Charles Evans Wingo

From Amelia County, he went to Richmond in 1859 and was a clerk in a wholesale grocers and a retail dry-goods store. On 21 April 1861, then age 25, he mustered as Private, First Company, Richmond Howitzers Light Artillery.

He was wounded by a gunshot to his right forearm and elbow in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was still away from the battery recovering from wounds to at least March 1863 and probably never returned due to paralysis of his elbow joint. He was retired to the Veteran Reserve Corps by a medical board at Farmville, VA on 21 September 1864 and posted as an enrolling officer in Amelia County, VA.

He was in various wholesale business in Richmond, and was later partner in his own firm as Wingo, Ellett & Crump.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and Wallace.2 Personal details from a sketch in Brock's Virginia and Virginians (Vol. II, 1888). His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Sarah Everett "Sally Belle" Knight (1855-1947) in December 1878 and they had 4 children.

07/12/1843; Amelia County, VA

03/20/1911; Richmond, VA; burial in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA