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Aaron Corfelt, enlisted Apr., 1862, private, Shenandoah County.
Gideon Corfelt, enlisted Apr., 1862, private, Shenandoah County. Wounded.
F. N. Crown, enlisted private, Shenandoah County. Dis- charged Mar. 28, 1862 by special order No. 118.
C. C. Cahoon, private. Served four years.
John W. Clay, enlisted 1864, private. Served one year. James Chamblin, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Wounded June 27th, 1862.
W. B. Clem, enlisted 1862, private, Shenandoah. Served 4 years.
Peter Dearmont, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Trans- ferred Clarke Cavalry.
Jos. T. Doran, enlisted Apr. 18, 1861, private, Millwood. W. Scott Dishman, Apr. 18, 1861, private, Millwood. Killed 1st Manassas. Buried on field.
Alexander Day, enlisted Apr. 18, 1861, private, Millwood. Served 4 years.
John E. Evans, enlisted Apr. 18, 1861, private, White Post. Prisoner.
Harrison Estep, enlisted Apr. 18, 1861, private, Shenan- doah.
R. T. Ellett, enlisted Apr. 18, 1861, private, Millwood. Made Sergeant.
J. Erms, private. Wounded June 27, 1862.
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D. Estep, enlisted Apr. 18, 1861, private, Millwood. Served four years.
Kinlock Fauntleroy, enlisted Apr. 18, 1861, private, Mill- wood. Made Lieut. Artillery.
John A. Fry, enlisted Apr. 18, 1861, private. Wounded Gettysburg.
Amos Funkhouser, enlisted 1863, private. Served 2 years. Ambrose Funkhouser, enlisted 1863, private. Served 2 years.
E. Grubbs, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Killed 1st Manassas.
Samuel Grubbs, enlisted 1861, private Millwood. Pro- moted Lieut. Killed May 5th, 1864. Wilderness. Jas. W. Grubbs, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Killed Kernstown.
Wm. Grubbs, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Killed Spotsylvania.
Geo. W. Grubbs, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Killed Spottsylvania.
Jas. S. Grubbs, enlisted 1861, private.
Philip L. Grubbs, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Wounded Fredericksburg.
Jas. T. Grubbs, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Served four years.
Jno. W. Holland, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood.
Jas. Henry, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood.
Edward Hefflebower, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Wounded; 12 months in prison. Cavalry.
James Hodge, enlisted 1861, private.
Robert C. Harris, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Prisoner.
Thos. L. Hughes, enlisted 1861, private, White Post. Discharged under age.
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John T. Hughes, enlisted 1861, private, White Post. Dis- charged under age.
Jesse Harman.
Joel Hensley, enlisted 1861, private. Served four years. A. M. Hoyt, enlisted 1862, private. Served three years. Jas. F. Kerfoot, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Joined
cavalry 1862. Made scout to Gen. Lee. Promoted to Captain.
Judson G. Kerfoot, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Joined cavalry 1862.
Daniel Kerfoot, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Killed near Millwood.
A. J. Kerfoot, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Surren- dered Appomattox April 9th, 1865.
Jas. Kenny, enlisted 1861, private.
Wm. Kenny, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Wounded. H. T. Kelly, enlisted 1864, private, Millwood. Served 1 year.
Jas. D. Kerfoot, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Served 4 years.
Mordecai Lewis, enlisted 1861, Sergt., Millwood. Pro- moted Sergt. Wounded. At surrender at Appomat- tox, April 9th, 1865.
J. D. Lloyd, enlisted 1861, Millwood.
J. S. Lloyd, enlisted 1861, Millwood.
Jas. B. Lindsey, enlisted, 1861, Millwood.
T. Munsen, enlisted 1861, Millwood. Deserted 1861. John W. McCormick, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Surrendered at Appomatox.
H. T. McDonald, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood.
D. F. Miller, enlisted 1862, private. Served 3 years.
Jas. W. Marshall, Sr., enlisted 1861, private. Served 21/2 years.
Jos. McDaniel, enlisted 1864, private. Served 3 months.
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Jos. E. Newlands, enlisted 1861, private. Served 4 years. P. W. Noell, enlisted 1863, private. Served 2 years. Wm. T. Noell, enlisted 1863, private, Millwood. Served 2 years.
J. R. Oliver, enlisted 1862, private, Millwood. Served 3 years.
Alex. Parkins, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Wound- ed 1st Manassas and died.
Bushrod Puller, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood.
Andrew Perron, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood.
W. L. Paugere, enlisted 1862, private, Millwood. To end of war.
Geo. R. Lunzey.
Deshin Lloyd, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood.
Samuel Rutter, enlisted 1862, private, Millwood.
Mat S. Royston, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Joined cavalry.
Thos. H. B. Randolph, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Wounded 1st Manassas. Transferred Signal Corps.
Chas. H. Richards, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Killed at Wilderness, May 5th, 1864.
John Reardon, enlisted 1861, private. Prisoner Spotsyl- vania, died at Elmira, N. Y.
F. H. Randolph.
Geo. C. or John C. Rutherford.
John Ryman, enlisted 1862, private, Millwood. Served to close of war.
Ed. Ryan, enlisted 1862, private, Millwood. Served to close of war.
L. R. Riley, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Wounded at Gettysburg.
John W. Sprint, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood.
Jas. W. Spencer, enlisted Apr. 1861, private.
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Phil H. Shearer, enlisted Apr. 1861, private, Millwood. Wounded at Gettysburg.
Wm. R. Shipe, enlisted Apr. 1861, private.
Wm. M. Sowers, enlisted Apr., 1861, private, Millwood. Killed while at home on furlough.
Wm. M. Sowers, enlisted Apr. 1861, private, Millwood. Killed 1864.
Philip Speyle, enlisted 1861, private. Surrendered Ap- pomattox April 9th, 1865.
Samuel Speyle, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood.
J. E. Spitzer, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Served 4 years.
Geo. T. Shields, enlisted 1863, private. Served 13 months. John T. Sprint.
Adam T. Thompson, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Wounded 1st Manassas.
John W. Tansill, enlisted 1861, private.
W. A. Tansill.
W. H. Thompson, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Quarter Master Sergt. of regiment. Surrender of Appomattox.
Ben Trenary, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Trans- ferred cavalry.
J. B. Whitter, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Killed 1st Manassas.
John Welch.
Lewis F. Wood, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood.
F. B. Whiting, Jr., enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Wounded Gettysburg.
Carlyle Whiting, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Trans- ferred Co. D. 6th Virginia Cavalry. Killed 1864. Jas. E. Weir, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Prisoner Spotsylvania.
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Benj. F. Wilson, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood. Killed 1st Manassas.
B. F. Willingham, enlisted 1861, private, Millwood.
H. Van Belt, enlisted 1861, private, Millowod.
H. Cloud, possibly H. Clarke. Surrendered Appomattox. Jno. L. Nash, private. Discharged.
CHAPTER XXV
THE CLARKE CAVALRY
A MONG the military organizations that went from the County of Clarke in defense of the State and Southland in the war between the states, was a troop of horse known as the Clarke Cavalry.
It is not to be understood that this troop was composed wholly of residents of said county. It was a crack corps, and many men from adjoining and distant counties of the State and from other states enlisted in it, attracted by its reputation for dash and gallantry, and the character of the material of which it was composed.
There was organized in that part of the County of Frederick which is now embraced in the territory of the County of Clarke, for service in the war with Great Britian in 1812, a company of cavalry commanded by Captain Eben Taylor. It is said that the names on the roster of the Company last mentioned and the names on that of the Clarke Cavalry were to a large extent the same, from which the inference is drawn that many of the men composing the Clarke Cavalry that took part in the war between the states were descendents of the men who, in the war of 1812, enlisted under the command of Captain Taylor.
Throughout the period between the War of 1812 and that of 1861-65, this Company preserved its organiza- tion in a general way; its existence was not continuous, but with short intervals of interruption the organization
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D. T. RICHARDS
CAPTAIN, "CLARKE CAVALRY," (COMPANY D, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY) LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY
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was preserved. From 1845 to 1856 this Company had as its Captain, Hugh M. Nelson, of "Longbranch", near Millwood. Among the Lieutenants during these years were Richard P. Bryarly of White Post and James M. Allen, now living in Brooklyn, New York. The Company was armed with sabres and the old single barrel horse pistols, which would be curiosities now. Previous to and during the John Brown affair the Company had as its Captain, E. P. C. Lewis.
It did some service at that time. Soon after this it was reorganized with other officers.
The roster of the Company when it engaged in the war of 1861-65 with changes and additions in its officers here- in below noted, were as follows:
Joseph R. Hardesty, Captain; resigned July 21st, 1861. Hugh M. Nelson, elected in July 1861. He served as Captain of the Company until the spring of 1862, when he accepted a position on the staff of Gen. Ewell. He served in this capacity until his death in August, 1862, when he died from disease contracted in the service.
William Taylor, Ist Lieut., promoted to Major in the Commissary Department.
David H. Allen, 2nd Lieut, who died in August, 1861, from the result of a wound received in the first battle of Manassas.
George Mason, 3rd Lieut.
Charles H. Smith, Orderly Sergeant.
At the re-organization of the Company in May, 1862, the following officers were elected:
D. T. Richards, Captain; successively promoted to Major and Lieut. Colonel of the 6th Virginia Cavalry. He was wounded in action at the battle of Yellow Tavern, May 11, 1864.
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1st Lieut, Joseph McKay Kennerly, promoted to be cap- tain of the Company Oct. 28th, 1864, to rank from June 4, 1864, permanently disabled by a wound re- ceived in action at Ream's Station July, 1864.
R. O. Allen, 2nd Lieut., permanently disabled by a wound received at the Battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863. C. George Shumate, 3rd Lieut., wounded at Brandy Sta- tion, June 9, 1863, at Trevillian Station, June 11, 1864, and killed in action near Berry's Ferry, July, 1864.
ENLISTED MEN
Ashby, Lewis; killed in action at Trevillian Station, June 11, 1864.
Ashby, Buckner; discharged under an Act of Congress. Ashby, George; discharged on surgeon's certificate.
Ashby, Shirley C.
Anderson, Milton B.
Anderson, John.
Ambler, Jaqueline R.
Baney, Thaddeus.
Bell, Jonah; killed at Trevillian Station, June 11, 1864.
Bell, James; killed in action near Berryville, Aug. 1864. Bell, John; wounded in action September 9, 1863.
Brown, William H.
Blackburn, John S .; promoted to lieutenancy in Ordi- nance Department.
Brabham, Charles; discharged on surgeon's certificate.
Barbee, John; killed in action June 9, 1863 at Brandy Station.
Berkeley, Carter; promoted to lieutenancy in Artillery Service.
Larue, C. C .; corporal, wounded in action Sept. 13, 1863 at Brandy Station, Va., and at Lacey's Springs, Va., Sept. 20, 1864.
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Larue, James. Larue, William A.
Larue, Gilbert; wounded in action at Brandy Station, Oct., 1863.
Lewis, H. L. D., promoted to Major on staff of Gen. Maury. Lewis, Robert.
Lindsey, James; killed in action, 1863, near Upperville, Va. Laughlin, William.
Mason, Joseph.
Moore, Francis; died March 6, 1862, from sickness con- tracted in service.
Moore, William; Sergeant, promoted to lieutenancy in the Company, died of wounds received in action at Five Forks, Va., April 2, 1865.
Moore, A., Jr .; taken prisoner at Yellow Tavern, May 11, 1864, escaped from railroad train August 16, 1864, and returned to his command.
Moore, Nicholas; permanently disabled by wound receiv- ed June 9, 1863, at Brandy Station, Va.
Morgan, William C .; sergeant.
Morgan, John; taken prisoner at Berry's Ferry, Va.
Morgan, Daniel, died of wounds received in action April 2, 1865, at Five Forks, Va.
McGuire, D. Holmes.
McGuire, Burwell.
Meade, F. Key.
Meade, David.
Meade, Harry.
Magner, M. F. Manuel, Newton.
McMurray, John.
Milton, William T .; acting Sergeant Major of the 6th Va. Regiment Cavalry after the capture of Eugene Davis. Bonham, William.
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Bonham, Isaac.
Carson, John R.
Castleman, M. R. P .; color Sergeant of 6th Va. Cavalry. Castleman, Robert; transferred to 12th Regiment of Cav- alry. Castleman, James R.
Crow, John T .; wounded while on service as scout near Luray in 1864.
Crow, H. Clay.
Carper, John.
Catlett, Henry.
Calmes, F. H .; promoted to major of 23rd Va. Cavalry, wounded in action at Charles Town, Nov., 1863.
Calmes, Marquis; killed in service as scout, Dec., 1864. Cooke, N. B., detailed as courier for Gen. J. E. B. Stuart. Dearmont, John; corporal, killed in action at Lacy's Spring, Va., Dec. 20th, 1864.
Dearmont, Thomas.
Dearmont, Peter.
Dement, Thomas.
Deahl, Horace P .; wounded at Brandy Sta., Oct. 13, 1863, at Trevillian Sta., June 11, 1864, and captured in 1864.
Davis, Eugene; promoted to Sergt. Major of 6th Va., Cavalry, taken prisoner at Yellow Tavern, May 11, 1864.
Davis, Albert F.
Davis, A. S.
Everhart, James B.
Everhart, J. Newton.
Fauntleroy, Kinloch, promoted to lieutenancy and as- signed to Stuart's Horse Artillery.
Funston, O. R .; promoted to lieutenancy as adjutant 11th Va. cavalry.
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Grady, C. Powell; sergeant, promoted to captaincy on the staff of Gen. William E. Jones.
Grady, Temple; died of disease contracted in the service, Nov., 1864.
Grady, Edward; wounded at Berry's Ferry.
Gibson, William, sergeant, killed in ambuscade at Annan- dale, Va., Oct., 1861.
Griggs, James L .; wounded in action Sept. 1864, near Lu- ray, Va.
Harris, George; corporal.
Harris, John.
Hardesty, Charles W .; wounded near Appomattox Court House.
Hammond, William H .; died of wound received in action July 4th, 1864, at Ream's Station, Va.
Hunter, Taliaferro.
Harley, William.
Hite, Madison; discharged on surgeon's certificate.
Hite, Irving; died of disease contracted in the service.
Hite, Fontaine; killed in action Jan., 1865, at Beverly, W. Va. Hite, Cornelius.
Hite, William M .; killed in action Oct. 14, 1864, at Brandy Station, Va.
Hibbs, Solomon.
Jones, Robert.
Janney, Walter, died at Camp Chase Prison in 1864.
Johnson, John M.
Kiger, James. Keeler, J. M. Kendall, Charles. Kerfoot, John D. Kerfoot, Henry; wounded in action Sept., 1864. Kitchen, John.
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Kitchen, George; deserted to the enemy.
Kneller, Lewis, corporal.
Kneller, Jacob.
Kneller, Thomas.
Kimball, Charles E .; promoted to lieutenancy and ad- jutancy of 6th Regiment Va. Cavalry.
McCormick, Edward, promoted to major in Quarter- master's Department.
McCormick, Hugh H .; wounded in action Oct. 14, 1863, at Brandy Station.
McCormick, Cyrus; wounded in action Oct. 14, 1863, at Brandy Station.
McCormick, Province.
Mitchell, Cary; died of disease contracted in service.
Mitchell, Robert; wounded in action Oct. 14, 1863, at
Buford's Ford; killed in action June 11, 1864, at Trevillian Station, Va.
Mitchell, Ship.
McClure, Nicholas; Quartermaster clerk.
Milburn, John.
Michie, H. B.
Marshall, E. C., Jr.
Opie, Hierome; promoted to lieutenancy in Ordance Bu- reau.
Opie, John N .; wounded in action Sept. 13, 1863, Culpep- per Court House.
Osborne, Edward.
Powers, Philip; promoted to major in Quartermaster's Department.
Pierce, William.
Page, George.
Page, William B .; wounded in action Culpeper, Court House, Oct. 13, 1863.
Page, Archie.
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Pendleton, Robert N.
Pendleton, Dudley D .; promoted to captaincy on staff of Gen. Pendleton.
Pennybacker, Frank.
Russell, Jesse, corporal.
Russell, Bennett, died of disease contracted in the service in 1863.
Russell, Thomas, J .; wounded in action at Brandy Sta- tion, June 9, 1863, and permanently disabled.
Riely, William A.
Ritter, George.
Smith, Charles H .; taken prisoner May 9, 1864.
Smith, Treadwell, corporal; wounded June 9, 1863, at Brandy Station, at same place Sept., 1863, and killed in action at Five Forks, Aug. 2, 1865.
Smith, J. Rice.
Smith, Warren C.
Sowers, George, H.
Shepherd, Joseph H .; taken prisoner 1863.
Shepherd, George C .; taken prisoner 1863.
Shepherd, Champ.
Shumate, G. H .; died of disease contracted in the service. Shumate, Edward.
Shumate, Thomas; wounded in action.
Steptoe, R. C .; wounded in action June 11, 1864, Trevil- lian Station.
Swartzwelder, Lennard; killed in action June 11, 1864, at Trevillian Station.
Swann, Philip; corporal, detailed as scout.
Simpson, William.
Stephenson, Henry.
Trenary, Benjamin.
Timberlake, Thomas W .; killed in action Oct. 9, 1864.
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Topper, Pius Francis, wounded in action June 9, 1863, at
Brandy Station; killed in action Sept., 1864, near Luray, Va.
Thompson, James.
Turner, George.
Watson, James; Commissary Sergeant of Company.
Watson, Thomas; wounded in action Oct. 9, 1864.
White, John R .; wounded at Luray, Sept., 1864.
Williams, Thomas; promoted to assistant surgeon.
Williams, L. Eustace, wounded in action at Trevillian Station, June 11, 1864.
Ware, Charles; assistant Surgeon out of Regiment.
Ware, J. S.
Willis, N. P .; sergeant and lieutenant of Company, wound-
ed in action June 11, 1864, at Trevillian Station. Waesche, George; quartermaster clerk.
Whiting, Carlyle; wounded at Manassas, July 21, 1861, killed near Luray, Dec., 1864.
Wigginton, James D.
Wheat, Joseph N .; taken prisoner Sept. 18, 1864, at Win- chester, Va.
Wheat, F. W .; orderly sergeant.
Count F. Zulasky; promoted to lieutenancy and put in command of battery at Rockett's, near Richmond.
The foregoing embraces the names of all enlistments in the Clarke Cavalry, including those that enlisted during the war.
Immediately on the secession of the State from the Federal Union, April 17th, 1861, Governor Letcher order- ed all military organizations in the lower Shenandoah Valley to proceed with expedition to Harper's Ferry and take possession of that point, the chief object in view be- ing the seizure of the United States armory and arsenal at that point, with the muskets and swords contained in
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the latter. The Clarke Cavalry promptly obeyed this order, moving on the 17th. Shortly after, Col. Thomas J. Jackson was put in command of the troops at that point, and he was shortly succeeded by Gen. Joseph E. Johnson, who was intrusted with the command of the Department of the Valley and the country lying west of it. J. E. B. Stuart was commissioned by the State of Virginia Colonel of the Cavalry and had in his command at Harper's Ferry six troops, aggregating about three hundred men, including the Clarke Cavalry. This was the nucleus of the first regiment of Virginia cavalry.
During the occupation of Harper's Ferry the Cavalry, under the command of Colonel Stuart, was kept con- stantly on duty as pickets and scouts. It guarded the forts of the Shenandoah, and of the Potomac beyond Martinsburg. One important duty that devolved upon Colonel Stuart was to keep his eye on the movements of a body of Federal soldiers that was being collected at Harrisburg, Pa., with the purpose of so threatening General Johnson's communications at Harper's Ferry as to prevent his rendering aid to General Beauregard at Ma- nassas. So efficient was the service rendered by Colonel Stuart that General Johnson in a letter written to him when he, Johnson, was transferred to the West, says "How can I eat, sleep or rest in peace without you upon the outpost?"
Colonel Stuart kept General Johnson fully advised of Patterson's movements down the Cumberland Valley to Williamsport, Md., and the latter promptly transferred his army from Harper's Ferry to a point on the Winches- ter and Martinsburg Turnpike, near Darksville, and of- fered battle, which Patterson declined. His escape with his army to the aid of Beauregard at Manassas without knowledge of it reaching Patterson was a most difficult
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and delicate undertaking, the accomplishment of which depended very largely on the efficiency with which Colonel Stuart cloaked and guarded the movements. A cordon of pickets was established across the Shenandoah Valley to the top of the Blue Ridge Mountain, which was so well maintained as to completely veil the movements and pur- pose of General Johnson, so that he was able to arrive on the plains of Manassas without a suspicion of the move- ment entering the mind of General Patterson. After General Johnson's infantry and artillery had crossed the Blue Ridge, Colonel Stuart called in his pickets and scouts and followed it to Piedmont, and thence marched prompt- ly to Manassas to take his part in the battle that was then pending there. Placing himself on the extreme left of the Confederate army and supported by Beckham's bat- tery, he kept in check and repelled repeated efforts of the enemy to extend its right flank so as to envelope the left of General Johnson, and finally, at a critical period of the battle, he ordered two companies of his regiment, namely, the Clarke Cavalry and the Loudoun Cavalry, to charge the enemy's infantry. This was successfully done, and a regiment of Zouaves that had ventured out on the extreme right of the Federal army was practically destroyed. In this engagement Lieut. David H. Allen received a wound from which he died in the month of August following.
When the retreat of the enemy began, Colonel Stuart pressed it with his mounted men, captured a great many prisoners and contributed largely to the confusion, ex- citement and panic of the rout. In a paper prepared by General Early on so much of the battle as fell under his immediate eye he declares that no subordinate officer con- tributed as much to the defeat of the enemy in this en- gagement as did Colonel Stuart.
WILLIAM TAYLOR FIRST LIEUTENANT, "CLARKE CAVALRY" (COMPANY D. SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY MAJOR IN QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER XXVI
T HE battle of Manassas was followed by a long period of quiet and rest to the infantry and ar- tillery, but the cavalry, which has been fitly styled the eye and ears and cloak of an army, was constant- ly occupied. Colonel Stuart established his picket line within sight of the capitol building in Washington, and had daily encounters with the outposts of the enemy. In one of these, Sergeant Wm. Gibson, of the Clarke Cavalry, was fired upon from ambuscade by the enemy and killed.
The Clarke Cavalry retained its connection with the First Regiment until Colonel Stuart was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, and as there was an excess of two companies in the First over what was required to con- stitute a regiment, the Clarke Cavalry elected to be trans- ferred to the 6th Virginia Cavalry, with which regiment it served until the close of the war between the states, and in which it was known as Company D. The 6th consti- tuted a part of the brigade of which General Stuart took command on his promotion. It was first commanded by Col. C. W. Field, who being, shortly after he took command of it, promoted to the rank of Brigadier General of Infantry, was succeeded in command by Col. Thomas S. Flournoy. When the army of General Johnson was withdrawn from the neighborhood of Centreville and transferred to the peninsula below Richmond, the Clarke Cavalry took an ac- tive part in defending the rear of his army and after it had crossed the Rapidan River the 6th Regiment was left
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with General Ewell in the neighborhood of Culpeper Court House for the purpose of watching the movements of General McDowell, who commanded the Federal army at Fredericksburg.
When, in the month of May, 1862, General T. J. Jackson was about to enter upon his brilliant campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, he was re-enforced at Elkton by the troops commanded by General Ewell, including the 6th Cavalry. The Clarke Cavalry had it thus in its power to take an active part in the campaign, and rendered very , valuable and efficient service.
General Jackson's march down the Luray Valley was preceded by the Cavalry, and his movement concealed and shrouded by active picketing and scouting. The enemy, after being driven from Front Royal and River- ton, made a stand at Cedarville on the turnpike road be- tween Riverton and Winchester, where, under the im- mediate eye of General Jackson, and acting under his personal order, five companies of the 6th Regiment, in- cluding the Clarke Cavalry, made a charge so effective and gallant that General Jackson is said to have express- ed great admiration of it and to have declared that he had never read of a more gallant charge by a body of cavalry.
The Clarke Cavalry remained with General Jackson while he was in the lower Valley, and accompanied him when he withdrew from Harper's Ferry to the Upper Val- ley, taking part in the fight near Harrisonburg, in which General Ashby was killed, and in the subsequent battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic. It then accompanied General Jackson as his advance guard, especially select- ed for the purpose, on his march to Richmond to join General Lee in his attack on the army of General Mc- Clellan. It remained near Richmond until General Jack- son's movement to Gordonsville, to which point it ac-
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