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Abt 1839 - 1863 (24 years)| Name | David HUTCHINSON [1, 2, 3, 4] | |
| Birth | Abt 1839 | Marion Distirct, South Carolina  [1, 5] |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | Good morning, Jackie. It was a pleasure meeting and talking with you this weekend. Thanks for sharing with me your Hutchinson family questions. I hope I have the information you are looking for. I have in my records the 1850 Marion District census, page 34, dwelling 509, family 512, Mary A. Hutchison. She was a widow. In the home with her were: Evaline, age 19; Elizabeth, age 18; John, age 17; Martha, 15; William, 13; David, 11; Robert, age 3. In 1840, the only Hutchison(s)/Hutchinson(s) in Marion besides Lewis was Aaron, his father, shown in a separate household at 80-89 years of age. In 1840, Lewis' household appeared as follows: 3 males less than 5 (John, who would have been 7; William, who would have been 3; David, who would have been 1). 1 female less than 5 (Martha at age 4 or 5). 2 females 5 to 9: (Evaline, age 9; Elizabeth, age 8). Lewis died between 1847 and 1850, as Robert was age 3 in 1850. As you know from my book, David and William died in the War. Mary Ann, their mother, was living with their brother, her son, John, who survived the War, and his wife Mary Jane in 1870 Marion Co., page 215. I also have some seemingly reputable family trees that indicate Lewis was the husband of Mary Ann Hatchel/Hatchell and the father of the above children. The family was not found in 1860, other than John who had married and had 2 children in Marion District. I hope this helps. Please let me know of any questions or comments. Thank you so kindly for purchasing my artillery volume! I will notify you as soon as I receive the cavalry volume; hopefully next week. Herbert Chambers gloryoftheirtimes@aol.com [2] | |
| MILI | Private, Company E - He enlisted at age 23 on 20 March 1862 at Ninott’s Bluff, Charleston Distict, South Carolina. He received a severe leg wound during the evacuation of Battery Wagner and Morris Island on 6 September 1863 and died of his wounds on 13 September 1863 at Charleston District (Compiled Service Records, CW0614). He is found as “D. Hutchinson” in another reference (Broken Fortunes, Kirland, Page 174). The official report of Brigadier-General Roswell Sabine Ripley describes the events leading to David Hutchinson’s wounding. “Batteries Wagner and Gregg had now been held under a continued and furious cannonade by land and sea for fifty-seven days. Most of the guns of the fort were injured; transportation and supply had become most difficult, the possibility of throwing heavy re-enforcements in time to resist and assault by the enemy’s overwhelming forces, out of the question, and the practicability of keeping a sufficient force on the island for the purpose, under the furious cannonade from land and sea without protecting shelter, scarcely less so, it was determined not to subject those brave men - the flower of our force - to the desperate chances of assuult. Orders were accordingly given, on the morning of the 6th (September, 1863), to prepare for evacuation” (Official Records, Series 1, Vol. 28, Chapter 40, Part 1, Page 401). Captain Thomas Abram Huguenin, Chief of Artillery of Battery Wagner during the evacuation, reported the events surrounding David Hutchinson’s wounding. “This (a brisk fire upon the approaching enemy) was kept up until next moring (September 5, 1863) just after daylight, when the enemy opened on us from a battery of four rifled guns, five martars and from the Ironsides, at the rate of 5 to 7 shot and shell a minute. The fire of the enemy was slackened a little during the night, and on the morning of the 6th it was renewed with increased vigor. By this time the artillery was greatly reduced by wounds and deaths, and what remained were nearly exhausted; still they stood nobly to the guns, although not able to reply” (Official Records, Series 1, Vol. 28, Chapter 40, Part 1, Pages 540-541). Captain Hugueni continues. “As soon as the orders were received for the evacuation, I was intrusted by Colonel Keitt to command the rear guard, with the following instructions: To hold Battery Wagner, with a forlorn hope of 35 men, until he had embarked the remainder of the garrison at Cumming’s Point, when he would send me word to the effect, and I would withdraw my men with a little delay and noise as possilbe. The artillery troops consisted of the following companies: Detachment Company A, First South Carolina (Regular) Infantry, Company 1, Lieutenant Wardlaw; Company A. Second Regiment Artillery, Captain Hunter, Company E, Palmetto Battalion Light Artillery, Captain Johnson; Kanapaux’s light artillery, Captain Kanapaux.” (Official Records, Series 1, Vol. 28, Chapter 40, Part 1, Pages 538, 541.) David was mortally wounded on 6 September as a part of the forlorn hope rear guard at Battery Wagner during the enemy’s artillery assault. David had three brothers of military service age (South Carolina 1850 Census, Marion District, Page 34). William Hutchinson served with Co. C, 3rd Palmetto Artillery Battalion and survived (South Carolina 1870 Census, Marion District, Page 210). John Durra Hutchinson served with Co. D, 1st SC Artillery and also survived (South Carolina 1870 Census, Marion District, Page 215). Robert Hutchinson could not be positively identified in a Confederte regiment. They were the brothers of Elizabeth, Eveline, and Martha, and all were the children of Lewis and Mary Ann Hatchell Hutchinson of Marion District, SC (Rising Family of Gaffney SC, Rising, AWT). Secession, sovereignty and self-determination were natural, inherent birthrights to the Hutchinson family, won for them by their Revolutionar War “rebel” ancestors. Private Hutchinson’s great-grandfather, Durra Pilkington, served in the 2nd Virginia Continental Line (Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, Gwathney). His great-grandfather, John Lowry, served in the SC militia after the fall of Charleston on 12 May 1780 (Roster of SC Patriots in the American Revolution, Moss, Page 584); (Ancestors and Related Families of Kevin L. Privette, Privette, AWT); (Rising Family of Gaffney SC, Rising, AWT). Some sources contend Private Hutchinson’s great-grandfather, Robert Hutchinson, was a Patriot soldier in the American Revolution, serving as a Revolutionary soldier in New Jersey (DAR Patriot Index, Millennium Edition, Part 2, Page 1424). His great-great-grandfather, Richard Ely, was also a Patriot soldier in the Revolution, serving as a Revolutionary soldier in New Jersey (DAR Patriot Index, Millennium Edition, Part 1, page 870); (Diane Patricia Higgins, AWT). [6] | |
| _UID | 8C87A7498188495E9936C018643DC0A45F31 | |
| Death | 13 Sep 1863 | Charleston District, South Carolina, due to a leg wound during the evacuation of Battery Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina [7] |
| Person ID | I54925 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 12 Jul 2015 | |
| Father | Lewis HUTCHINSON, b. 1796, Marion District, South Carolina d. 1847-1850 (Age 54 years) | |
| Mother | Mary Ann “Maryan” HATCHELL, b. 3 Jan 1825, Willow Creek, Marion County, South Carolina d. 7 Jun 1882, Kingstree, Williamsburg County, South Carolina (Age 57 years) | |
| _UID | 7145513E7E77460E963E5E5785471FD0D22E | |
| _UID | 7145513E7E77460E963E5E5785471FD0D22E | |
| Family ID | F4453 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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