Date of birth: 19 May 1840
Date of death: 04 Jun 1938

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Burial Information

Section 10 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0170-13
Status: Occupied

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Veteran Information

Branch: CSA - 11 MS Infantry
War/Campaign: CIVIL WAR

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Notes

Family Members of Gen. Francis Ashbury Howell

Spouse:
Eliza E. Nabers Howell

Children:
Infant Howell
Mary Howell Moore
William Rushing Howell
George Barton Howell
Martha Rosetta Howell
John James Howell
Francis Allen Howell
Eliza Belle Howell
Infant Howell
Joel Walter Howell, M.D.
Infant Howell

Biographical Information

ELEVENTH MISSISSIPPI AT GETTYSBURG.
BY F. A. HOWELL, DURANT, MISS.

I indorse what Comrade W. I. Reid, of Company H, 11th Mississippi Regiment, says in the VETERAN for February, page 66. I was a member of Company F, 11th Mississippi Infantry, and was wounded and disabled for further infantry service in the charge at Gettysburg on the afternoon of July 3. Our regiment did not fall back, but nearly all who survived went forward to the stone fence and were killed or captured. Forty-two of Company F were present that morning, and only; five answered roll call the next morning; eleven were killed or mortally wounded. Most of the Virginia troops, next to our regiment on the left, stopped in a ravine, and I saw some of them there as I dropped back after being wounded.

Capt. T. J. Stokes, of Columbus, Miss., is still alive. He was severely wounded and captured that day. Comrade James T. Jones is living in Starkville, Miss., and will testify that he with my brother, J. J. Howell, and others advanced until they were captured. My brother died in prison at Fort Delaware, Md., September 18, 1864. The troops to our left that stopped were not Mississippians. I was told that they were Virginians. Were they Brockenbrough's troops?

[The above reference to Virginians is not given to reflect upon their courage. Conditions in battle are so varied that the bravest men stop, but are ready to advance as soon as orders are received. This reference is understood simply to designate place and conditions.]

The following appeared below his photo.

F. A. HOWELL, OF DURANT, MISS.,

Brigadier General 1st Brigade Mississippi Division U. C. V. Enlisted in Company F. 11th Mississippi Regiment, August 16, 1861; was severely wounded at Gettysburg, and on that account entered the cavalry service, joining Company A, 6th Mississippi Cavalry, Mabry's Brigade. Chalmer's Division, under General Forrest, and serving with that command to the surrender at Gainesville, Ala., May 19, 1865. He was one of four brothers in the service who survived the war.

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