William "Bill" Pruett

Other Events:

• Military: 2 Aug 1862, Tazewell County, Virginia; Civil War

Notes:

Military:
Enlisted as a Private on 02 August 1862; Enlisted in Company H, 29th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 02 August 1862; On rolls on 15 February 1863; Hospitalized on 15 March 1863; On rolls on 15 April 1864; On rolls on 15 December 1864

Enlist Date 02 August 1862
Residence Tazewell County, Virginia
Enlist Rank Private
Discharge Rank Private
State Served Virginia
Company H Unit 29 Virginia Infantry

29th Regiment, Virginia Infantry was authorized in November, 1861, and was to contain seven companies under Colonel A.C. Moore and three companies at Pound Gap. However, this organization never took place. Moore's five companies from Abingdon and companies raised in the spring of 1862 evidently made up the nine-company regiment. It was assigned to the Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia, then moved to Kentucky where it was engaged at Middle Creek. Later it saw action in Western Virginia and for a time served in North Carolina under General French. In March, 1863, it totaled 732 men. Attached to General Corse's Brigade the unit participated in Longstreet's Suffolk Expedition and during the Gettysburg Campaign was on detached duty in Tennessee and North Carolina. In the spring of 1864 it returned to Virginia and took its place in the Petersburg trenches north and south of the James River and ended the war at Appomattox. Many were lost at Sayler's Creek, and only 1 officer and 27 men surrendered on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels James Giles and Alfred C. Moore; Lieutenant Colonels Alexander Haynes, William Leigh, and Edwin R. Smith; and Majors Ebenezer Bruster, William R.B. Horne, and Isaac White.

Others in this unit were Calvin C. Pack



Died:
Civil War Veteran Answers Last Call After Months of Illness

Maxwell, Va., Jan. 23 - Mr. Bill Pruett, one of Tazewell's well known citizens, died at the home of his daughter, on Tuesday night, January the 8th. he was about 83 years of age, and had been ill since last fall. He was taken sick at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Margaret Bandy, on Dicks Creek, and on Saturday before New Years, he was brought to his daughter's at Maxwell, where he only lived a short while. He leaves a son and three daughters to mourn his loss, Mr. Dudley Pruett, of Baptist Valley; Mrs. John Long, of Maxwell; Mrs. Margaret Bandy of Dicks Creek, besides a number of grand children and great grand children. His wife died about 13 years ago. Mr. Pruett was a soldier in the Civil War. He was greatly loved by all that knew him. He always met you with a smile. He joined the Christian church in 1917 and was baptized by Rev. J.S. Meadows. The funeral service was held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. Harvie Bowling, of this place, and the remains were laid to rest in the Maxwell graveyard, where it was his desire to be laid to rest.

William married Nancy "Nannie" J. Earls on 28 Nov 1865 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Nancy (daughter of Samuel Earls and Amanda Melvina "Mandy" Delong) was born in Sep 1843 in Floyd County, Virginia, USA; died in Aug 1910 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Louise Isabel Pruett was born in 1861 in Tazewell County, Virginia.
2. Margaret "Maggie" Pruett was born in Feb 1875 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 05 Apr 1959 in Tazewell County, Virginia.
3. Earl Pruett was born in in Tazewell County, Virginia.
4. Sallie Pruett was born in 1876 in Tazewell County, Virginia.
5. James Pruett was born in May 1878 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died in Jun 1901 in Tazewell County, Virginia.
6. William D. Pruett was born in Apr 1880 in Tazewell County, Virginia.
7. Kate Pruett was born in May 1880 in Tazewell County, Virginia.
8. Dudley W. Pruett was born in 1881 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died after 1924.
9. Charles Linden Pruett was born on 01 May 1884 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died in Feb 1916.
10. Nancy Lou "Nannie" Pruett was born in Jul 1889 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 10 May 1956.

Archibald married Elizabeth E. Brewster. Elizabeth was born in 1817 in Wythe County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]