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Pvt George Nash Pegram

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Pvt George Nash Pegram

Birth
Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Death
9 May 1915 (aged 80)
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Plot
Confederate Soldiers' Section: East, 283
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Company F, 8th Virginia Cavalry, Jones' Brigade, Ransom's Division, Dept of Western Virginia and East Tennessee, C.S.A.

Residence was not listed; 5'9", light complexion; carpenter.
Enlisted on 2/4/1863 at Floyd County, VA, he was mustered into "F" Co. VA 8th Cavalry as a Private.
On rolls 10/31/1863.
POW, Knap's Valley, 1864; confined at Camp Chase, Ohio; Oath of Allegiance, released 1865.

In 1914, an 80 year-old widower living in Fayette, WVA., he applied for admittance into the Robert E. Lee Camp Soldier's Home, due to "old age". He was admitted in 10/1914; died there.

The 8th Cavalry Regiment was organized early in 1862 with nine companies but increased its number to eleven to July. Many of the men were recruited in Smyth, Nelson, Kanawha, and Tazewell counties.

Company F, 8th Virginia Cavalry, Jones' Brigade, Ransom's Division, Dept of Western Virginia and East Tennessee, C.S.A.

Residence was not listed; 5'9", light complexion; carpenter.
Enlisted on 2/4/1863 at Floyd County, VA, he was mustered into "F" Co. VA 8th Cavalry as a Private.
On rolls 10/31/1863.
POW, Knap's Valley, 1864; confined at Camp Chase, Ohio; Oath of Allegiance, released 1865.

In 1914, an 80 year-old widower living in Fayette, WVA., he applied for admittance into the Robert E. Lee Camp Soldier's Home, due to "old age". He was admitted in 10/1914; died there.

The 8th Cavalry Regiment was organized early in 1862 with nine companies but increased its number to eleven to July. Many of the men were recruited in Smyth, Nelson, Kanawha, and Tazewell counties.

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  • Maintained by: BigFrench
  • Originally Created by: PL
  • Added: May 16, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8773733/george_nash-pegram: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt George Nash Pegram (31 Oct 1834–9 May 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8773733, citing Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by BigFrench (contributor 46554304).