John B. Gordon Memorial Camp No. 1449

Ancestors of Edward Cunningham

Captain Robert B. Hicks

Robert Hicks (2nd Great Uncle) was born in South Carolina on 31 December 1832. He was one of three brothers from Roswell, Georgia that would serve in War of Southern Independence. He enlisted on 31 May 1861 in Cobb County, Georgia into the 'Roswell Guards,' Company H, Seventh Georgia infantry. At the time of his enlistment he was given the rank of 3rd Sergeant. Soon after he was promoted to full 2nd Lieutenant on 25 September 1861 and finally to Captain on 12 May 1862. Captain Hicks was later seriously wounded in the course of the war and was mustered out of service on 15 February 1865.

The 7th Georgia along with the 8th, 9th, 11th, and 59th made up Gen. 'Tige' Anderson's Brigade in Hood's Division of Longstreet's Corps.The Seventh Georgia Infantry Regiment was formed in May, 1861, at Atlanta, Georgia, and in June moved to Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. Assigned to Colonel F. S. Bartow’s Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah, it was active in the fight at First Manassas.IRon April 1861, the regiment had 611 effectives and served under the command of General G. T. Anderson until the end of the war. It participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Day’s Battles to Cold Harbor, except when it was detached with Longstreet at Suffolk, in Georgia, and at Knoxville. The 7th was not involved in the Battle of Chickamauga. It was active in the long Petersburg siege south and north of the James River and later the Appomattox Campaign.

Private John W. Hicks

John Wilson Hicks (2nd Great Uncle) was born in August 1837 in Cobb County, Georgia. ON 31 May 1861 he enlisted in Company H, 7th Georgia Infantry called the 'Roswell Guards.' John W. Hicks mustered out on 9 April 1865 at Appomattox Court House. He finally ended up in Saline County, Arkansas where he died 3 July 1918.

William D. Hicks

William Hicks (2nd Great Uncle) was born on 10 March 1835 in Georgia. In September 1862 he enlisted in Company B, of the 1st Georgia State Troops in Graysville, Georgia. He survived the war and later died in Fulton County, Georgia.

Private William P. Martin

On 5 July 1862, William Parks Martin (Great Grand Father) enlisted as a private in the Seventh Battalion Cavalry in Clay County, North Carolina when he was 25 years old. The unit skirmished in Tennessee and Kentucky until August 1863 when its six companies were reorganised into the 65th North Carolina Regiment. Private Martin was transferred to Company F of the 65th Regiment. The regiment fought at Chickamauga, then with other troops in Dibrell's Brigade gave support to Longstreet at Knoxville. It was then assigned to the Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. Under this command it saw action at New Bern, near Kinston, and along the Roanoke River. William Martin was wounded in Carter County, Tennessee in October of 1864. He stayed faithful to the service of his country until the surrender. He later died in Cherokee County, North Carolina on 18 March 1911.

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