BARNES, ROBERT T.
(1842~1923)
Robert T. Barnes was born in Alabama in 1842. Nothing is known of his early life. He enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861, as a private. He was part of Hardaway's and Hurt's Battery, McIntosh's Brigade, Alabama Light Artillery. Hardaway's (Hurt's) Battery was organized on June 1, 1861 by Robert A. Hardaway who provided his company with tents, side-arms, and camp equipment at his own private expense. The company was stationed in Manassas until March 1862. From that time, the battery was part of the Army of Northern Virginia. The unit served at Seven Pines, Sharpsburg, Upperville, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Appomattox, and numerous other conflicts. The unit surrendered in 1864 at Appomattox. Robert Barnes came to Texas around 1870. Robert Barnes entered the Texas Confederate Home for the first of four times on October 22, 1914, he was already a widower. He was readmitted for the last time on September 24, 1922, and died July 15, 1923.
Information from: Confederate Home Roster, death certificate, Confederate pension application, familysearch.org, the National Park Service website at itd.nps.gov, and www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/alarty.html.
(1842~1923)
Robert T. Barnes was born in Alabama in 1842. Nothing is known of his early life. He enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861, as a private. He was part of Hardaway's and Hurt's Battery, McIntosh's Brigade, Alabama Light Artillery. Hardaway's (Hurt's) Battery was organized on June 1, 1861 by Robert A. Hardaway who provided his company with tents, side-arms, and camp equipment at his own private expense. The company was stationed in Manassas until March 1862. From that time, the battery was part of the Army of Northern Virginia. The unit served at Seven Pines, Sharpsburg, Upperville, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Appomattox, and numerous other conflicts. The unit surrendered in 1864 at Appomattox. Robert Barnes came to Texas around 1870. Robert Barnes entered the Texas Confederate Home for the first of four times on October 22, 1914, he was already a widower. He was readmitted for the last time on September 24, 1922, and died July 15, 1923.
Information from: Confederate Home Roster, death certificate, Confederate pension application, familysearch.org, the National Park Service website at itd.nps.gov, and www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/alarty.html.
BARNES, ROBERT T.
(1842~1923)
Robert T. Barnes was born in Alabama in 1842. Nothing is known of his early life. He enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861, as a private. He was part of Hardaway's and Hurt's Battery, McIntosh's Brigade, Alabama Light Artillery. Hardaway's (Hurt's) Battery was organized on June 1, 1861 by Robert A. Hardaway who provided his company with tents, side-arms, and camp equipment at his own private expense. The company was stationed in Manassas until March 1862. From that time, the battery was part of the Army of Northern Virginia. The unit served at Seven Pines, Sharpsburg, Upperville, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Appomattox, and numerous other conflicts. The unit surrendered in 1864 at Appomattox. Robert Barnes came to Texas around 1870. Robert Barnes entered the Texas Confederate Home for the first of four times on October 22, 1914, he was already a widower. He was readmitted for the last time on September 24, 1922, and died July 15, 1923.
Information from: Confederate Home Roster, death certificate, Confederate pension application, familysearch.org, the National Park Service website at itd.nps.gov, and www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/alarty.html.
(1842~1923)
Robert T. Barnes was born in Alabama in 1842. Nothing is known of his early life. He enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861, as a private. He was part of Hardaway's and Hurt's Battery, McIntosh's Brigade, Alabama Light Artillery. Hardaway's (Hurt's) Battery was organized on June 1, 1861 by Robert A. Hardaway who provided his company with tents, side-arms, and camp equipment at his own private expense. The company was stationed in Manassas until March 1862. From that time, the battery was part of the Army of Northern Virginia. The unit served at Seven Pines, Sharpsburg, Upperville, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Appomattox, and numerous other conflicts. The unit surrendered in 1864 at Appomattox. Robert Barnes came to Texas around 1870. Robert Barnes entered the Texas Confederate Home for the first of four times on October 22, 1914, he was already a widower. He was readmitted for the last time on September 24, 1922, and died July 15, 1923.
Information from: Confederate Home Roster, death certificate, Confederate pension application, familysearch.org, the National Park Service website at itd.nps.gov, and www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/alarty.html.
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