Death Found Charles Henry Dickinson 30-May-1806

  Charles Henry Dickinson was born on 20-Dec-1780 in the Wiltshire Manor in Caroline County, Maryland. He would marry Jane Eriwin and become an Attorney and horse trade in his adulthood. He was best known for being a crack-shot with a pistol. He was a famous Duelist credited with killing 26 men before his death.
   He had moved to Tennessee and was running a horse farm. There had been a bet between Andrew Jackson and Charles's father-n-law over a horse race. Insults were exchanged later Charles would apologize. Later the feud would resume after a friend of Charles visited with Andrew after a scheduled race had been forfeited. It is believed that perhaps a misunderstanding led to the feud starting back up. Charles Dickinson would insult Andrew Jackson in a local paper. Some believe he also insulted Jackson's wife. What ever the case Jackson demanded satisfaction with a duel to defend his honor.
   Dueling was outlawed in Tennessee so the men would meet with their seconds in Adairville, Ky. Mr. Dickinson was not worried about Mr. Jackson to much as he prepared to put the 27th notch on his belt. Mr. Jackson's second devised a risky plan for the duel. He suggested that Andrew let Charles fire first. The theory was that perhaps the accomplished duelist would be in such a hurry that he would miss. The two men met with their seconds and took pistol's in hand. Charles would fire first and was believed to have missed Andrew. Charles would be required by the rules of dueling to stand still as Andrew took his shot. Andrew in raising his pistol only went to half cock. He raised it again bringing it to full cock. He fired his pistol striking Charles in the chest. Charles would would bleed to death with in a few minutes. The duel struck a blow to Andrew Jackson's reputation, many saying that he should not have been allowed to fully cock the pistol on a second try. They believed he could have also been gentlemen enough to have fired the shot in the air or simply wounding his foe. Andrew Jackson's second noticed shortly after the duel that blood was flowing into Jackson's boot. Charles Dickinson had not missed but hit Jackson. Jackson was standing sideways  giving a smaller target. The ball from Dickinson's pistol had struck Jackson in the ribs breaking three of them. The ball had then stopped inches from Jackson's heart. There was no way to operate that close to such a vital organ at that time. Jackson would carry the ball next to his heart for the rest of his life. He would also suffer great pain from the ball.
  On 30-May-1806 two men faced off in a duel with one cheating death and the other death found. Charles Dickinson was 26 years old at the time of his death. His wife Jane was pregnant with their only child. She would name their son Charles Dickson II after his father. He was survived by his wife, unborn son, family, and friends. May Charles Dickinson RIP!

Death Found 2nd Corporal John Brooks

  John Brooks was born on 22-April-1830 in Wilkinson County, Georgia. He would grow up there on the family farm until he married. He married Martha Ann Mercer on 27-April-1848 in Wilkinson Co., Georgia. The couple would live on a small farm there until the late 1850's. Sometime in the late 1850's the couple moved along with many other friends and family into Randolph County, Alabama. They were listed there in the 1860 census living on  a small farm. Just after the 1860 census they returned home  to Wilkinson Co., Georgia.
   John would be called to war and enlisted on 3-May-1862 in "D" Company, 57th Georgia Infantry CSA. He was mustered into service as a Private a short time later. He was appointed as a 2nd Corporal sometime before May of 1863. John would find himself laying wounded in agony on the battlefield of Bakers Creek (Champion Hills) in Mississippi on 16-May-1863. He would be left behind and captured by Union Forces. He was admitted to the Prison Hospital in Champion Hills, Mississippi on 17-May-1863. He was wounded in the right knee joint by a conical musket ball. The ball had fractured the condyles beyond repair. His leg was amputated above the knee taken a third of the thigh with it.This would prove to be a mortal wound as he died on 29-May-1863. He was buried in the west end of the Vicksburg City Cemetery in a mass grave with many other Confederate soldiers.
    Death found 33 year old 2nd Corporal John Brooks on 29-May-1863. He was survived by his wife, 5 sons, 3 daughters, 3 brothers, 4 sisters, family, and friends. May 2nd Cpl. John Brooks RIP!

Death found Pvt. Squire N. Lampton

Squire N. Lampton was born in Grayson, Kentucky around the year 1844. He grew up on the family farm in Kentucky. He was listed in the 1850 census at home in Breckinridge, Ky. In the1860 census the family was listed in Grayson, Ky. Squire married his wife Laura some time between 1860 and 1863. He was 6 feet tall with blue eyes, light hair, and a fair complexion. The Civil War came to Kentucky dividing families and friends.
  Squire would give his allegiance to the Union and enlisted for 1 year in "G" Company, 35th Ky. Infantry. Records of the 35th Ky. list him as enlisting on 5-Sept-1863. He is listed as discharged on 1-March-1864 for the following reason: "Discharged by virtue of enlistment in 3 years organization under letter dated 1-March-1864.
   Records indicate that he enlisted in "I" Company, 3rd Ky. Calvary for 3 years service on 25-March-1864." He was mustered into service on 23-April-1864. His military career was cut short on New Years Day in 1865. Official records list his death as: "Loss 1-Jan-1865 near Savannah from accidental discharge of his gun while dismounting." Regimental Hospital records listed him as: "Accidental penetrating gun shot wound to cranium on 1-Jan-1865."
   On New Years day in the year of 1865 death found Pvt. Squire N. Lampton as he dismounted his horse. He was laid to rest in the Laurel Grove Cemetery in Georgia. He was survived by his wife Laura, father, mother, 3 sisters, 2 brothers, family, and friends. May Pvt. Squire N. Lampton RIP!

Death Found Pvt. Hugh Parkyn

Hugh H. Parykn was born in England around the year 1825. His father Hugh and family lived in Cornwall, England. He moved to the US sometime before 1860. He married Isabella Mann of Massachusetts sometime prior to 1860. In the 1860 census they are listed as living in Augusta, Georgia. They had a 8 month old son named Charles when the census was taken. Hugh's occupation was listed as a merchant's clerk. He was also an accomplished violinist.
   Hugh heard the call to arms at the age of 35 and enlisted on 11-May-1861 for one year's service. He was mustered in the same day as a musician in "A" Company, 5th Georgia Infantry CSA  known as the "Clinch Rifles." The men were excited to be going off to the big war and fight on the battlefield. They were sent to Pensacola, Florida to train and learn military drill and life. Letter's and diaries indicate the men were eager for battle and were enjoying the time there. They were receiving many goods from home. Georgia citizens were soon informed not to send the men anymore cakes. It was suggested they send sugar cured hams to the men instead.
   Twenty days after enlisting death would find Pvt. Hugh H. Parykn. He was bitten by a snake sometime on the 31st of May. One roster list the snake that administered the fatal bite as a rattler. Official records list his death as: "Killed by snake bite on 31-May-1861 in Pensacola, Florida." The Daily Chronicle & Sentinel ran the following story on 1-June-1861: " We regret to learn that in a pvt dispatch that was received here last night; announcing the death of H.H. Parkyn, bugler of the clinch rifles, at Pensacola yesterday, resulting from the bite of a snake."
   The Sacramento Daily Union ran the following story: "Hugh H. Parkyn, a bugler in the rebel army at Pensacola, died on the 31st from the bite of an adder."
    At a time when men were preparing for war with glorified thoughts of dying on a battle field,  the life of Hugh Parkyn was cut short by a snake bite. His body was returned to Georgia and laid to rest in the Linwood Cemetery in Columbus, Georgia.
    Bugler Hugh H. Parkyn 35 of Augusta, Georgia was survived by his wife, 1 son, family, and friends. May Pvt. (bugler) Hugh H. Parkyn RIP!