Charles Warren Hutt

CWH  (June 25, 1842 to Sept 4, 1906) was Effie's father and Neenah's grandfather. 

At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was a student at Lynchburg College.  On May 25, 1861, at the age of 19, he enlisted in the Confederate service as a private in Company "K" of the 40th Infantry, Va Volunteers, C.S.A.  He participated in many of the bloody battles of the  war until his capture on July 5, 1863 during the battle of Gettysburg.  He was sent to Point Lookout prison camp on Oct 26, 1863.  Although longing for release from the "hell hole" and aching to be reunited with his family just across the river in Westmoreland County, he repeatedly refused to take the Oath of Allegiance that would have secured his parole.  He was exchanged finally on Feb 13, 1865 and paroled on May 5, 1865.  His diary of 1864 is included in the book "Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates" by Edwin W. Beitzell.

After marrying, he was Registrar at Warrenville, Va, Commissioner of Revenue, and first Postmaster of Neenah, which he named for his daughter.