Residence: Caroline County; 30 years old.
Enlisted on 12/21/1861 at Hampstead, Caroline County, VA., he was mustered into Captain John Tayloe's Company, 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry, as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company I, 9th Virginia Cavalry.)
Detailed as wagoner for most of his service,
POW 1/26/1863 (place not stated); Paroled 3/29/1863 (place not stated).
AWOL late in 1863, and twice in 1864, including 1864 final Roll.
The 9th Cavalry Regiment was formed in January, 1862, using the 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry as its nucleus. Its companies were from the counties of Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland, Lancaster, Essex, Spotsylvania, Lunenburg, King William, King George, and Richmond.
It fought in the Seven Days' Battles, the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, Culpeper Court House, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.
Residence: Caroline County; 30 years old.
Enlisted on 12/21/1861 at Hampstead, Caroline County, VA., he was mustered into Captain John Tayloe's Company, 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry, as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company I, 9th Virginia Cavalry.)
Detailed as wagoner for most of his service,
POW 1/26/1863 (place not stated); Paroled 3/29/1863 (place not stated).
AWOL late in 1863, and twice in 1864, including 1864 final Roll.
The 9th Cavalry Regiment was formed in January, 1862, using the 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry as its nucleus. Its companies were from the counties of Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland, Lancaster, Essex, Spotsylvania, Lunenburg, King William, King George, and Richmond.
It fought in the Seven Days' Battles, the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, Culpeper Court House, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.
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