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- Posted by: Stephen Canerossi
steve@canerossi.us
Date: January 13, 2003 at 14:46:13
In Reply to: Re: BRYARS Family AL/SC/VA by Haley Phillips
During the Civil War, Sally Bryars lost three of her boys. Two literally, her sons Ethelbert and Rueben, and one her brother John W. Smith. All three served in the 23rd Ala Vol Inf Rgt, and all three died in service.
Following the war, the family lost its collective memory of the fate of these three Confederates, and over time they simply became known as the "Lost Boys". In 1990, the family erected a memorial marker in the family cemetery north of Stockton, AL for the three lost boys.
My daughter and I have spent the past 10 years searching for them and have found two of the three, and have a solid lead in the third.
Ethelbert was the first to go, in Apr 1863 of disease while serving at Vicksburg, MS. He was buried in the Vicksburg City cemetery under the wrong name.
John was next in Jul 1863. He was captured at Port Gibson in May 1863 and exchanged at City Point VA in Jul 1863. He died the day after he was exchanged from disease. He is buried in the Blandford Cemetery in Pertersburg VA.
Rueben is still out there somewhere, but appears to be in the Resaca GA cemetery. I am still attempting to confirm this.
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1843 - 1863 (20 years)
