Individual Details
Jeffrey 'Jesse' PEACE
(30 Apr 1831 - 14 Aug 1862)
Events
| Birth | 30 Apr 1831 | Granville Co., NC |  | ||
| Marriage | 30 Jul 1851 | Benton (now Calhoun) Co., Ala - Margaret Rebecca PRATER | |||
| Military | 3 May 1862 | enlisted in the Calhoun County Company, part of the 48th Alabama Infantry Regiment - Auburn, Lee Co., Ala | | ||
| Military | 9 Aug 1862 | Battle of Cedar Mountain | | ||
| Death | 14 Aug 1862 | Gordonsville, Orange Co., VA | | ||
| Burial | 1862 | Gordonsville, Orange Co., VA | | ||
| Burial | Aft 1862 | Littlejohn Cemetery, Knightens Crossroads, Calhoun Co., Ala | |  |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Rebecca PRATER (1833 - 1906) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Louisa Catherine PEACE (1856 - 1929) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | James Henry 'Fornie' PEACE (1861 - 1936) |
| Father | Living |
| Mother | Living |
| Sibling | James Abner PEACE (1833 - 1864) |
Notes
Birth
From gravestone.Military
Jesse enlisted May 3, 1862 as a Private in a Calhoun County Company, commanded by Captain Moses LEE. At Auburn, Lee County, Alabama this Company became K Company of the 48th Alabama Infantry Regiment on May 22, 1862. The 48th was commanded by Colonel James L. SHEFFIELD of Marshall County, Alabama. A few weeks later the 48th was ordered to Virginia to join the Army of Northern Virginia. The 48th was put in the Stonewall Brigade, commanded by General William B. TALIAFERRO. This Brigade was in Brigadier General John R. JONES' Division. Jones' Division was in Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" JACKSON'S II Corp of The Army of Northern Virginia C.S.A. On August 9, 1862 Jackson, with his 11,000 men, met Union Major General John POPE'S 40,000 men at Cedar Mountain, defeated it, and obliged POPE to regroup. Jesse was mortally wounded that day at The Battle of Cedar Run. This was the first engagement that the 48th would be in, but Jesse's only one. He died on August 14, 1862 in Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia.Military
The Confederates defeated Pope, but Jesse was mortally wounded.Death
From gravestone.Burial
From gravestone.Burial
A cenotaphEndnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13361468.