February 2022
Scott, a 6th Va. Cavalry veteran.
William Scott is my greatgrandfather. Family lore has it that there were so many saloons on Commerce Street and, since drunks roamed the streets, the good ladies of the town were hesitant to shop there. So they purchased the building at 1002 Main Street (now Caroline Street) which connected with their first building in the rear.
After that, the ladies could shop there without concerns about the inebriated citizenry.
We now know the rest of the story, that it was through the kindness of a Marylander.
Excerpt from the book, Confederate Military History; a library of Confederate States History, by Clement Anselm Evans.
Captain Hugh S. Doggett, of Fredericksburg, Va., a venerable veteran of the army of Northern Virginia, is the son of Lemuel Doggett, a soldier of the war of 1812. The latter married Sarah Meredith Doggett, and three of their children survive: L. B. Doggett, of Chicago, late a private of the Thirtieth Virginia regiment; James M. Doggett, of Spotsylvania county, and Captain Hugh S. Doggett.
The latter was born at Fredericksburg, May, 1816, and was reared there and in that vicinity until he was sixteen years old, when he entered upon an apprenticeship.
After learning his trade he was thrown out of employment during the financial crisis of 1837, and failing to find work in Baltimore and other cities, he embarked in the grocery trade, which has been his steady occupation during the past sixty years, except when in the Confederate service.
On November 28, 1844, he was married to Sarah A., daughter of William Burress, of Caroline county. From his eighteenth (18th) year Captain Doggett was a member of the volunteer company at Fredericksburg, which became Company B of the Thirtieth (13th) [sic 30th] Regiment, and with it he went into service immediately upon the secession of Virginia, as First Lieutenant.
On the day following the one on which the State went out of the Union he was in battle at Aquia Creek with Federal gunboats, and his next battle was at the route [sic] of McDowell’s army at Manassas, July 21, 1861. His regiment was then ordered to Goldsboro, N.C., where he was on duty until the spring of 1862.
At the reorganization, in May, he was elected captain of Company B, and he commanded his company throughout the Seven Days’ battles and the previous fighting about Richmond, at Harper’s Ferry, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, and all other battles in which his company participated.
At Sharpsburg, he led twenty-five men into the fight and brought back but five, all the others being killed or wounded. He himself received three painful wounds, but, after a furlough of thirty days, resumed command.
On the 4th of April, 1864, on account of his advanced age, he was detailed as post-commandant and provost-marshal at Fredericksburg, but still retained his captaincy, First Lieut. James Knox commanding the company during the remainder of its service.
Since the war Captain Doggett has been honored by a magistracy and a seat in the city council for many years, and has twice held the office of mayor. His wife died January 13, 1885, and he has but one child living, Mrs. Fannie A. Scott; but through her this worthy Confederate veteran has seven
grandchildren and one great-grand-child. – EOScript
Paul Scott is a member of the Board of Directors of Central Virginia Battlefields Trust, Inc. The mission of CVBT is to preserve land associated with the four major campaigns of the Civil War: Fredericksburg,
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