Veterans- US Civil War

 From the Virginia Military Institute archives comes a story of brother vs brother, a Dunlap tragedy repeated many times during these years: 2 letters, 1864, regarding members of the Dunlap family of Jennings Gap, Augusta Co., Virginia. May 20th, 1864, Confederate soldier Robert B. Dunlap to his mother Margaret Dunlap, written from camp near Spotsylvania Courthouse; describes aftermath of battle, seeing battlefield covered with dead and wounded. July 13, 1864, Adam Dunlap, a Union loyalist, to his brother Robert, from Warnsburg, Missouri; discusses murder of their brother Jim (also a Union loyalist) by a member of his own unit; encourages Robert to "change your way of thinking." 

Brigadier General John Dunlap Stevenson soldier, born in Staunton, Virginia, 8 June, 1821. He spent two years in the College of South Carolina, was graduated in law at Staunton in 1841, and in 1842 began practice in Franklin county, Missouri. He organized a volunteer company in 1846, and served in General Stephen W. Kearny's invasion of New Mexico. After his return he removed to St. Louis, was frequently a member of the legislature, president for one term of the state senate, and in 1861 was an earnest supporter of the Union. In that year he raised the 7th Missouri regiment, and during the siege of Corinth commanded the district of Savannah. He then led a brigade in Tennessee, was made brigadier-general of volunteers, 29 November, 1862, served in the Vicksburg campaign, and made a charge at Champion Hill that broke the enemy's left flank. He led a successful expedition to drive the Confederates from northern Louisiana, commanded the district of Corinth, and then occupied and fortified Decatur, Alabama On 8 August, 1864, being left without a command, he resigned; but he was re-commissioned and given the district of Harper's Ferry. During the reconstruction period he was in charge of northern Georgia. At the close of the war he was made brevet major-general of volunteers, and in 1867, for his services at Champion Hill, brevetted brigadier-general in the regular army, in which he had been commissioned a colonel on 28 July, 1866. He left the army in 1871, and has practiced law in St. Louis. 

Brigadier General Henry Clay Dunlap Col., Third Regiment, Kentucky Volunteers. In November 1863 ,Henry served in the Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign at Chickamauga Creek Mission Ridge, where he gallantly led the Third Kentucky in a charge up the ridge, carrying the Union flag, under heavy fire, until the Ridge was captured. (US Military Archives, War of the Rebellion, 1890). Col., 3rd Regt. Kentucky Volunteer Infantry  Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865 

 Brigadier General James Dunlap Capt., US Volunteers, Quartermaster Dept.Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865 

Brigadier General Dixon, William Dunlop   Lt. Col., 6th Regt. Reserves Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

 Cyrus Dunlap Pvt 54th Massachusetts sworn in at Reedville, Ma May 13, 1863 medical discharge on 4th June 1865. enlisted at the age of 25 after being laborer in Pittsburgh, Pa. Cyrus fought at Olustee, Honey Hill and at Fort Wagner.  The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit was the second African-American regiment, following the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment, organized in the northern states during the Civil War. Authorized by the Emancipation Proclamation, the regiment consisted of African-American enlisted men commanded by white officers. The 54th Mass was immortalized by  the movie Glory, and a Dunlap was among them.                                                  Merito! 

James H Dunlap Mr. Dunlap served a year in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting in September 1861 in Company G, Forty-sixth Indiana Infantry. He participated in the engagements at New Madrid, Island No. 10, Fort Pillow and St. Charles. After receiving an honorable discharge he returned to his home. In 1867 he located on his farm on section 5, Tippecanoe Township, where he has a pleasant home, and fifty acres of choice land. 

William Thomas Dunlap son of James Dunlap and Mary (Henry) Reid, was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, June 18, 1842. He was quite young when the family came to West Newton, where he was educated in the public schools. He became an expert in coke manufacture, and for several years was manager for the Laughlin Coke Company, later for Reid Brothers at Dunbar, Pennsylvania. In politics he was a Republican, but never held public office; was a man of quiet tastes and loyal to his family and friends. He died in 1887. He served during the entire period of the civil war, enlisting August 15, 1861, in Company H, Forty-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, under Captain Bayard and Colonel Bayard. After his three years of service expired he re-enlisted and served until the surrender at Appomattox. He saw hard, continuous service with his regiment, engaging in the following battles: Drainsville, Falmouth, Harrisburg, Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain, Thoroughfare Gap, Fredericksburg, Leedstown, Sheppardstown, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Muddy Run and Culpeper. He was taken prisoner and for three months confined in Libby Prison and four months on Belle Isle before being exchanged. He received an honorable discharge and returned to his home. He married, in 1870, Josephine Stauffer.

 Major William Simpson Dunlop, commanded the sharpshooter battalion which was formed from the fine old South Carolina brigade which had been commanded first by  Gregg and then by Samuel McGowan. Each of the five regiments in the brigade--1st, 12th, 13th, and 14th Infantry and Orr’s Rifles—contributed about three dozen men to the new battalion. "Captain William S. Dunlop of the 12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment permanently revitalized the Battalion in 1864.  The battalion continued to serve the Army of Northern Virginia until Captain Dunlop was wounded and captured at Amelia's Courthouse during the retreat from Richmond in April 1865.  The remainder of the sharpshooters found their own way to Appomattox, many were present for the surrender; others defied surrender and silently withdrew to their homes".     Dunlop sought such qualities as "intelligence, sound judgment . . . marksmanship . . . unfaltering courage."  Author of the book " Lee's Sharpshooters" in 1889 detailing the experiences of the brigade from Spotsylvania through Appomattox Courthouse.  They had become Lee’s shock troops, situated where Dunlop’s subtitle put them: "At the Forefront of Battle."
Veteran of Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Hanover Junction. Petersburg, Longbridge, Fussell's Mill, Ream's station, Hatcher's Run, Southerland Station.  

  Lt Colonel William Dunlap Simpson, lawyer of Laurens, S.C. Oct 1823- Dec 26 1890.  Served during the Civil War with the 14th South Carolina Infantry Regiment in Gregg's/McGowan's Brigade at 2nd Bull Run (where he assumed command), Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. He resigned his commission in 1863 to serve in the Confederate Congress (1863-1865).  In 1876, he was S.C. lieutenant governor from 1876-1878 and, in 1878, was acting governor until he became chief justice of the state Supreme Court from 1880 until his death.  Owner of a plantation in Laurens, SC, he married Jane E. Young, daughter of Henry Clinton Young (b. 1794), lawyer of Laurens, S.C., and Lucy Melissa Young (1802-1874).  William and Jane's children included William Dunlap, Jr., and Ernest, both lawyers, and John W., who was a banker in Spartanburg S.C., Greensboro, N.C., and Tennessee. 

Captain Bryant Green Dunlap. 1833-1867 (Assistant Quartermaster) of the 26th Regiment of North Carolina Troops known as the "Chatham Independent Guards." Captain Dunlap was born in 1833 in Chatham County, N. C. He graduated from the Pennsylvania Medical College. At the outbreak of the war he was a physician in Moore County, N. C. but returned to his native county to enlist into the Chatham Independent Guards, which would become Co. E of the 26th Regiment of North Carolina. On May 28th, 1861 he was appointed as regimental Quartermaster and transferred to the Field and Staff of the regiment.
He subsequently served as a Private in Co. E (The Vance Troop) of the 5th Regiment N. C. Calvary (63rd NCT). On October 29th, 1862 he was appointed as Hospital Steward for the 5th Cavalry and transferred to the Field and Staff of that regiment. While serving in one of the field hospitals he helped treat the wounds of Col. John R. Lane of the 26th and other members of his old troop after the battle of Gettysburg. In June of 1865 he was reported as a paroled prisoner in Richmond, Va.; likely serving in one of the military hospitals in that city after its April evacuation. Dunlap resumed his medical practice in Moore County after the war; however a wartime injury caused his early death in 1867. He is buried in the Short Family Cemetery in Moore County, North Carolina. 

John Dunlop  Born in England in 1833. He was related to a major Petersburg tobacco family and enlisted there on April 25 1861 as a private in Co. C, 12th Virginia Infantry. He was apparently known as ‘English John’ because of his accent. On May 28 1862 he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant and became ADC to General Lewis Armistead:  In a dispatch to HQ July 14. 1862 Armistead writes: "My staff officers - Captain J.W.Pegram, assistant adjutant-general; Lieutenant J.D.Darden, aide-de-camp; Lieutenant W.L.Randolph, ordnance officer, and my volunteer aides, Lieutenant John Dunlop and the Rev.J.E. Joyner, chaplain of the Fifty-seventh Virginia - did all that men could do and did it well. Lieutenant Dunlop was especially much exposed in carrying orders."
Dunlop resigned on February 7 1863. After the war he was a lawyer and served as counsel to Louis Ginter, a famous Richmond tobacconist. He died in 1901.

Source: www.americancivilwar.org.uk

David Crockett Dunlap Pvt. (David) Crockett Dunlap, who was an original member of the 1st Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company M - Sumter Light Infantry. The company was organized at Trinity County Texas, and was mustered into Confederate Service at Sumter, Texas on 5 May 1862 under Captain Howard Ballenger. Crockett was wounded at Gettysburg on 2 July 1863, and again on 19 September 1863 at Chickamauga. After the second wound, his leg had to be amputated, and he was discharged from military service for disability. It is said that he was in ill health for the rest of his life. He and his wife Mary McNeil had at least one son, George Clinton Dunlap, and eight grandchildren. (Military information from "Hood's Texas Brigade: A Compendium", 1977 by Col. Harold B. Simpson, Hill Junior College Press. ISBN #912172-22-3 Library of Congress #77-91396.)
Crockett's father John C. Dunlop came from Tennessee around 1834 to fight in the War for Texas Independence. He served in the Texas Volunteer Militia, 2nd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, under Capt. B.P. Hardin. (According to an acquaintance in the Sons of the Republic of Texas, the Texas Militia later became the Texas Rangers.) As a result of his service, he was given a land grant by the newly formed Republic of Texas in Trinity county, and settled there with his wife Georgia to start their family. All seven of John's children were born as Dunlap's in either the Republic of or the State of Texas. (submitted by Clan Dunlop Texas Commissioner David Dunlap) 

John Nelson Dunlap. 1845-1942. John was a scout for the famous "Morgan's Raiders" who raided as far North as New Castle , Pa. and West Point, Ohio.  

Morgan's Raid was a diversionary incursion by Confederate cavalry into the Union states of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia during the American Civil War. The raid took place from June 11 to July 26, 1863, and is named for the commander of the Confederate troops, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan. The raid covered more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km), beginning in Tennessee and ending in northern Ohio. Picture is of captured Scouts of the Raiders