Hembree Lewis Machen (1829 - 1901)

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Biography

Hembree "Emory" Machen was a planter in Laurens County, South Carolina, as told in an entry in SC History about his grandson Dr. Machen Tidence Moore. Several of his children are listed as being born in Princeton, a community that existed in the cotton boom between the Revolutionary War and Civil War. Emory served as a Sergeant in the 16th Regiment (Greenville Regiment).

16th Infantry Regiment, recruited in Greenville County, was organized and mustered into Confederate service in December, 1861. It moved to Charleston and for a time was stationed at Adams Run under General Hagood. During December, 1862, the unit was ordered to Wilmington, North Carolina and in May, 1863, to Jackson, Mississippi where it was assigned to General Gist's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. After sharing in the defense of Jackson, it was stationed at Rome, Georgia, during the Chickamauga Campaign. Later it joined the Army of Tennessee, fought in the Atlanta Campaign, and endured Hood's winter operations in Tennessee. The 16th ended the war in North Carolina. In December, 1863, it totalled 559 men and 452 arms, lost many in Tennessee, and surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Charles J. Elford and James McCullough, Lieutenant Colonel W.B. Ivor, and Major Charles C. O'Neill.

1861 Civil War Service, H.K.Machen

16th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Greenville Regiment)

1880 Census as Henry Machan

Death 13 Aug 1901

Burial at Princeton Baptist Church Cemetery

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SV-HNG
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9V6-YMH?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=G7T8-7XY
• https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CSC0016RI01

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