William Barksdale Tabb

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William Barksdale Tabb
59th Virginia Infantry
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

William Barksdale Tabb (September 11, 1840 – December 4, 1874) was an American lawyer and military officer in the Confederate States Army.

Biography

Tabb graduated from both

59th Virginia Infantry. He was the commander of his regiment and is mainly known for being in the Battle of Sayler's Creek
in which the Confederate States sustained over 7,000 casualties.

On May 9, 1873, Tabb served as a second in a

executive clemency.[7]

Family

Tabb was the second of four children born to Thomas Yelverton Tabb (1809–1877) and Marianna Elizabeth Bertrand Archer (1814–1875).[8] One of his brothers was John B. Tabb, a poet and priest.[8]

Tabb first married in 1864—he had three children with his first wife: Harriet Rutherford Tabb, William Barksdale Tabb Jr., and Sherrard Rutherford Tabb.[9][10][11] After the death of his first wife in 1868, Tabb remarried in 1872—with his second wife, Pattie Cocke Masters, he had a daughter, Jennie Masters Tabb.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Latest News". Staunton Spectator. Staunton, Virginia. May 13, 1873. p. 2. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "The McCarthy Trial Concluded". Alexandria Gazette. Alexandria, Virginia. January 27, 1874. p. 2. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "The Late Duel". Alexandria Gazette. Alexandria, Virginia. May 13, 1873. p. 2. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Sad End of the Richmond Duel". Staunton Spectator. Staunton, Virginia. May 20, 1873. p. 2. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "The Seconds in the Richmond Duel". The Baltimore Sun. July 19, 1873. p. 4. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  6. Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia
    . July 24, 1873. p. 1. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Pardon for Page McCarthy". The Valley Virginian. Staunton, Virginia. February 19, 1874. p. 2. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b "The Tabb Family in the United States: Thomas Yelverton Tabb". tabbfamilyhistory.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  9. ^ "VMI Archives". Virginia Military Institute. Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  10. ^ "Tabb Family History". Tabb Family History. Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  11. ISBN 0-8262-1809-1
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  12. ^ "The Tabb Family in the United States: William Barksdale Tabb". tabbfamilyhistory.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.

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