Married Sue Dixon Powell on 16 August 1871 in Henderson Co., Kentucky
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- MAJ. JOHN JAMES REEVE. -
Maj. J.J. Reeve died at Henderson, Ky., July 10, 1908. He was born at Richmond, Va., in 1841.
He was a student at the University of Virginia when the Ordinance of Secession was adopted by the Virginia Convention, and immediately accompanied the troops to Harper's Ferry, where the government stores were promptly seized.
He enlisted at first in Company F, 1st Virginia Infantry, but later in Company F, 21st Infantry, with which command he served in Virginia from July, 1861, to April, 1862. He was then promoted to the rank of Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, and directed to report to Brigadier General Stevenson, then at Suffolk.
He accompanied General Stevenson when the latter took command of the Confederate forces at Cumberland Gap, served with him during the Kentucky campaign under Gen. E. Kirby Smith, and then went with him to Mississippi. When General Stevenson was promoted to be Major General, Captain Reeve was commissioned as Major.
General Stevenson commended him for gallant conduct in the Battle of Baker's Creek, and he was similarly mentioned for his service during the siege of Vicksburg. After the capitulation of Vicksburg, he was paroled and later exchanged.
With the division he joined Bragg's army at Chickamauga Station, Ga., and participated in the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. During the "hundred days' fighting" in Georgia he was constantly on duty. This campaign extended to Jonesboro and Lovejoy. He was then with General Stevenson in the Tennessee campaign under General Hood, which included the battle of Nashville. In 1865 he participated in the campaign in the Carolinas, and was in that last noted battle of the army at Bentonville. He surrendered at Greensboro.
It is apparent, therefore, that Major Reeve was in the army during the entire war, serving at Harper's Ferry in a company of students made up for that occasion at the University of Virginia. His military history is one of which his friends are justly proud.
"On many occasions his valuable services were noted in the official reports of his commander." In Volume XXIV, Part 2, page 98 of "War of the Rebellion, Official Records", Major General Stevenson in his report says: "Preeminently distinguished throughout the action of Baker's Creek, especially for his indefatigable efforts in rallying the broken regiments and taking them again into action, was my chief of staff, Maj. J.J. Reeve. For his active assistance to me on that occasion and the gallant and intelligent discharge of his duties day and night during the siege of Vicksburg, I am greatly indebted to him."
In the same volume, XXIV, Part 2, page 352, Brig. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, commanding 2d Brigade, Stevenson's Division, in report at Demopolis, Ala., July 25, 1863, says: "Maj. John J. Reeve, Assistant Adjutant General of the division, was with me on the lines upon several occasions, and particularly attracted my attention by his daring and coolness during the assault of the 22d."
In 1868 Major Reeve removed from Richmond, Va., to Henderson, Ky., where he afterwards made his home. In 1871 Major Reeve married Susan, the daughter of the Hon. Archibald Dixon and Elizabeth Robertson Cabell Dixon.
One daughter, Margaret Caskie, the wife of Robert Manley Lyman, of New York, survives him.
Major Reeve was a gentleman in the fullest sense of the word. He was kind and gentle, yet positive and strong in all his intercourse with his fellow-men both in business and socially. He was honest, he was a Christian without puritanism, a learned man without egotism, a brave man whose paths were peace, and in all his walks pure and upright. He was sorely afflicted by the hand of death and with physical pain, but bore it all uncomplainingly. His friends and family loved him, and all who knew him esteemed him highly.
[Sketch by Henry C. Dixon, Henderson, Ky.] Confederate Veteran, Vol. XVI, p. 651.
[Above info provided by BigFrench (#46554304).]
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- MAJ. JOHN JAMES REEVE. -
Maj. J.J. Reeve died at Henderson, Ky., July 10, 1908. He was born at Richmond, Va., in 1841.
He was a student at the University of Virginia when the Ordinance of Secession was adopted by the Virginia Convention, and immediately accompanied the troops to Harper's Ferry, where the government stores were promptly seized.
He enlisted at first in Company F, 1st Virginia Infantry, but later in Company F, 21st Infantry, with which command he served in Virginia from July, 1861, to April, 1862. He was then promoted to the rank of Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, and directed to report to Brigadier General Stevenson, then at Suffolk.
He accompanied General Stevenson when the latter took command of the Confederate forces at Cumberland Gap, served with him during the Kentucky campaign under Gen. E. Kirby Smith, and then went with him to Mississippi. When General Stevenson was promoted to be Major General, Captain Reeve was commissioned as Major.
General Stevenson commended him for gallant conduct in the Battle of Baker's Creek, and he was similarly mentioned for his service during the siege of Vicksburg. After the capitulation of Vicksburg, he was paroled and later exchanged.
With the division he joined Bragg's army at Chickamauga Station, Ga., and participated in the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. During the "hundred days' fighting" in Georgia he was constantly on duty. This campaign extended to Jonesboro and Lovejoy. He was then with General Stevenson in the Tennessee campaign under General Hood, which included the battle of Nashville. In 1865 he participated in the campaign in the Carolinas, and was in that last noted battle of the army at Bentonville. He surrendered at Greensboro.
It is apparent, therefore, that Major Reeve was in the army during the entire war, serving at Harper's Ferry in a company of students made up for that occasion at the University of Virginia. His military history is one of which his friends are justly proud.
"On many occasions his valuable services were noted in the official reports of his commander." In Volume XXIV, Part 2, page 98 of "War of the Rebellion, Official Records", Major General Stevenson in his report says: "Preeminently distinguished throughout the action of Baker's Creek, especially for his indefatigable efforts in rallying the broken regiments and taking them again into action, was my chief of staff, Maj. J.J. Reeve. For his active assistance to me on that occasion and the gallant and intelligent discharge of his duties day and night during the siege of Vicksburg, I am greatly indebted to him."
In the same volume, XXIV, Part 2, page 352, Brig. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, commanding 2d Brigade, Stevenson's Division, in report at Demopolis, Ala., July 25, 1863, says: "Maj. John J. Reeve, Assistant Adjutant General of the division, was with me on the lines upon several occasions, and particularly attracted my attention by his daring and coolness during the assault of the 22d."
In 1868 Major Reeve removed from Richmond, Va., to Henderson, Ky., where he afterwards made his home. In 1871 Major Reeve married Susan, the daughter of the Hon. Archibald Dixon and Elizabeth Robertson Cabell Dixon.
One daughter, Margaret Caskie, the wife of Robert Manley Lyman, of New York, survives him.
Major Reeve was a gentleman in the fullest sense of the word. He was kind and gentle, yet positive and strong in all his intercourse with his fellow-men both in business and socially. He was honest, he was a Christian without puritanism, a learned man without egotism, a brave man whose paths were peace, and in all his walks pure and upright. He was sorely afflicted by the hand of death and with physical pain, but bore it all uncomplainingly. His friends and family loved him, and all who knew him esteemed him highly.
[Sketch by Henry C. Dixon, Henderson, Ky.] Confederate Veteran, Vol. XVI, p. 651.
[Above info provided by BigFrench (#46554304).]
Married Sue Dixon Powell on 16 August 1871 in Henderson Co., Kentucky
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- MAJ. JOHN JAMES REEVE. -
Maj. J.J. Reeve died at Henderson, Ky., July 10, 1908. He was born at Richmond, Va., in 1841.
He was a student at the University of Virginia when the Ordinance of Secession was adopted by the Virginia Convention, and immediately accompanied the troops to Harper's Ferry, where the government stores were promptly seized.
He enlisted at first in Company F, 1st Virginia Infantry, but later in Company F, 21st Infantry, with which command he served in Virginia from July, 1861, to April, 1862. He was then promoted to the rank of Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, and directed to report to Brigadier General Stevenson, then at Suffolk.
He accompanied General Stevenson when the latter took command of the Confederate forces at Cumberland Gap, served with him during the Kentucky campaign under Gen. E. Kirby Smith, and then went with him to Mississippi. When General Stevenson was promoted to be Major General, Captain Reeve was commissioned as Major.
General Stevenson commended him for gallant conduct in the Battle of Baker's Creek, and he was similarly mentioned for his service during the siege of Vicksburg. After the capitulation of Vicksburg, he was paroled and later exchanged.
With the division he joined Bragg's army at Chickamauga Station, Ga., and participated in the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. During the "hundred days' fighting" in Georgia he was constantly on duty. This campaign extended to Jonesboro and Lovejoy. He was then with General Stevenson in the Tennessee campaign under General Hood, which included the battle of Nashville. In 1865 he participated in the campaign in the Carolinas, and was in that last noted battle of the army at Bentonville. He surrendered at Greensboro.
It is apparent, therefore, that Major Reeve was in the army during the entire war, serving at Harper's Ferry in a company of students made up for that occasion at the University of Virginia. His military history is one of which his friends are justly proud.
"On many occasions his valuable services were noted in the official reports of his commander." In Volume XXIV, Part 2, page 98 of "War of the Rebellion, Official Records", Major General Stevenson in his report says: "Preeminently distinguished throughout the action of Baker's Creek, especially for his indefatigable efforts in rallying the broken regiments and taking them again into action, was my chief of staff, Maj. J.J. Reeve. For his active assistance to me on that occasion and the gallant and intelligent discharge of his duties day and night during the siege of Vicksburg, I am greatly indebted to him."
In the same volume, XXIV, Part 2, page 352, Brig. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, commanding 2d Brigade, Stevenson's Division, in report at Demopolis, Ala., July 25, 1863, says: "Maj. John J. Reeve, Assistant Adjutant General of the division, was with me on the lines upon several occasions, and particularly attracted my attention by his daring and coolness during the assault of the 22d."
In 1868 Major Reeve removed from Richmond, Va., to Henderson, Ky., where he afterwards made his home. In 1871 Major Reeve married Susan, the daughter of the Hon. Archibald Dixon and Elizabeth Robertson Cabell Dixon.
One daughter, Margaret Caskie, the wife of Robert Manley Lyman, of New York, survives him.
Major Reeve was a gentleman in the fullest sense of the word. He was kind and gentle, yet positive and strong in all his intercourse with his fellow-men both in business and socially. He was honest, he was a Christian without puritanism, a learned man without egotism, a brave man whose paths were peace, and in all his walks pure and upright. He was sorely afflicted by the hand of death and with physical pain, but bore it all uncomplainingly. His friends and family loved him, and all who knew him esteemed him highly.
[Sketch by Henry C. Dixon, Henderson, Ky.] Confederate Veteran, Vol. XVI, p. 651.
[Above info provided by BigFrench (#46554304).]
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- MAJ. JOHN JAMES REEVE. -
Maj. J.J. Reeve died at Henderson, Ky., July 10, 1908. He was born at Richmond, Va., in 1841.
He was a student at the University of Virginia when the Ordinance of Secession was adopted by the Virginia Convention, and immediately accompanied the troops to Harper's Ferry, where the government stores were promptly seized.
He enlisted at first in Company F, 1st Virginia Infantry, but later in Company F, 21st Infantry, with which command he served in Virginia from July, 1861, to April, 1862. He was then promoted to the rank of Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, and directed to report to Brigadier General Stevenson, then at Suffolk.
He accompanied General Stevenson when the latter took command of the Confederate forces at Cumberland Gap, served with him during the Kentucky campaign under Gen. E. Kirby Smith, and then went with him to Mississippi. When General Stevenson was promoted to be Major General, Captain Reeve was commissioned as Major.
General Stevenson commended him for gallant conduct in the Battle of Baker's Creek, and he was similarly mentioned for his service during the siege of Vicksburg. After the capitulation of Vicksburg, he was paroled and later exchanged.
With the division he joined Bragg's army at Chickamauga Station, Ga., and participated in the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. During the "hundred days' fighting" in Georgia he was constantly on duty. This campaign extended to Jonesboro and Lovejoy. He was then with General Stevenson in the Tennessee campaign under General Hood, which included the battle of Nashville. In 1865 he participated in the campaign in the Carolinas, and was in that last noted battle of the army at Bentonville. He surrendered at Greensboro.
It is apparent, therefore, that Major Reeve was in the army during the entire war, serving at Harper's Ferry in a company of students made up for that occasion at the University of Virginia. His military history is one of which his friends are justly proud.
"On many occasions his valuable services were noted in the official reports of his commander." In Volume XXIV, Part 2, page 98 of "War of the Rebellion, Official Records", Major General Stevenson in his report says: "Preeminently distinguished throughout the action of Baker's Creek, especially for his indefatigable efforts in rallying the broken regiments and taking them again into action, was my chief of staff, Maj. J.J. Reeve. For his active assistance to me on that occasion and the gallant and intelligent discharge of his duties day and night during the siege of Vicksburg, I am greatly indebted to him."
In the same volume, XXIV, Part 2, page 352, Brig. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, commanding 2d Brigade, Stevenson's Division, in report at Demopolis, Ala., July 25, 1863, says: "Maj. John J. Reeve, Assistant Adjutant General of the division, was with me on the lines upon several occasions, and particularly attracted my attention by his daring and coolness during the assault of the 22d."
In 1868 Major Reeve removed from Richmond, Va., to Henderson, Ky., where he afterwards made his home. In 1871 Major Reeve married Susan, the daughter of the Hon. Archibald Dixon and Elizabeth Robertson Cabell Dixon.
One daughter, Margaret Caskie, the wife of Robert Manley Lyman, of New York, survives him.
Major Reeve was a gentleman in the fullest sense of the word. He was kind and gentle, yet positive and strong in all his intercourse with his fellow-men both in business and socially. He was honest, he was a Christian without puritanism, a learned man without egotism, a brave man whose paths were peace, and in all his walks pure and upright. He was sorely afflicted by the hand of death and with physical pain, but bore it all uncomplainingly. His friends and family loved him, and all who knew him esteemed him highly.
[Sketch by Henry C. Dixon, Henderson, Ky.] Confederate Veteran, Vol. XVI, p. 651.
[Above info provided by BigFrench (#46554304).]
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