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Pvt James Syng “Captain” Manly

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Pvt James Syng “Captain” Manly

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
1 Mar 1921 (aged 78)
Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Served during the civil war for Captain Landon's Battalion - ALA INFANTRY, MARRIED MARY JULIA KENT "ROSE" IN 1903..NO CHILDREN BY HER. HOUSE IN DUCK HILL, MISSISSIPPI STILL STANDING....ON BINFORD AVENUE...listed as joining the CSA unit in Alabama 7/8/1862,discharged 4/26/1865 as a Private, from Tuscaloosa Alabama, had at least 7 children by a wife in Alabama, Fannie E. Cogburn Manly married in 1864. The Manly family had 4 plantations, l in Macon, Ms, and 3 in Alabama, Fannie died in 1903.

James was the CEO of the Grenada Compress Company, he is seen here wearing his Civil War Medal, The Southern Cross of Honor given by the Daughters of the Confederacy. This medal was approved by the Confederate Congress in 1862 as an honor on par with the Northern Medal of Honor. Approximately 14,000 received this honor, among the millions who served the Southern Cause, States Rights.

James was given special permission to build a machine to make wooden horse shoe nails for the Confederate Army, a nail that he invented. He was a machinist by trade thru out the civil war. He was 19 at the beginning of the War between the States.


Served during the civil war for Captain Landon's Battalion - ALA INFANTRY, MARRIED MARY JULIA KENT "ROSE" IN 1903..NO CHILDREN BY HER. HOUSE IN DUCK HILL, MISSISSIPPI STILL STANDING....ON BINFORD AVENUE...listed as joining the CSA unit in Alabama 7/8/1862,discharged 4/26/1865 as a Private, from Tuscaloosa Alabama, had at least 7 children by a wife in Alabama, Fannie E. Cogburn Manly married in 1864. The Manly family had 4 plantations, l in Macon, Ms, and 3 in Alabama, Fannie died in 1903.

James was the CEO of the Grenada Compress Company, he is seen here wearing his Civil War Medal, The Southern Cross of Honor given by the Daughters of the Confederacy. This medal was approved by the Confederate Congress in 1862 as an honor on par with the Northern Medal of Honor. Approximately 14,000 received this honor, among the millions who served the Southern Cause, States Rights.

James was given special permission to build a machine to make wooden horse shoe nails for the Confederate Army, a nail that he invented. He was a machinist by trade thru out the civil war. He was 19 at the beginning of the War between the States.




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  • Maintained by: fred rose
  • Originally Created by: Beth Austin
  • Added: Oct 24, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22438028/james_syng-manly: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt James Syng “Captain” Manly (4 Oct 1842–1 Mar 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22438028, citing Duck Hill Cemetery, Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by fred rose (contributor 47745300).