Attended Georgetown University.
Residence: Frederick County, Maryland; farmer.
Present at Battle of 1st Manassas, VA, as civilian serving with 1st Virginia Cavalry.
Commissioned as Captain, Staff Officer for Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, 1st Virginia Cavalry.
Promoted 9/24/1861 to Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Virginia Cavalry.
Promoted 4/23/1862 to Colonel; resigned 10/2/1862.
Enlisted for 3 years; service or the duration of the war on 2/10/1864, he was mustered into Company H, 1st Virginia Cavalry, as a Private.
Listed 4/1864 through end of war as Major, Acting Assistant Adjutant General to General W.H.F.Lee; no record of recommissioning after reenlistment.
The 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment completed its organization at Winchester, Virginia, in July, 1861. Unlike most regiments, the 1st contained twelve companies. The men were from the counties of Frederick, Berkeley, Rockbridge, Clarke, Washington, Augusta, Jefferson, Amelia, Loudoun, Rockingham, and Gloucester.
The cavalry cut through the Federal lines at Appomattox and later disbanded.
Attended Georgetown University.
Residence: Frederick County, Maryland; farmer.
Present at Battle of 1st Manassas, VA, as civilian serving with 1st Virginia Cavalry.
Commissioned as Captain, Staff Officer for Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, 1st Virginia Cavalry.
Promoted 9/24/1861 to Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Virginia Cavalry.
Promoted 4/23/1862 to Colonel; resigned 10/2/1862.
Enlisted for 3 years; service or the duration of the war on 2/10/1864, he was mustered into Company H, 1st Virginia Cavalry, as a Private.
Listed 4/1864 through end of war as Major, Acting Assistant Adjutant General to General W.H.F.Lee; no record of recommissioning after reenlistment.
The 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment completed its organization at Winchester, Virginia, in July, 1861. Unlike most regiments, the 1st contained twelve companies. The men were from the counties of Frederick, Berkeley, Rockbridge, Clarke, Washington, Augusta, Jefferson, Amelia, Loudoun, Rockingham, and Gloucester.
The cavalry cut through the Federal lines at Appomattox and later disbanded.
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