Advertisement

Pvt William Stuart Lightner

Advertisement

Pvt William Stuart Lightner

Birth
Highland County, Virginia, USA
Death
Dec 1908 (aged 76)
Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Goldvein, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID
5577136 View Source

Company E, 31st Virginia Infantry, Walker's Brigade, Pegram's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence Highland County VA.; 5'6", dark complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair.
Enlisted on 5/11/1861 at Monterey, VA as a Private, he mustered into "E" Co. VA 31st Infantry.
Issued pay 12/31/1861.
Detailed with reserve ordnance 4/30/1862.
Hospitalized with diarrhea 5/31/1862 Winchester, VA.
Wounded 9/17/1862 Sharpsburg, MD.
Detailed 12/10/1862 as teamster for Regt wagons; returned 3/1863.
Issued clothing 2/14/1863.
Issued clothing 3/1/1863.
Issued pay 12/31/1863.
Issued clothing 11/5/1864.
POW 3/25/1865 Fort Stedman, VA.; confined 3/28/1865 City Point, VA.; confined 4/1/1865 Point Lookout, MD.
Oath Allegiance, released 6/28/1865 Point Lookout, MD.

The 31st Infantry Regiment was organized under W.L. Jackson and mustered into Confederate service in July, 1861. Many of its members were raised in Marion, Pendleton, and Gilmer counties.

Company E, 31st Virginia Infantry, Walker's Brigade, Pegram's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence Highland County VA.; 5'6", dark complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair.
Enlisted on 5/11/1861 at Monterey, VA as a Private, he mustered into "E" Co. VA 31st Infantry.
Issued pay 12/31/1861.
Detailed with reserve ordnance 4/30/1862.
Hospitalized with diarrhea 5/31/1862 Winchester, VA.
Wounded 9/17/1862 Sharpsburg, MD.
Detailed 12/10/1862 as teamster for Regt wagons; returned 3/1863.
Issued clothing 2/14/1863.
Issued clothing 3/1/1863.
Issued pay 12/31/1863.
Issued clothing 11/5/1864.
POW 3/25/1865 Fort Stedman, VA.; confined 3/28/1865 City Point, VA.; confined 4/1/1865 Point Lookout, MD.
Oath Allegiance, released 6/28/1865 Point Lookout, MD.

The 31st Infantry Regiment was organized under W.L. Jackson and mustered into Confederate service in July, 1861. Many of its members were raised in Marion, Pendleton, and Gilmer counties.


Flowers

In their memory
Plant Memorial Trees

Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

  • Maintained by: Mander
  • Originally Created by: PL
  • Added: 27 Jun 2001
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 5577136
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5577136/william-stuart-lightner: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt William Stuart Lightner (Sep 1832–Dec 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5577136, citing Grove Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Goldvein, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Mander (contributor 47110820).