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to buy and capture all the horses and cattle it was possible for him and his forces to take back to Eastern Virginia. After leaving Lewisburg the first point taken was Bulltown, Braxton, on the 25th day of the same month. He left here on the 26th for Weston, which place he reached and captured about midnight of the same day. On the 27th he left Weston for Buckhannon, reaching that town the same day and camped several miles out on the Buckhannon and Little Kanawha turnpike. The older citizens about Frenchton and French Creek recall very vividly the manoeuvring and passing of Witcher's forces through their community. Numerous efforts on the part of private citizens were made to stop this raid. Bushwacking and ambuscading on the part of private citizens was attempted along the route of his forces but with no success. After spending the night and part of the next day along this turnpike he ordered his forces back to Buckhannon where he had learned Major T. F. Lang of the 3rd (6th) Vir- ginia Cavalry was in camp with his force of a hundred men. Witcher surprised and captured Lang and his men and horses, destroyed the government stores including quartermasters, commissary and medical stores and one thousand stands of arms. It is not known how or when this noted Confederate colonel received the nickname of "Clawhammer."
COMPANY E, 6TH WEST VIRGINIA CAVALRY, LATE 3D INFANTRY.
Captain, P. J. Potts ; first lieutenant, Bart Clark ; second lieutenant. Marshall Gould; sergeant, Chapman McCoy; Franklin Phillips, wounded in thigh in action at McDowell; G. L. Fortney, James A. Ingle, taken prisoner at Martinsburg, May 4. 1864; Joseph W. Janes; William R. McClain, captured near Covington, Va., December 19, 1863; A. J. Shinn; Moses A. Sandy, wounded in action at Springfield, Va., June 26, 1864; Watson Gould, P. G. Stealey, Mathias Wright, William H. Bosely, John H. Hellans ; S. B. Phillips, resigned captain's commission. November 8, 1862; C. B. See, resigned first lieutenant's commission March 22, 1862; Randolph See resigned second lieutenant's commission September, 1862; Benjamin McCoy, Jerrad A. Douglass, George W. Gladwell, James P. Currey, B. W. Phillips, Walter D. Phillips, William Nay, Jr., Watson W. Cut- right, J. E. Montgomery, Jacob Wease, Benjamin A. Reeder, Daniel Sumner, Abraman S. Blagg, George W. See, discharged because of wounds received at Bull Run, August 29, 1862; Andrew Gladwell, Samuel A. Lane, John Crawford ; W. B. Smallridge, discharged December 31, 1863, because of wounds received in action September 1, 1861; Alfred A. Gillum; J. W. Rohrbough, discharged March 27, 1863, because of wounds received in action at Bull Run, August 29, 1863 ; A. J. Bryan ; Elisha M. Martin, discharged May 4, 1863, because of wounds received in action at Bull Run August 29, 1862; W. H. Madden, John H. Smith, J. D. Gould, Robert W. Varner, Reason A. Patterson, Frederick A. Story, Elmore E. Casto, died at Flaswoods, Va., October 12, 1861 ; Henry B. Bunten, died at Flatwoods, November 16, 1861 ; R. B. Tallman, died at Flatwoods, Nov- ember 6, 1861 ; Francis A. Blagg, died November 29, 1861, m Lewis county ; Burnham A. Bunten, died January 14, 1862, at Buckhannon, W. Va .; John J. White, died May 12, 1862, of wounds received at McDowell, Va .; George B. S. Dorsey, killed by guerrillas in Pocahontas county, April 30, 1862; James S. Phillips, killed in action at Cross Keys, Va., June 8, 1862; Elijah Smallridge, died at Winchester : S. H. Willfong, died September 29, 1862, of wounds received in action at Bull Run, August 29, 1862; Herbert Phillips, taken prisoner May
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25, 1862, and died in Richmond; Elijah Phillips, died at Grafton, W. Va., May 4, 1864. The company received the following veterans: A. G. Bunten, William W. Brown, H. H. Armstrong, H. F. Bryan, J. T. Haskins, R. L. Stealey, L. J. Rexroad, H. C. Boggess, George W. Phillips, F. W. Bond, William J. Brown, C. D. Gould, R. D. Beer, W. B. D. Bunten, Rufus Brain, M. W. Cutright, Gran- ville Cutright, William T. Duke, Issac Fleming, B. P. Gould, Henry Geyer, Andrew Howes, H. A. Horseflock, Abner Hunt, R. V. Haskins, J. W. Hess, George W. Harrison, William H. Lemons, James P. McGee, John McGahn, B. W. McDaniel, W. H. Martin, R. W. Moody, Joseph Markley, Andrew Moore, Oliver Nay, Simeon Phillips, Spencer Phillips, Lafayette Phillips, F. M. Rex- road, A. G. Rollins, William M. Riggs, John Strader, Jr., W. L. Sumner, John Suddarth, George Smith, John L. Smith, Issac L. Stealey, J. D. Simons, Job Simons, David Thrasher, J. B. Tenney, Isaac Tenney, David Wright. Aggregate 113 men. ?
Company E was made up in Upshur county in 1861 and met at Clarksburg in July of that year with Company A, recruited from Monongalia county ; Com- pany B. Harrison county ; Company C, Preston county ; Company D, Preston county ; Company F, Taylor and Harrison counties; Company G, Monongalia county and Pennsylvania ; Company I, Marshal county ; and Company K. Richie county. From and until the date of muster and until its absorption into Sixth West Virginia Cavalry, this regiment was known and designated as the Third West Virginia Infantry. This was the second regiment recruited under the three years call of President Lincoln. The roster of officers of the regiment were : David F. Hewes, colonel ; Frank W. Thompson, lieutenant colonel; Charles E. Swearingin, major; Theodore F. Lang, adjutant ; John H. Shuttleworth, regi- ment quartermaster ; D. B. Dorsey, surgeon ; Rev. James W. Curry, chaplain.
Without the ceremony of a regular muster in, due to the fact that no author- ized mustering officer could be had, the regiment proceeded of itself to get ready for active work. Each company selected its own officers by nomination and vote, and privates went then straightway to A. Weringer, Clarksburg's Justice of the Peace, who administered the oath to support the Constitution of the United States. Springfield muskets with its complements of ammunition were supplied. The regiment hurried away to perform the most dangerous and most exacting duty known to the military service-scouting and outposting.
FIRST WORK WAS AT RICH MOUNTAIN FIGHT HITH OF JULY, 1861.
The first active work of Company E, was at Elk Water, W. Va., under command of General Milroy. It left Elk Water on the 7th of April, 1862, and marched to McDowell, Va., participating in the fight there on the 8th. From McDowell it went to Franklin, where it joined the command of General Freemont, hastening to the relief of General Banks in the Shenandoah valley. It took part in Fremont's race up the Shenandoah in hot pursuit of Stonewall Jackson. It was in the battles of Cross Keys, January 8, 1862, Crooked Creek, Sulphur Springs, Rappahanock Station, Freemans Ford, Hedges River, Waterloo Bridge, August 25, 1862, Warrenton Springs, Broad Run, Gainesville, Manassas or second Bull Run, August 29, August 30.
After defeat at the latter place it went into camp at Fort Ethan Allen near Washington City. It left Fort Allen September 30 and arrived at Clarksburg the following day. From Clarksburg this company was sent out to Buckhannon
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and Bulltown to perform outpost duty. From Bulltown it was ordered back to. the defense of Clarksburg, which was threatened by the Confederate forces under General Jones, the famous raider. Doing outpost work it was in the brigades of General Milroy, Col. A. C. Moore and General B. S. Roberts. On May 16,. 1863, Brigadier General W. W. Averell was placed in command of the Fourth Separate Brigade with headquarters at Weston. By him the Third regiment was called together and in November, 1864, was mounted and in January, 1864,. became the Sixth Virginia Cavalry. This company served with Averell through- out the war. It was in the daring raids to Rockey Gap, Droop Mountain, Salem and Moorfield. In all the charges and raids it was directly commanded by Col. Thompson from the formation of the Mountain Department in May, 1862, under Freemont until after the battle of Cloyd Mountain in 1864.
The Second and Third infantries were in the same brigade. The Second afterward became the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry and the Third the Sixth West Virginia Cavalry. Being together for more than two years, ties of friendship. and sympathy became very strong; so long had they shared each others joy's and sorrows, that on the expiration of time of their enlistment the veterans and recruits of the two regiments were consolidated taking the name of the Sixth West Virginia Veteran Cavalry and went west to guard and protect the frontiers from the murderous invasions and attacks of the Indians.
UPSHUR BATTERY FIRST WEST VIRGINIA LIGHT ARTILLERY.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS-Captain, A. C. Moore; first lieutenant, George W. Burner ; first lieutenant, Francis Lowry ; second lieutenant, John T. Latham; second lieutenant, M. J. Fogg.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS-Orderly sergeant, Wm. A. McNulty; quartermaster, Edmond D. Boyles; duty sergeants, Sam'l A. Rapp, John W. Rohrbough, John H. Colburn, Edgar F. Boyles, Dan'1 H. Shumaker, Robt. P. Trimble ; corporals, Creed W. Hart, Cesbastian Lang, Jerome B. Williams, Wm. Reger, Abram S. Rollins, Daniel Cutright, wounded at Buckhannon, Squire- B. Hart, James H. Miller, Solomon Williams, Granville S. Cutright, Thomas A. George, Stephen W. Matheney, wounded at Buckhannon ; buglers, Geo. W. Simon, Wm. H. Lemmon; artificers, Nicholas Ours, Gideon M. Heavner, Abraham Horsaflook : privates, Michael Boyles, Wm. F. Bryan, Wm. H. Bowyer, John N. D. Brown, Elijah Bennett wounded at Winchester, Elias Bennett, Abraham Ben- nett, Wm. Burr, Robt. S. Bosely, Andrew Black, wounded at Buckhannon, Wm. Blagg, Benj. F. Bailey, Gabriel Bean, Michael Burke, Wm. S. Colerider, John M. Colerider, Clayton P. Cutright, Gideon M. Cutright, Jacob W. Cutright Amos C. Cutright, Jasper Carter, Jeremiah C. Conley, Morrison Cayton, James D. Dean, Wm. S. Dean, Perry Dean, James Douglass, Joseph E. Davis, George W. Dayton, Lewis A. Eskew, Frank W. Fretwell, Dan'l M. Farnsworth, John A. Foster, Gilmer C. Fletcher, Thomas M. Gaston, Joseph Hart, John W. Hyre, Henry O. Hyre, Jacob Hanlim, Wm. Hornbeck, Chapman W. Herndon, Wm. F. Haney, John M. A. Jackson, Sam'l C. Jones, Elias Kidd, Sam'l Night, John S. Lawman, Wm. R. Lowe, Jasper N. Lorentz, Lafa L. Lorentz, Geo. C. Lorentz, wounded at Winchester, Robt. A. F. Little, Jesse Lemmoms, Wm. Leonard, Flavius N. Lowry, Joseph Lowther, Isaac Lowther, Henry Lowther, John W. Moody, Solomon Mick, Wm. M. Mick, Wm. H. Morris, Ervin H. McWhorter, Jacob R. Morrison, Thomas J. Moreland, Alva Neely, John Pringle, Wm. M.
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Price, Francis M. Peters, Joshua G. Peters, Burton Phillips, Wm. O. Phillips, John Perry, Benj. F. Paugh, Levi J. Queen, Gran. Queen, Bolivar I. Reger, Henry Reger, wounded at Buckhannon; Jacob M. Rohrbough, Jacob Rohr, An- drew Robinson, Stephen W. Reynolds, Isaac Radabaugh, Jacob N. Radabangh, Jonathan Roach, John C. Rexroad, Asberry Reed, Sam'l Smallridge, Wm. B. Smith, Wm. E. Smallridge, Seymour Simon, Aaron Strader, John Stilts, James Sexton, Peter Tenney, Jonathan Tenney, John C. Tenney Josiah Tenney, Geo. W. Thrasher, John M. Tyre, Joseph R. Thompson, Frederick Vangilder, Julius Vawter, Enoch L. Waugh, John S. Weaver, John W. Weaver, Jonathan Wing- field, Stillman Young, wounded at Winchester, Rich P. Young, James G. Young, Isarael B. Young.
DISCHARGED FOR DISABILITY-Andrew J. Bennett, James L. Fitzgerald, Adam Gregory, Francis S. Kittle, Andrew Kerns, John J. Lemmon, Wm. More- < land, Merback Ours, Lathrop Phillips, John D. Teeney.
DEATH LIST-Abram Cutright, Chapman C. Cutright, Simon Casto, Henry Farrar, Geo. Harvey, Pleasant P. Lowe, wounded at Buckhannon, Charles E. Neal, Lafayette Reed, Geo. W. Rusmisel, John W. Sandy, Hhomas Sleter, James S. Swisher, Eldridge V. Shobe, Philip T. Teets, John L. Tenney.
CAPTURED AT BUCKHANNON, 1862-Solomon Williams, Thomas A. George, Wm. H. Lemmon, Gideon M. Heavner, Jeremiah C. Conley, Wm. F. Haney, Wm. R. Lowe, Robt. A. F. Little, Lemeul E. Robinson, Jacob N. Rohrbaugh, Seymour Simon, John N. Tyre, Joseph R. Thompson, Julius Vawter, Henry O. Hyre.
ENGAGEMENTS-Buckhannon, August 31, 1862; Moorfield, April 8, 1863; Percyville, Va., July 16, 1864; Snickers Gap, July 18, 1864; Winchester, Va., July 24, 1864; Bunkers Hill, Va., July 25, 1864; Martinsburg, July 25, 1864; Cedar Creek, August 12, 1864; Cedar Creek, August 14, 1864; Charlestown, August 21, 1864; Halltown, August 22, 24, 1864; Berryville, September 3, 1864.
COMPANY B, TENTH WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY.
Loomis J. Gould, captain, transferred from the Third West Virginia In- fantry ; Henry G. Lewis, first lieutenant; David J. Ezekiel, second lieutenant, severely wounded in right arm and chest at Maryland Heights, July 7, 1864; David F. Peterson, first sergeant, wounded in the leg at Kernstown, Va., July 24, 1864; John D. Crites, second sergeant ; John T. Smith; John A. Grose; Bronson R. Simon, shot through the left shoulder at Kernstown; William M. Crites, lost his right arm at Kernstown; Jonathan Gould, severely wounded in the hip at Kernstown ; George J. Brake, wounded in the back, arm and leg at Kernstown ; Salathiel Strader; Jacob Lewis; John W. Alexander, severely wounded at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864; John L. Loudin; Thomas A. Carter, wounded through the shoulder at Kernstown; Benjamin F. Brown; George Been ; William D. Bruch : James H. Browning, wounded in the heel at Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864; Stillman Crites; Isaac N. G. Crites ; Joseph Crites ; James K. P. Koon, wounded at Winchester, September 19, 1864; Perry Cutright ; Noah Crawford, wounded in foot at Kernstown; Samuel V. Collins; Henry M. Douglass ; James W. Donglass; Edmund F. Duke; Samuel P. Eagle; Christian S. Eagle ; John Fisher; Austin Griffin; Ambrose Goodwin; Abraham M. Geyer ; David C. Gladwell, severely wounded in the leg at Winchester, Sept. 19, 1864;
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John D. Hyer ; Edward A. Hamper; Andrew M. Jackson; John J. Love; John Lewis; James W. Duncan, wounded in head by a shell at Winchester; Allen Lewis; David C. Loudin; Samuel T. Lanham; Ephram Lanham, wounded in the leg at Snickers Ferry, Va., July 17, 1864; Daniel C. Lee, James Longanetta, David H. Morrison ; David C. Morgan ; Obediah W. Martin; Morgan Morrison, James L. McFadden; George W. McCloud; William McCann; Lorenzo B. Moore; James L. More; Jasper N Marteney; Wilbur Perry; David Phillips ; Mathew Quick; Benton Queen; Abraham Rucker, lost a leg at Cedar Creek; Samuel Rucker; David M. Staten, Thomas Shaw; Frederick Snyder; Thomas G. Smith; Joseph A. Thompson; George W. Waggy; Henderson Westfall; Alexander Wood; Richard Wood; James A. Wolf; Salathiel Winemiller, wounded in the leg at Winchester, September 19, 1864; Noal Winemiller, wounded in the face at Winchester, September 19, 1864; William W. Wine- miller ; J. E. Williams; Reuben Mahar, shot at Winchester, September 19, 1864.
William H. H. Young, Jacob L. Crites, discharged for disability, July 17, 1862, at Buckhannon, West Virginia; Andrew J. Gunn, for disability, September 17, 1862, at Beverly, West Virginia; Josiah Martin, for disability, September 17, 1862, at Beverly; Michael Geyer, William Lewis, George S. Riffle, Henry E. Canton ; Benjamin F. Gunn, transferred to Company H, Tenth West Virginia Infantry; John G. Phillips; Wesley Depew, killed at Winchester, September 19, 1864; William Littlefield, killed by guerrillas in Webster county, W. Va., October 25, 1864 ; Job Loudin, died April 18, 1864; William Maher, died of fever, January 14, 1862, at camp Cannan, Virginia ; Manly C. Morrison, died of fever, April 10, 1862, at Camp Canaan ; Albert Queen, died January 3, 1862, at Buck- hannon, West Virginia; George S. Strader, died March 12, 1863, at Romney, < West Virginia; Elnathan Strader, killed in action at Winchester, September 19, 1864 ; Jacob Tolbert, died October 23, 1864, at Cumberland, Maryland ; Dwight G. Bunton; Fenton H. Martin, died in hospital of wounds received in action in September, 1864; Washington M. Garvin, killed in action in Kernstown; Wilson W. Wolf, died January, 1862, at Camp Canaan; James B. Bennett, deserted at Camp Cannan, April 7, 1862; L. D. Cartwright, deserted at Camp Canaan, April 13, 1862; Aaron Kerns, deserted at Webster, West Virginia, May 17, 1864; Josiah Vandegraft, deserted at Valley Moutain, West Virginia, September 13, 1862. Aggregate 112 men.
This company was mustered in during the early summer of 1862, at Buck- hannon and was the result of the enthusiastic labors of Captain J. Loomis Gould, Lieutenant H. H. Lewis, Surgeon Jonathan R. Blair and others. It was the tenth part of the Tenth Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, which was re- cruited by Dr. T. M. Harris, of Glenville, Gilmer county, West Virginia.
Governor Pierpont had given Mr. Harris his consent to make up a regiment ; and had also promised him the colonelcy of it if success crowned his efforts. He entered upon his work August 3, 1861, and received a colonel's commission to command the Tenth, about the 3rd day of May, 1862. In this same regiment was Morgan A. Darnall, captain of Company A; promoted to lieutenant colonel March 24, 1865, and commissioned colonel June 29, 1865, and Minter F. Marple who became second lieutenant of Company H on September 27, 1864.
After the organization of the regiment in May, 1862, Company B continued recruiting, drilling and outposting at Buckhannon until September of the same year when its headquarters were removed to Bulltown where with six other companies of the Tenth the first muster work of regimental tactics was done.
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These six companies were ordered late in October to join General Milroy and orr November 4, broke camp and set out for Beverly, whence they moved by way of Webster and New Creek to Winchester, arriving there January 1, 1863.
While camping at Winchester, Company B was sent out on several expedi- tions up the Shenandoah Valley and being composed of hardy, brave moun- taineers, their service was very acceptable and satisfactory.
May 10, 1863, it was ordered back to West Virginia, was added to General William W. Averill's brigade and returned to Buckhannon ; and on June 7 was sent to Beverly.
Colonel William L. Jackson, commanding a strong Confederate force, fell upon the Tenth regiment at this latter place on July 2, and kept it busy two days, defending and resisting his attacks.
Reinforcements arrived and gave the Tenth relief and respite on June 15, 1864. It was ordered to Martinsburg, West Virginia, and was incorporated into the brigade being formed to check the enemy's threatened advance down the Shenandoah Valley. It finally became a part of the command known in army orders as the "Army of West Virginia," under General Crook.
While at Martinsburg, Company B assisted in the encounter between General Early's advance and the Federals at Leetown, Virginia. On the 6th and 7th of the same month it took an active part in the skirmishes at Maryland Heights and for several days retreated before Early, who was invading Maryland and dashing toward the national capital.
On July 17, it participated with the regiment in the battle at Sinchers Ferry, Virginia, and on the 24th, in that at Winchester.
At this latter engagement it was under command of Colonel Mulligan, who fell mortally wounded on that bloody field. It participated in the battles of Berry- ville, Virginia, and Opequen river; and at Fisher's Hill, on September 23, the Tenth Virginia first planted the stars and stripes on the Confederate fortifications.
Company B was in the advance. It was also in the battles of Strassburg, Virginia, October 13, 1864, and Cedar Creek, October 1, 1864. On December 19, 1864, the company was ordered to Washington City ; from thence it proceeded to join the Twety-fourth Army Corps, before Richmond, going into camp seven miles from the Confederate capital, on Christmas day, 1864. It served in this corps during the remainder of its term of service. Company B was noted for its power, courage, intrepidity and general reliability during the war. It returned to Wheeling after the close of the war and was mustered out August 9, 1865.
ROLL OF UPSHUR COUNTY MILITIA.
Captain, Danial Gould ; lieutenat, Harvey Geyer ; George W. Sharps, married, paroled at Richmond, Va, and arrived home October 20, 1863; Loyal U. McAvoy, " married, conscripted at Richmond, deserted and arrived home December 19, 1863 ; James W. Windle, married ; James M. Bennett, married ; John T. Starcher. widower; Thomas Gawthrop, married; David Fairbarn, married, parolled at Richmond, March 7, 1864; James F. Friel, married, parolled at Richmond and arrived home April 24, 1864 ; Taylor Hyre, married ; Elmer Hyer, married ; Martin Rice, single, parolled at Richmond and arrived home April 25, 1864; Jacob J. Brake, Jr., single; Perry Talbot, single; Henry J. Hefner, single; Bryant T. Moore, married, parolle at Richmond April 16 and arrived home from Baltimore June 3, 1864; Bezaleel Geyer, married, arrived home May 6, 1864; Stalnaker
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Marteny, escaped from Salisbury, N. C., November 1, 1864 and arrived home December, 1864; Captain Daniel Gould, parolled at Charleston, S. C., and arrived home December 29, 1864; Taylor Brown, single, arrived home December 29, 1864 ; Joseph Crawford, married, arrived home December 31, 1864 ; Lieut. Harvey Geyer, single, arrived home April 3, 1864; Hiram Bean, Company D, single ; Peter Hoffman, married, died in Wheeling, W. Va., March 29, 1865, left three children; Benj. J. Clarkson, married, died in Salisbury, N. C., between the Ist of December, 1864, and the last of December, 1865; Isaac Carter, Company D, parolled at Richmond April 16 and arrived home from Baltimore May 15, 1864; James S. Wilson, married, died in Richmond December 22, 1863, left a widow =- and ten children ; Andrew W. Cunningham, married, died in Richmond December, .1863, and left stepmother with two children ; Harvey Long, single, died December 26, 1863; Samuel Rice, single, died in Richmond December 27, 1863; Josiah B. Bennett, married, died in Richmond December, 1863, left six children ; Ezra S. Waulrus, married, died in Richmond January, 1864, left stepmother and two children; William Cunningham, married, died in Richmond January 15, 1864; William Fleming, married, died in Richmond February, 1864; James Clarkson, single, died in Richmond February 26, 1864; David H. Cochran, single, died March, 1864; Martin Curry, died March 30, 1864; James Fairbarn, died March - 19, 1864; Marshall Smith, died March 1864; Adam Peck, married, died March, 1864, left a widow and three children; Jacob C. Smith, died in 1864; Samuel Wallridge, died in 1864, left one child; William Townsend, died April 16, 1864, ' left widow and two children; Jesse B. Nixon, married, parolled in Richmond, died in Baltimore April 22, 1864,left eight children; Ezra Morgan, single, died in Annapolis April, 1864; Henderson Jack, died in 1864; Lewis F. Corbit, married, died in Camp Sumpter March 25, 1864, left widow and one child; George M. Douglass, single, died March 27, 1864; John J. Vincent, married, died March 28, 1864, left widow and three children ; Samuel A. Burns, died March 29, 1864, left widow and three children ; Douglas Johns, died April 1, 1864, left widow and two children ; David K. Johns, died April 2, 1864, left widow and two children; William Baker, died April 3, 1864, left stepmother and one child ; Robert A. Curry, - widower, died April 4, 1864; Amandas Young, married, died in Camp Sumpter April 6, 1864, left widow and three children; Asa B. Young, single, died April 8, 1864 ; Edwin Young, married, died April 22, 1864, left widow and two children ; George Armstrong, married, died May 3, 1864, left widow and three children ; Jacob Brake, married, died May 6, 1864, left widow and three children ; Henry Lanham, single, died June 1, 1864; Granville B. Armstrong, single, died June 10, 1864; John A. Cunningham, married, died July, 1864, left widow and five children ; Manuel Simmons, married, died July, 1864; Closson E. Simmons, single, died July, 1864; Anson R. Jack, married, died in July, 1864, left widow and two children ; John W. Armstrong, died August 10, 1864, left widow and eight children ; Calvin Boyd, married, died in Salisbury, N. C., July 6, 1864, left widow and six children; Jacob C. Simmons, single, died in Charleston, S. C., September 20, 1864.
This company of 70 members was captured at Centreville, September 12, 1863, and taken to Richmond, Virginia, where they were imprisoned. Seven of them escaped, twenty-five were parolled and the rest died at Richmond, Camp1 Sumpter, Wheeling, Saulsbury and Charleston, S. C., leaving behind them 27 widows and 83 children. Rev. A. J. Lida, in 1866, preached in the M. E. church, at Centreville, a funeral sermon of those who died in Southern prisons.
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