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PVT William George Venable

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PVT William George Venable

Birth
Death
15 Sep 1906 (aged 87)
Millboro Springs, Bath County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Millboro, Bath County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Company F, 11th Virginia Cavalry, Dearing's Brigade, Rosser's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

No official records extant; postwar records, Confederate Pension records show service in Company F, 11th Virginia Cavalry.

Postwar, he was a farmer living in Bath County, VA.

On 9/11/1900, age 81, living in Millboro Springs, Bath County, he applied for a total disability Confederate Pension due to "catarrh, rheumatism & age", which was approved.

The 11th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was organized in February, 1863, by consolidating the 17th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, one company from the 24th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, and two companies of the 5th Regiment Virginia Cavalry, and two companies of the 5th Regiment Virginia Cavalry. It was active in the conflicts at Upperville, Fairfield, Bristoe, and Mine Run. Later the regiment participated in The Wilderness Campaign, the defense of Richmond, and Early's Shenandoah Valley operations. It then disbanded as there were no members of the 11th at Appomattox.

Company F, 11th Virginia Cavalry, Dearing's Brigade, Rosser's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

No official records extant; postwar records, Confederate Pension records show service in Company F, 11th Virginia Cavalry.

Postwar, he was a farmer living in Bath County, VA.

On 9/11/1900, age 81, living in Millboro Springs, Bath County, he applied for a total disability Confederate Pension due to "catarrh, rheumatism & age", which was approved.

The 11th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was organized in February, 1863, by consolidating the 17th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, one company from the 24th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, and two companies of the 5th Regiment Virginia Cavalry, and two companies of the 5th Regiment Virginia Cavalry. It was active in the conflicts at Upperville, Fairfield, Bristoe, and Mine Run. Later the regiment participated in The Wilderness Campaign, the defense of Richmond, and Early's Shenandoah Valley operations. It then disbanded as there were no members of the 11th at Appomattox.

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