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{{short description|American military figure}}
{{About|Colonel William B. Tabb of Virginia|other uses}}
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|name = William Barksdale Tabb
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1840|9|11}}
|birth_date = {{birth date|1840|9|11}}
|birth_place = [[Amelia County, Virginia]], [[United States]]
|birth_place = [[Amelia County, Virginia]], [[United States]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|1874|12|4|1840|9|11}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1874|12|4|1840|9|11}}
|death_place = [[Amelia County, Virginia]], [[United States]]
|death_place = [[Amelia County, Virginia]], [[United States]]
|spouse = [[Emily S. Rutherford|Emily S. Tabb]]
|spouse = Emily Sherrard Rutherfoord (m. 1864; d. 1868)<br>Martha Cocke Masters (m. 1872; d. 1923)
|children = 4
|relatives = [[John B. Tabb]] (brother)
|allegiance = {{Flag|Confederate States of America}}
|allegiance = {{Flag|Confederate States of America}}
|branch = {{army|CSA}}
|branch = {{army|CSA}}
|serviceyears = 1862–1865
|serviceyears = 1862–1865
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|commands = [[28th Virginia Infantry Battalion]]<br />[[59th Virginia Infantry]]
|rank = [[File:Confederate States of America Colonel.png|35px]] [[Colonel]]
|rank = [[File:Confederate States of America Colonel.png|35px]] [[Colonel]]
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|commands = [[28th Virginia Infantry Battalion]]<br />[[59th Virginia Infantry]]
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'''William Barksdale Tabb''' (September 11, 1840 – December 4, 1874) was an American lawyer and military officer in the [[Confederate States Army]].
'''William Barksdale Tabb''' was born on September 11, 1840 and died on December 4, 1874 at age 34. He served in the Confederate States Army in the [[59th Virginia Infantry]]. He was the commander of his regiment and is mainly known for being in the Battle of Sayler's creek in which the Confederate States of America lost over 7,000 casualties. William along with his wife had three children in Amelia County, Virginia named Harriet Rutherford Tabb, William Barksdale Tabb Jr. and Sherrard Rutherford Tabb.

==Biography==
Tabb graduated from both [[Virginia Military Institute]] (VMI) and the [[University of Virginia]], and thereafter practiced law. During the Civil War, Tabb first served as a captain on the staff of General [[Henry A. Wise]]. On November 1, 1862, Tabb was promoted to colonel of the [[59th Virginia Infantry]]. He was the commander of his regiment and is mainly known for being in the [[Battle of Sailor's Creek|Battle of Sayler's Creek]] in which the Confederate States sustained over 7,000 casualties.

On May 9, 1873, Tabb served as a second in a [[duel]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]], involving pistols, during which both principals—John B. Mordecai and W. Page McCarthy—were injured.<ref name=may13/><ref name=concluded/> The two principals and four seconds, one being Tabb, were subsequently arrested.<ref name=may13>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103247438/the-latest-news/ |title=The Latest News |newspaper=Staunton Spectator |location=[[Staunton, Virginia]] |page=2 |date=May 13, 1873 |accessdate=June 6, 2022 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606045443/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103247438/the-latest-news/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103247681/the-late-duel/ |title=The Late Duel |newspaper=[[Alexandria Gazette]] |location=[[Alexandria, Virginia]] |page=2 |date=May 13, 1873 |accessdate=June 6, 2022 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606045441/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103247681/the-late-duel/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After Mordecai died, McCarthy was charged with murder, with each of the seconds considered an [[accessory before the fact]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103248029/sad-end-of-the-richmond-duel/ |title=Sad End of the Richmond Duel |newspaper=Staunton Spectator |location=[[Staunton, Virginia]] |page=2 |date=May 20, 1873 |accessdate=June 6, 2022 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606045441/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103248029/sad-end-of-the-richmond-duel/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Tabb and the other seconds spent several days in jail before a judge ruled they could be freed on [[bail]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103248541/the-seconds-in-the-richmond-duel/ |title=The Seconds in the Richmond Duel |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |page=4 |date=July 19, 1873 |accessdate=June 6, 2022 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606045442/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103248541/the-seconds-in-the-richmond-duel/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103248696/the-seconds-in-the-late-duel-bail-grant/ |title=The Seconds in the Late Duel: Bail Granted Them |newspaper=[[Richmond Dispatch]] |location=[[Richmond, Virginia]] |page=1 |date=July 24, 1873 |accessdate=June 6, 2022 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> In January 1874, McCarthy was convicted of [[involuntary manslaughter]], and charges against the seconds were dismissed.<ref name=concluded>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103248969/the-mccarthy-trial-concluded/ |title=The McCarthy Trial Concluded |newspaper=[[Alexandria Gazette]] |location=[[Alexandria, Virginia]] |page=2 |date=January 27, 1874 |accessdate=June 6, 2022 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606045444/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103248969/the-mccarthy-trial-concluded/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The following month, Governor [[James L. Kemper]] granted McCarthy [[executive clemency]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103249110/pardon-for-page-mccarthy/ |title=Pardon for Page McCarthy |newspaper=[[The News Virginian|The Valley Virginian]] |location=[[Staunton, Virginia]] |page=2 |date=February 19, 1874 |accessdate=June 6, 2022 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606045445/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103249110/pardon-for-page-mccarthy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Family==
Tabb was the second of four children born to Thomas Yelverton Tabb (1809–1877) and Marianna Elizabeth Bertrand Archer (1814–1875).<ref name=TYT/> One of his brothers was [[John B. Tabb]], a poet and priest.<ref name=TYT>{{cite web |url=https://tabbfamilyhistory.com/p20.htm#i634 |title=The Tabb Family in the United States: Thomas Yelverton Tabb |website=tabbfamilyhistory.com |accessdate=June 5, 2022 |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606032640/https://tabbfamilyhistory.com/p20.htm#i634 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tabb first married in 1864—he had three children with his first wife: Harriet Rutherford Tabb, William Barksdale Tabb Jr., and Sherrard Rutherford Tabb.<ref>{{cite web|title=VMI Archives|url=http://archivesweb.vmi.edu/rosters/record.php?ID=973|website=Virginia Military Institute|access-date=2016-11-26|archive-date=2016-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127025849/http://archivesweb.vmi.edu/rosters/record.php?ID=973|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tabb Family History|url=http://tabbfamilyhistory.com/p22.htm|website=Tabb Family History|access-date=2016-11-26|archive-date=2016-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127024436/http://tabbfamilyhistory.com/p22.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Allardice, Bruce S., ''Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register'', University of Missouri Press, 2008, {{ISBN|0-8262-1809-1}}.</ref> After the death of his first wife in 1868, Tabb remarried in 1872—with his second wife, Pattie Cocke Masters, he had a daughter, Jennie Masters Tabb.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tabbfamilyhistory.com/p20.htm#i637 |title=The Tabb Family in the United States: William Barksdale Tabb |website=tabbfamilyhistory.com |accessdate=June 5, 2022 |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606032640/https://tabbfamilyhistory.com/p20.htm#i637 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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| NAME = Tabb, William Barksdale
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Confederate Army officer
| DATE OF BIRTH = September 11, 1840
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Amelia County, Virginia, United States]]
| DATE OF DEATH = December 4, 1874
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Amelia County, Virginia, United States]]
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[[Category:University of Virginia alumni]]

Latest revision as of 17:16, 30 April 2024

William Barksdale Tabb
Personal details
Born(1840-09-11)September 11, 1840
Amelia County, Virginia, United States
DiedDecember 4, 1874(1874-12-04) (aged 34)
Amelia County, Virginia, United States
Spouse(s)Emily Sherrard Rutherfoord (m. 1864; d. 1868)
Martha Cocke Masters (m. 1872; d. 1923)
Children4
RelativesJohn B. Tabb (brother)
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States of America
Branch/service Confederate States Army
Years of service1862–1865
Rank Colonel
Commands28th Virginia Infantry Battalion
59th Virginia Infantry
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

William Barksdale Tabb (September 11, 1840 – December 4, 1874) was an American lawyer and military officer in the Confederate States Army.

Biography

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Tabb graduated from both Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and the University of Virginia, and thereafter practiced law. During the Civil War, Tabb first served as a captain on the staff of General Henry A. Wise. On November 1, 1862, Tabb was promoted to colonel of the 59th Virginia Infantry. He was the commander of his regiment and is mainly known for being in the Battle of Sayler's Creek in which the Confederate States sustained over 7,000 casualties.

On May 9, 1873, Tabb served as a second in a duel in Richmond, Virginia, involving pistols, during which both principals—John B. Mordecai and W. Page McCarthy—were injured.[1][2] The two principals and four seconds, one being Tabb, were subsequently arrested.[1][3] After Mordecai died, McCarthy was charged with murder, with each of the seconds considered an accessory before the fact.[4] Tabb and the other seconds spent several days in jail before a judge ruled they could be freed on bail.[5][6] In January 1874, McCarthy was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, and charges against the seconds were dismissed.[2] The following month, Governor James L. Kemper granted McCarthy executive clemency.[7]

Family

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Tabb was the second of four children born to Thomas Yelverton Tabb (1809–1877) and Marianna Elizabeth Bertrand Archer (1814–1875).[8] One of his brothers was John B. Tabb, a poet and priest.[8]

Tabb first married in 1864—he had three children with his first wife: Harriet Rutherford Tabb, William Barksdale Tabb Jr., and Sherrard Rutherford Tabb.[9][10][11] After the death of his first wife in 1868, Tabb remarried in 1872—with his second wife, Pattie Cocke Masters, he had a daughter, Jennie Masters Tabb.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Latest News". Staunton Spectator. Staunton, Virginia. May 13, 1873. p. 2. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "The McCarthy Trial Concluded". Alexandria Gazette. Alexandria, Virginia. January 27, 1874. p. 2. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "The Late Duel". Alexandria Gazette. Alexandria, Virginia. May 13, 1873. p. 2. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Sad End of the Richmond Duel". Staunton Spectator. Staunton, Virginia. May 20, 1873. p. 2. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "The Seconds in the Richmond Duel". The Baltimore Sun. July 19, 1873. p. 4. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "The Seconds in the Late Duel: Bail Granted Them". Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. July 24, 1873. p. 1. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Pardon for Page McCarthy". The Valley Virginian. Staunton, Virginia. February 19, 1874. p. 2. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b "The Tabb Family in the United States: Thomas Yelverton Tabb". tabbfamilyhistory.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  9. ^ "VMI Archives". Virginia Military Institute. Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  10. ^ "Tabb Family History". Tabb Family History. Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  11. ^ Allardice, Bruce S., Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register, University of Missouri Press, 2008, ISBN 0-8262-1809-1.
  12. ^ "The Tabb Family in the United States: William Barksdale Tabb". tabbfamilyhistory.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
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