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WHITE Aminett Berkeley

WHITE Aminett Berkeley

Male 1831 - 1884  (53 years)

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  • Name WHITE Aminett Berkeley  [1
    Birth 1831  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Military 16 Oct 1862  Pittsylvania County, VA. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Condederate War 
    • U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
      about Aminett B White
      Name:
      Aminett B White
      Residence:
      Leesville, Virginia
      Occupation:
      Farmer
      Enlistment Date:
      16 Oct 1862 Rank at enlistment:2nd Lieut State Served:Virginia Survived the War?:Yes Service Record:Promoted to Full Jr 2nd Lieutenant on 16 Oct 1862. Commissioned an officer in Company B, Virginia 13th Light Artillery Battalion on 16 Oct 1862. Promoted to Full Sr 2nd Lieutenant on 01 Jul 1863. Death Date:13 Feb 1884 Death Place:At Home, Bow, Pittsylvania Co, VA Sources:The Virginia Regimental Histories Series


      From David Short:
      Hi Guys:

      I went to the Hanover library this A.M. at the court house and found the following from the Civil War Reference Manual for both Confederate and Union regarding operations in N.Va., W. Va., Md and Pa.. The particular volume was for campaigns in and around Lynchburg, Salem and Roanoke.
      The manuals consist of letters or reports. The report with A.B. White was written by Capt. Crispin Dickenson, Ringold(Virginia) Battery, of engagement at Cloyd's Mountain, and skirmish at New River Bridge.
      The location that the report was written was at Gast Mill, near Salem, Va., May 20, 1864.

      I will send you copies of the pages that I made. I was going to e-mail but a review of the documents, in spite of showing up fine on my computer, didn't appear good at all when I previewed before printing.

      The following are the parts leading up to A.B. White's involvement:
      The Capt. writes:

      "Major: In obedience to orders from the colonel commanding, I have the honor to submit the following report taken by my battery in the action of the 9th instance at Cloyd's farm, five miles north of Dublin Depot, and its subsequent operations:
      The first section, composed of two 12-pounder Napoleon guns--the first in charge of Lieut. William P. Robinson, the second in charge of Lieut., A.B. White--was placed in position on the right of the road leading from Dublin to Pearisburg, and near it, and 1,200 or 1,500 yards from the foot of Cloyd's Mountain, commanding said road for that distance. The second section, composed of one- 3-inch rifled gun (iron) and one 12-pounder Napoleon, was put in position and ......................"

      The next page:
      "The second gun, in charge of Lieut. A.B.White, commenced firing about the time Lieutenant Robinson moved his piece to the right at a column of the enemy advancing on our left. For twenty or thirty minutes the fire was kept up with great rapidity, doing good work. The ammunition of the limber being exhausted, the limber of the caisson was ordered to take the place of the limber of the gun, and the latter to take its place, by Lieut A.B. White. The caisson limber not being forth coming, in a few moments Lieut. White went in person to see after it, and found two of the drivers (J.J. Young and William E. Barksdale) refusing to to drive their horses up to the gun. About this time..........."
    Name Amonett  [1
    Death 13 Feb 1884  Brow, Pittsylvania Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Cause: Consumption and Heart problems 
    Notes 
    • U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
      about Aminett B White
      Name: Aminett B White
      Residence: Leesville, Virginia
      Occupation: Farmer
      Enlistment Date: 16 Oct 1862
      Rank at enlistment: 2nd Lieut
      State Served: Virginia
      Survived the War?: Yes
      Service Record: Promoted to Full Jr 2nd Lieutenant on 16 Oct 1862. Commissioned an officer in Company B, Virginia 13th Light Artillery Battalion on 16 Oct 1862. Promoted to Full Sr 2nd Lieutenant on 01 Jul 1863. Death Date:13 Feb 1884
      Death Place: At Home, Bow, Pittsylvania Co, VA
      Sources: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
      The following are the parts leading up to A.B. White's involvement:
      The Capt. writes:

      I went to the Hanover library this A.M. at the court house and found the following from the Civil War Reference Manual for both Confederate and Union regarding operations in N.Va., W. Va., Md and Pa.. The particular volume was for campaigns in and around Lynchburg, Salem and Roanoke.
      The manuals consist of letters or reports. The report with A.B. White was written by Capt. Crispin Dickenson, Ringold(Virginia) Battery, of engagement at Cloyd's Mountain, and skirmish at New River Bridge. The location that the report was written was at Gast Mill, near Salem, Va., May 20, 1864.

      "Major: In obedience to orders from the colonel commanding, I have the honor to submit the following report taken by my battery in the action of the 9th instance at Cloyd's farm, five miles north of Dublin Depot, and its subsequent operations:
      The first section, composed of two 12-pounder Napoleon guns--the first in charge of Lieut. William P. Robinson, the second in charge of Lieut., A.B. White--was placed in position on the right of the road leading from Dublin to Pearisburg, and near it, and 1,200 or 1,500 yards from the foot of Cloyd's Mountain, commanding said road for that distance. The second section, composed of one- 3-inch rifled gun (iron) and one 12-pounder Napoleon, was put in position and ......................"

      The next page:
      "The second gun, in charge of Lieut. A.B.White, commenced firing about the time Lieutenant Robinson moved his piece to the right at a column of the enemy advancing on our left. For twenty or thirty minutes the fire was kept up with great rapidity, doing good work. The ammunition of the limber being exhausted, the limber of the caisson was ordered to take the place of the limber of the gun, and the latter to take its place, by Lieut A.B. White. The caisson limber not being forth coming, in a few moments Lieut. White went in person to see after it, and found two of the drivers (J.J. Young and William E. Barksdale) refusing to to drive their horses up to the gun. About this time..........."

      We have some info on his Civil War service that was acquired before the Internet became so available. He was shown as holding several rankings over the course of the war and possibly with several different units.

      Confederate Army records show that he was actually a Senior Lieutenant in the Ringgold Battery, 13th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery having served from 1862 to 1865. Ringgold is a small Community located East of Danville in Pittsylvania County.

      This was the highest rank that we have been able to document, even though my Mother and Aunt Annie (and Dr. Ramsey, in the pension application) referred to him as Colonel A.B. White. This was apparently a title used to show respect for the veterans, even though it may not have been their actual rank.
    • (Medical):Died at home attended by D4r. C. Dickinson [1]
    Person ID I9981  Booth Family
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2015 

    Mother WHITE Elizabeth H. --LNU--,   b. 1808   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F3333  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family WHITE Ann B. --LNU--,   b. 1832   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. WHITE Algeron,   b. Jan 1854, Pittsylvania County, VA. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. WHITE Ellen V,   b. 1854   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. WHITE Clifford M.,   b. 1858, Pittsylvania County, VA. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. WHITE Mary E.,   b. 1860, Pittsylvania County, VA. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. WHITE Ann B.,   b. 1862, Pittsylvania County, VA. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. WHITE Sarah LaBinda,   b. 1864   d. 1928 (Age 64 years)
     7. WHITE Albert Sydney,   b. 3 Nov 1867, Pittsylvania County, VA. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1944, Pittsylvania County, VA. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     8. WHITE Herbert T.,   b. 1868, Pittsylvania County, VA. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     9. WHITE Fannie B.,   b. 1869   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. WHITE Charlie E.,   b. Abt 1871, Pittsylvania County, VA. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     11. WHITE Edna E.,   b. Abt 1875   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F3332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2010 

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  • Photos
    White: Aminett (Amonett) Berkeley
    White: Aminett (Amonett) Berkeley
    and wife Ann
    White: Aminett Berkeley & Wife
    White: Aminett Berkeley & Wife
    Application for pension by his wife

  • Sources 
    1. [S1113] David Swanson Short, David Swanson Short, (and associated Ancestery files and census Info. Family trees from pgray183 Sandy Level, Virginia (Gray White Crews Fielder and More Family Tree on Ancestry)) (Reliability: 3).