Charles Anthony Heard

  General Notes:

All of Charles’ brothers served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. After it was decided that the Confederacy was a lost cause, it was agreed that Charles might be better off to join the Union Army which he did. He was a teamster under Captain Steele, was captured near Malvern, Arkansas and taken to a prison camp (called Island 10) in Texas. He was later released by reason of illness (dysentery) and died soon after en route home. Place of death and burial is unknown but believed to be in Louisiana. A letter from his brother, Benjamin Craven Heard, to his father and mother, dated September 11, 1876, indicated that Charles died on the Bevil Road, six miles from Bevil. The men who lived were carried to a camp of retribution near New Orleans, Louisiana and exchanged.

  Life Events:

1. Occupation: Farmer.