YOUNGEST CONFEDERATE VETERAN
For more than thirty years Frank M. Ironmonger
has been a representative of the Clyde Line Steamship
Company and since 1882 has made his home in Jack-
sonville, where as an officer of the company he has
made an excellent record by reason of his obliging
manner, his courtesy and his helpfulness to the travel-
ing public and his loyalty to the corporation which he
represents. Jacksonville numbers him among her
highly esteemed citizens and Virginia claims him as a
native son, his birth having occurred in Portsmouth,
that state, on the 4th of March, 1853. His early youth
was spent in that city, where he remained until 1863,
when owing to the exigencies of the Civil war he and
his mother took refuge in Fluvanna county, Virginia.
There he remained until November, 1864, when at the
age of eleven years and eight months he joined the Six-
teenth Regiment of Virginia Infantry, becoming an
enlisted soldier of the Confederate army. His regi-
ment was attached to Weisiger's Brigade, Mahone's
Division, A. P. Hill's corps of the army of Northern
Virginia, and Mr. Ironmonger was assigned to duty
with the brigade quartermaster. His military record
has been written as follows:
"The boyish enthusiasm which incited him to offer
himself for his country sustained him through the tre-
mendous conflicts which followed, and he conducted
himself as a gallant soldier to the end. His office was
by no means a sinecure, and he was frequently under
fire. For a few weeks he acted as a courier for Gen-
eral Mahone and was almost constantly in positions
of danger. During his service he witnessed the fight-
ing about Petersburg, ending with the evacuation April
2, 1865, and on the retreat he was in the battle of
Sailor's Creek. At Appomatox he witnessed the last
conflict of the armies, and saw General Custer ride
into the Confederate lines, waving a white handker-
chief over his head, and, following the dashing Federal
officer to General Lee's tent, he stood nearby during
the interview with the chief of the Confederate armies.
After the surrender young Ironmonger received the
following parole :
"Appomatox Court House, Va., April 10, 1865.
"The bearer, F. M. Ironmonger, courier for Wei-
siger's brigade, quartermaster, a paroled prisoner of
the army of Northern Virginia, has permission to go
to his home and there remain undisturbed.
"D. A. Weisiger,
"Brig-Gen., commanding Brigade."
On December 14, 1905, he was presented with a
medal by the Daughters of the Confederacy of the
state of Florida to the youngest soldier in the Con-
federate army, which reads thus: "Presented by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy, State of Flor-
ida, to the youngest soldier in the Confederate army,
1861-1865." Of this Mr. Ironmonger is very proud,
as he may well be. When paroled Frank M. Iron-
monger was but twelve years, one month and six days
of age. He returned to Fluvanna county to find his
home devastated and then went to Richmond, whence
he proceeded to his native city of Portsmouth. A boy
in years, he had had a man's experience in all those
things which test the character, prove the endurance
and call out the manliness of the individual. He soon
obtained a position on the Norfolk & Petersburg Rail-
road, of which his old commander. General Mahone,
was the president. Fie spent three years in that con-
nection and then realizing the necessity and the value
of education entered the Webster Institute of Nor-
folk, Virginia, from which he was graduated with the
class of 1870. He then went to New York city, where
for five years he filled a position as bookkeeper, and
subsequently was in the railroad service until 1882,
residing during that period in Baltimore and in New
York. At a later date he entered the employ of the
Clyde Steamship Company in New York and since
1886 has made his home in Jacksonville, where for
many years he has been well known to the traveling
public as the general Florida passenger agent of the
Clyde Line.
On the 18th of November, 1890, Mr. Ironmonger
was united in marriage to Miss Susie E. Lorimier of
Dubuque, Iowa, and they have four living children:
Frank M., Lorraine, Morton T. and Cornelius. Mr.
Ironmonger is devoted to his family, finding his great-
est happiness and enjoyment at his own fireside. He
is, however, a loyal member of several fraternal or-
ganizations, belonging to the various branches of
Masonry, including the Mystic Shrine; the Elks; and
to the Knights of Pythias lodge. The same spirit of
loyalty and courage which characterized the boy soldier
has been manifest in his every relation of life and has
gained for him the same sterling regard which was
entertained for him when in his early youth he de-
fended the flag of his loved southland. He is now
equally loyal in all matters of citizenship which have
to do with the welfare of city, state and nation.
Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida,
1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and
Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 383-384
Links that show Frank at the 1914 Confederate Veterans Reunion:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/floridamemory/3407926640/in/photostream/
https://www.loc.gov/item/2021671088#item_type=motion-pictureYOUNGEST CONFEDERATE VETERAN
For more than thirty years Frank M. Ironmonger
has been a representative of the Clyde Line Steamship
Company and since 1882 has made his home in Jack-
sonville, where as an officer of the company he has
made an excellent record by reason of his obliging
manner, his courtesy and his helpfulness to the travel-
ing public and his loyalty to the corporation which he
represents. Jacksonville numbers him among her
highly esteemed citizens and Virginia claims him as a
native son, his birth having occurred in Portsmouth,
that state, on the 4th of March, 1853. His early youth
was spent in that city, where he remained until 1863,
when owing to the exigencies of the Civil war he and
his mother took refuge in Fluvanna county, Virginia.
There he remained until November, 1864, when at the
age of eleven years and eight months he joined the Six-
teenth Regiment of Virginia Infantry, becoming an
enlisted soldier of the Confederate army. His regi-
ment was attached to Weisiger's Brigade, Mahone's
Division, A. P. Hill's corps of the army of Northern
Virginia, and Mr. Ironmonger was assigned to duty
with the brigade quartermaster. His military record
has been written as follows:
"The boyish enthusiasm which incited him to offer
himself for his country sustained him through the tre-
mendous conflicts which followed, and he conducted
himself as a gallant soldier to the end. His office was
by no means a sinecure, and he was frequently under
fire. For a few weeks he acted as a courier for Gen-
eral Mahone and was almost constantly in positions
of danger. During his service he witnessed the fight-
ing about Petersburg, ending with the evacuation April
2, 1865, and on the retreat he was in the battle of
Sailor's Creek. At Appomatox he witnessed the last
conflict of the armies, and saw General Custer ride
into the Confederate lines, waving a white handker-
chief over his head, and, following the dashing Federal
officer to General Lee's tent, he stood nearby during
the interview with the chief of the Confederate armies.
After the surrender young Ironmonger received the
following parole :
"Appomatox Court House, Va., April 10, 1865.
"The bearer, F. M. Ironmonger, courier for Wei-
siger's brigade, quartermaster, a paroled prisoner of
the army of Northern Virginia, has permission to go
to his home and there remain undisturbed.
"D. A. Weisiger,
"Brig-Gen., commanding Brigade."
On December 14, 1905, he was presented with a
medal by the Daughters of the Confederacy of the
state of Florida to the youngest soldier in the Con-
federate army, which reads thus: "Presented by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy, State of Flor-
ida, to the youngest soldier in the Confederate army,
1861-1865." Of this Mr. Ironmonger is very proud,
as he may well be. When paroled Frank M. Iron-
monger was but twelve years, one month and six days
of age. He returned to Fluvanna county to find his
home devastated and then went to Richmond, whence
he proceeded to his native city of Portsmouth. A boy
in years, he had had a man's experience in all those
things which test the character, prove the endurance
and call out the manliness of the individual. He soon
obtained a position on the Norfolk & Petersburg Rail-
road, of which his old commander. General Mahone,
was the president. Fie spent three years in that con-
nection and then realizing the necessity and the value
of education entered the Webster Institute of Nor-
folk, Virginia, from which he was graduated with the
class of 1870. He then went to New York city, where
for five years he filled a position as bookkeeper, and
subsequently was in the railroad service until 1882,
residing during that period in Baltimore and in New
York. At a later date he entered the employ of the
Clyde Steamship Company in New York and since
1886 has made his home in Jacksonville, where for
many years he has been well known to the traveling
public as the general Florida passenger agent of the
Clyde Line.
On the 18th of November, 1890, Mr. Ironmonger
was united in marriage to Miss Susie E. Lorimier of
Dubuque, Iowa, and they have four living children:
Frank M., Lorraine, Morton T. and Cornelius. Mr.
Ironmonger is devoted to his family, finding his great-
est happiness and enjoyment at his own fireside. He
is, however, a loyal member of several fraternal or-
ganizations, belonging to the various branches of
Masonry, including the Mystic Shrine; the Elks; and
to the Knights of Pythias lodge. The same spirit of
loyalty and courage which characterized the boy soldier
has been manifest in his every relation of life and has
gained for him the same sterling regard which was
entertained for him when in his early youth he de-
fended the flag of his loved southland. He is now
equally loyal in all matters of citizenship which have
to do with the welfare of city, state and nation.
Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida,
1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and
Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 383-384
Links that show Frank at the 1914 Confederate Veterans Reunion:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/floridamemory/3407926640/in/photostream/
https://www.loc.gov/item/2021671088#item_type=motion-pictureYOUNGEST CONFEDERATE VETERAN
YOUNGEST CONFEDERATE VETERAN
For more than thirty years Frank M. Ironmonger
has been a representative of the Clyde Line Steamship
Company and since 1882 has made his home in Jack-
sonville, where as an officer of the company he has
made an excellent record by reason of his obliging
manner, his courtesy and his helpfulness to the travel-
ing public and his loyalty to the corporation which he
represents. Jacksonville numbers him among her
highly esteemed citizens and Virginia claims him as a
native son, his birth having occurred in Portsmouth,
that state, on the 4th of March, 1853. His early youth
was spent in that city, where he remained until 1863,
when owing to the exigencies of the Civil war he and
his mother took refuge in Fluvanna county, Virginia.
There he remained until November, 1864, when at the
age of eleven years and eight months he joined the Six-
teenth Regiment of Virginia Infantry, becoming an
enlisted soldier of the Confederate army. His regi-
ment was attached to Weisiger's Brigade, Mahone's
Division, A. P. Hill's corps of the army of Northern
Virginia, and Mr. Ironmonger was assigned to duty
with the brigade quartermaster. His military record
has been written as follows:
"The boyish enthusiasm which incited him to offer
himself for his country sustained him through the tre-
mendous conflicts which followed, and he conducted
himself as a gallant soldier to the end. His office was
by no means a sinecure, and he was frequently under
fire. For a few weeks he acted as a courier for Gen-
eral Mahone and was almost constantly in positions
of danger. During his service he witnessed the fight-
ing about Petersburg, ending with the evacuation April
2, 1865, and on the retreat he was in the battle of
Sailor's Creek. At Appomatox he witnessed the last
conflict of the armies, and saw General Custer ride
into the Confederate lines, waving a white handker-
chief over his head, and, following the dashing Federal
officer to General Lee's tent, he stood nearby during
the interview with the chief of the Confederate armies.
After the surrender young Ironmonger received the
following parole :
"Appomatox Court House, Va., April 10, 1865.
"The bearer, F. M. Ironmonger, courier for Wei-
siger's brigade, quartermaster, a paroled prisoner of
the army of Northern Virginia, has permission to go
to his home and there remain undisturbed.
"D. A. Weisiger,
"Brig-Gen., commanding Brigade."
On December 14, 1905, he was presented with a
medal by the Daughters of the Confederacy of the
state of Florida to the youngest soldier in the Con-
federate army, which reads thus: "Presented by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy, State of Flor-
ida, to the youngest soldier in the Confederate army,
1861-1865." Of this Mr. Ironmonger is very proud,
as he may well be. When paroled Frank M. Iron-
monger was but twelve years, one month and six days
of age. He returned to Fluvanna county to find his
home devastated and then went to Richmond, whence
he proceeded to his native city of Portsmouth. A boy
in years, he had had a man's experience in all those
things which test the character, prove the endurance
and call out the manliness of the individual. He soon
obtained a position on the Norfolk & Petersburg Rail-
road, of which his old commander. General Mahone,
was the president. Fie spent three years in that con-
nection and then realizing the necessity and the value
of education entered the Webster Institute of Nor-
folk, Virginia, from which he was graduated with the
class of 1870. He then went to New York city, where
for five years he filled a position as bookkeeper, and
subsequently was in the railroad service until 1882,
residing during that period in Baltimore and in New
York. At a later date he entered the employ of the
Clyde Steamship Company in New York and since
1886 has made his home in Jacksonville, where for
many years he has been well known to the traveling
public as the general Florida passenger agent of the
Clyde Line.
On the 18th of November, 1890, Mr. Ironmonger
was united in marriage to Miss Susie E. Lorimier of
Dubuque, Iowa, and they have four living children:
Frank M., Lorraine, Morton T. and Cornelius. Mr.
Ironmonger is devoted to his family, finding his great-
est happiness and enjoyment at his own fireside. He
is, however, a loyal member of several fraternal or-
ganizations, belonging to the various branches of
Masonry, including the Mystic Shrine; the Elks; and
to the Knights of Pythias lodge. The same spirit of
loyalty and courage which characterized the boy soldier
has been manifest in his every relation of life and has
gained for him the same sterling regard which was
entertained for him when in his early youth he de-
fended the flag of his loved southland. He is now
equally loyal in all matters of citizenship which have
to do with the welfare of city, state and nation.
Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida,
1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and
Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 383-384
Links that show Frank at the 1914 Confederate Veterans Reunion:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/floridamemory/3407926640/in/photostream/
https://www.loc.gov/item/2021671088#item_type=motion-pictureYOUNGEST CONFEDERATE VETERAN
For more than thirty years Frank M. Ironmonger
has been a representative of the Clyde Line Steamship
Company and since 1882 has made his home in Jack-
sonville, where as an officer of the company he has
made an excellent record by reason of his obliging
manner, his courtesy and his helpfulness to the travel-
ing public and his loyalty to the corporation which he
represents. Jacksonville numbers him among her
highly esteemed citizens and Virginia claims him as a
native son, his birth having occurred in Portsmouth,
that state, on the 4th of March, 1853. His early youth
was spent in that city, where he remained until 1863,
when owing to the exigencies of the Civil war he and
his mother took refuge in Fluvanna county, Virginia.
There he remained until November, 1864, when at the
age of eleven years and eight months he joined the Six-
teenth Regiment of Virginia Infantry, becoming an
enlisted soldier of the Confederate army. His regi-
ment was attached to Weisiger's Brigade, Mahone's
Division, A. P. Hill's corps of the army of Northern
Virginia, and Mr. Ironmonger was assigned to duty
with the brigade quartermaster. His military record
has been written as follows:
"The boyish enthusiasm which incited him to offer
himself for his country sustained him through the tre-
mendous conflicts which followed, and he conducted
himself as a gallant soldier to the end. His office was
by no means a sinecure, and he was frequently under
fire. For a few weeks he acted as a courier for Gen-
eral Mahone and was almost constantly in positions
of danger. During his service he witnessed the fight-
ing about Petersburg, ending with the evacuation April
2, 1865, and on the retreat he was in the battle of
Sailor's Creek. At Appomatox he witnessed the last
conflict of the armies, and saw General Custer ride
into the Confederate lines, waving a white handker-
chief over his head, and, following the dashing Federal
officer to General Lee's tent, he stood nearby during
the interview with the chief of the Confederate armies.
After the surrender young Ironmonger received the
following parole :
"Appomatox Court House, Va., April 10, 1865.
"The bearer, F. M. Ironmonger, courier for Wei-
siger's brigade, quartermaster, a paroled prisoner of
the army of Northern Virginia, has permission to go
to his home and there remain undisturbed.
"D. A. Weisiger,
"Brig-Gen., commanding Brigade."
On December 14, 1905, he was presented with a
medal by the Daughters of the Confederacy of the
state of Florida to the youngest soldier in the Con-
federate army, which reads thus: "Presented by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy, State of Flor-
ida, to the youngest soldier in the Confederate army,
1861-1865." Of this Mr. Ironmonger is very proud,
as he may well be. When paroled Frank M. Iron-
monger was but twelve years, one month and six days
of age. He returned to Fluvanna county to find his
home devastated and then went to Richmond, whence
he proceeded to his native city of Portsmouth. A boy
in years, he had had a man's experience in all those
things which test the character, prove the endurance
and call out the manliness of the individual. He soon
obtained a position on the Norfolk & Petersburg Rail-
road, of which his old commander. General Mahone,
was the president. Fie spent three years in that con-
nection and then realizing the necessity and the value
of education entered the Webster Institute of Nor-
folk, Virginia, from which he was graduated with the
class of 1870. He then went to New York city, where
for five years he filled a position as bookkeeper, and
subsequently was in the railroad service until 1882,
residing during that period in Baltimore and in New
York. At a later date he entered the employ of the
Clyde Steamship Company in New York and since
1886 has made his home in Jacksonville, where for
many years he has been well known to the traveling
public as the general Florida passenger agent of the
Clyde Line.
On the 18th of November, 1890, Mr. Ironmonger
was united in marriage to Miss Susie E. Lorimier of
Dubuque, Iowa, and they have four living children:
Frank M., Lorraine, Morton T. and Cornelius. Mr.
Ironmonger is devoted to his family, finding his great-
est happiness and enjoyment at his own fireside. He
is, however, a loyal member of several fraternal or-
ganizations, belonging to the various branches of
Masonry, including the Mystic Shrine; the Elks; and
to the Knights of Pythias lodge. The same spirit of
loyalty and courage which characterized the boy soldier
has been manifest in his every relation of life and has
gained for him the same sterling regard which was
entertained for him when in his early youth he de-
fended the flag of his loved southland. He is now
equally loyal in all matters of citizenship which have
to do with the welfare of city, state and nation.
Source for Biography: Chapin, George M., Florida,
1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and
Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Volume 2, p. 383-384
Links that show Frank at the 1914 Confederate Veterans Reunion:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/floridamemory/3407926640/in/photostream/
https://www.loc.gov/item/2021671088#item_type=motion-pictureYOUNGEST CONFEDERATE VETERAN
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