Hutchison Civil War Veterans

Thomas Hutchison - Great grandfather

Thomas Langston Hutchison (great grandfather, CSA)

Thomas was born Feb 23, 1845 in Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia. On Apr 25, 1861 [two weeks after the Civil War began], at age 16y 2m he enlisted in Company G, 4th Infantry Regiment of the Georgia Volunteers. In his Soldier's Application for a Pension in 1925 he wrote, "Enlisted April 61 for one year ____ May 62 for 3 years or the war." He further stated, "I was of Stonewall Jackson's Corps, Army of Northern Va, and actively participated in all its campaigns, from May 62 to Aug 18th 64 when I was disabled from shell wound and lock jaw and so remained to the end of the war. Was on furlough [at home] when Lee surrendered." Thomas rose to the rank of First Sargent. My sister Clarita Morgan Rader relates that, according to family verbal history, when Thomas was at the hospital in Virginia, the doctor wanted to amputate his leg. He refused, walked back to Georgia on crutches and was nursed back to health though he would walk with a limp for the rest of his life. He studied to become a lawyer and moved, along with his parents and brothers and sister, to Comanche, Texas. In Feb 1877 he married Martha Elizabeth McLeary, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas and they had two children. Thomas died on Sept 20, 1924 at age 79y7m. At his burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Commanche, Texas, his obituary reported that "his casket was draped in the Stars and Bars" [the first official flag of the Confederacy].

John W. Hutchison (great great uncle, CSA)

John was born in Feb 1847 in Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia. In Apr 1864 at the age 17y2m he enlisted in Company F, Georgia 27th Infantry Battalion as it was moving north from Florida to join the Army of Northern Virginia in the defense of Richmond, the Capital of the Confederacy. In the fall the Battalion joined Johnston's Army in North Carolina in an attempt to stop Sherman's advance up the coast. Johnston surrendered on Apr 26, 1865, 17 days after Lee surrendered at Appomattox. John did not marry and died Dec 28, 1919 in Comanche, Texas. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery.

Maximillian H. Hutchison - Great great grandfather

My great great grandfather, Maximillian H. Hutchison, father of Thomas and John, was a member of Company C, 6th Regiment Georgia State Guard, Infantry. As far as I can determine he did not fight in the war.

Urana Elizabeth Flemister - 3rd Great grandmother

James Madison Flemister

Mary Ann Parker - Great great grandmother

William Calvin Parker (3rd great uncle, CSA)

Charles W. Parker (3rd great uncle, CSA)

Samual Davies McLeary

Dr. William Trigg Hodge McLeary

Martha Elizabeth McLeary - Great grandmother

Martha was born Aug 31, 1857 in Colorado County, Texas. She married Thomas Langston Hutchison in Feb 1877. They had two children including my maternal grandfather, [Harvey] McCleary Hutchison. Martha died Sept 28, 1933 in Comanche, Texas and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery.

James Harvey McLeary (great great uncle, CSA)

James (Martha's brother) was born in Smith County, Tennessee on July 27, 1845. He and his family moved to Colorado County, Texas. In 1861 he enlisted in the Fifth Texas Cavalry and was part of Sibley's Brigade's unsuccessful attempt to control New Mexico.  They were sent to the Texas Gulf Coast where they successfully re-captured Galveston in Jan 1863. They fought in various conflicts in Louisiana and Arkansas before disbanding in 1865 at the end of the war. James fought in the Spanish-American War where he rose to the rank of major. In 1901 he was appointed US judge in Puerto Rico. [He asked my grandfather Harvey McLeary Hutchison to assist him in Puerto Rico which is why my mother and her brothers were born in Puerto Rico.] James died Jan 5, 1914 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.