Company I, 50th Virginia Infantry, Forsberg's Brigade, Wharton's Division, Valley District, Dept of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence Pulaski County VA.
Enlisted (date unknown), he was mustered into "I" Co. VA 50th Infantry as a Private.
POW 5/12/1864 Spotsylvania Court House, VA.; confined 5/18/1864 Point Lookout, MD.; confined 7/3/1864 Elmira, NY.; transferred, for exchange 2/20/1865 James River, VA.
Hospitalized with fever 3/4/1865 Richmond, VA.
POW 4/3/1865 Richmond, VA. Hospital; died of chronic diarrhea.

The 50th Infantry Regiment was organized in July, 1861, with ten companies and three companies of cavalry temporarily attached. During September one of the cavalry companies was disabled and the other two transferred to the 8th Regiment Virginia Cavalry. The unit was reorganized in May, 1862, with nine companies.

∼Son of James Quesenberry and Elizabeth Moore

Married Nancy Moore
daughter of Peter Moore JR B 1794 and Rebecca Breeding
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John Riley Quesenberry was born in 1826 in the portion of Wythe County, Virginia that became Pulaski County in 1839. In 1845, at the age of 19 he married Nancy Moore in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Prior to the Civil War, John and Nancy lived as farmers in Pulaski County. In the 1850 US Census, he is the neighbor of Harvey Gray, whose son William later marries John's daughter Mary.
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He was captured at Spotsylvania Court House - [one of about 3,000 Confederate prisoners captured on May 12, 1864]. and was a prisoner at Pt. Lookout from 5/18/64 to 7/30/64 .
As a prisoner of war, on July 30, 1864, John was transported to Elmira Prison (called 'Hellmira' by the inmates) in Elmira, New York. He was held prisoner from 8/2/64 till his death 2/13/65, and was buried in grave number 2072.
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Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958
Name:Mrs Nancy Quesenberry
Application Date:7 May 1888
Application Place:Pulaski, Virginia
Spouse:John Quesenberry
Marriage Date:20 May 1845
Marriage Place:Mount Airy, NC
Spouse Death Place:Elmira, New York
Application Type:Widow
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This information of burial is incorrect, someone else is buried in 2072. Just wanted to post it here due to online information has it on sites and is wrong. SO to help stop the error. 2-5-2011

--2017 jackeagleproject2017 #49384008 He is not found to be buried here in this cemetery
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According to John's military records, he died of "chronic diarrhea"

1860 Census Pulaski Co. # 394 John ( Riley ), 34, farmer, wife, Nancy( Moore ), 36 and 7 children.
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CIVIL WAR SOLIDERS:
Name:John Quesenberry
Residence:Virginia
Occupation:Farmer
Rank at enlistment:Private
State Served:Virginia
Survived the War?:No
Service Record:Enlisted in Company I, Virginia 50th Infantry Regiment.Mustered out on 13 Feb 1865 at Elmira, NY.
Sources:The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
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1870 Census Pulaski Co, VA
Sarah Jane Qusenberry 14
Lucinda Qusenberry 6
Joseph F qusenberry 6
are all living with Peter Moore and Rebecca Breeding their grandparents

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CHILDEN:
Leander "Lee" Clay Quesenberry 1845-1914
James Montgomery Quesenberry 1848-1915
Mary Ellen Quesenberry Gray 1849-1923
John Riley Quesenberry JR 1853-1921
Sarah Frances Jane Quesenberry Hawley 1855-1902
William M Quesenberry 1857
Stephen Jasper Quesenberry 1859-1934
Elizabeth "Betty" Quesenberry 1861-1908
[twin] Lucinda Belle "Lucy" Quesenberry Hawley 1863-1910
[twin] Joseph Franklin Quesenberry 1863-1950