Company H "Black Horse Cavalry", 4th Virginia Cavalry, Mumford's Brigade, Fitzhugh Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence was not listed.
Enlisted on 4/25/1861 at Warrenton, he was mustered into Captain Robert Randolph's Company (Black Horse Cavalry), 4th Virginia Cavalry as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company H, 4th Virginia Cavalry).
Absent, Sick with Camp Fever on Nov & Dec 1861 Roll.
Absent, Sick Furlough on Jan & Feb 1862 Roll.
Paroled 5/17/1865 at Fairfax Court House, VA.
Married Alice J. Hord in 1864.
"CONFEDERATE VET DIES AT AGE 93 - One of Fauquier county’s few remaining Confederate veterans, Thomas A. Fant, died at his home at Bealton Thursday, Jan. 3 at the age of 93. Mr. Fant was born Sept. 27, 1841. When the War Between the States broke out, he enlisted in Stuart’s famed Black Horse Cavalry and served throughout the war. He participated in three major engagements, those of Gettysburg, Manassas and Fredericksburg. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Clay Dowell, of Akron, Ohio.; Mrs. Jack Lynn and Mrs. Mae Payne, of Washington, D.C.; and Miss Lottie Fant, of Bealton; three sons, Arthur, Archie and Thomas Fant of Bealton; five grandsons, Milburn Lynn, Brent Payne, Marvin Fant and Clarence Dowell, of Akron, and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Charles Fant, of Culpeper, is a sister in law. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence at Bealton, with interment in the Bealton Cemetery beside his wife, who died two years ago. The Rev. J. Allen Messer officiated. The grave was decorated with a Confederate flag furnished by Martin Bowen Chapter, U.D.C., of Remington." [Obituary text courtesy of "mathprof" (#47319922).
The 4th Viginia 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.
Residence was not listed.
Enlisted on 4/25/1861 at Warrenton, he was mustered into Captain Robert Randolph's Company (Black Horse Cavalry), 4th Virginia Cavalry as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company H, 4th Virginia Cavalry).
Absent, Sick with Camp Fever on Nov & Dec 1861 Roll.
Absent, Sick Furlough on Jan & Feb 1862 Roll.
Paroled 5/17/1865 at Fairfax Court House, VA.
Married Alice J. Hord in 1864.
"CONFEDERATE VET DIES AT AGE 93 - One of Fauquier county’s few remaining Confederate veterans, Thomas A. Fant, died at his home at Bealton Thursday, Jan. 3 at the age of 93. Mr. Fant was born Sept. 27, 1841. When the War Between the States broke out, he enlisted in Stuart’s famed Black Horse Cavalry and served throughout the war. He participated in three major engagements, those of Gettysburg, Manassas and Fredericksburg. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Clay Dowell, of Akron, Ohio.; Mrs. Jack Lynn and Mrs. Mae Payne, of Washington, D.C.; and Miss Lottie Fant, of Bealton; three sons, Arthur, Archie and Thomas Fant of Bealton; five grandsons, Milburn Lynn, Brent Payne, Marvin Fant and Clarence Dowell, of Akron, and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Charles Fant, of Culpeper, is a sister in law. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence at Bealton, with interment in the Bealton Cemetery beside his wife, who died two years ago. The Rev. J. Allen Messer officiated. The grave was decorated with a Confederate flag furnished by Martin Bowen Chapter, U.D.C., of Remington." [Obituary text courtesy of "mathprof" (#47319922).
The 4th Viginia 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 was not listed.
Enlisted on 4/25/1861 at Warrenton, he was mustered into Captain Robert Randolph's Company (Black Horse Cavalry), 4th Virginia Cavalry as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company H, 4th Virginia Cavalry).
Absent, Sick with Camp Fever on Nov & Dec 1861 Roll.
Absent, Sick Furlough on Jan & Feb 1862 Roll.
Paroled 5/17/1865 at Fairfax Court House, VA.
Married Alice J. Hord in 1864.
"CONFEDERATE VET DIES AT AGE 93 - One of Fauquier county’s few remaining Confederate veterans, Thomas A. Fant, died at his home at Bealton Thursday, Jan. 3 at the age of 93. Mr. Fant was born Sept. 27, 1841. When the War Between the States broke out, he enlisted in Stuart’s famed Black Horse Cavalry and served throughout the war. He participated in three major engagements, those of Gettysburg, Manassas and Fredericksburg. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Clay Dowell, of Akron, Ohio.; Mrs. Jack Lynn and Mrs. Mae Payne, of Washington, D.C.; and Miss Lottie Fant, of Bealton; three sons, Arthur, Archie and Thomas Fant of Bealton; five grandsons, Milburn Lynn, Brent Payne, Marvin Fant and Clarence Dowell, of Akron, and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Charles Fant, of Culpeper, is a sister in law. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence at Bealton, with interment in the Bealton Cemetery beside his wife, who died two years ago. The Rev. J. Allen Messer officiated. The grave was decorated with a Confederate flag furnished by Martin Bowen Chapter, U.D.C., of Remington." [Obituary text courtesy of "mathprof" (#47319922).
The 4th Viginia 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.
Residence was not listed.
Enlisted on 4/25/1861 at Warrenton, he was mustered into Captain Robert Randolph's Company (Black Horse Cavalry), 4th Virginia Cavalry as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company H, 4th Virginia Cavalry).
Absent, Sick with Camp Fever on Nov & Dec 1861 Roll.
Absent, Sick Furlough on Jan & Feb 1862 Roll.
Paroled 5/17/1865 at Fairfax Court House, VA.
Married Alice J. Hord in 1864.
"CONFEDERATE VET DIES AT AGE 93 - One of Fauquier county’s few remaining Confederate veterans, Thomas A. Fant, died at his home at Bealton Thursday, Jan. 3 at the age of 93. Mr. Fant was born Sept. 27, 1841. When the War Between the States broke out, he enlisted in Stuart’s famed Black Horse Cavalry and served throughout the war. He participated in three major engagements, those of Gettysburg, Manassas and Fredericksburg. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Clay Dowell, of Akron, Ohio.; Mrs. Jack Lynn and Mrs. Mae Payne, of Washington, D.C.; and Miss Lottie Fant, of Bealton; three sons, Arthur, Archie and Thomas Fant of Bealton; five grandsons, Milburn Lynn, Brent Payne, Marvin Fant and Clarence Dowell, of Akron, and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Charles Fant, of Culpeper, is a sister in law. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence at Bealton, with interment in the Bealton Cemetery beside his wife, who died two years ago. The Rev. J. Allen Messer officiated. The grave was decorated with a Confederate flag furnished by Martin Bowen Chapter, U.D.C., of Remington." [Obituary text courtesy of "mathprof" (#47319922).
The 4th Viginia 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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