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There is a strong possibility that James Jackson Autrey is buried in Our Soldiers Cemetery in Mt. Jackson, Virginia. According to the records and the city officials, all of the Confederate soldiers who were hospitalized and died at the Mt. Jackson Confederate Hospital were buried across the street in the Confederate Cemetery. There are 238 identified soldiers and 112 unknown soldiers buried there.

9.         Celia L. Autrey b.3-31-1838 d. 1908 m. William Jackson Field b. 10-11828 d. 3-3-1906, as his 2nd wife, lie m. 1st Harriet Autrey, Celias sister. See No. 4 above. William Jackson Field was a Private in Co. B, 12th Louisiana Infantry. 6 children.

1.         William Lewis Field b. 1-26-1862 d. 1-7-1940 m. 3-3-1909 Emma Belle Henry. 3 children.

2.         Martha Idella Field b. 8-31-1864 d. 3-25-1928 m. 11-1-1883 Thomas Lane Rogers b. 5-17-1861 d. 11-9-1947. 7 children.

3.         Thomas Jefferson Field b. 4-14-1867 d. 11-25-1930 m. 11-16-

   1887 Ploma B Colvin b. 3-15-1868 d. 2-25-1961. 2 children.

4.         George Washington Field b. 1868 d. 1924 m. Della Roberson.  4 children.

5.         Benjamin Franklin Field b. 9-1874 d. 1949 m. 11-28-1893 Wilma Willie Colvin b. 3-7-1875 d. 9-1946. 13 children.

6.         Bettie Field b. 6-15-1876 d. 1951 m. 4-23-1893 Spencer Petrie Comn, son of Thomas R. Colvin and Idabella Dallas Riddell. 11 children.

THIS COMPLETES THE FAMILY OF CELIA J. AUTREY AND

WILLIAM JACKSON FIELD

10.       Robert Martin Autrey b. 8-18-1840 d. 11-23-1919 m. 1st in 1865 Elizabeth Jane Kemp b. 10-13-1846 d. 10-30-1879. 6 children. He m.

2nd on 4-14-1880 Sara Jane Symathia Scarborough b. 1-4-1863 d. 1-6-1947.   4 children.

He enlisted in state service 1 April 1861 and entered the Confederate Army 11 May 1861 in New Orleans, Louisiana, He was a private in Company K, of the Second Louisiana Infantry. He had a furlough to go home before his regiment was assigned to the Army of Northern Virginia. He fought in the siege of Yorktown, Seven Days Baffle, Battle at Savage Station and Malvem, Virginia, Second Bull Run Campaign, Actions along the Rappahaunock near Kellys Ford, Battle of Antietam in the Maryland Campaign and in the Chancellorsville, Virginia Campaign. He was wounded and in the hospital at Richmond, Virginia in the spring of 1863. In June to August 1863 he saw action in the Gettysburg Campaign. He fought in the Battle of the Wilderness May 5 to May 7, 1864. He was sick on 18 September 1864 and was captured by the Union Army at Winchester, Virginia 19 September 1864, while on his way to get medical attention. He was sent to Point Lookout, Maryland from Harpers Ferry, Virginia 27 September 1864. He was paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland and transferred for exchange 10 February 1865. He was exchanged 15 February 1865.16