Civil War trunk of Cpt. James P. Smith

[J. Horace]

This trunk of my great grandfather's was handed down to me full of Civil War letters, books, maps, etc.

 

[Seduzal]

Nice looking trunk, look to me it’s made out of Maple!

 

[Legion Para]

What unit did your great grandfather serve with?

 

[J. Horace]

What unit did your great grandfather serve with?

Started with Rockbridge Artillery and then transferred to staff of Stonewall Jackson.

 

[tbuckley]

James Power Smith was born in New Athens, Ohio about 5 miles from my home. Was his family associated with Franklin College in New Athens?

 

[J. Horace]

James Power Smith was born in New Athens, Ohio about 5 miles from my home. Was his family associated with Franklin College in New Athens?

I will look it up. I have his father's original diary that I have translated over a few year span. He was at the seminary at Hampden-Sydney College when the war broke out and fought for the South while his two brothers, Joe and Frank, fought for the North.

 

[Tom Elmore]

James Power Smith, aide-de-camp with the rank of captain to Lt. Gen. Ewell at Gettysburg, graduated in 1857 from Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and from 1858-1861 attended Union Theological Seminary, Virginia.

 

[J. Horace]

James Power Smith, aide-de-camp with the rank of captain to Lt. Gen. Ewell at Gettysburg, graduated in 1857 from Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and from 1858-1861 attended Union Theological Seminary, Virginia.

Union Theological Seminary was founded in 1812 as the theological department of Hampden–Sydney College, located near Farmville, Virginia, and housed in Venable Hall.

 

[Tom Elmore]

See also: A General Catalogue of the Officers and Alumni of Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1823-1884 (Baltimore, Maryland: The Sun Book and Job Printing Office, 1884). James Power Smith is listed on p. 53. Several chaplains in the Army of Northern Virginia attended this seminary.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101055680282;view=1up;seq=57

 

[Larryh86GT]

Awesome trunk, etc. What a treasure to have from your great grandfather!

 

[James N.]

Capt. James Power Smith is at bottom left between Hunter McGuire and Henry Kyd Douglas.