Robert Allison Hart

Robert Allison Hart N V P B K Y Photo: “Robert Allison Hart”, 1890 Reunion Photo. Hardcopy is in Source Binder. Not Scanned. Born: 8 December 1840.[1823] 4 December 1840.[1824] Married: Isabella Lawson Hart (7 May 1843–19 September 1912) his first cousin, daughter of Robert W. Hart and Betty Ellis.[1825] Her marker reads, “Isabel Lawson Hart/ Born/ May 7, 1843/ Died/ Sept 19, 1912.”[1826] Died: 27 June 1909; buried Warrenton Cemetery.[1827] But, Tuesday (see obit.) was June 29th. One source states that no CSA marker stands at his gravesite.[1828] However, the iron C. S. A. cross leans against the back of Robert’s marker. Mrs. andRobert Allison Hart’s markers face, diagonally across a path, the markers of Mrs. and Strother Seth Jones [BH].[1829] Obituary: “As a reminder of this service for his country he carried with him to the grave a bullet in his right cheek, which he received in the fight at Trevillian, … It is said of him … that there was not a braver soldier in either army than Robt. A. Hart.”[1830] See Obituary Chapter. [See obit Fredericksburg Star 30 June 1909, page 1, column 4.]# Children: Sus – S. S. Jones’s daughter married A. M. Hart, possible son of Robt. A. Hart, per Fauquier Democrat & L. H. Confirm & include. Delete this note if no proof for A. M. being Robt.’s son. “He [was] survived by … two daughters and two sons.”[1831] I think an obit in Jones folder proved that A. M. H. was NOT son of R. A. H. Check*** ##. (2005-09-21). Parents and Siblings: Ann Maria Goodwin and John Rose Hart.[1832] Other Family: His and his wife’s paternal grandparents were Catherine Rose and Robert M. Hart.[1833] [# Add more family info.] Stories, Letters & Biographies: “Monday 6th [April 1863] — … Rob Heart… is at home with a wound received… first day of April.”[1834] “Ed” Armstrong [BH] was wounded at Spotsylvania on May 9th; his father went to Richmond seeking him. Meanwhile, Ed traveled from Spotsylvania to Waterloo, spending at least three nights in homes along the way. The elder Armstrong “brought home [from Richmond] several of the wounded neighborhood boys,” including “Bob Hard,”[1835] i.e., Robert Hart. Apparently, then: Robert Hart was wounded on 1 April; was at home recovering from that wound on 6 April; by 12 May or slightly afterwards, Hart had been wounded again and was at Richmond until the senior Armstrong carried him back to Fauquier. See Stories Chapter under John Edward Armstrong and Sally Alice Armstrong. Hart’s CSR shows that he was wounded in the autumn of that year and again the following summer. The Hart family is mentioned throughout both Ed and Sally Armstrong’s writings; the Harts and the Armstrongs lived near the villages of Waterloo and Jeffersonton and were neighbors. Ed’s memoir in particular discusses the Hart family’s involvement with the old Waterloo Canal. [# See newspaper clipping by him in Carr Scrapbook.][1836] “At the surrender at Appomattox I was at home on horse detail. On my return trip to the Company, I met it at Madison Courthouse. They had refused to surrender.”[1837] See Stories Chapter under John Edward Armstrong. [NOTE:Rv this pointer. duplicates above] “R. A. Hart remembers George Markell in action at the battle of Trevillian Station.”[1838] See Stories Chapter under George H. Markell. CSR: 6’3”, light complexion, dark hair, light eyes; enlisted 25 April 1861; wounded 11 October 1863 Stevensburg; wounded in face June 1864 Trevillian; furloughed 7 July 1864 for 60 days; Charlottesville Hospital 13 June 1864; paroled 4 May 1865 Winchester. Additional Information: Private.[1839] Discharged 5 April 1865.[1840] He was said to be “the tallest man in the command,”[1841] though Nimrod Milton Green [BH] was one inch taller according to their Compiled Service Records. Excerpt from page 54[1842]: ”… belonged to the original detachment of fifteen from the 1st Virginia Cavalry, while Hart, a member of Company H, 4th Virginia Cavalry, the “Black Horse Troop,” was home on furlough …” Mosby’s Rangers by Wert.[1843] Fix excerpt and citation.