Edwin Francis Jemison
Edwin Francis Jemison | |
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Born | Milledgeville, Georgia, U.S. | December 1, 1844
Died | July 1, 1862 Henrico County, Virginia | (aged 17)
Allegiance | Confederate States |
Service/ | Confederate States Army |
Years of service | 1861–1862 |
Rank | Private |
Unit | Company B (Moore's Guards) Company C, 2d Louisiana Infantry |
Battles/wars | American Civil War
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Edwin Francis Jemison (December 1, 1844 – July 1, 1862) was an American Confederate soldier who served in the 2nd Louisiana Infantry Regiment from May 1861 until he was killed in action at the Battle of Malvern Hill.[1]
Jemison's photograph has become one of the iconic portraits of the young soldiers of both the Confederate and Union armies.[2] It was featured particularly on the cover of the American Russian-language magazine Amerika in 1991.[3]
Early life
Jemison was born on December 1, 1844 in
American Civil War
Jemison enlisted on May 11, 1861 in Company B (Moore's Guards) of the
Death
Jemison was killed on July 1, 1862, at the
Burial
Following the Battle of Malvern Hill, both sides buried their dead on the battlefield. After the American Civil War, organizations like the United Daughters of the Confederacy returned to the old battlefields and disinterred the bodies of fallen Confederate soldiers and gave them proper burials in places like the Confederate Section of Hollywood Cemetery in nearby Richmond, Virginia. It is thought that Jemison's parents erected the monument to him at Memory Hill Cemetery in Milledgeville, Georgia, where he may be buried.[11][5] Most believe that he was buried on or near the Malvern Hill battlefield in Henrico County, Virginia, in an unmarked grave.[12]
See also
- Johnny Reb
- List of iconic photographs
References
- ^ "Obituary: Edwin Francis Jemison". Southern Recorder. August 5, 1862. p. 3.
- ^ "Identity of Civil War soldier corrected". SouthCoastToday. Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
- ^ Amerika, September 1991, issue 418
- ^ ISBN 1493055275.
- ^ a b Cox, Dale. "Best Known Confederate Soldier". ExploreSouthernHistory. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
- ISBN 1846030315.
- ISBN 1423601300.
- ^ Miller, William J. (May 2004). "The Two Pictures of Private Jemison". America's Civil War: 32.
- ^ "End of a Brilliant Lawyer". The Ouachita Telegraph. January 1, 1887. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
the second was killed, with his messmate, by a cannon shot at the first battle of Manassas
- ^ Alex; Filipowski, ra; Harrington, Hugh T. (November 20, 2018). "The Mystery of Private Edwin Jemison". HistoryNet. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ Filipowski, Alexandra; Harrington (May 2007). "Hugh T.". America's Civil War: 28.
- ^ Filipowski, Alexandra; Harrington, Hugh T. (May 2004). "America's Civil War: Where Does Private Jemison Rest". America's Civil War. Retrieved July 24, 2015.