Avents in the Civil War
Here are the 53 Confederate Avents:
| . | Avent, A. J | Gidding's Battalion, Texas Cavalry |
| Avent, B.F. | 3rd Regiment, Confederate Engineer Troops | |
| Avent, B.F. | Engineers, CSA | |
| Avent, B.L. | 14th Battalion, Mississippi Light Artillery | |
| Avent, B.L. | Merrin's Battery, Mississippi Light Artillery | |
| Avent, Ben | 18th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry | |
| Avent, Benjamin | 1st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Feild's) | |
| Avent, Benjamin W. | General and Staff Officers, Non-Regimental Enlisted Men, CSA | |
| Avent, Benton M. | 3rd Regiment, Alabama Cavalry | |
| Avent, C.B. | 18th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry | |
| Avent, E.O. | 53rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry | |
| Avent, Evander O. | 5th Battalion, Virginia Infantry (Wilson's) (Archer's) | |
| Avent, Ferdinand | 3rd Regiment, Missouri Infantry | |
| Avent, George W. | 35th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry | |
| Avent, George Washington | 22nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry | |
| Avent, Glover | 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry | |
| Avent, H. | Hutton's Company, Louisiana Artillery (Crescent Artillery Company A) | |
| Avent, Henry C. | 31st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry | |
| Avent, Henry E. | 5th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry | |
| Avent, J.A. | 6th Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry | |
| Avent, J.J. | 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves | |
| Avent, J.N. | General and Staff Officers, Non-Regimental Enlisted Men, CSA | |
| Avent, James H. | 12th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry | |
| Avent, James T. | 13th Battalion, North Carolina Infantry | |
| Avent, James W. | 47th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry | |
| Avent, John | 5th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry |
| . | Avent, John A. | 18th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry |
| Avent, John H. | 17th Regiment, Georgia Infantry | |
| Avent, John H. | 16th Regiment, Virginia Infantry | |
| Avent, John J. | 5th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry | |
| Avent, John L. | 18th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry | |
| Avent, John W. | 1st Regiment, North Carolina Junior Reserves | |
| Avent, Joseph | 45th Regiment, Georgia Infantry | |
| Avent, Joseph L. | 7th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry | |
| Avent, Joseph L. | 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisan Rangers | |
| Avent, Joseph L. | 15th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry | |
| Avent, Patrick H. | 15th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry | |
| Avent, Robert | 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry | |
| Avent, Samuel H. | Chappell's Company, Virginia Local Defense (Pickett Guards) | |
| Avent, T.E. | 4th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry | |
| Avent, T.E. | Hughes' Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry | |
| Avent, Thomas E. | 15th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (wounded, Battle of Shiloh) | |
| Avent, Thomas V. | 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery | |
| Avent, W.F. | General and Staff Officers, Non-Regimental Enlisted Men, CSA | |
| Avent, W.R. | 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) | |
| Avent, W.T. | 22nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Freeman's) | |
| Avent, Wallace | 1st Regiment, North Carolina Junior Reserves | |
| Avent, Wallace W. | 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry | |
| Avent, William | 45th Regiment, Georgia Infantry | |
| Avent, William E. | 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry | |
| Avent, William E. | 22nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry | |
| Avent, William J. | 15th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry |
| Avent, William J. | 31st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry |
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| There was also at least one Avent in the
Confederate Navy (the three names below may refer to the same person):
J.J. Avent, Landsman, CSS Albemarle, and Halifax Station, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 274.] J.W. Avent, Landsman, CSS Albemarle, and Halifax Station, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 274.] James T. Avent (middle initial also shown as J.), enlisted in Nash County, North Carolina, December 13, 1861, as sergeant, company B, 13th Battalion North Carolina Infantry; later served in the 32nd Regiment North Carolina Militia and in the Confederate States Navy; served as landsman on the CSS Albemarle and at Halifax Station, 1864. [NCT 5, 253 & 681; ORN 2, 1, 274.] (ORN: "Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion." 31 volumes. US Government Printing Office, 1914; NCT: "North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster." Issued by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina) |
And here are the 5 Yankee Avents:
| Avent, George E. |
9th Regiment, New York Infantry (George E. Avent was born in England and applied for naturalization in New York on 20 April 1861, so he obviously was not a descendant of Col. Thomas Avent.) |
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| Avent, John | United States Colored Infantry | |
| Avent, John | 136th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (100 days, 1864) | |
| Avent, William R. | 136th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (100 days, 1864) | |
| Avent, William R. | 7th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry |