Biography of Birdine Gunn - Pulaski Co. VA


BIRDINE GUNN - born in Pulaski county, August 5, 1834, and E. Madora LOWMAN,
born in this county, May 3, 1850, were here united in wedlock February 28,
1877. Their four children were born: Ola E. January 5, 1878, Cora L. October
11, 1879; Robert C., September 9, 1881; Ralph B. February 27, 1883. John C.
and Sarah (OWENS) GUNN, both now deceased were the parents of Birdine GUNN,
and his wife is a daughter of Abel and Elizabeth (HARRIS) LOWMAN. Her
parents have been residents of Pulaski county since 1842. Birdine GUNN
entered the Confederate army with rank of third lieutenant in the
Twenty-Fourth Virginia Infantry, Company E. After one year's service he was
promoted to second lieutenant, and four months later received commission as
first lieutenant, which rank he held until he received a captain's
commission. As captain of the company in which he enlisted he then served
till the close of the war. The principal battles in which he took part were
the Seven Days Battle, Fair Oaks, Willamsburg, South Mountain, Second
Manassas and Sharpsburg. He enlisted in 1861, was wounded at Gettysburg in
the left groin, the wound so serious as to keep from the field six months.
He was again wounded at Drurys Bluff, in the left hip, but returned to duty
in forty-five days. He was cared for at the hospital Chimborazo, at
Richmond, in 1864, after his last wound. At the battle of Five Forks, April
1, 1865, he was made prisoner, and sent to Johnsons Island, in Lake Erie,
and there held until the close of the war. He is in partnership with H.L.
STONE, Newbern, in the dry goods business and owns a farm of 200 acres where
he resides in Newbern district. This farm was settled under a grant from
Gov. Patrick HENRY to Hugh PATRICK in Revolutionary days. He devotes it
principally to grazing, and is a breeder of fine cattle. Postoffice address,
Newbern, Pulaski county, Virginia.


Submitted by Janet Randell

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