Foster, James, d. 1880.
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Isaac Gaillard Foster and John Sanderson Foster were the sons of James Foster, a medical doctor of Natchez, Mississippi. The family resided at Hermitage Plantation near Natchez. Both sons served in the Confederate Army. John S. Foster died of wounds received during the Gettysburg campaign, 1863; Isaac G. Foster served in Company B of the 10th Mississippi Regiment and died in 1864.
James Foster was a medical doctor of Natchez, Mississippi. Foster owned the Hermitage Plantation near Natchez. He was married to Sinah Ana Caroline Foster (nee Gaillard), and they had five children: Elizabeth Jane Ralston (called Lizzie), John Sanderson, Sinah Warren (1840-1894), Catherine Olivia (called Kate), and Isaac Gaillard. Sinah's brother, Thomas B. Gaillard, attended Oakland College in Rodney, Mississippi, and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
James Foster was a medical doctor of Natchez, Miss., and owner of the Hermitage Plantation near Natchez.
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Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
Atlanta Campaign, 1864
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861
Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862
Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863
Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
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Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
Williamsburg, Battle of, Williamsburg, Va., 1862
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Natchez (Miss.)
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Hermitage Plantation (Miss.)
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Louisiana--New Orleans
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