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In Company E, Third West Virginia Cavalry, we find the following names: Taylor Sutton, Lee Brooks (killed at Petersburg, Va.), Thomas Coger, Jerry Sawyers, Niek Butcher, Enoch Heater, Isaac Fisher, James P. Hudkins, Payton Boggs.
Eleventh West Virginia: Johnson Squires, Orderly Sergeant.
Ninth West Virginia: J. Y. Gillespie, Sergeant (wounded at Floyd Moun- tain), George Dobins.
Dump. Conrad, eolored, served through the war, company unknown, was a pensioner, and recently died. Many other names not given.
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF THE COUNTY.
Fully three hundred men from Braxton county went South and cast their fortunes with the Confederaey. Aside from those mustered in the county, many went into eompanies raised in other parts of the State. Of these, the
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names or the record has not been fully preserved, but herewith are given all that can be obtained :
The first company of soldiers that volunteered from Braxton Co. served in Company C, 25th Regiment, commanded by Colonel Hickembottom. Captain Pat. Duffy (deceased) was afterward promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. 1st . Lieutenant of the Company was J. M. Boggs; 2nd Lieutenant, E. D. Camden, . (Lieutenant Camden was promoted to Captain) ; 3rd Lieutenant, James Mc- Corkle; Orderly Sergeant, Willis Lawrence; 2nd Sergeant, Wm. L. J. Corley (wounded and deceased) ; 3rd Sergeant, Side Camel. F. J. Sutton was later promoted to Lieutenant.
Private James P. Hefner, wounded, living.
Private Samuel Hefner, Color Bearer, dead.
Private Jahugh Carpenter, dead.
Private Edward Brady, Corporal, wounded, living.
Private Marlow Mace, living.
Private J. B. MeLaughlin, living.
Private Thomas B. Wilson, wounded, deceased.
Private Alfred Dilley, wounded at Wilderness, dead.
Private John Satler, wounded at G. B., living.
Private Thomas Frame.
Private Johnson MeLaughlin, dead.
Private Thurman Tinney, killed at Allegheny Mountains.
Private Hanson Pierson, died at Allegheny Mountain.
Private Charles Taylor, lost leg, living.
Private George Johnson, killed.
Private Felix Wilson, killed.
Private John Taylor, died in prison.
Private Addison Long, wounded, still living.
Private Willis Lawrence, killed.
Private James A. Johnson, wounded at MeDowell, Va. (Promoted to Orderly.)
Members of Hampton's Legion from Braxton county: I. D. Johnson, dead; Wm. Johnson, dead; James Matheny, dead: Uriah Given, taken prisoner, died at home on return.
62nd Virginia Infantry: Jas. W. Spicer, dead; Harvey Spicer, dead; Thomas D. Wood, living; Capt. James Berry, deceased; Pembroke Berry, de- ceased; T. J. Berry, deceased (to go with 25th Infantry).
36th Battalion : Colonel Swan; II. C. Duffield, captain, killed at Opequon ; A. N. Duffield, wounded at Opequon, deccased; Eli Taylor, deceased since ; Henry Perrine, deceased since; John Cutlip, living; George Keener. died in prison; Nathaniel Keener, died in prison.
John L. Caynor's Co., 6th Va. Infantry : Peter Hardway, killed at Cloyd Mountain ; Pinkney Fulks, killed at Cloyd Mountain; Clark Dean, deceased ;
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Peter Dickey, Orderly, taken prisoner, died on way home; Wm. Callison; Spi- der Callison, deceased; Harvey Armstrong, deceased: Milton Bragg. living; Henry Given, wounded, deceased; Robert Johnson, deceased.
Company B, 19th Virginia Cavalry: John S. Sprigg, captain; Reynolds Davis, first lieutenant, killed; James D. Sprigg, second lieutenant; John J. Williams, third lieutenant; James W. Squires, killed, Richard Williams, Hugh Williams, J. E. Williams, Hanson Williams. Granville Wilson, Hiram West- fall, Jacob Westfall, George Westfall, James Westfall, William H. Mathews, F. F. Squires, Jehu Carpenter, Stanley Conrad, Benjamin Riffle, Edmund Barker, Johnson Barker, Isaac Barker, Sheldon Knight, Wesley Knight, Fran- cis Knight, Charles Nutter, killed, H. H. MeElwain, Mortimer Thayey, Thomas Belknap, Joseph McCray, Perry Heater, Calvin Heater, Elijah Heater, Robert Givens, Isaac Thrasher, Thomas Goff, Wm. L. Perine, Henry Perine, Robert Perine, Samuel Perine, Joseph MeMillin, James K. MeMillin, James Shrader, Patrick Foley, Mathew Hines, killed, James Heffner, Samuel Given, James K. Baker, Nathan Hutchinson, Hudson D. Knight, John May, William W. Tay- lor, died in service, James Lake, Ambrose Tonkin, A. B. Stonestreet, Jesse Smith. John Gardner, killed, James Gardner, killed, Lewis Weese, killed, John I. Tonkin, died. Aggregate, 65 men.
Company G, 62nd Regiment Virginia Mounted Infantry: Captain Con- rad Currenee, killed at New Market, Virginia, May 15, 1864; Thomas Saun- ders, killed at New Market, May 15, 1864: Andrew Heater, killed at New Market, May 15, 1864; James L. Berry, killed at New Market, May 15, 1864; G. W. Hopkins, died at Harrisonville, Va., 1863; T. W. Myers, killed at Charles- town, Va., 1863; William Gardner, killed at Beverly, W. Va., 1864; Henry Allen, died at Harrisonville, 1863; Newton Conrad, killed at Richmond, 1863; Michael Heffner, died at Shenandoah Mountain in 1862; Salathiel Coger, died at Shenandoah Mountain, 1862; Levi Waybright, died of smallpox at Shenan- doah Mountain, 1862; G. W. Dyer, died at Shenandoah Mountain, 1862; Sam- uel Jones, killed at Berryville, Va., 1864; Thomas O. Williams, killed at Wil- liamsport, Md., 1863; William Berry, died in hospital at Memphis, Tenn., 1864; F. J. Berry, died at Moorefield, Va., 1862; J. D. Lenenson, died at Win- chester, 1863; John Dennison, died at Winehester, 1863; John S. Singleton, Asa Coger, S. C. Heffner, J. J. Dyer, J. W. James, William James, Henry Boggs, Frank Holden, T. W. Saunders, William Harren, J. W. Harren, J. C. Dennison, D. J. Dennison, Frederick Hoover, Dexter Posey, John Heater, fames Bragg, Richard Lake, W. L. Ware, K. R. Heater, William Heater, J. W. Hacker, Asa Stump, J. J. Blake, G. B. Ocheltree, Jackson Skinner, J. W. Singleton, F. F. Singleton, Harvey Spiller, B. C. Conrad, James Spicer, Jaek- son Coger, Cornelius Coger, Joseph McPherson, S. B. Myers, P. W. Shields, Jonathan Rattliff, Addison Williams, S. Y. Farrar, J. P. McNemar, John Lake, ' Benjamin Hamilton, J. H. Berry, Charles Riffle, James Riffle, T. M. Moore, D. H. Wine, James Heffner, T. B. Cunningham, Thomas McPherson. Aggregate,
69 men.
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Compnay I, 17th Virginia, Confederate Veterans, mustered into service at Birch River, Nicholas County, Virginia, Oct. 2, 1862:
French, W. H., Colonel.
Bland, John, Capt. of Lewis County.
Long, W. A., 1st Lieutenant; died since war.
Given, Theo. 2nd Lieutenant; wounded in Maryland; deceased.
Pierson, W. F., 3rd Lieutenant ; deccased.
Duffield, Uriah, Orderly Sergeant; died in prison.
Ameigh, Charles; dicd in service.
Brown, Israel, Sr., Nicholas Co .; deceased.
Brown, Israel, Jr .; died since the war.
Boggs, John; died since the war.
Bailin, David; gone. Cunningham, John; deccased.
Duffield, C. B .; deceased.
Duffield, John; wounded, living.
Duffield, E. D .; living.
Dobbins, B. F .; living.
Dobbins, H. C .; deceased.
Dickey, Benjamin ; killed at Boonsboro, Md.
Dickey, A. L .; deceased.
Duffield, Driden ; deceased.
Frame, A. P., promoted to Orderly ; wounded at Monacasy.
Frame, John, Birch River; living.
Frame, John, Clay Co .; deceased.
Frame, Dr. Thomas; died in prison.
Frame, V. B., Sergeant ; living.
Frame, Hanson ; living. Frame, H. C., Corporal; wounded at Boonsburg, Md .; living. Frame, Andrew, Clay County ; died.
Framc, Mortimer, Clay County; wounded, died.
Garee, Cortez; died since the war.
Given, Hamilton; deceased. Given, Wm. B .; deceased.
Given, H. C .; deceascd. Given, Benton; living.
Hamric, Benjamin, Sr .; died in prison.
Hamric, Benjamin, Jr .; deceased.
Hamric, John P .; deceased. Holt, Homer A .; deceased.
Hughes, Bartlett; deccascd. James, H. C .; living. James, JJoseph; deceased. James, .P. C .; wounded, living. Jackson, Lasson ; deceased.
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Jackson, James; deceased. Keener, Samuel; died in prison. Keener, Wm. A .; living. Leach. Polka, Monroe County ; living.
Camden, Will, Lieutenant, Company C, 17th; deceased.
Camden, Polk, Company C, 17th ; died in Baltimore.
Camden, Wm., from Rockbridge; living. Molohan, Anson, wounded at Pt. Republic; deceased. Molohan, W. H., Sergeant ; living. McLaughlin, H. N .; wounded, living. Nottingham, J. Stewart; deceased.
Nottingham, Jacob Jasper; died in prison.
Nelson, Amos, Clay County ; living.
Perrine, John; wounded at Monacasy, living. Pierson, G. W .; deceased. Pierson, W. R .; living. Pierson, Jasper; living. Due, Samuel, Sergeant; killed at Monacasy.
Brady, James, Corporal ; killed at Monacasy.
Rose, Fielding; living. Sirk, Jno. A .; deceased.
Sirk, G. Wesley; deceased. Dean, G. W .; deceased. Coulter, James; deceased.
Coulter, Perry C .; living.
Schoonover, Benjamin ; killed at Bulltown. Steel, Wm. Skidmore, Jackson; deceased.
Walker, George, Clay County; deceased.
Frame, Martin; died in prison. Gibson, J. W .; died in prison. Fox, Tyburtus; died in prison. Riffle, Martin. Clay County ; deceased. Strange, Wm .; wounded, living in Kansas.
Given, S. F .; transferred, deceased. Truman, Barnabus; deceased. Shock. James, Gilmer County; deceased. Smith, James; deceased. Wilson, Albert; deceased. Barnett, Nathan; deceased. Long, Henry ; deceased. Dodrill, B. F .; deceased. Rogers, Ballard; deceased. Walbridge, Jack; deceased. Long, F. A .; living.
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Nearing the elose of the Civil war, the Timings of which mention has been heretofore made, were harrassing the citizens and trying to press men into the Confederate service, also looking after those who had become tired of the ser- vice and returned to their homes. In order to protect themselves, they organ- ized a company with John D. Barnett as Captain, J. M. Hoover as First Lieu- tenant, Silas Hosey Second Lieutenant, and George Hoover as Orderly Ser- geant. We have a partial list only of the members of the company: John W. Knight, Frank Knight, Hudson Knight, Silas Hosey, C. D. Barnett, Andrew Facemire, John Gillespie.
These men saw but little service as a company; they participated in the battle of Bulltown only, and through their organization avoided being further molested or taken to the army.
THOSE IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
In addition to the foregoing, other companies and parts of companies were made up of Braxton county men. Captains James M. Berry and William Mol- lohan both raised companies, and the company of Captain Bland was composed largely of men from this county. Captain Mollohan was killed near Shenan- doah Mountain; Isaac Willoughby was killed at Gettysburg, Pa .; William Berry, Babe Coger and James Shields, died in a northern prison : Charles W. Berry, died in prison at Elmira, N. Y., and Granville MeNemar was the last man killed at Appomattox Court House.
Such were the men from Braxton who went to battle for the cause which seemed to them right, and in defence of which, many yielded up their lives. We doubt whether any county in the state, in proportion to the number of men enlisted, can show such a death roll. From tidewater, Virginia to the Ohio river, from Pennsylvania to Tennesee, her sons repose, and will answer roll-call no more; but amid the scenes in the land which gave them birth, their mem- ories will be cherished, and for long years to come the names of Braxton's honored dead will be remembered and revered.
WEBSTER COUNTY.
Union soldiers from Webster county: George W. Bender, deserted Con- federate service and joined Union, deceased : Reniek Buchanan, deceased; Andrew Buchanan, Wm. Jeffers, deceased: Jerome I. D. Brake, John Fisher, deceased; Wesley Collins, deceased; Areh Collins, Wm. Riley Collins, deceased ; Addison Fisher, wounded; Z. R. Howell, deceased; Wm. G. Hamrie, wounded; Adam G. Gregory, went west; Isaae Griffin, Owen Brinegar, Wm. McAvoy, de- ceased, and Jas. Green, killed in battle.
Confederate soldiers from Webster county: Company G, 62nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry, Conrad Currenee, Captain ; Lieutenant ; Henry R. Boggs, Corporal ; and enlisted men, James P. Ware, G. D. McCartney, deceased; Tobias Sizemore, deceased; Z. T. Sizemore. Ezra Clifton, killed in battle ; James and John Clifton, both killed in battle; Wilburn Baldwin, killed
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in battle; George Sizemore, died in war; Henry W. Anderson. Alexander An- derson, Tobias Rose, George W. Arthur, deeeased; William Cummens, deceased ; Vincent M. Hamric, Martin R. Hamrie, deceased ; John Lynch, and James M. Gregory.
Company ...... , 40th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry: enlisted men, Samuel Given. Robert Given, Robert L. Henderson, Marshall Triplett (all dead), Isaac Weese, died in prison, and George W. Weese, living.
Names of men, company unknown ( Webster county) : James M. MeCray, Captain of a company, killed in 1861; M. W. Perrine, Captain of a company, deceased; Lewis Weese, Lieutenant; J. W. Weese, living; John Hamric, James McAvoy, George MeElwain, Lewis McElwain, A. Mc Weese, Robt. Morton, George W. Morton, Arthur Wecse, John L. Carpenter, Jaeob Carpenter, Ben- ijah Green, Robert Green, Tom Green (killed in battle), John Green (killed in battle), Isaac Sawyers, Jerry Sawyers, Wm. H. Holeomb (died in prison), Doe Green (killed in battle), Sam C. Miller, Wm. Woods (living), Chany Woods (living), Isaae Woods, Washington Woods, John B. Goff (living), Thomas Goff (living), Arthur Hickman, John Gardner (killed in battle), James Perrine, William Perrine, Thomas M. Reynolds, Eli Boyd, Anderson Cutlip (wounded, now dead), Isaac Green (killed in battle), Wesley Barnett (living), George Griffin, E. (killed in battle). Most of the men above mentioned are now dead, exeept where otherwise stated.
Miscellaneous, Webster eounty: A. C. Mace and Wm. Brady from Com- pany F, 31st Virginia Infantry; B. F. Potts, Artillery ; Lewis Garvin, Company ...... , 10 Cavalry.
The two Confederate companies made up and commanded by Capt. Wm. H. Mollohan and Capt. James .M. Berry, were merged in one, and commanded by Capt. Mollohan until he was killed, at Allegheny Mountain; the company was then commanded by Capt. James M. Berry.
Company G, 25th Infantry : Captain James M. Berry ; Lieutenants Jona- than M. MeCray, Thornton J. Berry and John Yaney; First Sergeant, Granville Berry, Second, Marcellus Haymond; Corporals, Bland, and Brown ; Privates, Charles Berry, Homer Berry, James W. Berry, Lewis Berry, Wm. Berry, Win. D. Berry, Clint Cutlip, Frank Cutlip, Charles McCray, Ervin D. MeCray, .... .. Haymond, Frank Lough, James Lough, Gus Lough, Washington Lough, Isaae Ware, Ware, Isaac Brown, Geo. W. Brown, Wesley Brown, James McPherson, Shedrick Perrine, David Perrine, Joseph Perrine, John Hardman, Sampson Jordon, Meshediah Jordon, Hezakiah Jordan, Josiah Jor- don,, Marshall A. Jordon, Andrew Ware, Henry Ware, John A. MeCartney, Wm. Pritt, Thomas Bender, Isaac Bender, Geo. W. Bender, George D. Ander- son, Jesse Cowger, Wm. M. Rader, Henry Hinkle, Abel Hinkle, Morgan Fisher, David Perrine, Shedriek C. Perrine, Arthur Biekle, Norman Belknap, Jesse Cole, Areh Cole, Tobias Cogar, Wilson Howell, O. C. Payne, Emanuel Metz, B. C. Conrad, E. W. Tharp, Laben Currence, Perry Currenee, James Mc- Cartney, Martin Mulvy, Jonathan Rateliff, Moss.
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Several names of this company we failed to seeure, and some of the above were transferred to other companies. Most of them belonged to Webster County.
FEDERAL SOLDIERS -- GILMER COUNTY.
Company G, 10th West Virginia Federal Infantry: This company was mustered in Gilmer county early in 1862. We here append the roll with the reeord of each. Those of whom no record is given, were discharged at the elose of the war. James M. Ewing, eaptain, killed in action at Winehester, Virginia, September 19, 1864; John MeAdams, 1st lieutenant, captured by the enemy December 18. 1863; Robert W. Varner, 2nd lieutenant; John S. Brannon, 1st sergeant, wounded in action at Winchester, September 19, 1864, leg ampu- tated; . Joseph C. Gluek, veteran volunteer, wounded in action at Leetown, Vir- ginia, July 3, 1864; Alfrend C. Holmes, George W. Taylor, Isaae Beall, John W. Cain, wounded at Winehester, September 19, 1864; George W. Staton, August J. Liebur, Hiram A. Brannon, Alfred Beall, wounded at Maryland, 'July 7, 1864; George W. Garvin, Rowley W. Amos, Benjamin F. Amos, Isaac Barnhouse, Samuel Barnhouse, wounded in action at Winehester, September 12, 1864; James P. Cain, Lemuel Current, captured by the enemy in.
24, 1864; John Crites, John W. Flanagan, Amos Furr, Benjamin F. Frederick, William T. Frederick, William Griffin, Robert Grubb, Garret J. Gayner, Na- thaniel Heffner, Joseh Hinchman, Benjamin F. Halbert, George C. Heckert, wounded in action at Fisher's Hill, September 22, 1864; John Jones, James Jones, absent without leave since August 20. 1864; Amos Jarvis, wounded at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864, arm amputated; James E. Johnston, John B. Kelley, wounded in action near Winchester, September 19, 1864; William Kuhle, transferred to Battery B, 1st West Virginia Artillery; Jacob Keller, Frederick Keller, wounded in action at Winchester, July 24, 1864; Bradford Lake, wounded in action September 19, 1864; George W. Miller, Henry Mep- man, Hira Q. Messenger, John T. McCord, John A. Miller, captured by the enemy July 24, 1864; James M. Miller, Henry Miller, Jacob Miller, captured by the enemy July 24, 1864; James E. Norman, Philip Nirers, Robert Pritt, George M. Riddle, George W. Riddle, Franklin Riffle, captured by the enemy October 19, 1864; John Reed wounded at Winchester, July 24, 1864; Uriah Roberts, Benjamin Smarr, wounded at Fisher's Hill, September 22, 1864; Anthony Shutter, John Snyder, Samuel Taylor, Edward Townsend, William A. Taylor, William J. Wigner, wounded at July 24, 1864; Abra- ham F. Wilson, David W. Wilson, Hannibal T. Wilson, Silas J. Yerkey, cap- tured by the enemy October 19, 1864 ; Daniel Bush, Michael Gainer, John L. Persinger, Lewis Skinner, Daniel Childers, Adam S. Westfall, John Riddle, Henry D. Dettamore, David J. Ezekiel, Michael E. Jeffries, killed in action near Winchester, September 19, 1864; John Cathorn, killed in action at Winchester, July 24, 1864; James Holbert, killed in action at Maryland Heights, July 7, 1864; Jaeob J. Stover, killed in action near Winchester, September 19, 1864; William H. Turner, killed in action near Winchester .July 24, 1864; Adam E.
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Varner, killed in action at Winchester, July 24, 1864; Hanson Black, died January 15, 1864 ; Thos. A. Bailey, died December 25, 1863; Hamilton Edwards, January 15, 1863: Joseph Grog, died January 15, 1864; Benjamin Kerens, ac- cidentally shot January 10, 1864: William Ratcliffe, died March 10, 1863; John E. Powers, died May 15, 1863; Elijah S. Riddle, died May 15, 1863; Wil- liam P. Riddle, died May 4, 1863; James F. Riddle, died January 15, 1864; Samuel S. Riddle, died March 6, 1863; Leroy Short, died September 5, 1863; Wolcott B. Whiting, died April 20, 1863. The following deserted: Christopher Coger, Ashley M. Cuberly, Nathaniel Demoss, Allen G. Greenlief, Asa Hamric, Joseph Kerrens, Martin Marks, Henry Norman, Jeremiah Putman and Albert A. Townsend. Aggregate 107 men. From the foregoing it will be seen, too, that many of those who wore the blue likewise sleep on the battle-field, but the cannon's roar has long since died away and today Gilmer county honors her brave and gallant dead, whether they wore the blue or the gray.
NEGRO CONFEDERATES.
Just before the close of the war, the Confederate Congress, at the sugges- tion of the ablest leaders in the Southern army, authorized the enlistment of negro soldiers. A company of colered men was raised in Richmond, Va., and for a time drilled on the Capitol Square there. Cox, a colored plasterer, who was a sergeant in this company, is still living. These negro men were, however, never sent to the front. The war ended before the work of enlisting them could be carried out.
Note. We saw this company after it had been captured near Petersburg, Va. They were uniformed, and rather a firm looking company of soldiers, and were kept under heavy guard to protect them from threatened violence by the colored soldiers of the Union army .-- The Author.
In the Confederate service, there were quite a number of commissioned officers from Braxton and adjoining counties : P. B. Duffy was Lieutenant Col- onel of the 25th Virginia Infantry, W. I .. Jackson was Brigadier General, E. D. Camden was Captain of Company C, 25th Va., John S. Sprigg was captain of Company B, 19th Virginia Cavalry, Currance Conrad was Captain of a company in 62nd Virginia Regiment, and was killed at New Market in 1864. Wm. Mollohan was Captain of a company in the 25th Virginia Regiment, and was killed at Alleghany in 1862, James M. Berry was Captain of a Braxton company.
As before stated, many others of Gilmer county's sons went south, but we have been unable to secure other names than the following: William Lusa- der, John Lusader, Elijah Heater, Victory Fry, William Ford, James Arnold, John K. Snyder, S. B. Snyder, Jacob Snyder, G. W. Wilmoth, Elliott Town- send, Charles Wright, Richard Wright, Perry Snyder, Nathaniel DeMoss, Henry Norman, George Isinhart, Samuel Beckner, Samuel Bush, Alfred Bush, Henry Bush, Mark Riddle, Sant. Stalnaker, Evan Alltop, Benjamin Lynch, Newton Ratliffe, Henry Ratliffe, Allen Greenlief, Frank Greenlief, John Green -
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lief, George Greenlief Jchu Bush, John Heckard, Henry Heckard, Benjamin Webb, John Powell, Samuel Stout, Robert Marshall, Albert Shock, Benjamin Wires, Israel Davison, Lewis Chrissman, Joseph Chrissman, Levi Lynch, Levi Boggs, Wesley Fell, Peter Fell, Cornelius Ruddel, Thomas McGinniss, Charles MeGinniss, Grandison Wolf, Elmer Wolf, John Davison, Joseph Clemens, M. J. Bush, S. T. Bush, H. V. Springstonc, J. B. Springstone, James Cooper, Robert Cooper, Warren Bush, John Chrissman, John E. Hays, S. H. Campbell, W. H. Campbell, William Ball, Claudius Winter, Martenia Minter, George Mill- ter, Benton Ball, Joseph Burson, Harrison Cain, Lemuel Marks, William Nor- ris, Edward Norris, Thomas Yerkey, Lewis Alltop, Michael Stout, Johnston Stout and Benjamin Campbell. Of these. many went never to return.
There were but two men who rose to prominence in the military arm of the government in central West Virginia. T. M. Harris of Ritchie county was breveted a Major General, and commanded a division in Grant's Petersburg campaign, and it was his division that charged and captured Forts Lee and Gregg.
Also I. A. S. Lightburn of Lewis county commanded a division in the Atlanta campaign. Hall of Richie county was Lieutenant Colonel and Henry H. Withers of Gilmer county was Major of the 10th West Virginia Infantry. We recall no other one holding a higher rank in the service from the immediate interior counties.
Braxton county furnished only three commissioned officers: Captain Hyer of Company F, 10th West Virginia Infantry, Samuel A. Rollyson, 1st Lieuten- ant, and Henry Bender, 2nd Lieutenant of Company F, 10th West Virginia In- fantry. Lieutenant Bender was breveted Captain for gallantry at the close of the war. Major W. D. Rollyson, Captain G. F. Taylor, and Michael Rollyson held commissions in the State Guards.
The Militia of Braxton consisted of one regiment, commanded at the be- ginning of the Civil war by Colonel B. W. Byrne. Jonathan Koiner was Lieu- tenant, Col. P. B. Adams was Major, and was Adju- tant. The captains were.
These militia organizations had what was termed petty musters by com- panies, and two general musters each year. They had but slight knowledge of military tactics. The Braxton militia disbanded at the commencement of the Civil war, and was never called into service, except it is related that some of the militia did guard duty at Sutton for a short period, with John S. Taylor, Commanding Adjutant. Curance B. Conrad of Gilmer county, was a Briga- dier General of Militia.
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.
Soldiers who served in the Spanish-American war from Braxton county. This list was obtained from the Adjutant General's office.
First West Virginia Volunteer Infantry: Isaac J. Collison, Co. F, Strange Creek; William E. Marple, Co. M, Marpleton ; John B. Marple, Co. M, Corley ; Holinsworth, Co. M, Sutton. .
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Second West Virginia Volunteer Infantry: Charles D. Elliott, Major, Third Battalion, Sutton; Robert T. Colebank, Sergeant, Co. F, Sutton ; Charles F. Greene, Corporal, Co. M, Orlando; William H. Corbett, Corporal, Co. F, Sutton; James S. Grimmett, Co. F, Sutton; Warren W. Dyer, Co. A, Sutton; Van Lewis, Co. E, Fallsmill; James L. Ray, Co. F, Newville; Charles E. Rich- ardson, Co. K, Sutton; John M. Shields, Co. F, Napier; Okey M. Stump, Co. M, Rosedale; Charles M. Skidmore, Co. K, Sutton; Thomas B. Thomas, Co. M, Strange Creek; Albert N. West, Co. M, Rosedale; Allen P. Young, Co. C, Servia.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
In 187 .. , a Grand Army Post was organized at Sutton, called the John D. Baxter Post, No. 41, department of West Virginia. Its charter members were Jacob Riffle, Wm. H. Perkins, James K. Barnett, Henry Bender, John D. Sutton, James Dent, and others.
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