 1839 - 1918 (78 years)
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| Name |
Cary Breckinridge [1, 2] |
| Title |
Col. |
| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Born |
5 Oct 1839 |
Botetourt, Virginia, USA  [3, 4] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth |
5 Oct 1839 |
Catawba, Botetourt, Virginia, USA [4] |
| Exact location unknown |
| Residence |
1850 |
Botetourt, Virginia, USA [3] |
| _MILT |
Colonel, Cavalry, Confederate Army |
| Burial |
1918 |
Godwin Cem, Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, USA [4] |
| Buried |
1918 |
Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, USA [4] |
| Died |
11 May 1918 |
Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, USA [4] |
| Person ID |
I407 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Father |
Cary Breckinridge, b. 13 Feb 1796, Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, USA , d. 25 Mar 1867, Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, USA (Age 71 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Emma Walker Gilmer, b. 18 Jul 1807, Henry, Virginia, USA , d. 1893 (Age 85 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Married |
25 Nov 1830 |
Liberty, Bedford, Virginia, USA |
| Family ID |
F255 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary Virginia Caldwell, b. 21 Jul 1840, d. 23 Dec 1921 (Age 81 years) |
| Married |
27 Jun 1866 [5] |
| Notes |
- They were married by Rev. Mr. Lindsley at "Brierfield", West Virginia.
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| Children |
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| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Family ID |
F292 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 5 Oct 1839 - Botetourt, Virginia, USA |
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 | Birth - Exact location unknown - 5 Oct 1839 - Catawba, Botetourt, Virginia, USA |
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| Residence - 1850 - Botetourt, Virginia, USA |
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 | Burial - 1918 - Godwin Cem, Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, USA |
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 | Buried - 1918 - Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, USA |
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| Died - 11 May 1918 - Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, USA |
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| Notes |
- Cary Breckinridge, Jr. Breckinridge entered the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington in 1856. He was an unexceptional student and graduated eighteenth in a class of forty-one on 4 Jul 1860, but during his final year at VMI he served as cadet second lieutenant and ranked first in his class in infantry tactics.
Breckinridge and all four of his brothers fought for the Confederacy, and three of them died. A diary kept by their sister Lucy Gilmer Breckinridge between 1862 and 1864 recorded the constant worry and grief experienced by the family on the home front. Cary Breckinridge enrolled as second lieutenant of the Botetourt Dragoons on 17 May 1861. On 30 Jan 1862, he was elected captain of Company C, 2nd Regiment Virginia Cavalry, and less than three months later, on 24 Apr 1862, he received a major's commission. Breckinridge was an aggressive combatant and during the course of the war reportedly had five horses shot from under him. At the Second Battle of Manassas, on 30 Aug 1862, he suffered a saber cut to his face, the first of his five war wounds. Breckinridge was captured at Kelly's Ford on 17 Mar 1863, and briefly imprisoned in the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C. After he was exchanged and enjoyed a week of recuperation at home he returned to his regiment. In Jan 1865 Breckinridge was promoted to lieutenant colonel retroactive to 7 Dec 1864. During the waning days of the war he was promoted to brigadier general, but having never held that rank in battle he refused to claim it later in life.
Physically imposing and from a prominent family, Breckinridge remained active in Conservative Party and Democratic Party politics. He served in the House of Delegates 1869-1871 and served as the superintendent of public schools for Botetourt County from 1886 until 1917. [source:http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Breckinridge_Cary_1839-1918]
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| Sources |
- [S94] Melissa Ward (sarafina@delcarsdungeon.com), Papers left to her grandson, CHL III.
- [S116] Seldens of Virginia Vol 1, Page 105.
- [S189] 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: National Archives and Records Administration;), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Botetourt, Virginia; Roll: M432_936; Page: 147A; Image: .
Cary Breckenridge,
Emma W.,
Mary A.,
Peachy G.,
James,
Carey,
Eliza W.,
Lucy G.,
John H.,
Emma J.,
George W.
- [S57] Find A Grave.
- [S74] Internet, http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Breckinridge_Cary_1839-1918.
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