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The 7th Battalion Confederate Cavalry -
Virginia
The
following file contains the records of 426 men.
This is only about half of those presumed to have served
7th Battalion Confederate Cavalry
The compiled service records for the
soldiers who served in the 7th
Battalion Confederate Cavalry have been
primarily been taken from RecordGroup 109, located at the National Archives,
Washington, D.C. The roster has
been supplemented from other official and unofficial sources, including but not
limited to family histories, county histories, cemetery records,
The Confederate Veteran, county records and
pension application files
at the Virginia State Library, Richmond and
in the Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Since muster rolls for the 7th battalion do
not exist, supplemental sources were crucial in determining the listing of the
battalions' soldiers. These records
are obviously not entirely accurate, but add valuable data to the roster.
Spellings found in these various sources are not consistent.
Every effort has been made to include everyone who should be listed, and
to avoid duplications; however, this effort may not have been entirely
successful. Discrepancies are found in even the official compiled service
records. These
problems arise from several contemporary
organizational problems.
Communications were not always efficient.
It is entirely possible that a soldier was listed as being AWOL when, in
fact, he had been captured, was wounded in the hospital, was sick, or was on
detached service somewhere away from the main body of the regiment. Highlights
of each soldier's career are presented to include date and place
of enlistment, periods of sickness, wounds,
death, capture, incarceration, and physical description. Prewar and postwar residences when known, birth and death
dates, and place of burial have also been included.
Unless otherwise stated, assume that a soldier was present through the
last date given.
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ADAMS, JESSE B.: Co. _. Previously served in Co. A, French's Battn. |
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VA Inf.
Taken POW at Piketon, KY on 4/15/63, sent to Louisville, KY then |
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to Camp Chase, OH on 4/19/63.
Exchanged at City Point, VA on 5/13/63. |
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5'4", age 16, hazel eyes, sandy hair,
fair comp. |
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ADAMS, JOHN D.: Co. _. Previously served in Co. A, French's |
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Battn. VA Inf.
Taken POW at Piketon, KY on 4/15/63, sent to Louisville, |
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KY then to Camp Chase, OH on 4/19/63.
Exchanged at City Point, VA on |
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5/13/63, 5'10", age 20, blue eyes,
dark hair, dark comp. |
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ADAMS, JOHN: Co. A, Taken POW in Pike Co.,
KY on 6/24/63, |
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sent to Camp Douglas where held until
transferred to Point Lookout. |
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Exchanged on 3/2/65. |
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ADDINGTON, JAMES HENDERSON: Co. H, 64th VA
Inf. UDC |
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application only reference.
B. 9/25/1844. Likely to have really served in |
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the 7th Bn. CSA Cav. Witnesses Ed Hubbard's pension application in 1913, |
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then age 70, and had served in Co. A, 7th
Battn. CSA Cav. |
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ADDINGTON, JAMES K: Co. A.
Previously serrved in Co. C, |
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French's Battn. VA Inf. Taken POW at Piketon, KY on 4/15/63, sent to |
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Louisville, KY then to Camp Chase, OH on
4/19/63. Exchanged at City |
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Point, VA on 5/13/63. 5'6", age 18, blue eyes, light hair, fair comp.
Age |
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15, 1860 Wise Co. Census. |
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ADDINGTON, THOMAS J.: Co. B.
Previously served in Co. C, |
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5th VSL and in Co. A, French's Battn. VA |
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Inf.
PWR of James Harvey Long, p. 210, PRSWVA.
Age 13, 1860 Wise |
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County Census. |
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ADKINS, CHARLES: Co. F, Enl. on ?.
Paroled at Charleston, |
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WV on 5/10/65, then age 20, 5'6",
fair |
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comp., blue eyes, light hair, farmer.DKINS,
HENRY: Co. _. Previously
served in Co. B, French's |
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Battn. VA Inf.
Taken POW at Piketon, KY |
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on 4/15/63, sent to Louisville, KY then to
Camp Chase, OH on 4/19/63. |
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Exchanged at City Point, VA on 5/13/63. |
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5'11", age 38, grey eyes, black hair,
dark comp. Age 33, farmer,
1860 |
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Wise Co. Census. |
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ADKINS, HENRY: Co. _, Deserted.
Enl. U.S. Army 4/1/64. Res. |
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of Lawrence Co., Ky. Fair comp., light |
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hair, blue eyes, 5'10«".
Previously served in the 4th VSL and in Co. B, |
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French's Bn. VA Inf., in which unit he was |
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taken POW at Piketon, KY on 4/15/63, sent
to Camp Chase, OH where held |
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until exchanged on 5/13/63. |
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ADKINS, LARKIN: Co. _, Taken POW in
Lawrence Co., Ky. |
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Took oath on 4/1/64. Res. "Late Wise Co., |
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Va. now Lawrence Co., Ky." dark
comp., black hair, black eyes, 5'9".
"The |
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character of a loyal man, did not serve |
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but a short time in the C.S.A."
Previously served in the VSL. |
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ADKINS, WILLIAM P.: 1st Sgt., Co. G,
Previously served in Co. |
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B, 5th KY Inf.
Res. of Morgan Co., KY. |
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Took the oath of allegiance at Louisa, KY
in 4/1865. B. 11/10/1842 in |
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Morgan Co., KY.
Living in Greenup Co., KY |
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in 1912, when granted pension.
Witnessed Hiram Davis' pension |
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application in Morgan Co., KY in 1919. |
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AKERS, J. A.: Capt., Co. C. |
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AKERS, J. S.: Co. C, En. in Russell Co. in
"fall of 1864". |
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Claimed to have been discharged on 4/25/65 |
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(disbaned between Christiansburg and
Salem, VA) on his 1902 Scott Co., |
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VA pension application. |
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ALLEN, HENLY HELM: Co. G. Mentioned in Booker Short's |
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pension application. |
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ARTRIP, JAMES: VSL unit unk.
PRSWVA - p. 6. reported to |
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have been a Capt. in 7th CSA Cav. Bn. |
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under Clarence Prentice and was at the
Battle of Cranesnest. Many |
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Prentice's soldiers served in the VSL.??
B. 1837 |
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D. 1919 in Russell Co., VA.
Age 19, farmer, 1860 Wise Co. Census.
B. |
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1/1838, farmer, 1900 Dickenson Co., VA |
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Census.
On 1909 Dickenson Co., VA Pension List. |
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ARTRIP, JOHN: VSL unit unk.
PRSWVA p.-7 reported to have |
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been killed in the Civil War. |
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ASHBY, LOGE: Co. H. Mentioned as a comrade in the pension |
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application of Elihu Skeens filed in |
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Buchanan Co. |
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AUXIER, JOHN M.: Co. G (Associate Member),
Member of |
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Fields' Company Kentucky Partisan Rangers, |
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from Carter Co., KY was taken POW on
10/11/1863 in Greenup Co. |
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BACK, LEWIS C.: Co. K. Mentioned in Preston L. Stidham's |
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pension application in 1912. |
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BAILEY, CORNELIUS: Co. _. Previously served in French's |
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Battn. VA Inf.
Taken POW at Piketon, KY on |
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4/15/63, sent to Louisville, KY then to
Camp Chase, OH on 4/19/63. |
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Exchanged at City Point, VA on 5/13/63.
5'6", |
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age 26, grey eyes, brown hair, fair comp.,
res. Putnam Co., WV. Enl. in |
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11/1862, unit unknown. Taken POW |
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12/25/1862 sent to Camp Chase and released
3/27/1863. |
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BAKER, KEEL: Co. B. Previously served in Co. C, 5th VSL and |
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in Co. A, French's Battn. VA Inf.
PWR |
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of James Harvey Long, p. 210, PRSWVA. |
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BAKER, RICHARD: Co. B. Previously served in Co. C, 5th VSL |
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and in Co. A, French's Battn. VA Inf. |
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Taken POW at Piketon, KY, 5'9", age
17, grey eyes, sandy comp., dark |
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hair.
Sent to Johnson's Island 6/14/63, |
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moved to Point Lookout 11/30/63.
Released 4/12/64. |
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BALDWIN, G.? N.: Co. I?. En.. in 3/1863 in Scott Co.
Age 62 |
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in 1902 when he filed pension application |
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in Scott Co., VA. |
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BALDWIN, JAMES NOAH: Co. I.
Died on 3/17/1911 in Scott |
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Co., VA.
Filed pension application for |
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benefits under act of 1902 in Scott Co. |
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BALDWIN, L H.: Co. I. Enl. in 1864.
Age 55 when he filed |
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pension application in 1902.
Witnessed |
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Harvey Hamtilon's pension application in
1912. |
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BALDWIN, LILBURN H.: Co. D. Died on
6/3/1923 in Dungannon, |
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VA. Filed
pension application for |
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benefits under act of 1902. |
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BANNER, CHARLES H.: Orderly Sgt., Co. B.
Previously served |
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in Co. C, 5th VSL and in Co. A, French's |
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Battn. VA Inf.
PWR of James Harvey Long, p. 210, PRSWVA. Age 31, |
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farmer, 1860 Wise Co. Census. |
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BAPTIST, RICHARD H.: Co. ?.
Later served in 7th Bn. CSA |
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Cav.
See Virginia Miscellaneous. Also
served |
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in the Virginia State Line. |
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BARTEE, JAMES: Co. ?. Mentioned in George W. Hicks' |
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pension application. |
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BATES, HENRY C.: Co. A. Previously served in Co. A, French's |
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Battn. VA Inf.
Taken POW at Piketon, |
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KY on 4/15/63, sent to Louisville, KY then
to Camp Chase, OH on 4/19/63. |
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Exchanged at City Point, VA on 5/13/63, |
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age 18, 5'10", hazel eyes, brown
hair, dark comp. |
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BATES, MARTIN VAN BUREN "BABY":
1st Lt., Co. A. See |
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personal papers of. Resigned 7/19/64 in a |
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letter datelined Gladeville, VA.
Prentice endorsed it due to the man's |
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"extraordinary size" then
described as 7' and |
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weighing 350 lbs. He was associated with
Menifee pre-State Line according |
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to local Pike Co., KY folklore.
He was |
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honorably discharged in the summer of 1864
because no horse could be |
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found to support him. He was 7'4" and |
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weighed over 400 lbs. He joined the circus after his stint in the CS Army |
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and married a Dutch giant (7'3") and
is |
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listed in the Guiness Book of Worlds
Records as the world's tallest married |
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couple.
He also served as 1st Lt. in Co. |
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A, French's Bn. VA Inf. He was taken POW at Piketon, KY on 4/15/63, |
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6'10", age 25, hazel eyes, dark hair,
fallow |
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comp. according to parole.
Native of Letcher Co., KY. Later
served as 1st |
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Lt., Co. A, 7th
Bn. CSA Cav. Resigned |
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7/19/64 in a letter datelined Gladeville,
VA. Prentice endorsed it due
to the |
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man's "extraordinary size" then
described |
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as 7' and weighing 350 lbs. |
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BATES, ROBERT: Capt., Co. A.
Dropped by S.O. 70/6, dated |
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3/225/65 for prolonged AWOL.
He had |
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signed forage requests as Major commanding
battn. on 11/8/63 and as |
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Capt. commanding Battn. on 5/7/64. |
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Previously served in the VSL and as Capt.
Co. A, French's Bn. VA Inf. |
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Taken POW at Piketon, KY on 4/15/63, sent |
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to Camp Chase, OH, Exch. at City Point, VA
on 5/13/63. 5'9", age
38, |
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hazel eyes, brown hair, sandy comp.
Later |
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served in the 7th CSA Cav. Bn.
Bro. of Martin VanBuren Bates. Native of |
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Letcher Co., KY.
Regionally known |
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postwar as the father of Knott Co., KY.
D, 9/25/1921 in Letcher Co., KY. |
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Widow, Elizabeth B. pensioned in Letcher |
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Co. in 1942. |
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BERRY, HANSFORD: Co. I. Mentioned as a comrade by Thomas |
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J. McConnell in his Tennessee Civil War |
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Veterans Questionaire. |
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BERRY, MARTIN A.: Co. I, Capt. |
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BERRY, MILTON TAYLOR: Co. I., Enl. in 6/63
and served until |
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disbaned at Salem, VA according to his |
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pension record.
Took oath at Estilville, VA in 7/65.
B. 11/21/1846 in Scott |
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Co., VA.
Mentioned as a comrade by |
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Thomas J. McConnell in his Tennessee Civil
War Veterans Questionaire. |
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Mentioned in Z. P. Carter's pension |
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application.
Granted pension in Letcher Co., KY in 1912. |
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BERRY, WILLIAM W.: Co. I, Enl. "on
Stoney Creek and served |
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three years."
Discharged at surrender. |
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Age 88 in 1907.
Filed pension application for benefits under act of |
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1902. |
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BEVERELY, JOHN: Co. D, Found on a 3/4/65
list of conscripts |
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identified as members of the 7th Battn. |
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CSA Cav. found in the Guerrant Family
Papers. Res. of Wise Co. |
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BEVINS, JOHN J.: Co. _. Previously served in Co. A, French's |
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Battn. VA Inf.
Taken POW at Piketon, |
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KY on 4/15/63, sent to Louisville, KY then
to Camp Chase, OH on 4/19/63. |
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Exchanged at City Point, VA on 5/13/63, |
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age 23, 5'11", hazel eyes, brown
hair, dark comp. |
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BICKLEY, H. A.: Co. E. Found on a 3/4/65 list of conscripts |
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identified as members of the 7th Battn.
CSA |
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Cav. found in the Guerrant Family Papers.
Res. of Wise County. |
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BICKLEY, JOHN FLETCHER: Co. _.
Previously served as Sgt. |
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in Co. K, 48th VA Inf., where he enl. on |
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6/25/61.
WIA in arm and taken POW at Cedar Run, sent to Fort Monroe, |
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exchanged.
Discharged for disability on |
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10/7/62, vor varicose veins left leg and
rheumatism. Described as
5'9", |
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light comp., blue eyes, dark hair.
Age 25, |
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1860 Russell Co., VA Census.
Living in Yuba City, CA in 1910. |
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BOGGS, JAMES M.: Sgt., Co. A.
Previously served in Co. C, |
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5th VSL and in Co. A, French's Battn. VA |
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Inf.
PWR of James Harvey Long, p. 210, PRSWVA.
Taken POW at |
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Gladeville, VA on 7/7/63, sent to Camp
Chase, |
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OH then to Camp Douglas, IL where he died
on 10/2/64 of smallpox. Age |
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22, farmer, 1860 Wise Co. Census. |
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BOGGS, JAMES M.: Sgt., Co. A, Taken POW at
Gladeville, VA |
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on 7/7/63, sent to Camp Chase, Ohio then |
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to Camp Douglas, Ill. where he died on
10/2/64 of smallpox. |
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BOGGS, JOSEPH: Co. A. Previously served in Co. C, 5th VSL |
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and in Co. A, French's Battn. VA Inf.
PWR |
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of James Harvey Long, p. 210, PRSWVA.
Taken POW at Gladeville, VA on |
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7/7/63, sent to Camp Chase, OH then |
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to Camp Douglas, IL on 8/24/63 and held
there until he died on 2/26/65. |
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Buried in grave 862, block 3, Chicago City |
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Cem.
Age 25, farmer, 1860 Wise Co., Census. |
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BOLIN, JESSE: Co. A, Taken POW at
Gladeville, VA on 7/7/63, |
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sent to Camp Chase, Ohio then to Camp |
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Douglas, Ill. on 8/24/63 held there until
transferred to Point Lookout, |
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Maryland.
Exchanged on 3/2/65. Claimed
to |
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have been loyal, joined under false
pretenses, wanted to take the oath of |
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allegiance.
Family tradition says he came |
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home on crutches.
D. 1904 "still hating the renegade bands that came |
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from Whitesburg and Eastern
Kentucky." |
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BOLIN, LEVI: Co. A, Taken POW at
Gladeville, VA on 7/7/63, |
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sent to Camp Chase, Ohio then to Camp |
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Douglas, Ill. on 8/24/63 held there until
transferred to Point Lookout, |
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Maryland.
Exchanged on 3/2/65. |
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BOLLING, BAXTER: Co. B. Previously served in Co. C, 5th VSL |
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and in Co. A, French's Battn. VA Inf. |
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PWR of James Harvey Long, p. 210, PRSWVA. |
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BOLLING, DELANO (DILANEY): 2nd Lt., Co. D,
5th VSL. |
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Service confirmed by deposition found in
lawsuit |
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filed by John Dils against Henry May in
Pike Co., KY in 1866. Later
served |
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in Co. A, French's Bn. VA Inf. and in Co. |
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B, 7th CSA Cav. Bn. PWR of James Harvey Long, p. 210, PRSWVA.
Age |
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56, farmer, 1860 Wise Co., Census. |
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BOLLING, JESSE: Co. A. Previously served in Co. C, 5th VSL |
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and in Co. A, French's Battn. VA Inf.
PWR |
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of James Harvey Long, p. 210, PRSWVA.
Taken POW at Gladeville, VA on |
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7/7/63, sent to Camp Chase, OH then |
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to Camp Douglas, IL on 8/24/63 held there
until transf. to Point Lookout, |
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MD. Exchanged
on 3/2/65. Claimed to |
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have been loyal, joined under false
pretenses, wanted to take the oath of |
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allegiance. Family tradition says he came |