Company B "Caroline Light Dragoons" of Caroline County, 9th Virginia Cavalry, Beale's Brigade, W.H.F. Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Caroline County VA; a 29 year-old Farmer.
Enlisted on 5/6/1861 at Caroline County, VA., he was commissioned into "B" Co. VA 9th Cavalry as a 1st Lieutenant.
Detailed 11/1/1861 as Commissary for Regiment.
POW 5/2/1863 Louisa Court House, VA.; paroled 5/18/1863.
Present on all rolls until Absent, leave 9/30/1864, final roll.
POW 12/12/1864 Stoney Creek, VA.
Oath Allegiance 6/17/1865.
The 9th Cavalry Regiment was formed in January, 1862, using the 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry as its nucleus. Its companies were from the counties of Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland, Lancaster, Essex, Spotsylvania, Lunenburg, King William, King George, and Richmond.
It fought in the Seven Days' Battles, the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, Culpeper Court House, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.
Company B "Caroline Light Dragoons" of Caroline County, 9th Virginia Cavalry, Beale's Brigade, W.H.F. Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Caroline County VA; a 29 year-old Farmer.
Enlisted on 5/6/1861 at Caroline County, VA., he was commissioned into "B" Co. VA 9th Cavalry as a 1st Lieutenant.
Detailed 11/1/1861 as Commissary for Regiment.
POW 5/2/1863 Louisa Court House, VA.; paroled 5/18/1863.
Present on all rolls until Absent, leave 9/30/1864, final roll.
POW 12/12/1864 Stoney Creek, VA.
Oath Allegiance 6/17/1865.
The 9th Cavalry Regiment was formed in January, 1862, using the 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry as its nucleus. Its companies were from the counties of Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland, Lancaster, Essex, Spotsylvania, Lunenburg, King William, King George, and Richmond.
It fought in the Seven Days' Battles, the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, Culpeper Court House, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.
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1 LIEUT.
JAMES BOULWARE
CO. B
9 VA. CAV.
C. S. A.
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