BERRY (VETERAN CSA), HUGH SAMUEL - Madison County, Arkansas | HUGH SAMUEL BERRY (VETERAN CSA) - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Hugh Samuel BERRY (VETERAN CSA)

Alabam (Old Alabam) Cemetery
Madison County,
Arkansas

CAPTAIN
Company A
4th Regiment Arkansas Infantry
Civil War
Confederate States Army
September 10, 1831 - January 10, 1863

Parents:
William Martin Berry (1802 - 1863)
Margaret Buchanan Stovall Berry (1808 - 1874)
Spouse:
Nancy Margaret Tucker Berry (1839 - 1895)


Killed in the Huntsville Massacre

While home on leave, he was killed along with his father and others during the Huntsville Massacre. Information provided by Paul Andrews

The Huntsville Massacre:
In the early morning hours of January 10, 1863, nine of the arrested men were taken from where they were being detained by members of Company G, 8th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Elias Briggs Baldwin. Those men were Chesley H. Boatright, William Martin Berry, Hugh Samuel Berry, John William Moody, Askin Hughes, John Hughes, Watson P. Stevens, Robert Coleman Young, and Bill Parks. Of the nine, Hugh Samuel Berry and Askin Hughes were soldiers, both being captains in the Confederate Army and home on leave. John William Moody was a Confederate officer with the Fourth Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry and a former US Marshal, and William Martin Berry was a son-in-law to Isaac Murphy. All were shot, with eight being killed. Bill Parks was left for dead, but survived the shooting and later moved to Mississippi.

Source: Wikipedia, Encyclopedia of Arkansas

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Information submitted by vaughnphillips@yahoo.com

The Huntsville Massacre took place on my 2nd great-grandmother's farm.
1) The family and military connections for Askin Hughes and John Hughes are unknown. It is thought they could have been from Eastern Washington County and possibly cousins to the Berrys.
2) John William Moody was a deputy US Marshall, nephew-in-law to Chesley Boatright, enumerator of the 1860 census, and Confederate Army Capt. home on leave.
3)William Martin Berry (my husband's 2nd great-grandfather) and the father of Hugh Berry, both shot on the Vaughn farm on Jan 10 1863. William Martin Berry was the brother of Senator John Berry. Senator John Berry's son, James, married Isaac Murphy's daughter, Malilla Murphy.
4) William Martin Berry (1802-1863) was not the son-in-law of Isaac Murphy (1799-1882. Their children married.

Contributed on 8/5/10 by tslundberg
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Submitted: 8/5/10 • Approved: 2/3/20 • Last Updated: 8/22/23 • R355596-G0-S3

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