Notes:

Birth:
Crawford

Notes:

NOTE 1./ American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Isaac Childres
Residence: Crawford County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 3 May 1862
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Georgia
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 3 May 1862. Enlisted in Company F, 57th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 24 May 1862. Transferred 1st Consolidated Infantry Regiment Georgia on 9 Apr 1865. Transferred out of Company F, 57th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 9 Apr 1865.

NOTE 2./ Name of Regiment : Date of Organization : Muster Date : Regiment Type
57th Infantry Regiment Georgia : 24 May 1862 : 09 April 1865 : Infantry

Regimental History : Battles Fought

Fought on 22 June 1862.
Fought on 15 August 1862 at Kentucky.
Fought on 04 September 1862 at KY.
Fought on 09 October 1862 at Harrodsburg, KY.
Fought on 10 October 1862 at Hospl, Harrodsburg, KY.
Fought on 11 October 1862 at Harrodsburg, KY.
Fought on 12 October 1862 at Harrodsburg, KY.
Fought on 15 October 1862 at Bourbon County, KY.
Fought on 15 October 1862 at Harrodsburg, KY.
Fought on 15 October 1862 at North Salvisa, KY.
Fought on 31 December 1862 at Murfreesboro, TN.
Fought on 15 May 1863 at Baker's Creek, MS.
Fought on 16 May 1863 at Baker's Creek, MS.
Fought on 17 May 1863 at Baker's Creek, MS.
Fought on 17 May 1863 at Big Black River Bridges, MS.
Fought on 10 June 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 11 June 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 15 June 1863 at New Hope Church, GA.
Fought on 15 June 1863 at Picket, Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 15 June 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 18 June 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 20 June 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 21 June 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 22 June 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 23 June 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 28 June 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 30 June 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 02 July 1863 at Paris, Miss.
Fought on 03 July 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 04 July 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 07 July 1863.
Fought on 07 July 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 10 July 1863 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 25 November 1863 at Missionary Ridge, TN.
Fought on 29 November 1863 at Knoxville, TN.
Fought on 22 February 1864 at Whitemarsh Island, Savannah, GA.
Fought on 14 May 1864 at Resaca, GA.
Fought on 20 May 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Fought on 20 May 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA.
Fought on 25 May 1864 at New Hope Church, GA.
Fought on 01 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 04 June 1864 at New Hope Church, GA.
Fought on 15 June 1864 at Dalton, GA.
Fought on 15 June 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Fought on 19 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 19 June 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Fought on 22 June 1864 at New Hope Church, GA.
Fought on 27 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 01 July 1864.
Fought on 03 July 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Fought on 04 July 1864 at Chattahoochee, GA.
Fought on 04 July 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Fought on 04 July 1864 at Vining Station, GA.
Fought on 09 July 1864 at Monocacy, MD.
Fought on 15 July 1864 at Monocacy, MD.
Fought on 20 July 1864 at Decatur, GA.
Fought on 20 July 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA.
Fought on 22 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 22 July 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA.
Fought on 24 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 25 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 30 July 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA.
Fought on 31 July 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 20 August 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 30 August 1864 at Lovejoy Station, GA.
Fought on 31 August 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 01 September 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 30 September 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 15 October 1864.
Fought on 16 November 1864 at Lovejoy Station, GA.
Fought on 19 November 1864 at Gordon, GA.
Fought on 22 November 1864 at Wilkinson County, GA.
Fought on 23 November 1864 at Wilkinson County, GA.
Fought on 26 November 1864 at Wilkinson County, GA.
Fought on 27 November 1864.
Fought on 28 November 1864 at Washington County, GA.
Fought on 10 December 1864 at Savannah, GA.
Fought on 15 December 1864 at Pulaski, TN.
Fought on 15 December 1864 at Savannah, GA Hospl.
Fought on 25 December 1864 at Franklin, TN.
Fought on 26 December 1864 at Pulaski, TN.
Fought on 15 March 1865 at South Carolina.
Fought on 18 March 1865 at Bentonville, NC.
Fought on 21 March 1865 at Bentonville, NC.
Fought on 06 April 1865 at Danville, VA.
Fought on 10 April 1865 at North Carolina.
Fought on 12 April 1865 at Salisbury, NC.
Fought on 20 April 1865 at Macon, GA

American Civil War Battle Summaries

Macon, Ga.,
April 20, 1865.

2nd Cavalry Division, Military Division of Mississippi.

This affair was the last engagement of Wilson's raid through Alabama and Georgia. When within 20 miles of Macon the advance division encountered a Confederate cavalry command of 400 men. By a series of brilliant charges by the 17th Ind. the enemy was driven from behind every barricade where he took refuge and was completely routed, throwing away arms and ammunition in the haste of his flight.

When nine miles out of the city a Confederate flag of truce was met announcing an armistice between Sherman and Johnston, but Col. Robt. H. G. Minty, commanding the advance, refused to honor it and gave it five minutes to get out of the way. The Federals then continued the charge and dashed over the works into the city, which was surrendered by Gen. Howell Cobb.

The results of the capture were 350 commissioned officers, 1,995 enlisted men, 60 pieces of artillery, a large amount of small arms, and all public works.

The casualties were not reported.

Source: The Union Army, Vol.,6 p.,580

CSA married Dolaskie J. DARBY on 11 Nov 1855 in Crawford County, Georgia. Dolaskie was born on 22 Jun 1831 in Monroe County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From 1850 Crawford County Census image ( #29 of 105 ) William Childers family lives only one home away from Nathaniel Sr and his family. In the 1840 Crawford census, William and his wife and one female child at age < 5 years are enumerated. By 1850 William has added 8 more children in those 10 years. There is no record of William or his family in the 1860 Crawford census. There must almost certainly be a family connection between William b. cir 1819 and Nathaniel b. cir 1799, but non has been documented yet.

Nathan married Martha (Patsy) WELLS. Martha was born on 17 Jan 1800 in Georgia; died between 1870 and 1880 in Crawford County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Historical reference: The Year Was 1780

The year was 1780 and the American Revolution wasn't going well for the Americans in the South. British forces captured Charleston and 5,400 American troops garrisoned there. During the siege, South Carolina Governor John Rutledge managed to escape and when word reached the British General Cornwallis, he sent Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton to chase Rutledge and troops under Colonel Abraham Buford who were escorting him to North Carolina. Tarleton's men caught up with Buford's troops near the Waxhaws District six miles south of the North Carolina state line, as Governor Rutledge continued north. Buford's men put up a brief fight during which Tarleton's horse was shot from under him. As the American troops began to surrender, Tarleton's men, thinking he had been killed began renewed their attack on the surrendering Americans. More than one hundred men were killed outright and perhaps another hundred died of their wounds shortly after.

Up to that point, most thought that the South was going to remain loyal to Britain, but the Waxhaws Massacre became a rallying point for the rebels, with "Tarleton's Quarter" becoming synonymous with "no mercy."

The divisions in the South were apparent in the Battle of King's Mountain, which was fought between two American forces--Tories under the command of Major Patrick Ferguson, and the "Overmountain Men," American frontiersmen from what is now Tennessee and parts of Virginia. The Americans surrounded the Tories and this time it was they who gave "no quarter" to the surrendering Tory troops. Eventually American officers were able to reign in the troops and the battle was over. The defeat was a turning point in the Revolution in the South and forced General Cornwallis to retreat further south.

To the north, a British spy was captured with correspondence revealing that Benedict Arnold, who had recently been given command of West Point, planned to surrender it to the British. When news that the spy had been caught reached Arnold, he fled to the safety of a British ship and became a brigadier-general for the British, siding with them for the remainder of the war.

There was trouble in England as well. In 1778 a Catholic Relief Act had been passed, which reversed some of the Penal Laws of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It allowed Roman Catholics to join the armed forces with an oath amenable to Catholics and gave them the ability to hold longer leases on land. It also ended the requirement that a Catholic distribute his lands evenly among his sons upon his death. The Catholic Relief Acts weren't popular with some Protestants though and in 1780 Lord George Gordon established the Protestant Association in 1780. In June of that year an estimated 60,000 people marched on the House of Commons demanding the Relief Acts be repealed. The huge crowd turned violent and a week of rioting left two hundred and ninety people dead, and devasted Roman Catholic churches and related buildings, as well as the homes of prominent Catholics and supporters of the legislation. Troops had to be called in to end the rioting. Twenty-five of the leaders of the riot were hanged, but Gordon was found "not guilty" of treason.

May 19th was a dark day in New England--literally. A low-lying dark cloud that at times had a yellow and at times reddish hue descended on New England and was noted from Maine to as far south as New Jersey. It was darkest around northeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire and Maine, where it became so dark that candles needed to be lit to see. The cause is thought to have been a combination of low clouds that mixed with smoke and ash from a forest fire, but at the time it wasn't known and the event caused panic for many.

New England's dark day was a minor event though in comparison to the hurricane season of 1780. Eight storms struck in various parts of America and the Caribbean. British fleets off American shores took heavy hits during several storms. (Hurricanes in the 1780s were the cause of more British Naval losses than battle.) The worst storm struck on October 10th devastating Barbados and the Windward Islands, and claiming an estimated 22,000 lives.

NOTE 2./ Historical Note: The Year Was 1789

The year was 1789 and in the U.S. a young government was beginning to take shape. In its first nationwide election, the popular Revolutionary War general, George Washington, became the country's first president and was sworn in at the first capitol of the United States, Federal Hall in New York City.

In France, a rebellion was underway and with the storming of the Bastille prison, the French Revolution began. In its reporting on the subject, The Times of London, England had the following to say of the conflict:

The spirit of liberty which so long lay in a state of death, oppressed by the hand of power, received its first spark of returning animation, by the incautious and impolitic assistance afforded to America. The French soldier on his return from that emancipated continent, told a glorious tale to his countrymen--"That the arms of France had given freedome to thirteen United States, and planted the standard of liberty on the battlements of New York and Philadelphia." The idea of such a noble deed became a general object of admiration, the [facets?] of a similar state were eagerly longed for by all ranks of people, and the vox populi had this force of argument--"If France gave freedom to America, why should she not unchain the arbitrary fetters which bind her own people.

Later that year, the Marquis de Lafayette, with the advice of Thomas Jefferson who was at the time the American ambassador to France, drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. It was adopted by France's National Assembly in August and ratified by Louis XVI in October.

There was unrest in other parts of the world as well. Sweden and Russia were at war, and briefly, Norway had joined the conflict, although a peace treaty was signed in July 1789.

In a smaller, but well-known conflict, the mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty was also in the year 1789. On April 28, part of the crew of the Bounty, led by Fletcher Christian, mutinied and set Captain William Bligh and eighteen crewmembers adrift. Bligh managed to get the boat some 3,600 miles to Timor. Some of the mutineers were captured and prosecuted--three were hanged, while others, including Fletcher Christian ended up on Pitcairn Island, where some of their descendants live to this day.

In 1789, there was an epidemic of influenza in New England, New York, and Nova Scotia, which resulted in many deaths due to secondary cases of pneumonia. The new president was among those who fell ill. He caught a cold while visiting Boston, and later, was affected more seriously with influenza, which was dubbed Washington Influenza.