Son of John Spilman and Jane Settle Armstrong; brother to Sallie, who married Pvt. John Roberts Turner, also of the Black Horse Cavalry.
Company H "Black Horse Cavalry", 4th Virginia Cavalry, Mumford's Brigade, Fitzhugh Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence: Culpeper County, VA; 5' 9", light complexion, blue eyes, light hair; 16 year-old Merchant.
Enlisted on 1/10/1863, he was mustered into "H" Co. VA 4th Cavalry as a Private.
Listed March & April 1864 Roll as Absent, horse detail.
Wounded slightly in hand 5/8/1864 at Todd's Tavern, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Va.
Paroled 5/6/1865 Winchester, VA.
Postwar, married to Lydia M. Miller on 11/27/1877; lived in Waterloo, Culpeper County, Va.
The 4th Cavalry Regiment, "Escorts to Gen. Stonewall Jackson", completed its organization at Sangster's Cross Roads, Prince William County, Virginia, in September, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Prince William, Chesterfield, Madison, Culpeper, Powhatan, Goochland, Hanover, Fauquier, Buckingham, and the City of Richmond.
It participated in the Battle of Williamsburg, the Seven Days' Battles, 2nd Manassas, Maryland campaigns, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Spotsylvania, Haw's Shop, Bethesda Church, the Shenandoah Valley with Early and around Appomattox.
Company H "Black Horse Cavalry", 4th Virginia Cavalry, Mumford's Brigade, Fitzhugh Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence: Culpeper County, VA; 5' 9", light complexion, blue eyes, light hair; 16 year-old Merchant.
Enlisted on 1/10/1863, he was mustered into "H" Co. VA 4th Cavalry as a Private.
Listed March & April 1864 Roll as Absent, horse detail.
Wounded slightly in hand 5/8/1864 at Todd's Tavern, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Va.
Paroled 5/6/1865 Winchester, VA.
Postwar, married to Lydia M. Miller on 11/27/1877; lived in Waterloo, Culpeper County, Va.
The 4th Cavalry Regiment, "Escorts to Gen. Stonewall Jackson", completed its organization at Sangster's Cross Roads, Prince William County, Virginia, in September, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Prince William, Chesterfield, Madison, Culpeper, Powhatan, Goochland, Hanover, Fauquier, Buckingham, and the City of Richmond.
It participated in the Battle of Williamsburg, the Seven Days' Battles, 2nd Manassas, Maryland campaigns, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Spotsylvania, Haw's Shop, Bethesda Church, the Shenandoah Valley with Early and around Appomattox.
Son of John Spilman and Jane Settle Armstrong; brother to Sallie, who married Pvt. John Roberts Turner, also of the Black Horse Cavalry.
Company H "Black Horse Cavalry", 4th Virginia Cavalry, Mumford's Brigade, Fitzhugh Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence: Culpeper County, VA; 5' 9", light complexion, blue eyes, light hair; 16 year-old Merchant.
Enlisted on 1/10/1863, he was mustered into "H" Co. VA 4th Cavalry as a Private.
Listed March & April 1864 Roll as Absent, horse detail.
Wounded slightly in hand 5/8/1864 at Todd's Tavern, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Va.
Paroled 5/6/1865 Winchester, VA.
Postwar, married to Lydia M. Miller on 11/27/1877; lived in Waterloo, Culpeper County, Va.
The 4th Cavalry Regiment, "Escorts to Gen. Stonewall Jackson", completed its organization at Sangster's Cross Roads, Prince William County, Virginia, in September, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Prince William, Chesterfield, Madison, Culpeper, Powhatan, Goochland, Hanover, Fauquier, Buckingham, and the City of Richmond.
It participated in the Battle of Williamsburg, the Seven Days' Battles, 2nd Manassas, Maryland campaigns, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Spotsylvania, Haw's Shop, Bethesda Church, the Shenandoah Valley with Early and around Appomattox.
Company H "Black Horse Cavalry", 4th Virginia Cavalry, Mumford's Brigade, Fitzhugh Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence: Culpeper County, VA; 5' 9", light complexion, blue eyes, light hair; 16 year-old Merchant.
Enlisted on 1/10/1863, he was mustered into "H" Co. VA 4th Cavalry as a Private.
Listed March & April 1864 Roll as Absent, horse detail.
Wounded slightly in hand 5/8/1864 at Todd's Tavern, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Va.
Paroled 5/6/1865 Winchester, VA.
Postwar, married to Lydia M. Miller on 11/27/1877; lived in Waterloo, Culpeper County, Va.
The 4th Cavalry Regiment, "Escorts to Gen. Stonewall Jackson", completed its organization at Sangster's Cross Roads, Prince William County, Virginia, in September, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Prince William, Chesterfield, Madison, Culpeper, Powhatan, Goochland, Hanover, Fauquier, Buckingham, and the City of Richmond.
It participated in the Battle of Williamsburg, the Seven Days' Battles, 2nd Manassas, Maryland campaigns, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Spotsylvania, Haw's Shop, Bethesda Church, the Shenandoah Valley with Early and around Appomattox.
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