William Ashmead Courtenay

b. February 4, 1831
Charleston, South Carolina
S son of Edward Smith Courtenay and Elizabeth Storer Wade.
d. March 17, 1908 (aged 77)
Columbia, South Carolina
Political party - Democrat
Married to Julia Ann Francis
Children:
Mrs. J.M. Bateman, Mrs. L.M. Barnwell, Rev. Carlisle Courtenay, St. John Courtenay, Ashmead Courtenay, Campbell Courtenay
Profession: Publisher and journalist, 46th Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, 2 terms from 1879 - 1887
William Ashmead Courtenay joined the Confederate States Army in Charleston, South Carolina 1861. He was mustered into the 8th South Carolina Infantry, Company B, with the rank of Second Lieutenant. Courtenay served for the duration of the war and served as a war correspondent for the ‘Charleston (S.C.) Mercury.”

Courtenay was at the Battle of Honey Hill on November 30, 1864. He was well versed in artillery and later wrote a first-person account of the battle titled “Heroes of Honey Hill. Magnificent Work of the Field Artillery.”

Because Courtenay specifically was concerned with field Artillery, he did not mention Co. Charles Jones Colcock and others. He did, however, include the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery (Stuart’s Battery), the Lafayette Artillery (Kanapaux’s Battery), and the Furman Light Artillery (Earl’s Battery),

His manuscript was later published in Volume 26 of the Southern Historical Society Papers 1898. You may read his full account of the battle at the following link.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Southern_Historical_Society_Papers/V... .