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| * **Rev. Lucius Henry Jones, Class of 1852, M.A. 1855 (Died October 10, 1863)** //Cavalry, Chaplain// \\ Born in 1828 in Claremont, New Hampshire, Jones graduated from Trinity in 1852 and then pursued theological studies at Berkeley Divinity School in Middletown. Receiving his theology degree in 1855, he was soon ordained deacon and served parishes in Texas. Jones was ordained priest in 1859 by the Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, Bishop of Louisiana and later a Confederate Army general, and on the outbreak of war in 1861 became chaplain of the 1st Regiment of Sibley’s Cavalry Brigade in Texas. The regiment became depleted save for a few men, and in 1863, Jones became chaplain of the 4th Texas Cavalry. He died October 10, 1863 in Washington, Louisiana as a result of wounds previously received but only partly healed. | * **Rev. Lucius Henry Jones, Class of 1852, M.A. 1855 (Died October 10, 1863)** //Cavalry, Chaplain// \\ Born in 1828 in Claremont, New Hampshire, Jones graduated from Trinity in 1852 and then pursued theological studies at Berkeley Divinity School in Middletown. Receiving his theology degree in 1855, he was soon ordained deacon and served parishes in Texas. Jones was ordained priest in 1859 by the Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, Bishop of Louisiana and later a Confederate Army general, and on the outbreak of war in 1861 became chaplain of the 1st Regiment of Sibley’s Cavalry Brigade in Texas. The regiment became depleted save for a few men, and in 1863, Jones became chaplain of the 4th Texas Cavalry. He died October 10, 1863 in Washington, Louisiana as a result of wounds previously received but only partly healed. |
| * **Graham Daves, Class of 1857** //Infantry// \\ Graham Daves was born in New Bern, North Carolina on July 16th 1836, the fifth of six children of John Pugh Daves, a planter in that town. Graham Daves received his general education at the New Bern Academy. In 1851, he became a cadet at the Maryland Military Academy at Oxford, and entered Trinity College in Hartford CT in 1853, where his older brother, [[graham_guard|Edward Graham Daves]], was Professor of Greek. On July 16th, 1861 Graham Daves joined the Confederacy in the 12th NC Volunteers/22nd Infantry. In 1862, he was commissioned Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Captain and stationed at Wilmington, NC. In July of 1862, Graham Daves was promoted to the rank of Major and ordered to VA. In the Summer of 1863, Major Graham Daves was sent to Mississippi and became the Assistant Adjutant General of a division in the Army of Gen. Joseph E Johnston. Graham Daves was the among the troops of Gen. Johnston who surrendered near Greensboro NC; he was paroled in 1863. After the Civil War, in 1865, Graham Daves became a member of the large commission Arm of DeRosset & Co.-general commission merchants, and was general agent of the W. & W. Railroad Company at Charleston. On account of his health and for other causes, Graham Daves left the railroad service and returned to New Bern, N.C., devoting the remainder of his life mainly to literary pursuits and preserving North Carolina history, the study of the colonial, Revolutionary, and the Confederate history of his native state. He died in 1902 from heart | * **Graham Daves, Class of 1857** //Infantry// \\ Graham Daves was born in New Bern, North Carolina on July 16th 1836, the fifth of six children of John Pugh Daves, a planter in that town. Graham Daves received his general education at the New Bern Academy. In 1851, he became a cadet at the Maryland Military Academy at Oxford, and entered Trinity College in Hartford CT in 1853, where his older brother, [[graham_guard|Edward Graham Daves]], was Professor of Greek. On July 16th, 1861 Graham Daves joined the Confederacy in the 12th NC Volunteers/22nd Infantry. In 1862, he was commissioned Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Captain and stationed at Wilmington, NC. In July of 1862, Graham Daves was promoted to the rank of Major and ordered to VA. In the Summer of 1863, Major Graham Daves was sent to Mississippi and became the Assistant Adjutant General of a division in the Army of Gen. Joseph E Johnston. Graham Daves was the among the troops of Gen. Johnston who surrendered near Greensboro NC; he was paroled in 1863. After the Civil War, in 1865, Graham Daves became a member of the large commission Arm of DeRosset & Co.-general commission merchants, and was general agent of the W. & W. Railroad Company at Charleston. On account of his health and for other causes, Graham Daves left the railroad service and returned to New Bern, N.C., devoting the remainder of his life mainly to literary pursuits and preserving North Carolina history, the study of the colonial, Revolutionary, and the Confederate history of his native state. He died in 1902 from a tubercular heart condition. |
| * **William McNeill Whistler, Class of 1857** //Non-graduate, MD// \\ Born in 1836 in Lowell, Massachusetts, the brother of the artist James McNeill Whistler, William Whistler left Trinity to become a medical apprentice for a year before studying medicine at the Pennsylvania Medical School from 1858 to 1860. He joined the Confederate Army in 1861 as assistant surgeon in the Richmond area and then served for the remainder of the war with Orr’s (South Carolina) Rifles. He saw action during the prolonged Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia (May 1864) where he was cited for bravery. Toward the end of the war he was detached to carry dispatches to London and was overseas when the war came to a close. Whistler pursued further medical studies in Paris and London, and by 1868 was a member of the College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians, specializing in diseases of the throat and nose. He died in London in 1900. | * **William McNeill Whistler, Class of 1857** //Non-graduate, MD// \\ Born in 1836 in Lowell, Massachusetts, the brother of the artist James McNeill Whistler, William Whistler left Trinity to become a medical apprentice for a year before studying medicine at the Pennsylvania Medical School from 1858 to 1860. He joined the Confederate Army in 1861 as assistant surgeon in the Richmond area and then served for the remainder of the war with Orr’s (South Carolina) Rifles. He saw action during the prolonged Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia (May 1864) where he was cited for bravery. Toward the end of the war he was detached to carry dispatches to London and was overseas when the war came to a close. Whistler pursued further medical studies in Paris and London, and by 1868 was a member of the College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians, specializing in diseases of the throat and nose. He died in London in 1900. |
| * **Hamilton Claverhouse Graham, Class of 1861** //Non-graduate, Infantry// \\ Born in 1840 in Littleton, North Carolina, Graham transferred from Trinity to the University of North Carolina from which he graduated in 1861. At the commencement of hostilities he enlisted as a private in the North Carolina State Artillery. He entered Confederate service in July 1861 when he mustered in as Sergeant-Major of Company I, 22nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry. He was promoted to lieutenant and severely wounded at the Battle of Gaines’ Mill, Virginia, part of the Seven Days’ Battle, on June 27, 1862. He then received promotion to captain of Company E, 7th North Carolina Infantry in February 1863, but the severity of his wound prevented him from undertaking further battlefield service. He was briefly Judge Advocate of General Court Marshall and then resigned his commission in December 1863. After the war Graham was a planter for several years in Alabama and then relocated to Selma where he was a newspaper editor until his death in 1900. | * **Hamilton Claverhouse Graham, Class of 1861** //Non-graduate, Infantry// \\ Born in 1840 in Littleton, North Carolina, Graham transferred from Trinity to the University of North Carolina from which he graduated in 1861. At the commencement of hostilities he enlisted as a private in the North Carolina State Artillery. He entered Confederate service in July 1861 when he mustered in as Sergeant-Major of Company I, 22nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry. He was promoted to lieutenant and severely wounded at the Battle of Gaines’ Mill, Virginia, part of the Seven Days’ Battle, on June 27, 1862. He then received promotion to captain of Company E, 7th North Carolina Infantry in February 1863, but the severity of his wound prevented him from undertaking further battlefield service. He was briefly Judge Advocate of General Court Marshall and then resigned his commission in December 1863. After the war Graham was a planter for several years in Alabama and then relocated to Selma where he was a newspaper editor until his death in 1900. |
