Col. (CSA), William Barksdale Tabb

William Barksdale Tabb served as a Colonel of the 59th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate State Army, during the Civil War. He received a commission as a second lieutenant of infantry and advanced steadily until reaching the rank of full Colonel on November 1, 1862. Upon receiving the rank of full Colonel, he was 22 years of age making him one of the youngest full colonels in the Confederate States Army. He was married in Richmond, Virginia, late in the War to Miss Emily S. Rutherford. President and Mrs. Davis among other notables attended the wedding. He was "shot through the thigh" in the trenches before Petersburg, Virginia, on June 15, 1864, (according to the Richmond Examiner for June 20, 1864) and surrendered with General Lee at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. Following the War, he worked as a lawyer.

In a letter received from Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey of Amelia County, Virginia, dated March 30, 1990, she reports the following information.

Following the death of his first wife Colonel Tabb, married Pattie Cocke Masters, the widow of Leander Masters:

(courtesy of George)

Tabb, William B. BATTLE UNIT NAME: 59th Regiment, Virginia Infantry SIDE: Confederacy COMPANY: F&S SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Colonel SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Colonel ALTERNATE NAME: FILM NUMBER: M382 ROLL 54 PLAQUE NUMBER: NOTES: Battle Unit Note - (2d Reg't. of Infantry War Side Note - Wise Legion.)