13th, 1892. John was wounded at Sharpsburg, captured at Chancellorsville, and exchanged. He died on June 30th, 1866 in Arkansas. Pleasant died of severe dysentery while in Richmond, Virginia, October 30th, 1862.

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Bartow County Yankee Killer

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“A Southern clergyman declares that in the town where he now resides he saw rebel soldiers selling Yankee Skulls at ten dollars apiece.”

the statement above has never been validated as so many other things throughout history during times of war.

And as the rebel yell echos through the valley down below i hear your name in its ghostly refrains. i feel the arch angel of death hovering o'er my head. oh dear jenny won't you say a prayer for me...
Skid Billeaudeaux
image courtesy of david dehnor
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