ROLL OF HONOR
The following Florida Veteran is being honored in this project:
1st LT. CHARLES Wesley HENDRY -
WIA - POW
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Age at enlistment: 37
Born: 11 July 1825 in Lowndes County, Georgia
Died: 14 July, 1893 Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida
Final Resting Place: Fort Myers Cemetery, Fort Myers, Florida
Married: (1) Jensie Alderman 10 January, 1842 in Thomas County, Georgia; (2) Vianna Clardy Watts 2 December, 1853 in Hamilton County, Florida; (3) Jane Louise Brown Mansfield 9 January, 1866 in Bartow, Polk County, Florida.
Attributes: and 6', grey eyes, dark skin, black hair.
Lived in Tampa and served in Captain Durrance's Company during the Seminole War of 1856.
He enlisted 6/6/1861 at Tampa and was not reappointed 3rd Sgt. on6/10/1862. He appears as 3rd Lt. in late 1862. Sent to Florida to gather recruits and conscripts in June/July 1863. He led the company at Chickamauga 9/20/1863. He was promoted 1st Lt. Nov. 1863. Reported Missing in Action and then as a Prisoner of War captured 25 November 1863 at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee. Had been wounded in the right arm and was hospitalized. Forwarded to Louisville, Kentucky 4 December 1863. He was sent to Johnson's Island POW Camp where he was released on taking the Oath on 6/11/1865, two months after War's end.
Returned after the War to Florida, where he made a living as a cattleman and a 1890 Census for Florida lists him as a Council man of Fort Myers, and was on of the pioneer settlers of Fort Myers, Florida.
He received a Florida Confederate pension #A12109