Birth: Dec. 19, 1835
South Carolina, USADeath: Jun. 9, 1863
Brandy Station
Culpeper County
Virginia, USA
Captain Will Farley, CSA, was a Scout and Voluntary Aide-de-Camp for
General JEB Stuart from May, 1862 - June 9, 1863 during the Civil
War. He was born in Laurenville, South Carolina. He died during the
battle of Brandy Station when a cannon ball severed his right leg.
He dying wish was to be buried with his leg - his old friend he
called it - and in his new great coat and be sent home to his
mother. He was buried in the Ashby family plot in Culpeper and later
his dying wish was granted when he was disinterred and taken back to
his home state of South Carolina on April 27, 2002 and was buried in
the Laurens City Cemetery, Laurens, South Carolina. His brand new
coat was presented to him by the Confederate high command before
Stuart's review of the troops at Brandy Station. However, when he
was disinterred, no brass buttons remained, which dispelled the myth
of 138 years that he was buried with his coat.
(bio by:
Janet Greentree)
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