Joseph Powhatan Minetree

(1839 - 1907)
Home State: Virginia
Command Billet: Regimental Officer
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 41st Virginia Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was appointed 1st Lieutenant, CSA, on 4 October 1861, and was elected Major 3 May 1862. He was wounded at Malvern Hill, and appointed Lieutenant Colonel 15 August 1862.1

In the Antietam Campaign:
It is not certain if he was present on the Maryland Campaign, being absent at least sporadically until April 1863, while recovering. 1 He was probably in command of the Regiment while Colonel Parham commanded the Brigade.

The remainder of the War:
He was wounded again May 6, 1864 at the Wilderness; absent recovering until September.1,2 He was in command and still Lt. Colonel at Appomattox in 1865.2

After the War:
He was later a builder and purchasing agent for the Southern Railway Company. He was President of VMI Board of Visitors from 1882-1884.1

More on the Web:
There is a photograph of him online as a cadet at VMI (not a great image)

Birth Date: 03/20/1839    Place of Birth: Petersburg, VA
College: Virginia Military Institute    Graduating Year: 1859    Class Rank: 16/19
Death Date: 01/25/1907    Death Place: Washington, DC    Burial Place: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC

Notes

1 Virginia Military Institute, and Diane B. Jacob, Head, Archives & Records Management, Virginia Military Institute Archives, Published c.2000, first accessed 01 January 2003, <http://www.vmi.edu/archives/>, Source page: /archives/archiverosters/search.asp [AotW citation 467]

2 US War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (OR), 128 vols., Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1880-1901, various [AotW citation 468]

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