Individual Details

John Fletcher Wingo, Private, Co. D, 10th Regiment, Alabama Infantry.
The 10th Infantry Regiment was formed in June, 1862, at Montgomery, Alabama and moved to Virginia a month later. The men were raised in the counties of St. Clair, Jefferson, DeKalb, Calhoun and Talladega. It fought with J.E.B. Stuart at Dranesville, then was assigned to General Wilcox's, Perrin's, Sander's and W. H. Forney's Brigade. The 10th Infantry Regiment was prominant in many battles of the Army of Northern Virginia from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, then was active in the Petersburg siege south of the James River and the Appomattox Campaign. It lost 15 killed, 45 wounded, and 6 missing at Dranesville, and mustered a force of 550 men in April, 1862. The unit later served at the Battle of Gaines' Mill, Battle of Frayser's Farm, Maryland Campaign, Battle of Gettsburg, and the engagement at High Bidge with 11 officers and 214 men being present at the surrender.

Source Data: Wingo Researcher Publication "Wingo's of the Civil War 1861-1865, National Archieves, Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Serch Site.

and from the Jacksonville Republic, Jacksonville, Ala. May 1, 1862
Vol. ?, Column 4, page 1, Established 1837, L. W. Grant, Publisher

OBITUARY
Another heroic young man has passed from our midst. With sorrow and deep regret we record the death of our young friend, John Fletcher Wingo, son of Rev. W. S. Wingo of Calhoun Co., Ala. When the call of war was made last year, for volunteers to defend our rights and our country, he responded and gave himself up, to go and meet the invading foe. He was a member of F. Woodruff's company. He went to Virginia and remained there until removed by the hand of Providence, His captain says of him "To much praise cannot be offered in his behalf - a strictly obedient soldier - prompt in the discharge of every duty - respected by his associates and loved by his officers," He was born in Abbeyville District S. C., on the 21st June 1841. He died on the 30th of March 1862, being 20 years, 9 months and 9 days old. He posssed the spirit of every true South Carolinian in regard to our rights and freedom. Served by such a spirit he left the dearments of home and chose rather to suffer affliction with the South, than to enjoy peace for the present, with the loss of liberty in the end. He made profession of religion and joined the M. E. Church South, in September 1860. He died of pheumonia in the Alabama Hospital in Richmond Va. Dr. C. J. Clark surgeon of the hospital says: "He was left here very sick, as the regiment passed through the city, and lived but four days after he entered the hospital." His race is ended and work is done. He rests from his labors, where the clanger of arms and the sound of war are heard no more forever. He has reached the place where:
"No chilling winds and poisonous breath Can reach that healthful shore;
Sickness and sorrow pain and death Are felt and feared no more."
Sleep on n thy quiet house. The last trumpet of the Arch Angel shall awake thee from thy slumber, and call thee up all immortal, all glorious, to join loved ones in the kingdom of God.
R. S.

Birth	21 Jun 1841	Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
Death	30 Mar 1862	Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, USA

Father	Rev Willis Seay WINGO (1802 - 1871)
Mother	Sarah Jane "Elizabeth" WAKEFIELD ( - )
Sibling	Thomas Williams WINGO (1823 - 1900)
Sibling	Alberry Wesley Willis WINGO (1824 - 1880)
Sibling	Peter Moore WINGO (1826 - 1890)
Sibling	William R. WINGO (1828 - )
Sibling	Mary Elizabeth WINGO (1832 - 1862)
Sibling	Jasper Newton WINGO (1834 - 1868)
Sibling	Esther Ann WINGO (1836 - )
Sibling	Sarah Harriet WINGO (1838 - 1882)
Sibling	Willis Crowell WINGO (1842 - 1845)
Sibling	Rosa Catherine "Rosie" WINGO (1845 - 1925)
Sibling	Benjamin Duncan WINGO (1849 - 1938)