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Josiah Armstead

Male 1843 - 1865  (22 years)


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  • Name Josiah Armstead 
    Born 1843  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 Mar 1865  Franklin County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Franklin County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
      NAME: Josiah Armstead
      SIDE: Confederate
      REGIMENT STATE/ORIGIN: Virginia
      REGIMENT NAME: 22 Virginia Infantry
      REGIMENT NAME EXPANDED: 22nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (1st Kanawha Regiment)
      COMPANY: E
      RANK IN: Private
      RANK IN EXPANDED: Private
      RANK OUT: Private
      RANK OUT EXPANDED: Private
      ALTERNATE NAME: Josiah/Armistead
      FILM NUMBER: M382 roll 2

      U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865
      NAME: Josiah Armstead
      MILITARY UNIT: Twenty-second Infantry (First Kanawha Regiment)

      All Missouri Civil War Records
      Surname: Armstead
      Given Name: J.
      City/State: VA
      Unit: 22nd Virginia Infantry, Company E
      Death Date: 6 Mar 1865
      Part 2: Alphabetical Index by States
      VIRGINIA UNITS

      Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
      NAME: Josiah Armstead
      Rank: Pvt
      Regiment or County & State: 22nd Va Inf
      Co: E
      Where captured: Roane Co, WVa
      When Captured: Jan 12, 1865
      SIDE: Confederate
      Remarks: Sent to Camp Chase Feb 13, 1865
      Remarks: Died March 6, 1865
      ROLL: M598_22
      Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
      ROLL TITLE: Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865
      Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, 2.
      NAME: Josiah Armstead
      Number and locality of Grave: # 1580 Confederate Cemetery
      SIDE: Confederate
      ROLL: M918_1
      ROLL TITLE: Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861-1865

      Source Information
      Ancestry.com. Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
      Original data:
      Selected Records of the War Department Commissary General of Prisoners Relating to Federal Prisoners of War Confined at Andersonville, GA, 1864-65; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1303, 6 rolls); Records of the Commissary General of Prisoners, Record Group 249; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
      Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M598, 145 rolls); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
      Lists of Confederates Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M2072, 1 roll); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
      Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861-1865; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M918, 1 roll); Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

      Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio: Camp Chase Cemetery
      SURNAME: Armstead
      GRAVE .: 1580
      FIRST, MIDDLE: J.
      COMPANY: CO. E
      UNIT: 22 VIRGINIA REGIMENT
      DATE OF DEATH: 6 Mar 1865

      U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
      NAME: J Armstead
      SERVICE INFO.: PVT INFANTRY CONFEDERATE STATES
      DEATH DATE: 6 Mar 1865
      CEMETERY: Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
      CEMETERY ADDRESS: 2900 Sullivan Ave Columbus, OH 43204
      BURIED AT: Section 0 Site 1580

      There are two findagrave memorials, both with stones. It appears he was buried in Ohio and the family got a second stone to place in the family cemetery in Roane Co, WV. The memorial in Ohio has a great picture of him.

      Pvt Josiah Armstead
      Birth: 1843
      Death: 1865
      Inscription:
      Co.E 22 VA Inf CSA
      Burial:
      Armstead Cemetery
      Clio
      Roane County
      West Virginia, USA
      Created by: Sarah Armstead Davis
      Record added: Jul 19, 2001
      Find A Grave Memorial# 5624575

      Pvt Josiah "Little Jo" Armstead
      Birth: Sep. 25, 1838
      Fluvanna County
      Virginia, USA
      Death: Mar. 6, 1865
      Columbus
      Franklin County
      Ohio, USA

      J. Armstead:
      Private in Company E. 22nd. Virginia Infantry
      Enlisted on 5/21/63 at Camp Stonewall.
      Captured in Roane Co., WV 1/12/65.
      Age: 24. POW Wheeling, WV. POW Cumberland, MD.
      POW Camp Chase, OH 2/13/6S.
      Died at Camp Chase, OH of pleuratis 3/6/65.
      Farmer. Fair complexion, brown hair, gray eyes.

      (bio by: Bev)

      Family links:
      Parents:
      James Miller Armstead (1814 - 1900)
      Jennetta Davis Armstead (1812 - 1901)

      Siblings:
      Mary Susan Armstead Campbell (1833 - 1857)*
      James Alfred Armstead (1835 - 1908)*
      Josiah Armstead (1838 - 1865)
      Matthew Snead Armstead (1840 - 1864)*
      John Morgan Armstead (1845 - ____)*
      Thomas Jefferson Armstead (1847 - 1918)*
      Benjamin Franklin Armstead (1848 - 1925)*
      Elisha Norton Armstead (1850 - 1897)*
      Jeanetta Ellen Armstead Patton (1856 - 1933)*
      *Calculated relationship
      Inscription:
      Pvt Josiah Armstead Co. E 22nd VA Reg. CSA
      Note: Confederate POW who died while in Yankee captivity during the Civil war of 1861-65
      Burial:
      Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
      Columbus
      Franklin County
      Ohio, USA
      Plot: Grave No. 1580 CC
      Created by: Herbert Rickards
      Record added: Mar 23, 2002
      Find A Grave Memorial# 6284078

      U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
      NAME: J Armstead
      SERVICE INFO.: PVT INFANTRY
      DEATH DATE: 6 Mar 1865
      INTERMENT DATE: 6 Mar 1865
      CEMETERY: Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
      CEMETERY ADDRESS: 2900 Sullivan Ave Columbus , OH 43204
      BURIED AT: Section 0 Site 1580
    Person ID I104181  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2017 

    Father James Miller Armstead,   b. 8 Sep 1813, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1900, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Jennetta Ellen Davis,   b. Dec 1812, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1901  (Age ~ 88 years) 
    Married 1832  Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 

    • 1840 Fluvanna, VA
      James Armstead
      1m 0-5
      1m 5-10
      1m 20-30
      1f 0-5
      1f 5-10
      1f 20-30

      1850 Kanawha, VA all born VA
      James M Armstead 37
      Jane 37
      Susan 17
      Alfred 15
      Sally 13
      Mathew 10
      Josiah 7
      John 5
      Thomas 3
      Benjamin 1

      1860 Roane, VA all born VA
      James M Armstead 46
      Jeannette 47
      Matthew 21
      Josiah 19
      John 16
      Thomas 14
      Benjamin 11
      Elisha 9
      Frances 6
      Janetta 4

      1870 Geary, Roane, WV
      Armstead, J M 56 VA Sept
      Jennetta 57 VA Dec
      Benj F 21 VA Dec
      Elesha N 29 WV Aug
      Francis A 16 f WV Dec
      Jennetta 14 WV Feb

      1880 Geary, Roane, WV
      Armstead, JM 67 VAVAVA
      J 67 wife VA VA VA

      1900 Geary, Roane, WV
      Armstead, James M 9/1816 age 86 md 68 yr VA VA VA
      Jennette wife 12/1812 age 87 md 68yr 11- children VA VA VA
    Family ID F26555  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S522] Cem RCHS.

    3. [S890] Family Trees on Ancestry.com.