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Only, Wm. H., captured October 27th, 1864, at Burgess' Mill. Overton, Samuel S.
Paul, William James, transferred to Maryland line April 24th, 1862. Powers, Wesley, wounded July 30th, 1864, Crater.
Powers, John, died in hospital May, 1863.
Rolison, John, died in hospital February 7th, 1863, Richmond. Rhoner, John, died in hospital July 15th, 1864, Richmond.
Stewart, Adrian D., wounded July 4th, 1863, at Gettysburg. Sawyer, Nelson, died in hospital January 20th, 1863, Richmond.
Savills, Marcus A., captured October 27th, 1864, at Burgess' Mill. Shirley, John, wounded accidently June 21st, 1863.
Sawyer, Joseph, died in hospital February 24th, 1863, near Fredericks- burg.
Spaight, Raynor, captured October 27th, 1864, at Burgess' Mill.
Sawyer, Gideon L., died in hospital January 19th, 1863, Richmond.
Stewart, David H., died in hospital June 29th, 1862, on Appomattox river. Sawyer, William J.
Suggs, George F., wounded August 19th, 1864, Davis' Farm. Turner, Thomas, wounded July 30th, 1864, at Crater, died July 31st.
Waller, Josiah, died in hospital June 15th, 1862.
Warren, James E., wounded June 22d, 1864, Wilcox Farm.
Waterfield, Saunders, died in hospital December 31st, 1862, Lynchburg. Warren, John.
Whateley, Leven, transferred to Maryland line February 1st, 1864.
Whitehurst, David, killed by falling tree in camp November 30th, 1862. Wright, William, captured October 27th, 1864, at Burgess' Mill. Woodward, Litaness.
Musician Charles Hughes, captured July 5th, 1863.
Killed and died-33.
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CHAPTER XIX.
JACKSON LIGHT INFANTRY, COMPANY D, SIXTY-FIRST VIRGINIA REG- IMENT.
This company was organized in the City Hall, Portsmouth, on the 10th of March, 1862, and elected officers as follows :
Captain, V. O. Cassell.
First Lieutenant, John Powers; 2d Lieutenant, Virginius A Haynes; 3d Lieutenant, Alex B. Butt.
First Sergeant, J. J. Bilisoly.
The original idea when the company was organized was to make it a heavy artillery company for duty in a regiment which was being organized for special services in the fortifications around the harbor, but it was furnished with muskets, and the evacuation of Portsmouth by the Confederates before the organ- ization of the regiment was completed did away with its useful- ness as heavy artillerists. Owing to the short period of time which elaspsed between the organization of the company and the evacuation of Portsmouth, it had a very uneventful history inde- pendent of the general history of the regiment of which it formed a part. It was on duty at the entrenched camp south of Ports- mouth known as the Forrest entrenehments, after Commodore Forrest, commanding the Navy Yard, when the city was evac- uated. It was then moved to Petersburg, quartered for two or three days in that city, and then moved into eamp on Dunn's Hill. It was with the regiment (the 61st Virginia) as Company I) when it was ordered to the Rapidan, in the summer of 1862, and participated in all of the battles in which the regiment was engaged, a full list of which we be seen in the sketch of the reg- iment itself-Chap. XXIV.
After the 61st regiment became a part of Mahone's Brigade, Lieutenant Alex B. Butt was appointed Adjutant of the 41st Virginia Regiment of the same brigade, and was mortally wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville and died in a hospital. Cap- tain V. O. Cassell lost a leg in the same battle and was incapaci- tated for further service and retired. This promoted Lieutenant John Powers to Captain, and 2d Lieutenant Haynes to 1st Lieu- tenant. Orderly Sergeant Julius J. Bilisoly was promoted to 2d Lieutenant. Those officers .served throughout the war with the command. The company was in several small engagements or skirmishes with the enemy in 1862, and was in line of battle at Fredericksburg December 13th, 1862, and under a heavy artillery fire, but was not actively engaged, as the enemy's attack was made upon another portion of the Confederate lines to the right
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of the position held by them. Chancellorsville was the first bat- tle of any magnitude in which it was engaged. In this battle Private J. Wiley Howard lost a leg and Private Joseph Barrett was wounded. It had two men killed at the Crater fight-John Sheppard and John Wood-and surrendered at Appomattox April 9th, 1865, with one Lieutenant, one Ordnance Sergeant and six privates, all that was left for duty of upwards of sixty men who left Portsmouth with the company on the 10th of May, 1862. More than one fourth were killed or died, and of the re- mainder some were wounded and some fell into the hands of the enemy and were not exchanged. The following is a list of the members of the company who left Portsmouth with it. The list of casualties opposite the names of the men has been prepared from memory, and some may have been omitted who were recip- ients of wounds, but it is probable that all who were killed or died have been reported properly :
Captain V. O. Cassell, lost leg at Chancellorsville, May 3d, 1863, and retired. Captain John Powers, promoted to Captain in 1863.
First Lieutenant V. A. Haynes.
Third Lieutenant A. B. Butt, promoted Adjutant 41st Regiment, killed at Chancellorsville.
Second Lieutenant J. J. Bilisoly, promoted from 1st Sergeant.
Sergeant Jesse Ives, wounded August 19th, 1864, Davis' Farm, and Febru- ary 6th, 1865, Hatcher's Run.
Sergeant Charles Syer, promoted Color Sergeant 61st Regiment, captured August 19th, 1864.
Sergeant David S. Robertson, discharged 1864, over age.
Corporal Joshua Denby, wounded July 2d, 1863. Gettysburg, near Peters- burg, 1864, and captured the day before the surrender at Appomattox. Corporal W. H. Dunstan, died in hospital in 1862, Petersburg.
PRIVATES.
Accinelly, B. J., promoted Ordnance Sergeant 61st Virginia Regiment.
Ashton, Gerdon C.
Ashby, William.
Butt, Robert P., died in hospital, 1863.
Barrett, Joseph, wounded May 3d, 1863, at Chancellorsville.
Butt, Wesley G., killed February 6th, 1865, Hatcher's Run.
Barber, George W.
Chamberlaine, William, died in hospital, 1862, Petersburg.
Chamberlaine, Thomas, wounded May 12th, 1864, Spotsylvania, killed Au- gust 19tth, 1864, Davis Farm.
Coston, William C.
Coston, Henry C.
Coston, Thos. J.
Cherry, Wmn. Alex. promoted Corporal, wounded August 19th, 1864, and died from wound.
Cooke, Thos. J., wounded May 12th, 1864, and died.
Cotton, John, Orderly at Colonel's Headquarters.
Denby, James, wounded July 30th, 1864, at Crater.
Davis, John Harrison, with medical corps.
Flarity, Thomas.
Flanagan, Edward, died in hospital, 1862.
Flemming, Malon R., wounded August 19th, 1864, Davis' Farm.
Godwin, A. D. B., wounded May 1st, 1863, Chancellorsville,
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Hughes, Edward, wounded August 19th, 1864, Davis' Farm.
Howard, J. Wiley, promoted corporal, lost leg May 12th, 1864, Spotsyl- vania.
Hogg, John.
Hodges, Josiah, discharged 1862, over age.
Humphries, John.
Jordan, Wm. Thomas, killed February 6th, 1865, at Hatcher's Run. Jarvis, Thomas.
Keeling, Joseph, wounded May 3d, 1863, Chancellorsville. Lester, A. E., drummer.
Moore, William, discharged 1862, disability.
Mathews, Elbert, died in hospital, Petersburg, June 21st, 1862.
Miller, Philip.
Moore, Wm. J., not heard of after the battle of Chancellorsville. Marsh, Ben.
Mayo, George Washington, died in prison, Fort Delaware.
Murray, John T.
Nelson, John, discharged 1862, disability.
Only, John, died in hospital.
Only, James, died in hospital.
Outens, John.
Only, Thos. E., wounded.
Pate, Wm., wounded.
Perry, E. A., detailed as sharpshooter, captured on retreat from Petersburg.
Parker, George, wounded May 12th, 1864, Spotsylvania.
Richardson, Benjamin.
Rutter, Thomas, wounded May 6th, Wilderness, and August 25th, 1864, Reanis' Station, captured the day before the surrender at Appomattox. Reynolds, H. C., wounded Spotsylvania, 2d Cold Harbor, and August 19th, 1864, captured the day before the surrender at Appomattox.
Rawson, Charles.
Singleton, John, wounded Hanover Junction, May 29th, 1864.
Shepperd, John, killed July 30th, 1864, Crater.
White, John, died in hospital.
White, Tim, died in hospital at Gordonsville.
Ward, Baker.
Walker, Wm. M.
Wood, John H., killed July 30th, 1864, Crater.
Williams, Hillary G.
Walker, Lewis Wilson, wounded May 8th, 1864, Shady Grove. Young, George W.
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CHAPTER XX.
THE BORDER RIFLES, COMPANY E, SIXTY-FIRST VIRGINIA REGIMENT.
This company was organized early in 1862, and was composed of about twenty-five of the Norfolk County Rifle Patriots, Com- pany F, 41st Virginia, who left that company on the reorganization in April, and together with new recruits, formed this company. The members were mostly from that portion of Norfolk county now known as Washington and Pleasant Grove Magisterial Dis- tricts, but there were two men from Deep Creek and eight from the city of Portsmouth. The officers of the company at its or- ganization, were :
Captain, Jetson Jett.
First Lieutenant, L. W. Godfrey ; 2d Lieutenant, William T. Drewry ; 3d Lieutenant, Walter C. Ives.
First Sergeant, Augustus W. Portlock ; 2d Sergeant, Dennis M. Etheredge; 3d Sergeant, Augustus R. Pitts; 4th Sergeant, Camillus E. Tatem.
First Corporal, Alonzo Ives ; 2d Corporal, Thomas Williamson ; 3d Corporal, James M. Wilkins ; 4th Corporal, Curtis O. Ives.
The company was mustered into the Confederate States service at Washington Point, now Berkley, and was quartered for a week or two at the Marine Hospital building, when it was assigned to the 61st Virginia Regiment as Company E, and ordered to Oak Grove, near Portsmouth, and remained there, doing provost duty in the city, until the evacuation. On the 10th of May, 1862, it was taken by rail to Petersburg, where the whole of the 61st reg- iment was collected, and remained there for two or three weeks, when, with Companies B and G, it was ordered to City Point on picket duty and remained there until late in August, when the regiment was called together on Dunn's Hill, near Petersburg, and on the 28th of August started to the front to join the Army of Northern Virginia, under General Lee. Upon reaching the Rapidan river, Companies E and F were detached from the regi- ment for special duty and ordered to report to Staunton. Com- pany E was divided into small squads and stationed in the small towns on the Valley turnpike from Staunton to Strausburg. Company F was retained in Staunton. In June, 1863, the two companies were ordered to rejoin the regiment, which was then stationed in the vicinity of Fredericksburg, and after that partici- pated in all of the battles in which the regiment was engaged. They missed Chancellorsville, but got back in time to join the army on its march to Pennsylvania and to take part in the battle of Gettysburg, July 2d and 3d, when Company E had its first ex-
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perience in a general engagement. In this battle Lieutenant Walter C. Ives was killed and Lieutenant L. W. Godfrey was wounded. On the 12th of May following, Lieutenant W. T. Drewry was killed at the battle of Spotsylvania Court House. After the death of Lieutenant Drewry, Sergeant Griffin F. Ed- wards was elected 2d lieutenant, but prefering the position of sergeant-major of the regiment, which he then held, he declined to accept the lieutenaney. He was subsequently promoted to adjutant of the regiment, and held that position from early in 1865 until the close of the war. Private Wm. F. White, of Portsmouth, who was a member of this company, was elected in 1864 captain of one of the Norfolk city companies in the 6th Virginia Regiment, in Mahone's Brigade. The company lost by death from wounds and from sickness, twenty-nine men, while thirteen others are reported below as having been severely woun- ded. The list of wounded was much larger than this, but as it was made up from memory, many were forgotten. While the roster is believed to be correct and full as to those who were killed or died, it does not profess to include all of those who were wounded. This company retained its organization intaet until the closing scenes of the drama at Appomattox, where it surrendered one officer, Captain Jett, and seventeen men.
The wounding of Adjutant Griffin F. Edwards at Cumberland Church on the 7th of April, 1865, was a singular exhibition of what some would term hard luck. The brigade (Mahone's) was lying down in line of battle, behind a slight breastwork about two feet high, which the men had thrown up hastily to protect them- selves from the fire of a force of Federal sharp shooters, who, from the top of a piece of rising ground about a half a mile off, had perfect range of the position. They were armed with globe sight rifles and were expert in their use. Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. H. Stewart had command of the division pieket line and a portion of it had been attacked by a heavy force of Federals and pushed back. General Weisiger, who commanded Mahone's Brigade, and who was at the left of the line, sent for Col. Stewart for the purpose of placing a force at his disposal to re-establish the line. Colonel Stewart moved over the front of the division for nearly a half mile, exposed all the while to the sharp shooters who took frequent shots at him, all of which missed. When he reached General Weisiger's position that officer ordered Colonel V. D. Groner, commanding the 61st Regiment, to make a detail of men, and Colonel Groner called Adjutant Edwards to him and repeated the order. While standing up before Colonel Groner, and before he could execute the order, one of the sharp shooters lodged a ball in his shoulder, which disabled him, and when the brigade fell back that night he was left behind. Two days after- wards, namely, the 9th, the army surrendered at Appomattox.
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Colonel Stewart was standing near Adjutant Edwards when he was shot, and though the more and longer exposed of the two, escaped unharmed.
Below will be found a roll of the company, which is as complete as it is possible to make it at this late day, but it is believed to contain the names of every man who left with the company at the evacuation of Portsmouth by the Confederates on the 10th of May, 1862.
The names here following were on the muster roll of the com- pany May 31st, 1862 :
Captain, Jetson Jett.
First Lieutenant, L. W. Godfrey, wounded July 3d, 1863, Gettysburg.
Second Lieutenant, Win. Drewry, killed May 12th, 1864, Spotsylvania.
Third Lieutenant, Walter C. Ives, killed July 2d, 1863, Gettysburg.
First Sergeant, Gustavus W. Portlock, wounded August 19th, 1864, Weldon railroad, died in hands of enemy.
First Sergeant, James M. Wilkins.
Sergeant Dennis M. Etheredge, died in hospital, Staunton, October 17th, 1862.
Sergeant Augustus R. Pitt, appointed musician.
Sergeant Camillus E. Tatem, wounded July 30th, 1864, Crater.
Sergeant Alonzo Ives, wounded May 6th, 1864, Wilderness, and July 30th, 1864, Crater.
Corporal Thos. Williamson, wounded August 19th, 1864, Petersburg and Weldon railroad, Davis' Farm.
Corporal Curtis O. Ives, wounded August 19th, 1864, Petersburg and Wel- don railroad, Davis' Farm.
Corporal Joshua Charlton, wounded July 30th, Crater.
Corporal L. W. Charlton.
PRIVATES.
Ballance, Martin, wounded August 19th, 1864, Davis' Farm.
Butt, Andrew, wounded July 3d, 1863, Gettysburg, died in hands of the enemy.
Butt, Thomas, died in hospital 1862.
Brinkley, Wm. D,, died in hospital 1864.
Cartwright, Dempsey, killed May 12th, 1864, Spotsylvania.
Charlton, Samuel Q., died in hospital 1862, Staunton.
Cherry, Absolem.
Cherry, Richard.
Corbit, Richard, died in hospital October, 1863, Richmond.
Creekmore, Jolmn W.
Creekmore, Wesley P., died in hospital 1862, Petersburg.
Curling, Bartlett.
Curling, Edmond, wounded May 12th, 1864, at Spotsylvania, captured Aug. 19th, 1864, Davis' Farm.
Cutherell, George,
Cutherell, Milton, wounded July 30th, 1864, Crater.
Cutherell, Wm. E., killed May 12th, 1864, Spotsylvania.
Deford, Richard H.
Dewberry, Wm. T., captured October 27th, Burgess' Mill.
Edmonds, Luther, appointed musician.
Edwards, Griffin F., promoted Sergeant-Major November 1863, Adjutant February, 1865, wounded April 7th, 1865, Cumberland Church, and left on field.
Etheredge, Frederick, killed May 8th, 1864, Wilderness.
Etheredge, Isaiah, captured October 27th, 1864, Burgess' Mill.
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Etheredge, John, captured October 27th, 1864, Burgess' Mill. Etheredge, Martin.
Ferrebe, Grandy, wounded August 19th, 1864, and died in hospital. Foreman, John E.
Foster, James S., captured July 3d, 1864, near Petersburg. Gammon, Joshua B., killed August 19th, 1864, Davis' Farm. Gifford, Samuel, killed August 19th, 1864, Davis' Farm.
Gammon, Alex., killed May 12th, 1864, Spotsylvania.
Gibson, Wm. M., discharged 1864.
Grimes, John F.
Gwynn, Asbury, captured August 19th, 1864, Davis' Farm. Gwynn, Frederick, died in hospital 1864, Richmond.
Gilbert, Thos., died in hospital May, 1862, Petersburg.
Hall, Cary W.
Hall, James S.
Hewett, M. W., discharged October 27th, 1862, disability.
Hanbury, Fred.
Hanbury, Horatis B.
Hanbury, James C.
ยท Hodges, Dan'l, died in hospital October, 1863, Staunton.
Hozier, Jeremiah E., wounded May 12th, 1864, at Spotsylvania and August 19th, 1864, Davis' Farm.
Ives, Felix G.
Jarvis, Alex. A., killed July 30th, 1864, Crater.
Lane, James E., killed June 2d, 1864, Cold Harbor.
McLean, John A., detailed for service in Labratory, Charlotte, N. C.
McPherson, Peter, killed August 19th, 1864, Davis' Farm.
Only, Absolem, discharged for disability.
Only, Alexander, killed May 12th, 1864, Spotsylvania.
Osborne, Raison, wounded May 12th, 1864, Spotsylvania.
Ottley, Win. N., captured October 27th, 1864, Burgess' Mill. Owens, Geo.
Portlock, Thos. E., died in hospital 1863, Staunton. Rndd, Wm. D.
Saunders, Wm. D. B., killed May 12th, 1864, Spotsylvania. Stewart, Thos., killed May 12th, 1864, Spotsylvania.
Stokes, James.
Stokes, Robert.
Stokes, Wilson F., killed June 22d, 1864, Wilcox's Farm. Tatem, Benj. F., promoted Quartermaster Sergeant, 1862. Wagner, Lewis.
Williamson, Chas. C.
Williamson, Elton, wounded August 19th, 1864, Davis' Farm. Williamson, Henry, wounded May 12th, 1862, Spotsylvania. Wilkins, W. L S., promoted 2d Sergeant.
White, Wm. F., promoted Captain 6th Virginia Regiment. Wilson, Joseph.
Wilson, Joshua T., captured August 19th, 1864, Davis' Farm, Wright, Benj., killed May 12th, 1864, Spotsylvania. Lindon, Mitchel.
Killed and died-29.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE VIRGINIA RANGERS, COMPANY H, SIXTY-FIRST VIRGINIA REGIMENT.
In March, 1862, Captain James C. Choat, formerly captain of Company A, 3d Virginia Regiment, and Sergeant John H. Wright, formerly of Company I, 9th Virginia Regiment, both of Norfolk county, were engaged trying to raise separate companies, and finding that the field had been very thoroughly gleaned over and that there were few men in the city or county who were not already in the Confederate service, concluded to consolidate their work and make one company of it. The members of the company were part from the city and part from the county near the western suburbs and towards Deep Creek. The company organized and elected officers on the 26th of March. Those officers were :
Captain, James C. Choat.
First Lieutenant, John H. Wright; 2d Lieutenant, James F. Carr ; 3d Lieutenant, Henry E. Orr.
Firs tSergeant, James H. Gleason ; 2d Sergeant, W. W. Rew; 3d Sergeant, John Sory.
The company was immediately mustered into service and as- signed to the 61st Virginia Regiment as Company H. A short time before the Confederates evacuated Portsmouth Captain Choat accidently shot himself in the arm and resigned the com- mand of the company to Lieutenant Wright, who was promoted to. captain. The company left Portsmouth on the 10th of May, 1862, marched to Suffolk and there took the cars for Petersburg, and camped a short time on the heights to the south of that city, after which it was moved to Dunn's Hill with the rest of the reg- iment. While there Lieutenant Carr was appointed commissary of the regiment, but shortly afterwards resigned, and was dis- charged upon a surgeon's certificate of disability, and Sergeant James H. Gleason was elected lieutenant. The company did provost duty in Petersburg until August 28th, when the regiment broke camp and marched to Richmond, and from there took the cars for Rapidan Station, and assisted in rebuilding the bridge over that river, which had been burned. From there the com- pany was ordered to Warrenton, and did provost duty until the latter part of October, when it was ordered to rejoin the regiment and marched to Fredericksburg. After that time the regiment was attached to Mahone's Brigade.
While the company was at Warrenton, Captain Wright received an appointment assigning him to other duty and he resigned the captaincy of the company. He subsequently enlisted as a private in the signal corps. Lieutenant Orr then became captain. Lieu-
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tenant Gleason was promoted to 1st lieutenant and Sergeant W. W. Rew was elected 2d lieutenant. Captain Orr commanded the company until the close of the war. Lieutenant Gleason was severely wounded and disabled at the battle of Spotsylvania Court House, May 12th, 1864, and was retired. At the battle of the Crater, July 30th, 1864, the company lost very heavily. One man was killed, and Lieutenant Rew and five privates were wounded. Lieutenant Rew's wound was very severe, but he re- covered in time to rejoin the company and surrendered with it at Appomattox Court House, when there were present two commis- sioned officers, one sergeant and six privates. The company lost very heavily in proportion to its numbers, and participated in all of the battles in which the regiment was engaged. Below will be found a roll of the company, together with the casualties as far as it has been possible for them to be obtained. At this date none of the officers who were in actual service with the company are living, and the source of information concerning the killed and wounded has been narrowed down to very close limits, but the roll embraces all who left the county with the company on the 10th of May, 1862, and the list of casualties is correct as far as it goes :
Captain James C. Choat, accidently wounded May, 1862, and resigned.
First Lientenant John H. Wright, promoted Captain, resigned 1862, en- listed in Signal Corps.
Second Lieutenant James F. Carr, appointed Commissary. discharged 1862. Third Lieutenant Henry E. Orr, appointed Captain 1862, surrendered at Appomattox.
First Sergeant James A. Gleason, elected 1st Lieutenant, wounded and dis- abled May 12th, 1864, Spotsylvania, and retired.
Third Sergeant Jonn R. Simmons, promoted 1st Sergeant.
Fourth Sergeant Washington W. Rew, elected Lieutenant, wounded July 30th, 1864, Crater.
Corporal John C. Sorey.
Corporal Edward L. Mansfield.
Corporal George Ross.
Musician John W. Mitchell.
PRIVATES.
Aydelott, Henry C., died in hospital 1863, U. S. Ford.
Adkins, G. B., wounded July 30th, 1864, Crater.
Brittingham, Francis O.
Ballentine, John.
Berryman, Ed. F., promoted Sergeant, wounded August 19th, 1864, Davis' Farm.
Bowden, Wm.
Crumpler, Solomon B.
Cherry, Richard J., promoted Sergeant, detached 1864.
Cherry, Miles, died in hospital 1862, Petersburg.
Cherry, John.
Cherry, David.
Cherry, Paul W., died in hospital 1862, at Petersburg.
Cooke, Antonio M., wounded Crater, Wilderness and Hatcher's Run.
Chamberlaine, Willis.
Culpepper, Franklin J.
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Duke, Francis, killed May 12th, 1864, Spotsylvania.
Eddie, R., wounded July 30th, 1864, Crater. Foreman, Isaiah, transferred to Company G.
Foreman, James R., died in hospital.
Friedlin, Amile C. Gallup, John, Sr. Gilding, Geo. F.
Gallagher, Carney.
Gallagher, Edward, captured.
Hodges, Thos., promoted Corporal.
Hodges, William.
Hozier, John W., made Corporal, wounded July 30th, 1864, Crater.
Hodges, John T.
Halstead, Thos.
Haynes, John W., promoted Sergeant. Harrel, Alexander.
Johnson, Alonzo.
Jolinson, James H., made Corporal.
Johnson, John B., captured April 8th, 1865, on retreat.
Johnson, Lender, made Corporal, detached for service at Danville, 1863. Jordan, Wm.
Lassiter, James, died in hospital, U. S. Ford.
Miller, Christopher, wounded May 6th, 1864, Wilderness. Miller, J. F.
Mansfield, James, killed near Petersburg.
McNider, Wm. H., killed July 30th, 1864, Crater.
Mansfield, Willoughby, made Corporal, killed May 6th, 1864, Wilderness.
Mears, Thos., lost leg June 22d, 1864, Wilcox Farm.
McTyre, Robt. W., made Corporal.
McGlone, J.
Only, Hollowell, died in Chimborazo Hospital of Pneumonia May, 1863. Only, Joseph.
Robinson, E. Taylor, Thos. H.
Tranham, A. S., wounded July 30th, 1864, Crater.
Turner, Mills. Wilkins, Richard.
White, Geo. T.
Wyatt, H. T., wounded July 30th, 1864, Crater. Killed and died-10.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE BILISOLY BLUES, COMPANY I, SIXTY-FIRST VIRGINIA REGIMENT.
This company was organized in Portsmouth June 16th, 1861, and contained in its membership quite a number of men from the vicinity of Bowers' Hill, in Norfolk county. The following were the officers under whom it was mustered into service :
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