Record of Service
Served in the 10th Virginia Infantry, CSA in Company G under Captain Charles Sprinkle and Captain D.H. Lee Martz. The Colonel was S.B. Gibbons. Company G was called the Valley Guards and were men from Rockingham County. "Newton" enlisted while still a teenager, and although his enlistment date is unknown, he is a member of the rolls listed by D.H. Martz.
From 1,350 men under arms, the 10th was decimated by battle injuries and disease. When the war ended, only about 45 men from the 10th were left. Of those 45, only 11 were still able to carry arms and fulfill their duties. Newton survived the war, married and moved to Ohio.
Information from - A History of the 10th Virginia Regiment, Volunteer Infantry By Colonel D. H. Lee Martz Written for John Wayland's 1912 edition of the History of Rockingham County
Record of Service
Served in the 10th Virginia Infantry, CSA in Company G under Captain Charles Sprinkle and Captain D.H. Lee Martz. The Colonel was S.B. Gibbons. Company G was called the Valley Guards and were men from Rockingham County. "Newton" enlisted while still a teenager, and although his enlistment date is unknown, he is a member of the rolls listed by D.H. Martz.
From 1,350 men under arms, the 10th was decimated by battle injuries and disease. When the war ended, only about 45 men from the 10th were left. Of those 45, only 11 were still able to carry arms and fulfill their duties. Newton survived the war, married and moved to Ohio.
Information from - A History of the 10th Virginia Regiment, Volunteer Infantry By Colonel D. H. Lee Martz Written for John Wayland's 1912 edition of the History of Rockingham County
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