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basic info
(WILLIAM "BILLY"1) was born Bet. 1775 - 1781 in Rutherford Co? NC, and died January 06, 1879 in McMinn Co TN. He married (1) ? Bet. 1795 - November 29 1813. He married (2) NANCY ? BRUMMITT Aft. 1813, daughter of BRUMMITT and /WHITE WOMAN?/. She was born in NC, and died Bet. 1830 - 1842. He married (3) NANNIE SOPHIA PEARSON PIERSON November 29, 1813 in Knox Co TN. He married (4) SARAH ? CARNEY 1843. She was born 1801, and died in McMinn Co TN. -
dad
Billy Elliott was my father's great uncle, the brother of his grandfather David Elliott Sr. -
civil war
The photography of the Civil War is perhaps the single most important element that stimulates our interest in the conflict. Yet no aspect of the war is so routinely taken for granted. Most Civil War books that feature original war photographs use them exclusively as illustrations and ignore the underlying story of how and why the images were made. -
joind
On July 7, 1862, shortly after his 19th birthday, Billy enlisted in the 11th Regiment, Company A, of the North Carolina Confederate Troops. -
first letter to dad
Top Sails Inlet 21 miles below Wilmington, NC
September 11, 1862 Dear Father. were on our way to old jasksion or charlesten -
dad2
Southampton Virginia
October 13, 1862 Dear Father I take the present opportunity of righting you a few lines to let you know that I am well and I hope these few lines may find you all enjoying the same blessings. Father I can state to you that we have moved to Virginia Southampton and we had a pretty hard time of it and the yankees is on one side of the river and we are on the other and we have to go over ther to stand and picket and we don’t know what minit we will be in a battle we have to d -
third letter
Nov. 25 1862 Dear Father I seat my self this morning to rite you a few lines to let you know that I am well and I hope these few lines may find you all enjoying the same blessing I received your kind letter this morning a I am glad to hear that you all was well I also received your letter of the ninth but I never had time to answer it. We had a right smart battle with the yankees on Tuesday. Company A was deploid out in the woods on the other side of the river and the yankee discovered them -
letter 4
December the 9 1982
Franklin Depot Virginia Dear Father I take my pen in hand to rite you a few lines to let you know that I am well and I hope these few lines may find you all enjoying the same good blessings. I got your letter you sent with Mr. Brown in due time. I got my shirt & drawers you sent with him. I loued to rite my letter and send it with Mr. Brown but I did not have time to rite. I am most broke down for have ben on duty two days & night. I havent got two hours sleep in the -
letter 5
December 13, 1862.
Franklin Depot Va Dear Father I take my pen in hand to rite you a few lines to let you know that I am well and I hope these few lines may find you all enjoying the same good blessings. I havent mutch to rite at this time but as I had a good chance I thot I would rite a few lines. I want you to send me a good woolen pare of pants and a good piece of hard soap and some thread and a couple of needles. You can send them in my box when you send my provisions to them selves lik -
died
He was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863.