Past Grand Commander - Grand Commandery Knights Templar Virginia.
The 1860 census enumerates James as a sixteen year old clerk in the home of Druggist Charles Beller in Charles Town, Virginia. Beller himself was a married young man. When on 6 June 1861 James volunteered with Company K of the Fifth Regiment of Virginia Infantry, his occupation was stated as Druggist. He enrolled at Winchester. The officer that signed him was Captain John Avis. Captain John Avis had been the leader of the local defense troops. On 2 July 1861 James was wounded in battle. In November of 1861 General Garnett ordered James detailed as an apothecary at a hospital in Winchester. When his one year enlistment period expired, James signed on for the war. On 1 September 1862 he was promoted to First Lieutenant and assigned as a Provost Guard in Staunton. In 1892 Sir James Little Avis was Grand Commander of the Knights Templar of Virginia.
The 1860 census enumerates James as a sixteen year old clerk in the home of Druggist Charles Beller in Charles Town, Virginia. Beller himself was a married young man. When on 6 June 1861 James volunteered with Company K of the Fifth Regiment of Virginia Infantry, his occupation was stated as Druggist. He enrolled at Winchester. The officer that signed him was Captain John Avis. Captain John Avis had been the leader of the local defense troops. On 2 July 1861 James was wounded in battle. In November of 1861 General Garnett ordered James detailed as an apothecary at a hospital in Winchester. When his one year enlistment period expired, James signed on for the war. On 1 September 1862 he was promoted to First Lieutenant and assigned as a Provost Guard in Staunton. In 1892 Sir James Little Avis was Grand Commander of the Knights Templar of Virginia.
Past Grand Commander - Grand Commandery Knights Templar Virginia.
The 1860 census enumerates James as a sixteen year old clerk in the home of Druggist Charles Beller in Charles Town, Virginia. Beller himself was a married young man. When on 6 June 1861 James volunteered with Company K of the Fifth Regiment of Virginia Infantry, his occupation was stated as Druggist. He enrolled at Winchester. The officer that signed him was Captain John Avis. Captain John Avis had been the leader of the local defense troops. On 2 July 1861 James was wounded in battle. In November of 1861 General Garnett ordered James detailed as an apothecary at a hospital in Winchester. When his one year enlistment period expired, James signed on for the war. On 1 September 1862 he was promoted to First Lieutenant and assigned as a Provost Guard in Staunton. In 1892 Sir James Little Avis was Grand Commander of the Knights Templar of Virginia.
The 1860 census enumerates James as a sixteen year old clerk in the home of Druggist Charles Beller in Charles Town, Virginia. Beller himself was a married young man. When on 6 June 1861 James volunteered with Company K of the Fifth Regiment of Virginia Infantry, his occupation was stated as Druggist. He enrolled at Winchester. The officer that signed him was Captain John Avis. Captain John Avis had been the leader of the local defense troops. On 2 July 1861 James was wounded in battle. In November of 1861 General Garnett ordered James detailed as an apothecary at a hospital in Winchester. When his one year enlistment period expired, James signed on for the war. On 1 September 1862 he was promoted to First Lieutenant and assigned as a Provost Guard in Staunton. In 1892 Sir James Little Avis was Grand Commander of the Knights Templar of Virginia.
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