Capt. John Hampden Brooks, Jr. (CSA)

(special thanks to Sharron Stroud Brittain for the following info) John was born on 6 September 1833 in Edgefield, South Carolina, the son of Col. Whitfield Butler Brooks. He was married twice. His first marriage was to Mary Goodwyn Adams on 24 January 1856. His second marriage was to Jane Margaret Adams on 30 December 1868. John died on 14 November 1911 in Columbia, South Carolina.

Brooks, J. Hampden BATTLE UNIT NAME: 7th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry SIDE: Confederacy COMPANY: G
SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Captain SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Captain ALTERNATE NAME: FILM NUMBER: M381 ROLL 4 PLAQUE NUMBER: NOTES: Company Note - 1 Co. G

The 7th (Nelson's) Infantry Battalion [also called Enfield Rifles] was organized in January, 1862, with eight companies. Some of the men were recruited in Kershaw County. It served in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and was active at Pocotaligo and in the Charleston area. Assigned to Hagood's Brigade, the battalion moved to Virginia in the spring of 1864. Here it was active at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor and in the long Petersburg siege. It ended the war in North Carolina. This unit lost 7 killed and 37 wounded at Pocotaligo, had 3 killed, and 11 wounded at Battery Wagner, and 1 wounded at Deep Bottom. On April 26, 1865, it surrendered. Lieutenant Colonels Patrick H. Nelson and James H. Rion, and Major Lovick W.R. Blair were in command.

Company H - Captain J. Hampden Brooks' Infantry Partisan company was raised by special authority of the Secretary of War on July 14, 1862 with men from Edgefield, Fairfield, Chester, Richland, Abbeville, Greeneville and Newberry. After service from August 1 in Columbia, it applied to be transferred to line service and joined the battalion on October 14. -Contributed by Stephen Wesley Kendall -