Josiah Armistead (1838 - 1865)

Born 25 Sep 1838 in Fluvanna, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 6 Mar 1865 at age 26 in Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Private Josiah Armistead served in the United States Civil War.
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 22nd Battalion, Virginia Infantry Company E

Private Josiah Armistead Died while a Prisoner of War in Camp Chase during The United States Civil War.

Josiah “Little Jo” Armstead was born 25 Sep 1838. His father, James Miller Armstead and his mother, Jennetta Ellen Davis (1812–1901). He enlisted on 5/21/63 at Camp Stonewall, Company E. 22nd. Virginia Infantry called Elk River Tigers. He was captured in Roane Co., WV 1/12/65, Battle of Cedar Creek. He as a POW was at The Athenaeum, Wheeling in Ohio County, West Virginia, Then he was transferred as a POW to Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio where he died as a POW 6 Mar 1865 in Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio and buried in Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6284078/josiah-armstead: accessed 9 June 2023), memorial page for Pvt Josiah “Little Jo” Armstead (25 Sep 1838–6 Mar 1865), Find A Grave: Memorial #6284078, citing Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by HGWells (contributor 49850702).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MHM9-237 : Tue Apr 04 11:30:50 UTC 2023), Entry for James M Armistead and Jeannette Armistead, 1860.

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F926-YPY : 25 August 2021), Josiah Armistead, 1861-1865.

• "Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J37N-CXR : 5 December 2014), Josiah Armistead, 1863; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Twenty-second Infantry (First Kanawha Regiment), NARA microfilm publication M324 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1961), roll 647.

• https://wiki2.org/en/Stonewall_Brigade. Josiah enlistment place

• https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/battle-of-cedar-creek.htm. captured

• https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=71019 POW The Athenaeum "Lincoln's Bastille" Wheeling in Ohio County, West Virginia