MAJOR WM. N. BERKELEY.
By F. L. Berkeley.
William Noland Berkeley, second son of Lewis Berkeley, of Barn Elms, Middlesex County, later of Aldie, Loudoun County, Virginia, and of Frances Callender Noland, his wife, was born at Aldie, February 28th, 1826.
He attended the Episcopal High School and William and Mary College, where he was graduated in 1845, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After completing the Law course, he passed his examination and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced his profession, devoting himself to the management of his father's business affairs.
Upon the death of his father he inherited the estate at Aldie. He married in 1851, Cynthia White Smith, daughter of Brigadier-General Thomas A. Smith, U. S. A., by whom he had five children: Lucy Beverley, Cynthia White, Francis Lewis, Mary Edmonia and Frances Callender, of whom the last mentioned married Rev. H. H. Williams, and now, (1919), lives at "The Grove," in Charlottesville. Francis L. married Ethel Crissey, and now lives on his farm, Rockland, near Red Hill, Albemarle County.
Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, William N. Berkeley was chosen (at the election held for the purpose), Captain of Company C, of the Eighth Virginia Regiment, and his youngest brother, Charles F. Berkeley, First Lieutenant of the same regiment.
This company had been organized sometime before the war and was called "Champe Rifles" (in honor of Sergeant Champe, of Revolutionary fame) and had been commanded by William Berkeley's youngest brother, Norborne, who was now promoted to be major of the Eighth, commanded by Colonel Eppa Hunton.
The eldest brother, Edward, had also been chosen captain by his men; and thus the four Berkeley brothers all became officers of that splendid regiment, afterwards known as the "Old Bloody Eighth." In the battle of Gettysburg, Captain William Berkeley and two of his brothers, Edward and Norborne, were seriously wounded, and the youngest, Charles, found himself, as the sole surviving officer, in command of sixteen men—all of the gallant Eighth to return from that bloody field.
After the promotion which followed Gettysburg, the officers of the Eighth were: Norborne Berkeley, Colonel; Edward Berkeley, Lieutenant Colonel; William N. Berkeley, Major; and Charles F. Berkeley, Senior Captain, and it was commonly called "The Berkeley Regiment."
In 1876, Major William N. Berkeley removed to his plantation, "Hays," in King William County, and a few years later, to Albemarle County, where he lived until his death in 1907.
~Memorial history of the John Bowie Strange Camp, United Confederate Veterans; Michie Co., 1920.
By F. L. Berkeley.
William Noland Berkeley, second son of Lewis Berkeley, of Barn Elms, Middlesex County, later of Aldie, Loudoun County, Virginia, and of Frances Callender Noland, his wife, was born at Aldie, February 28th, 1826.
He attended the Episcopal High School and William and Mary College, where he was graduated in 1845, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After completing the Law course, he passed his examination and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced his profession, devoting himself to the management of his father's business affairs.
Upon the death of his father he inherited the estate at Aldie. He married in 1851, Cynthia White Smith, daughter of Brigadier-General Thomas A. Smith, U. S. A., by whom he had five children: Lucy Beverley, Cynthia White, Francis Lewis, Mary Edmonia and Frances Callender, of whom the last mentioned married Rev. H. H. Williams, and now, (1919), lives at "The Grove," in Charlottesville. Francis L. married Ethel Crissey, and now lives on his farm, Rockland, near Red Hill, Albemarle County.
Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, William N. Berkeley was chosen (at the election held for the purpose), Captain of Company C, of the Eighth Virginia Regiment, and his youngest brother, Charles F. Berkeley, First Lieutenant of the same regiment.
This company had been organized sometime before the war and was called "Champe Rifles" (in honor of Sergeant Champe, of Revolutionary fame) and had been commanded by William Berkeley's youngest brother, Norborne, who was now promoted to be major of the Eighth, commanded by Colonel Eppa Hunton.
The eldest brother, Edward, had also been chosen captain by his men; and thus the four Berkeley brothers all became officers of that splendid regiment, afterwards known as the "Old Bloody Eighth." In the battle of Gettysburg, Captain William Berkeley and two of his brothers, Edward and Norborne, were seriously wounded, and the youngest, Charles, found himself, as the sole surviving officer, in command of sixteen men—all of the gallant Eighth to return from that bloody field.
After the promotion which followed Gettysburg, the officers of the Eighth were: Norborne Berkeley, Colonel; Edward Berkeley, Lieutenant Colonel; William N. Berkeley, Major; and Charles F. Berkeley, Senior Captain, and it was commonly called "The Berkeley Regiment."
In 1876, Major William N. Berkeley removed to his plantation, "Hays," in King William County, and a few years later, to Albemarle County, where he lived until his death in 1907.
~Memorial history of the John Bowie Strange Camp, United Confederate Veterans; Michie Co., 1920.
MAJOR WM. N. BERKELEY.
By F. L. Berkeley.
William Noland Berkeley, second son of Lewis Berkeley, of Barn Elms, Middlesex County, later of Aldie, Loudoun County, Virginia, and of Frances Callender Noland, his wife, was born at Aldie, February 28th, 1826.
He attended the Episcopal High School and William and Mary College, where he was graduated in 1845, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After completing the Law course, he passed his examination and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced his profession, devoting himself to the management of his father's business affairs.
Upon the death of his father he inherited the estate at Aldie. He married in 1851, Cynthia White Smith, daughter of Brigadier-General Thomas A. Smith, U. S. A., by whom he had five children: Lucy Beverley, Cynthia White, Francis Lewis, Mary Edmonia and Frances Callender, of whom the last mentioned married Rev. H. H. Williams, and now, (1919), lives at "The Grove," in Charlottesville. Francis L. married Ethel Crissey, and now lives on his farm, Rockland, near Red Hill, Albemarle County.
Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, William N. Berkeley was chosen (at the election held for the purpose), Captain of Company C, of the Eighth Virginia Regiment, and his youngest brother, Charles F. Berkeley, First Lieutenant of the same regiment.
This company had been organized sometime before the war and was called "Champe Rifles" (in honor of Sergeant Champe, of Revolutionary fame) and had been commanded by William Berkeley's youngest brother, Norborne, who was now promoted to be major of the Eighth, commanded by Colonel Eppa Hunton.
The eldest brother, Edward, had also been chosen captain by his men; and thus the four Berkeley brothers all became officers of that splendid regiment, afterwards known as the "Old Bloody Eighth." In the battle of Gettysburg, Captain William Berkeley and two of his brothers, Edward and Norborne, were seriously wounded, and the youngest, Charles, found himself, as the sole surviving officer, in command of sixteen men—all of the gallant Eighth to return from that bloody field.
After the promotion which followed Gettysburg, the officers of the Eighth were: Norborne Berkeley, Colonel; Edward Berkeley, Lieutenant Colonel; William N. Berkeley, Major; and Charles F. Berkeley, Senior Captain, and it was commonly called "The Berkeley Regiment."
In 1876, Major William N. Berkeley removed to his plantation, "Hays," in King William County, and a few years later, to Albemarle County, where he lived until his death in 1907.
~Memorial history of the John Bowie Strange Camp, United Confederate Veterans; Michie Co., 1920.
By F. L. Berkeley.
William Noland Berkeley, second son of Lewis Berkeley, of Barn Elms, Middlesex County, later of Aldie, Loudoun County, Virginia, and of Frances Callender Noland, his wife, was born at Aldie, February 28th, 1826.
He attended the Episcopal High School and William and Mary College, where he was graduated in 1845, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After completing the Law course, he passed his examination and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced his profession, devoting himself to the management of his father's business affairs.
Upon the death of his father he inherited the estate at Aldie. He married in 1851, Cynthia White Smith, daughter of Brigadier-General Thomas A. Smith, U. S. A., by whom he had five children: Lucy Beverley, Cynthia White, Francis Lewis, Mary Edmonia and Frances Callender, of whom the last mentioned married Rev. H. H. Williams, and now, (1919), lives at "The Grove," in Charlottesville. Francis L. married Ethel Crissey, and now lives on his farm, Rockland, near Red Hill, Albemarle County.
Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, William N. Berkeley was chosen (at the election held for the purpose), Captain of Company C, of the Eighth Virginia Regiment, and his youngest brother, Charles F. Berkeley, First Lieutenant of the same regiment.
This company had been organized sometime before the war and was called "Champe Rifles" (in honor of Sergeant Champe, of Revolutionary fame) and had been commanded by William Berkeley's youngest brother, Norborne, who was now promoted to be major of the Eighth, commanded by Colonel Eppa Hunton.
The eldest brother, Edward, had also been chosen captain by his men; and thus the four Berkeley brothers all became officers of that splendid regiment, afterwards known as the "Old Bloody Eighth." In the battle of Gettysburg, Captain William Berkeley and two of his brothers, Edward and Norborne, were seriously wounded, and the youngest, Charles, found himself, as the sole surviving officer, in command of sixteen men—all of the gallant Eighth to return from that bloody field.
After the promotion which followed Gettysburg, the officers of the Eighth were: Norborne Berkeley, Colonel; Edward Berkeley, Lieutenant Colonel; William N. Berkeley, Major; and Charles F. Berkeley, Senior Captain, and it was commonly called "The Berkeley Regiment."
In 1876, Major William N. Berkeley removed to his plantation, "Hays," in King William County, and a few years later, to Albemarle County, where he lived until his death in 1907.
~Memorial history of the John Bowie Strange Camp, United Confederate Veterans; Michie Co., 1920.
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