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Joel Henry Scates

Joel Henry Scates

Male 1845 - 1865  (20 years)

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  • Name Joel Henry Scates  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth 15 Feb 1845  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1850  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1860  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Military Abt 1862  , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11] 
    Enlisted as Private in Company I, 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment - date unknown. 
    Military 1 Apr 1865  Five Forks, Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    POW 
    Military 6 Apr 1865  Point Lookout, Saint Marys, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    POW 
    Death 24 Apr 1865  Point Lookout, Saint Marys, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14] 
    Burial 24 Apr 1865  Point Lookout, Saint Marys, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Buried at Point Lookout, Maryland, grave 1549 in Prisoner of War Graveyard.
    Person ID I3756  Master
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2012 

    Father Grief David Scates,   b. 25 May 1815, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1856, Banister, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Mother Susan Sarah Echols,   b. 1820, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 1865, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage 21 Feb 1842  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Family ID F1210  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Feb 1845 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - Enlisted as Private in Company I, 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment - date unknown. - Abt 1862 - , , Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - POW - 1 Apr 1865 - Five Forks, Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - POW - 6 Apr 1865 - Point Lookout, Saint Marys, Maryland, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Apr 1865 - Point Lookout, Saint Marys, Maryland, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 24 Apr 1865 - Point Lookout, Saint Marys, Maryland, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Civil War
    53rd Virginia Infantry    		53rd Virginia Infantry
    Captured in Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1863.
    Give Them Cold Steel Boys! By Don Troiani    		Give Them Cold Steel Boys! By Don Troiani
    Pickett's Charge was a bloodbath. While the Union suffered 1,500 casualties, the Confederates had over 6,000. Over 50% of the men sent across the fields were killed or wounded. Pickett's division alone, out of about 5,500 men, lost 224 killed, 1,140 wounded, and 1,499 missing/captured. Pickett's three brigade commanders and all thirteen of his regimental commanders were casualties. Kemper was wounded, Garnett killed, and Armistead mortally wounded.

    Abram Fackler was at Gettysburg with Company I of the 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, "The Chatham Greys" of General Lou Armistead's Brigade of Pickett's Division. The sergeant of Company I was Sgt. Robert Tyler Jones, the grandson of former president James Tyler. Seventy-five yards from the stone wall at Gettysburg General Louis Armistead screamed over the sounds of battle to Colonel Rawley W. Martin and said "colonel, we can not stay here" Colonel "Billy Martin screamed back "then sir, we must go foreward. The Don Troiani painting of the battle of Gettysburg is an accurate depiction showing General Armistead leading his men to the stone wall with his hat on the tip of his sword, look close and behind him you will see the fluttering battle flags of the 53rd and 57th Virginia. For a few brief seconds in history, The "Chatham Greys" held the stone wall... and Sgt Robert Tyler Jones fell, Colonel Whitehead fell, Colonel R.W. "Billy" Martin fell with a shattered leg, General Louis Armistead was mortally wounded by the cannon.... and our boys grudgingly retreated.
    Point Lookout, Maryland - 1863    		Point Lookout, Maryland - 1863
    Prison camp for Confederate prisoners.

    Abram Fackler and his nephew Joel Scates were captured at Five Forks. Both were prisoners at Point Lookout. Joel died of measles 24 April 1865, while Abram took the oath and was released a couple months later.

    Albums
    Joel H Scates Confederate Service Record    		Joel H Scates Confederate Service Record (5)
    Joel enlisted in Company I, 53rd Virginia Infantry sometime in 1862, at age 17. He served until a few weeks before the end of the war, being captured at Five Forks. In this battle the Confederates ran out of ammunition, ending up in hand to hand combat, using their rifles as clubs. Joel was captured and sent to Point Lookout, where he died of measles 3 weeks later, 15 days after Lee's surrender at Appomattox, 12 days after the disbandment and parole of the Army of Northern Virginia.

  • Sources 
    1. [S148] Historical Data Systems, comp., U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.).
      Residence date: Residence place: USA
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=civilwar_histdatasys&h=3529835&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    2. [S227] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.), Year: 1850; Census Place: Northern District, Pittsylvania, Virginia; Roll: M432_968; Page: 251; Image: 501.
      Name: Joel ScatesBirth Date: abt 1845Birth Place: VirginiaResidence Date: 1850Residence Place: Northern District, Pittsylvania, Virginiahttp://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5532189&pid=-1441225069
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=15441573&ti=0&indiv=try
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    3. [S31] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.), Year: 1860; Census Place: North District, Pittsylvania, Virginia; Roll: M653_1370; Page: 243; Image: 248.
      Name: Joel H ScalesBirth Date: abt 1845Birth Place: VirginiaResidence Date: 1860Residence Place: North District, Pittsylvania, Virginia
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=34369476&ti=0&indiv=try
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=34369476&ti=0&indiv=try

    4. [S41] National Park Service, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.).
      Name: Joel N. Scates
      Birth Date:
      Birth Place: Virginia
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=nps_civilwarsoldiers&h=5216743&ti=0&indiv=try
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=nps_civilwarsoldiers&h=5216743&ti=0&indiv=try

    5. [S50] Historical Data Systems, comp., American Civil War Soldiers, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.), Side served: Confederacy; State served: Virginia; Enlistment date: .
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=hdssoldiers&h=6165049&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    6. [S227] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.), Year: 1850; Census Place: Northern District, Pittsylvania, Virginia; Roll: M432_968; Page: 251; Image: 501.
      Name: Joel ScatesBirth Date: abt 1845Birth Place: VirginiaResidence Date: 1850Residence Place: Northern District, Pittsylvania, Virginia
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=15441573&ti=0&indiv=try
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=15441573&ti=0&indiv=try

    7. [S31] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.), Year: 1860; Census Place: North District, Pittsylvania, Virginia; Roll: M653_1370; Page: 243; Image: 248.
      Name: Joel H ScalesBirth Date: abt 1845Birth Place: VirginiaResidence Date: 1860Residence Place: North District, Pittsylvania, Virginiahttp://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5532189&pid=-1441225069
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=34369476&ti=0&indiv=try
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=34369476&ti=0&indiv=try

    8. [S41] National Park Service, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.).
      Name: Joel N. ScatesBirth Date:Birth Place: Virginia
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=nps_civilwarsoldiers&h=5216743&ti=0&indiv=try
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=nps_civilwarsoldiers&h=5216743&ti=0&indiv=try

    9. [S148] Historical Data Systems, comp., U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.) (Reliability: 3).
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=civilwar_histdatasys&h=3529835&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    10. [S70] G Howard Gregory, 53rd Virginia Infantry and 5th Battalion Virginia Infantry, (Appomattox, Virginia: H E Howard, Inc, 1999).

    11. [S295] Ancestry.com, U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 provided by Footnote.com © Copyright 2011 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the lim).

    12. [S70] G Howard Gregory, 53rd Virginia Infantry and 5th Battalion Virginia Infantry, (Appomattox, Virginia: H E Howard, Inc, 1999) (Reliability: 2).

    13. [S315] Mike K. Williams, Confederate Soldiers of Pittsylvania County & Danville, (Mike K. Williams, 1988) (Reliability: 2).

    14. [S295] Ancestry.com, U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 provided by Footnote.com © Copyright 2011 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the lim) (Reliability: 3).

    15. [S302] FamilySearch, Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (FamilySearch ([http://familysearch.org http://familysearch.org]/)) (Reliability: 3).
      groom's name: Grief D. Scates
      bride's name: Susan S. Echols
      marriage date: 21 Feb 1842
      marriage place: Pittsylvania, Virginia
      bride's father's name: David Echols
      indexing project (batch) number: M01866-7
      system origin: Virginia-EASy
      source film number: 33326
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR3G-JR8


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