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Activity |
Locations |
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| June 14, 1861 |
24 |
Enlisted in Confederate States Army At Orange Mills, St
Johns County, Florida |
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(Orange Mills is now in Palatka , Putnam County) |
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Went to Fernandina was organized into Capt. Calls company. |
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| Early days of July |
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From Fernandina went with company to rendezvous near the
Brick Church, just |
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west of Jacksonville, now known as LaVilla |
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| July 13,1861 |
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The Regiment was mustered into the Confederate service by
Maj. W. T. Stockton |
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| July 15, 1861 (Monday) |
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Went to Lake City and sent to Virginia, by rail with the 2nd
Florida Regiment |
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| July 21, 1861 (Sunday PM) |
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Arrived in Richmond Virginia. The Regiment was in Camp of
Instruction, in the |
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neighborhood of Richmond, nearly two months. |
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| July- August, 1861 |
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Present |
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| September-October 1861 |
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Present |
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| September 17, 1861 |
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Regiment left Richmond for Yorktown. During fall and of 1861
and the winter |
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following the Regiment was encamped near Yorktown. |
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| Fall of 1861 |
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Formed part of Maj.-Gen. J. B. Magruder's Command |
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| November-December 1861 |
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Present |
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| January 1862 |
25 |
Present |
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| February 18, 1862 |
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Sick in Hospital Danville, Virginia |
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| March 6, 1862 |
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Episcopal Church Hospital Williamsburg, Virginia
(Laryngitis) |
Williamsburg, Virginia |
| April 7, 1862 |
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Chimborazo Hospital, No 1, Richmond, Virginia (Intermit
Fever) |
Richmond, Virginia |
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| April 20, 1862 |
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Transferred to No. 2 Hospital (Chronic Laryngitis) |
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| May 4, 1862 |
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Returned to duty |
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| April-May 1862 |
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Present (Regiment received it's "Baptism of Fire") |
Yorktown Siege, Virginia |
| May 5, 1862 |
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Present |
Williamsburg, Virginia |
| May 31-June 1, 1862 |
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Present |
Seven Pines, Virginia |
| June 20, 1862 |
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C.S.A. General Hospital (Pneumonia) |
Danville, Virginia |
| June 30, 1862 thru |
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| March 1, 1863 |
26 |
Sick in Hospital |
Richmond, Virginia |
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Florida 2nd Infantry now in the command of Brigadier-General
E. A. Perry |
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| May 1-4, 1863 |
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Present |
Chancellorsville, Virginia |
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General Perry was stricken with Typhoid Fever at the time of
the Gettysburg |
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Campaign. Brigade command devolved to Colonel David Lang of
the 8th Florida |
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Regiment. |
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| July 1-3, 1863 |
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Present |
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
| July 2, 1863 |
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Wounded: Grape Shot Through Right Arm, And Right Eye
(CAPTURED) |
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
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In his words " right arm about half way between elbow and
shoulder, by grape shot |
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passing through my arm, cutting the muscle of my arm, and
badly fracturing the |
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bone so much so that considerable portion of the bone was
taken out". |
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| July 4, 1863 |
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12 Army Corps Field Hospital |
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
| July 6, 1863 |
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Transferred General Hospital |
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| Not Dated |
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Roll of Prisoners of War |
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
| July 31, 1863 |
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Roll of Prisoners of War, General Hospital |
Chester, Pennsylvania |
| August 17, 1863 |
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Sent to City Point |
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| August 20, 1863 |
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Admitted Confederate States Hospital |
Petersburg, Virginia |
| August 26, 1863 |
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Appears on Receipt Roll for clothing |
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| August 28, 1863 |
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Furloughed Home (Wounded) |
Sharon Clay County, Florida |
| September&October,1863 |
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Absent Home on Furlough (Wounded) |
Sharon Clay County, Florida |
| November&December1863 |
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Absent Home on Furlough (Wounded) |
Sharon Clay County, Florida |
| January&February, 1864 |
27 |
Present |
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| March & April, 1864 |
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Present |
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| May - August, 1864 |
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Present |
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| May 5-6, 1864 |
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Present |
The Wilderness - Virginia |
| May 8-21, 1864 |
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Present |
Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 22-26, 1864 |
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Present |
North Anna |
| June 1-3, 1864 |
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Present |
Cold Harbor, Virginia |
| June, 1864-April, 1865 |
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Present |
Petersburg Siege - Virginia |
| June 23, 1864 |
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Present |
Weldon Railroad |
| June 30, 1864 |
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Present |
Ream's Station |
| August 21, 1864 |
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Present |
Weldon Railroad |
| September&October,1864 |
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Present |
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| November&December1864 |
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Present |
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| December 9, 1864 |
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Present |
Bellfield |
| January&February, 1865 |
28 |
Present |
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| February 5-7, 1865 |
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Present |
Hatcher's Run |
| April 6, 1865 |
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CAPTURED |
Sailors Creek, Virginia |
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After the Battle of Sailors Creek General Lee ask General
Perry, "Who were those |
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men that fought at Sailors Creek" General Perry responded
"They were the |
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Floridens Sir" that is the only time General Lee ask who a
group of men were. |
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| April 9, 1865 |
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In Prison At New Port News, Virginia |
Appomattox Court House |
| June 24, 1865 |
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Took The Oath of Allegiance to The United States, Subscribed
And Sworn To. |
New Port News, Virginia |
| July 12, 1909 |
72 |
Soldier's Pension Claim Robert Batten states he was
"Captured in Battle of |
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Sailors Creek April 6, 1865" he also states "I do not know
where I was exchanged |
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or furloughed because it was dark". On the same document he
states "I was taken |
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prisoner 6th day of April 1865. I was kept in prison in New
Port News until |
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sometime in July, 1865. The authorities started me home". |
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Robert N. Batten returned home to Sharon, in Clay County,
Florida. He and his |
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wife Drusilla Starling, raised a large family . At the age
of 68 he took in his |
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orphaned Grandson to raise as his own. He made his living
farming, while still |
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suffering from the wounds he received at Gettysburg. He died
March 27, 1918 at |
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the age of 81, and is buried in the Sharon Baptist Church
Cemetery. |
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Robert N. Batten was the third child of Isham H. and
Temperance Powers Batten. |
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Robert Batten was born January 25, 1837 in Telfair Co.,
Georgia. The Batten family |
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made their home in St. George, Ga. Robert Batten left the
family home and moved |
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to Sharon in Clay Co., in 1855 or 1856. |
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This information compiled form "Historical Sketch &
Roster of Fl 2nd Infantry |
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Regiment" , Robert N. Batten's Company Muster Roll,
Soldier's Application for |
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Pension, and "Memoir Of Capt. C. Seton Fleming" by Claudia
Brosky Wright |
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