Company A, 6th Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade, Anderson's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Conscripted on 4/21/1864 in Bath County, he reported to Camp Lee, near Richmond, where on 6/3/1864 he was assigned to and mustered into Company A, 6th Virginia Infantry, as a Private.
POW 7/30/1864 at Petersburg, VA.; confined 8/5/1864 Point Lookout, MD.; sent 8/8/1864 to Elmira, NY.; died there of chronic diarrhea.
The 6th Virginia Infantry Regiment, organized at Norfolk, Virginia, in May, 1861, recruited its men at Norfolk and in the counties of Princess Anne, Nansemond, and Chesterfield. The 6th participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then saw action in the Petersburg trenches and around Appomattox.
Bio by BigFrench (46554304).∼Joseph H. Matheney was born in 1822, Virginia, the son of Samuel Matheney and Nancy Monroe. Joseph had eleven siblings: Ellen Matheney, John W. Matheney, Lorenzo Dorn Matheney, Minerva Matheney, Asberry Matheney, Samuel Matheney (Jr.), George Washington Matheney, Oliver Perry Matheney, William Matheney, Martha E. Matheney and Susan Matheney.
Joseph married Sarah Ellen Crawford in 1846, Botetourt County, Virginia, the daughter of Owen Lewis Crawford and Courtney Marietta Hays. They had eight children: Rebecca Jane Matheney, John Henry Matheney, Clarissa C. Matheney, Mary E. (Ellen?) Matheney, George W. Matheney, Sarah Elizabeth Matheney, Joseph H. Matheney and Samuel Owen Matheney.
Joseph was a sawyer and his family moved from Alleghany County, Virginia, to Bath County, Virginia (near Millboro, Virginia).
Joseph's service in the Confederate States Army is listed as: 1) Patrol Guard, 11th Congressional District, Virginia (Mounted). 2) Earhart's Company, Virginia Local Defense (Blacklick Home Guards). 3) Company A, 6th Virginia Infantry. Joseph died while in service to the Confederate Army.
Conscripted on 4/21/1864 in Bath County, he reported to Camp Lee, near Richmond, where on 6/3/1864 he was assigned to and mustered into Company A, 6th Virginia Infantry, as a Private.
POW 7/30/1864 at Petersburg, VA.; confined 8/5/1864 Point Lookout, MD.; sent 8/8/1864 to Elmira, NY.; died there of chronic diarrhea.
The 6th Virginia Infantry Regiment, organized at Norfolk, Virginia, in May, 1861, recruited its men at Norfolk and in the counties of Princess Anne, Nansemond, and Chesterfield. The 6th participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then saw action in the Petersburg trenches and around Appomattox.
Bio by BigFrench (46554304).∼Joseph H. Matheney was born in 1822, Virginia, the son of Samuel Matheney and Nancy Monroe. Joseph had eleven siblings: Ellen Matheney, John W. Matheney, Lorenzo Dorn Matheney, Minerva Matheney, Asberry Matheney, Samuel Matheney (Jr.), George Washington Matheney, Oliver Perry Matheney, William Matheney, Martha E. Matheney and Susan Matheney.
Joseph married Sarah Ellen Crawford in 1846, Botetourt County, Virginia, the daughter of Owen Lewis Crawford and Courtney Marietta Hays. They had eight children: Rebecca Jane Matheney, John Henry Matheney, Clarissa C. Matheney, Mary E. (Ellen?) Matheney, George W. Matheney, Sarah Elizabeth Matheney, Joseph H. Matheney and Samuel Owen Matheney.
Joseph was a sawyer and his family moved from Alleghany County, Virginia, to Bath County, Virginia (near Millboro, Virginia).
Joseph's service in the Confederate States Army is listed as: 1) Patrol Guard, 11th Congressional District, Virginia (Mounted). 2) Earhart's Company, Virginia Local Defense (Blacklick Home Guards). 3) Company A, 6th Virginia Infantry. Joseph died while in service to the Confederate Army.
Company A, 6th Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade, Anderson's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Conscripted on 4/21/1864 in Bath County, he reported to Camp Lee, near Richmond, where on 6/3/1864 he was assigned to and mustered into Company A, 6th Virginia Infantry, as a Private.
POW 7/30/1864 at Petersburg, VA.; confined 8/5/1864 Point Lookout, MD.; sent 8/8/1864 to Elmira, NY.; died there of chronic diarrhea.
The 6th Virginia Infantry Regiment, organized at Norfolk, Virginia, in May, 1861, recruited its men at Norfolk and in the counties of Princess Anne, Nansemond, and Chesterfield. The 6th participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then saw action in the Petersburg trenches and around Appomattox.
Bio by BigFrench (46554304).∼Joseph H. Matheney was born in 1822, Virginia, the son of Samuel Matheney and Nancy Monroe. Joseph had eleven siblings: Ellen Matheney, John W. Matheney, Lorenzo Dorn Matheney, Minerva Matheney, Asberry Matheney, Samuel Matheney (Jr.), George Washington Matheney, Oliver Perry Matheney, William Matheney, Martha E. Matheney and Susan Matheney.
Joseph married Sarah Ellen Crawford in 1846, Botetourt County, Virginia, the daughter of Owen Lewis Crawford and Courtney Marietta Hays. They had eight children: Rebecca Jane Matheney, John Henry Matheney, Clarissa C. Matheney, Mary E. (Ellen?) Matheney, George W. Matheney, Sarah Elizabeth Matheney, Joseph H. Matheney and Samuel Owen Matheney.
Joseph was a sawyer and his family moved from Alleghany County, Virginia, to Bath County, Virginia (near Millboro, Virginia).
Joseph's service in the Confederate States Army is listed as: 1) Patrol Guard, 11th Congressional District, Virginia (Mounted). 2) Earhart's Company, Virginia Local Defense (Blacklick Home Guards). 3) Company A, 6th Virginia Infantry. Joseph died while in service to the Confederate Army.
Conscripted on 4/21/1864 in Bath County, he reported to Camp Lee, near Richmond, where on 6/3/1864 he was assigned to and mustered into Company A, 6th Virginia Infantry, as a Private.
POW 7/30/1864 at Petersburg, VA.; confined 8/5/1864 Point Lookout, MD.; sent 8/8/1864 to Elmira, NY.; died there of chronic diarrhea.
The 6th Virginia Infantry Regiment, organized at Norfolk, Virginia, in May, 1861, recruited its men at Norfolk and in the counties of Princess Anne, Nansemond, and Chesterfield. The 6th participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then saw action in the Petersburg trenches and around Appomattox.
Bio by BigFrench (46554304).∼Joseph H. Matheney was born in 1822, Virginia, the son of Samuel Matheney and Nancy Monroe. Joseph had eleven siblings: Ellen Matheney, John W. Matheney, Lorenzo Dorn Matheney, Minerva Matheney, Asberry Matheney, Samuel Matheney (Jr.), George Washington Matheney, Oliver Perry Matheney, William Matheney, Martha E. Matheney and Susan Matheney.
Joseph married Sarah Ellen Crawford in 1846, Botetourt County, Virginia, the daughter of Owen Lewis Crawford and Courtney Marietta Hays. They had eight children: Rebecca Jane Matheney, John Henry Matheney, Clarissa C. Matheney, Mary E. (Ellen?) Matheney, George W. Matheney, Sarah Elizabeth Matheney, Joseph H. Matheney and Samuel Owen Matheney.
Joseph was a sawyer and his family moved from Alleghany County, Virginia, to Bath County, Virginia (near Millboro, Virginia).
Joseph's service in the Confederate States Army is listed as: 1) Patrol Guard, 11th Congressional District, Virginia (Mounted). 2) Earhart's Company, Virginia Local Defense (Blacklick Home Guards). 3) Company A, 6th Virginia Infantry. Joseph died while in service to the Confederate Army.
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