James S.R. Busick is my paternal 2nd great-grandfather and was born about 1845 in Baltimore, MD. Our first Busick to live in the USA is my 9th great-grandfather, James Busick I, Born in 1648 in Norfolk England. He emigrated and became a landowner in 1702 in the Great Choptank, Dorchester, Maryland area. He died in 1710
James S.R. Busick enlisted at the age of 21 at Church Creek, Dorchester Co. Maryland, 1st Regiment, Maryland Eastern Shore Infantry, his rank was Private. Muster In Date: Oct 31, 1861. Muster Out Date Oct. 32 1864.
The regiment was attached to Major General John Adams Dix's division of the Army of the Potomac. It was assigned to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The regiment was originally commanded by Colonel James Wallace, a slaveowning lawyer and state legislator from Cambridge. In the fall of 1861, Dix led an expeditionary force, including the 1st Maryland Eastern Shore, south to occupy the Virginia counties of Accomack and Northampton. In January, 1863, the regiment was attached to the VIII Corps. "The 1st Maryland Confederate Regiment met us and were cut to pieces. We sorrowfully gathered up many of our old friends and acquaintances and had them carefully and tenderly cared for.” ~Colonel James Wallace, 1st Maryland Eastern Shore, on the confederate assault on Culp’s Hill at the Battle of Gettysburg. When Lee invaded Pennsylvania in the summer of 1863, the regiment was attached to Brig. Gen. Henry H. Lockwood’s Brigade of the XII Corps of the Army of the Potomac and sent north to Pennsylvania. The regiment arrived at the Battle of Gettysburg on the morning of July 3 and engaged the 1st Maryland Infantry, CSA on Culp's Hill, suffering 5 dead, 16 wounded, and 2 missing, out of 583 total men. In December 1863, Colonel Wallace resigned his command over the issue of enlisting African-Americans in the army. In 1867 at 26 he married Anna Eliza Pyle, in 1869 their first daughter Florence Virginia Busick was born and they lived in New Castle, Delaware, United States. In 1870 they moved to Wilmington, Delaware. They had a second daughter Lydia Caroline Busick born June 11, 1871 she died September 6,1872. Their third daughter Betha Anna Busick was born in 1873 and died in 1875. His wife Anna Pyle Busick died September 12 1875. James was a bookkeeper and a store clerk at Home Furnishing Emporium in Wilmington, DE.
In 1880, following the death of his wife, he moved to live with his brother in Maryland and became a clerk on a steamer. He applied for U.S., Civil War Pension, August 13, 1980. There is no mention of where Florence when on to live, perhaps a boarding school or with other family members. James S.R. Busick died in 1897 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA he was 52 years old.
--Lynn Stayton-Eurell, daughter of Leon Busick Stayton Jr.
James S.R. Busick enlisted at the age of 21 at Church Creek, Dorchester Co. Maryland, 1st Regiment, Maryland Eastern Shore Infantry, his rank was Private. Muster In Date: Oct 31, 1861. Muster Out Date Oct. 32 1864.
The regiment was attached to Major General John Adams Dix's division of the Army of the Potomac. It was assigned to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The regiment was originally commanded by Colonel James Wallace, a slaveowning lawyer and state legislator from Cambridge. In the fall of 1861, Dix led an expeditionary force, including the 1st Maryland Eastern Shore, south to occupy the Virginia counties of Accomack and Northampton. In January, 1863, the regiment was attached to the VIII Corps. "The 1st Maryland Confederate Regiment met us and were cut to pieces. We sorrowfully gathered up many of our old friends and acquaintances and had them carefully and tenderly cared for.” ~Colonel James Wallace, 1st Maryland Eastern Shore, on the confederate assault on Culp’s Hill at the Battle of Gettysburg. When Lee invaded Pennsylvania in the summer of 1863, the regiment was attached to Brig. Gen. Henry H. Lockwood’s Brigade of the XII Corps of the Army of the Potomac and sent north to Pennsylvania. The regiment arrived at the Battle of Gettysburg on the morning of July 3 and engaged the 1st Maryland Infantry, CSA on Culp's Hill, suffering 5 dead, 16 wounded, and 2 missing, out of 583 total men. In December 1863, Colonel Wallace resigned his command over the issue of enlisting African-Americans in the army. In 1867 at 26 he married Anna Eliza Pyle, in 1869 their first daughter Florence Virginia Busick was born and they lived in New Castle, Delaware, United States. In 1870 they moved to Wilmington, Delaware. They had a second daughter Lydia Caroline Busick born June 11, 1871 she died September 6,1872. Their third daughter Betha Anna Busick was born in 1873 and died in 1875. His wife Anna Pyle Busick died September 12 1875. James was a bookkeeper and a store clerk at Home Furnishing Emporium in Wilmington, DE.
In 1880, following the death of his wife, he moved to live with his brother in Maryland and became a clerk on a steamer. He applied for U.S., Civil War Pension, August 13, 1980. There is no mention of where Florence when on to live, perhaps a boarding school or with other family members. James S.R. Busick died in 1897 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA he was 52 years old.
--Lynn Stayton-Eurell, daughter of Leon Busick Stayton Jr.