Reuben Philander Campbell (1818 - 1862)

Born 16 Apr 1818 in Iredell County, North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Died 27 Jun 1862 at age 44 in Gaines Mill, Hanover County, Virginia, USA

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Colonel Reuben Philander Campbell was Killed in Action during the War Between the States.

BIography

Colonel Reuben Philander Campbell served in the United States Civil War.
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 7th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

West Point Graduate, class of 1840.^[1] Colonel of the 7th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate Army.^[2] Killed in June 1862 at Gaines Mill, Hannover County, Virginia during the Battle of Cold Harbour.^[3] Memorial Marker at Snow Creek Cemetery.

Notes: "The Seventh Regiment, having been the first engaged and having remained continuously under heavy fire, suffered most severely in officers men. Its colonel [Reuben P. Campbell], who might justly be classed among "the bravest of the brave," fell while bearing in his hand the colors of his regiment. Brave and honorable as a man and skillful as an officer, his loss to the brigade was irreparable."^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ #WestPoint
2. ↑ Campbell, Reuben P, 7th North Carolina Infantry, National Archives, 29 records, accessed May 5, 2022.
3. ↑ #WestPoint
4. ↑ report of Laurence O'Bryan Branch detailing the Battle of Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, June 1862, series 1 volume 11, page 881, Link

• Find A Grave: Memorial #27031792 Colonel Reuben Philander Campbell.
• "North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XK69-YZ9 : 7 December 2014), Reuben P Campbell, 1861; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Seventh Infantry, NARA microfilm publication M270 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 171.

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• West Point graduates of the class of 1840, Link