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Pvt Sylvanus Young Amiss

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Pvt Sylvanus Young Amiss

Birth
Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
Death
23 Mar 1914 (aged 70)
Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Jeffersonton, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Company D "Little Fork Rangers", 4th Virginia Cavalry, Mumford's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence Culpeper, VA; 5' 7", ruddy complexion, blue eyes, dark hair.
Enlisted for the duration of the war on 3/9/1862 at Oak Shade, he was mustered into Company D, 4th Virginia Cavalry, as a Private.
Absent, sick in Culpeper, on Jan & Feb 1863 Roll.
Present on all subsequent Rolls until POW 5/8/1864 during cavalry engagement near Spotsylvania Court House, VA.; received 5/21/1864 from Belle Plain, VA. at Fort Delaware, DE.; Oath of Allegiance and released 5/11/1865.

Postwar, he owned a shoe & boot-making business in Staunton, Virginia for several years before moving to Washington, DC.

The 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 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, Gouchland, Hanover, Fauquier, Buckingham, and the city of Richmond.
Company D "Little Fork Rangers", 4th Virginia Cavalry, Mumford's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence Culpeper, VA; 5' 7", ruddy complexion, blue eyes, dark hair.
Enlisted for the duration of the war on 3/9/1862 at Oak Shade, he was mustered into Company D, 4th Virginia Cavalry, as a Private.
Absent, sick in Culpeper, on Jan & Feb 1863 Roll.
Present on all subsequent Rolls until POW 5/8/1864 during cavalry engagement near Spotsylvania Court House, VA.; received 5/21/1864 from Belle Plain, VA. at Fort Delaware, DE.; Oath of Allegiance and released 5/11/1865.

Postwar, he owned a shoe & boot-making business in Staunton, Virginia for several years before moving to Washington, DC.

The 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 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, Gouchland, Hanover, Fauquier, Buckingham, and the city of Richmond.

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  • Maintained by: BigFrench
  • Originally Created by: 46877736
  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18008169/sylvanus_young-amiss: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Sylvanus Young Amiss (21 Jun 1843–23 Mar 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18008169, citing Jeffersonton Baptist Church Cemetery, Jeffersonton, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by BigFrench (contributor 46554304).