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Southern Heritage <br>News and Views: DECENDANTS SOUGHT of TAMPA TOWN’S “SUNNY SOUTH” SOLDIERS

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

DECENDANTS SOUGHT of TAMPA TOWN’S “SUNNY SOUTH” SOLDIERS

Tampa – 150 Years ago, 100 of the “Darling” sons of Tampa Town, with patriotic ferver, organized themselves into an infantry company known as the “Sunny South Guards” for the defense of Tampa and Florida.

Descendants of these men are sought for recognition at an historical re-enactment commemorating a Military Flag Presentation by the citizens of Tampa Town to these brave men who joined the armed forces of the State of Florida.

The date is planned on September 17, 2011 just steps from the actual event, which occurred at Fort Brooke.

Assigned to the Army of Tennessee, Hardee’s Corps, the Guards were assigned the unit designation of 4th Florida Infantry, Co. K. The 4th was engaged at Murfreesboro and Jackson, participated in the Campaigns of the Army from Chickamauga to Nashville and saw action in North Carolina. Some of these men will killed in the line of duty, some were held as prisoners of war, while others returned home to help re-build the war-ravaged South.

The names of the soldiers being honored are:

OFFICERS:

EDWARD BADGER
JACOB A LASH
ROBERT J. BIGELOW
JOHN T LESLIE
W LL BOWEN
JAMES MCKAY
CC BURKE
JP MCLAUGHLIN
HL CRANE
M WHIT SMITH
EDWARD HOPKINS
HG TOWNSEND
J P HUNT
HAMILTON M WEEDEN
J M KILPATRICK
RL WIGGINS

ENLISTED:

FLOIRE F. ANDREW
JOSEPH BETHEL
WILLIAM M. BOWEN
JAMES H. BRANDON
ROBERT J. CARNEY
JESSE COLLINS
JOHN COLLINS
JAMES N. COLLINS
CHARLES COOK
THOMAS COTHRAN
HENRY COWART
H C CRANE
BERRY M. CREWS
W R DAVIS
STAFFORD DAVIS
WILLIAM DEASE
DENNIS DRIGGERS
JOSEPH EADY
DARLINGTON FILLMON
JOHN FINLEY
THOMAS J. FINLEY
AMOS J. FISHER
HENRY FUTCH
G W GANT
WILLIAM GODWIN
FRANCIS M. GRIFFIN
GEORGE W. GRIFFIN
ADET GRILLON
OLLIOT GULLION
JAMES HAMILTON
GEORGE W D HANDCOCK
JOSEPH HARRIS
J T HASKELL
JAMES P B HASKINS
GEORGE S HEARD
CHARLES W HENDRY
CHARLES W HENDRY
JOHN M. HENRY
THOMAS M. JOHNSON
JAMES H 2ND JOHNSON
JAMES 1ST JOHNSON
PATTERSON JOWERS
PERRY O KEEN
ROBERT P LACTER
WILLIAM W LUMACKS
CHARLES LYNCH
J A LYNN
MIDDLETON MARSH
HENRY R. MCLEOD
HIRAM A. MCLEOD
JOHN MELLON
SAMUEL A. MILEY
HENRY L. MITCHELL
FRANCIS M. MITCHELL
JOHN B. MOBLEY
SIMON B. MOODY
NATHANIEL M. MOODY
JOHN D. MOODY
JOSEPH F. PHILIPS
FRANCIS M. PLATT
THOMAS A. POLLARD
JAMES E. PRINE
GEORGE R. RICE
BENJAMIN L. RICE
MICHAEL F. ROBELS
GEORGE ROBINSON
JULIUS ROCKNER
WILLIAM E. SHEPPARD
JASPER SLOAN
HENRY SMITH
WILLIAM W. SPARKMAN
T K SPENCER
JOHN E. SPENCER
JOHN STRODE
WILLIAM E. SWEAT
JAMES THOMAS
ROBERT W. THOMAS
SAMUEL D. TRULL
JOSEPH TULLY
BENJAMIN M. TURNER
W B VARN
ALEXANDER G. WATSON
SAMUEL W. WEEKS
JOHN A. WEEKS
WILLOUGHBY WHIDDEN
ELBERT WHITE
JAMES WIGGINS
CALFREY .L WILDER
W WILDER
JOHN W WILDER
MATTHEW H WILLIAMS
JOSEPH H YOUNG

Descendants are requested to register online at www.TampaBay150.org or email info@tampabay150.org or call Lunelle Siegel at 813-727-3920 with the Tampa Bay Sesquicentennial Commission. The Tampa Bay Sesquicentennial Commission was formed to observe the 150th anniversary of the Tampa Bay area of Florida's role in the Confederate States of America. Our members and sponsors are historical re-enactors, genealogists, and descendants of Tampa's pioneer families, as well as other civic-minded individuals and organizations to understand the importance of remembering our history.

1 Comments:

Blogger Stephen Clay McGehee said...

Although my great grandfather was not a part of the "Sunny South" soldiers, you might find this interesting. This is a letter that accompanied his confederate pension check that was sent to his widow who then lived in Tampa.

Letter to a Confederate Veteran

Stephen Clay McGehee
ConfederateColonel.com

11:32 AM  

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