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Pvt John Thomas Gibson II

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Pvt John Thomas Gibson II

Birth
West Virginia, USA
Death
3 May 1933 (aged 84)
Manassas City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Company E, (Mosby's) 43rd Regiment Partisan Cavalry, Dept. of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence: Charles Town, WV; 17 years old, 5'2", blue eyes, light hair.
Enlistment (details not listed), he was mustered into Company C, 43rd Regiment Partisan Cavalry as a Private.
Transferred (date unknown) into Company E, Mosby's 43rd Regiment Virginia Partisan Cavalry as a Private.
Paroled 4/22/1865 at Charles Town, WV.

Mosby's Cavalry Regiment, formerly the 43rd Battalion, was organized in December, 1864. The battalion was formed in June, 1863, with five companies, later increased to eight. The unit served behind Federal lines in Northern Virginia and was the most effective command of its kind. The enemy forces were never safe and the area became known as "Mosby's Confederacy".

Company E, (Mosby's) 43rd Regiment Partisan Cavalry, Dept. of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence: Charles Town, WV; 17 years old, 5'2", blue eyes, light hair.
Enlistment (details not listed), he was mustered into Company C, 43rd Regiment Partisan Cavalry as a Private.
Transferred (date unknown) into Company E, Mosby's 43rd Regiment Virginia Partisan Cavalry as a Private.
Paroled 4/22/1865 at Charles Town, WV.

Mosby's Cavalry Regiment, formerly the 43rd Battalion, was organized in December, 1864. The battalion was formed in June, 1863, with five companies, later increased to eight. The unit served behind Federal lines in Northern Virginia and was the most effective command of its kind. The enemy forces were never safe and the area became known as "Mosby's Confederacy".

Bio by: BigFrench


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Member of Forty-Third
Virginia Battalion, Mosby's Rangers,
C.S.A.



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  • Maintained by: BigFrench
  • Originally Created by: 46877736
  • Added: Feb 22, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18024312/john_thomas-gibson: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt John Thomas Gibson II (4 Jun 1848–3 May 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18024312, citing Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by BigFrench (contributor 46554304).