Company A, 7th Virginia Cavalry, Dearing's Brigade, Rosser's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Loudoun County VA; a 19 year-old Clerk; 5' 11", florid complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair.
Enlisted on 4/24/1861 at Salem, Fauquier County, he traveled 45 miles to Dumfries, Prince William County, on 4/27/1861 he was mustered into Captain John A. Adams' Company "Wise Dragoons, Virginia Volunteers as 4th Corporal. (This company subsequently became Company H, 6th Virginia Cavalry.)
Listed as 4th Sergeant on Nov & Dec 1861 and Jan & Feb 1862 Rolls.
Absent, on Jan & Feb 1862 Roll as he had reenlisted and was given furlough lasting 2/11 - 3/15/1862.
He was transferred into Company A, 7th Virginia Cavalry on 4/15/1862 as Private.
Wounded In Action, Horse killed 5/23/1862 Buckton Station, VA.
Wounded In Action (saber to the arm), POW 8/2/1862 Orange Court House, VA.; confined 8/9/1862 Fort McHenry, MD.; Paroled 9/1/1862 on board the U.S. Steamer Juniata; exchanged 9/21/1862.
Present Nov & Dec 1862 Roll.
In fight on 3/24/1863 at Chantilly, VA., he was 1 of 12 men from 7th Cavalry with Mosby and 43rd Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers.)
Wounded In Action on a scouting mission 10/14/1863 at Catlett's Station, VA.
Listed as present on roll dated 4/1/1864.
Wounded In Action (severe wound to the arm) 5/5/1864 in Battle of The Wilderness, VA.
Paroled 5/17/1865 Winchester, VA.
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W.A. Brent, of The Plains, Fauquier County, died Monday in Baltimore, in a hospital where he had gone for treatment.
Mr. Brent was Deputy Treasurer for some years. He was sixty years old, and was a brave Confederate soldier.
Mr. Brent never married. (Fredericksburg) The Daily Star - Oct. 7, 1904.
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- WILLIAM A. BRENT. -
When Virginia was a "bastion fringed with flame," William A. Brent, of Loudoun County, answered her first call at First Manassas, and kept her commandments through four years of "agony and bloody sweat." He first joined Company H, 6th Virginia Cavalry, and transferred to Company A, 7th Virginia Cavalry, Gen. Ashby's old company and regiment. Many instances could be given of his unusual pluck. Many times wounded and horse after horse killed, he never lagged, but was up again and hunting the fight.
Seeing a comrade hard pressed with four or five of the enemy around him, himself unhorsed and with only a saber, he ran to his defense, and just as a bayonet pierced his friend, he sabered the man and had the distinction of killing his foe with the sword.
This friend was the big-hearted, fighting, Harry Hatcher, and Billy called him the "bravest of the brave."
Scouting at night in Fairfax, we think, the order was to take the picket without firing; and as he reached out and
grabbed the reins of the picket's horse, the picket placed his carbine on his breast and fired, but as he fell he shot the picket from his horse. We have seen the jacket with a hole burned in it half as big as the hand.
In the fight at Upperville, Va., in June, 1863, his oldest brother, Warren, when hemmed in so there was no escape, refused to surrender, and died a glorious sacrifice to the faith he kept. The "War Records" credit his bravery.
"Billy" Brent was too generous to mass much of the "gear" of this world around him. Of liberal education, omnivorous reading, and high intelligence, his mind was well stored with choice information.
A noble son and brother, he leaves the legacy of a spotless character to his family and friends.
Confederate Veteran, Vol. XIII, p. 234.
Residence Loudoun County VA; a 19 year-old Clerk; 5' 11", florid complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair.
Enlisted on 4/24/1861 at Salem, Fauquier County, he traveled 45 miles to Dumfries, Prince William County, on 4/27/1861 he was mustered into Captain John A. Adams' Company "Wise Dragoons, Virginia Volunteers as 4th Corporal. (This company subsequently became Company H, 6th Virginia Cavalry.)
Listed as 4th Sergeant on Nov & Dec 1861 and Jan & Feb 1862 Rolls.
Absent, on Jan & Feb 1862 Roll as he had reenlisted and was given furlough lasting 2/11 - 3/15/1862.
He was transferred into Company A, 7th Virginia Cavalry on 4/15/1862 as Private.
Wounded In Action, Horse killed 5/23/1862 Buckton Station, VA.
Wounded In Action (saber to the arm), POW 8/2/1862 Orange Court House, VA.; confined 8/9/1862 Fort McHenry, MD.; Paroled 9/1/1862 on board the U.S. Steamer Juniata; exchanged 9/21/1862.
Present Nov & Dec 1862 Roll.
In fight on 3/24/1863 at Chantilly, VA., he was 1 of 12 men from 7th Cavalry with Mosby and 43rd Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers.)
Wounded In Action on a scouting mission 10/14/1863 at Catlett's Station, VA.
Listed as present on roll dated 4/1/1864.
Wounded In Action (severe wound to the arm) 5/5/1864 in Battle of The Wilderness, VA.
Paroled 5/17/1865 Winchester, VA.
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W.A. Brent, of The Plains, Fauquier County, died Monday in Baltimore, in a hospital where he had gone for treatment.
Mr. Brent was Deputy Treasurer for some years. He was sixty years old, and was a brave Confederate soldier.
Mr. Brent never married. (Fredericksburg) The Daily Star - Oct. 7, 1904.
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- WILLIAM A. BRENT. -
When Virginia was a "bastion fringed with flame," William A. Brent, of Loudoun County, answered her first call at First Manassas, and kept her commandments through four years of "agony and bloody sweat." He first joined Company H, 6th Virginia Cavalry, and transferred to Company A, 7th Virginia Cavalry, Gen. Ashby's old company and regiment. Many instances could be given of his unusual pluck. Many times wounded and horse after horse killed, he never lagged, but was up again and hunting the fight.
Seeing a comrade hard pressed with four or five of the enemy around him, himself unhorsed and with only a saber, he ran to his defense, and just as a bayonet pierced his friend, he sabered the man and had the distinction of killing his foe with the sword.
This friend was the big-hearted, fighting, Harry Hatcher, and Billy called him the "bravest of the brave."
Scouting at night in Fairfax, we think, the order was to take the picket without firing; and as he reached out and
grabbed the reins of the picket's horse, the picket placed his carbine on his breast and fired, but as he fell he shot the picket from his horse. We have seen the jacket with a hole burned in it half as big as the hand.
In the fight at Upperville, Va., in June, 1863, his oldest brother, Warren, when hemmed in so there was no escape, refused to surrender, and died a glorious sacrifice to the faith he kept. The "War Records" credit his bravery.
"Billy" Brent was too generous to mass much of the "gear" of this world around him. Of liberal education, omnivorous reading, and high intelligence, his mind was well stored with choice information.
A noble son and brother, he leaves the legacy of a spotless character to his family and friends.
Confederate Veteran, Vol. XIII, p. 234.
Company A, 7th Virginia Cavalry, Dearing's Brigade, Rosser's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Loudoun County VA; a 19 year-old Clerk; 5' 11", florid complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair.
Enlisted on 4/24/1861 at Salem, Fauquier County, he traveled 45 miles to Dumfries, Prince William County, on 4/27/1861 he was mustered into Captain John A. Adams' Company "Wise Dragoons, Virginia Volunteers as 4th Corporal. (This company subsequently became Company H, 6th Virginia Cavalry.)
Listed as 4th Sergeant on Nov & Dec 1861 and Jan & Feb 1862 Rolls.
Absent, on Jan & Feb 1862 Roll as he had reenlisted and was given furlough lasting 2/11 - 3/15/1862.
He was transferred into Company A, 7th Virginia Cavalry on 4/15/1862 as Private.
Wounded In Action, Horse killed 5/23/1862 Buckton Station, VA.
Wounded In Action (saber to the arm), POW 8/2/1862 Orange Court House, VA.; confined 8/9/1862 Fort McHenry, MD.; Paroled 9/1/1862 on board the U.S. Steamer Juniata; exchanged 9/21/1862.
Present Nov & Dec 1862 Roll.
In fight on 3/24/1863 at Chantilly, VA., he was 1 of 12 men from 7th Cavalry with Mosby and 43rd Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers.)
Wounded In Action on a scouting mission 10/14/1863 at Catlett's Station, VA.
Listed as present on roll dated 4/1/1864.
Wounded In Action (severe wound to the arm) 5/5/1864 in Battle of The Wilderness, VA.
Paroled 5/17/1865 Winchester, VA.
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W.A. Brent, of The Plains, Fauquier County, died Monday in Baltimore, in a hospital where he had gone for treatment.
Mr. Brent was Deputy Treasurer for some years. He was sixty years old, and was a brave Confederate soldier.
Mr. Brent never married. (Fredericksburg) The Daily Star - Oct. 7, 1904.
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- WILLIAM A. BRENT. -
When Virginia was a "bastion fringed with flame," William A. Brent, of Loudoun County, answered her first call at First Manassas, and kept her commandments through four years of "agony and bloody sweat." He first joined Company H, 6th Virginia Cavalry, and transferred to Company A, 7th Virginia Cavalry, Gen. Ashby's old company and regiment. Many instances could be given of his unusual pluck. Many times wounded and horse after horse killed, he never lagged, but was up again and hunting the fight.
Seeing a comrade hard pressed with four or five of the enemy around him, himself unhorsed and with only a saber, he ran to his defense, and just as a bayonet pierced his friend, he sabered the man and had the distinction of killing his foe with the sword.
This friend was the big-hearted, fighting, Harry Hatcher, and Billy called him the "bravest of the brave."
Scouting at night in Fairfax, we think, the order was to take the picket without firing; and as he reached out and
grabbed the reins of the picket's horse, the picket placed his carbine on his breast and fired, but as he fell he shot the picket from his horse. We have seen the jacket with a hole burned in it half as big as the hand.
In the fight at Upperville, Va., in June, 1863, his oldest brother, Warren, when hemmed in so there was no escape, refused to surrender, and died a glorious sacrifice to the faith he kept. The "War Records" credit his bravery.
"Billy" Brent was too generous to mass much of the "gear" of this world around him. Of liberal education, omnivorous reading, and high intelligence, his mind was well stored with choice information.
A noble son and brother, he leaves the legacy of a spotless character to his family and friends.
Confederate Veteran, Vol. XIII, p. 234.
Residence Loudoun County VA; a 19 year-old Clerk; 5' 11", florid complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair.
Enlisted on 4/24/1861 at Salem, Fauquier County, he traveled 45 miles to Dumfries, Prince William County, on 4/27/1861 he was mustered into Captain John A. Adams' Company "Wise Dragoons, Virginia Volunteers as 4th Corporal. (This company subsequently became Company H, 6th Virginia Cavalry.)
Listed as 4th Sergeant on Nov & Dec 1861 and Jan & Feb 1862 Rolls.
Absent, on Jan & Feb 1862 Roll as he had reenlisted and was given furlough lasting 2/11 - 3/15/1862.
He was transferred into Company A, 7th Virginia Cavalry on 4/15/1862 as Private.
Wounded In Action, Horse killed 5/23/1862 Buckton Station, VA.
Wounded In Action (saber to the arm), POW 8/2/1862 Orange Court House, VA.; confined 8/9/1862 Fort McHenry, MD.; Paroled 9/1/1862 on board the U.S. Steamer Juniata; exchanged 9/21/1862.
Present Nov & Dec 1862 Roll.
In fight on 3/24/1863 at Chantilly, VA., he was 1 of 12 men from 7th Cavalry with Mosby and 43rd Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers.)
Wounded In Action on a scouting mission 10/14/1863 at Catlett's Station, VA.
Listed as present on roll dated 4/1/1864.
Wounded In Action (severe wound to the arm) 5/5/1864 in Battle of The Wilderness, VA.
Paroled 5/17/1865 Winchester, VA.
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W.A. Brent, of The Plains, Fauquier County, died Monday in Baltimore, in a hospital where he had gone for treatment.
Mr. Brent was Deputy Treasurer for some years. He was sixty years old, and was a brave Confederate soldier.
Mr. Brent never married. (Fredericksburg) The Daily Star - Oct. 7, 1904.
-----------------------------------------------------------
- WILLIAM A. BRENT. -
When Virginia was a "bastion fringed with flame," William A. Brent, of Loudoun County, answered her first call at First Manassas, and kept her commandments through four years of "agony and bloody sweat." He first joined Company H, 6th Virginia Cavalry, and transferred to Company A, 7th Virginia Cavalry, Gen. Ashby's old company and regiment. Many instances could be given of his unusual pluck. Many times wounded and horse after horse killed, he never lagged, but was up again and hunting the fight.
Seeing a comrade hard pressed with four or five of the enemy around him, himself unhorsed and with only a saber, he ran to his defense, and just as a bayonet pierced his friend, he sabered the man and had the distinction of killing his foe with the sword.
This friend was the big-hearted, fighting, Harry Hatcher, and Billy called him the "bravest of the brave."
Scouting at night in Fairfax, we think, the order was to take the picket without firing; and as he reached out and
grabbed the reins of the picket's horse, the picket placed his carbine on his breast and fired, but as he fell he shot the picket from his horse. We have seen the jacket with a hole burned in it half as big as the hand.
In the fight at Upperville, Va., in June, 1863, his oldest brother, Warren, when hemmed in so there was no escape, refused to surrender, and died a glorious sacrifice to the faith he kept. The "War Records" credit his bravery.
"Billy" Brent was too generous to mass much of the "gear" of this world around him. Of liberal education, omnivorous reading, and high intelligence, his mind was well stored with choice information.
A noble son and brother, he leaves the legacy of a spotless character to his family and friends.
Confederate Veteran, Vol. XIII, p. 234.
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