GRAVE OF LT. COL. EDWARD POINSETT TAYLOE, CSA & HIS WIFE LOUSIA CARR TAYLOE

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IT IS OBVIOUSLY A NEW HEADSTONE WITH INCORRECT INFORMATION.  AS YOU CAN SEE THE TOMBSTONE SAYS EDWARD POINSETTE TAYLOE WAS BORN IN 1831 AND DIED 1866- THE OFFICIAL CIVIL WAR RECORDS AND FAMILY RECORDS STATE THE FOLLOWING: 

Born on 03 November 1832, Died 1888 buried Yeocomico Church, Westmoreland County, Va.

Enlisted as a Captain on 05 June 1861
Commission in Company B, 47th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 05 June 1861
Transferred on 01 May 1862 from company B to company S .
Promoted to Full Major on 01 May 1862
Promoted to Full Lieutenant Colonel on 20 November 1862
Transferred on 20 November 1862
Commission in Company S, 22nd Battn Regiment Virginia on 20 November 1862
Wounded on 10 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA
POW on 06 April 1865 at Sailor's Creek, VA