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WASHINGTON COUNTY CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS, 1861-1865.
WASHINGTON MOUNTED RIFLES.
Company "L," Afterwards Company "D," First Regiment,
Virginia Volunteer Cavalry.
William E. Jones, captain (afterwards brigadier-general).
W. W. Blackford, first lieutenant (afterwards captain).
Rees B. Edmondson, second lieutenant.
G. V. Litchfield, Jr., third lieutenant.
James King, orderly sergeant.
C. T. Litchfield, first sergeant.
Thomas B. Edmondson, second sergeant.
James M. Byars, third sergeant.
James K. Rambo, first corporal.
John A. P. Baker, second corporal.
Jacob L. Fields, second corporal. Appointed June, 1861.
Gilbert C. Greenway, third corporal.
W. M. Hopkins, color sergeant (colonel 25th Virginia Cavalry).
Officers.
C. T. Litchfield, captain.
Rees B. Edmondson, first lieutenant.
G. V. Litchfield, second lieutenant.
T. B. Edmondson, third lieutenant.
P. C. Landrum, orderly sergeant.
M. M. S. Ireson, first sergeant.
M. M. Pendleton, second sergeant.
P. C. Miles, third sergeant. Killed 1863.
C. H. Dulaney, fourth sergeant. Killed.
D. A. Fields, first corporal.
Thomas W. Colley, second corporal. Appointed May 23, 1864.
C. M. Waldron, third corporal.
B. Gildersleeve, ordinance sergeant for 1st Regiment Virginia Cavalry.
S. J. McChesney, ordinance sergeant for 1st Regiment Virginia Cavalry.
Officers at Reorganization, 1862.
Byars, James M.
Beatie, R. F.
Beatie, Fountain (transferred
to Mosby's Command).Beattie, Walter D.
Bailey, Thomas W.
Bailey, Oscar S.
Bailey, J. A., Jr.
Baker, Joe H.
Baker, J. A. P.
Butt, J. W.
Buchanan, Randolph.
Barker, W. D. (transferred
to 63d Va. Inf.;
made ordinance sergeant).Barr, David.
Buskell, Alexander.
Buskell, Richard (transferred
Stuart's Horse
Artillery).Catron, A. P. R.
Clark, M. R.
Clark, W. F. P.
Cole, Thomas V.
Cole, D. C.
Cassell, Rufus R.
Colley, Thomas W.
Colley, L. T.
Crawford, Ben C.
Crawford, Thomas C.
Cook, Frank J.
Cato, J. L.
Davis, John G. R.
Dunn, Wm. L. Doctor.
Dulaney, Charles H.
Deyerle, J. B.
Edmondson, M. V.
Euk, Frank J. (Frenchman
Capt. Jones brought
him from France with
other French and Germans
to work vineyards.)Edmondson, T. B.
Findlay, Frank S.
Fields, C. R.
Fields, J. L.
Findlay, T. K.
Fulkerson, Frank R., Rogersville,
Tenn.Gildersleeve, B., Jr.
Gray, F. T., captain 21st
Cavalry, 1863.Gray, R. E.
Gray, D. C.
Gollihon, J. A.
Gammon, Melvin.
Hockett, John.
Hockett, William.
Hubble, Thos., Smyth Co.
Ireson, M. M. S.
Jones, Jasper (transferred
to Mosby's Command).Jones, Henry S.
Johnson, W. M.
Kelly, S. F.
Larimore, John.
Lynch, D. C.
Loggin, John.
Litchfield, C. T.
Loggins, J. H.
Meek, S. D.
Montgomery, Wm. F.
Morrell, William W.
Morrell, David H.
Morrell, Charles.
McNew, Leander.
McNew, Tobias.
McReynolds, J. M.
McReynolds, Wm. (transferred
from 4th Texas
1861).McChesney, S. J.
MaHaffey, Wm. A. (transferred
to Horse Artillery
1861).Mosby, John S. (afterwards
colonel Independent
Rangers).Moore, David.
Miles, P. C. (killed at
Spotsylvania C. H.).Ornduff, John.
Orr, M. C. (discharged for
deafness).Page, R. M.
Pendleton, M. M.
Price, Wm. H. (doctor).
Roberts, John M.
Rambo, James K.
Rambo, A. F.
Riddle, James W.
Rush, Jerry C.
Russell, John, Rogersville,
Tenn.Robertson, Frank S. (afterwards
Lieut. 48th Va.
Inf.).Rodefer, J. Alex. (transferred
to 45th Va. Regiment).Sanders, Robert J. (discharged
1863).Sanders, J. W. S. (transferred
to Mosby's Command).Sandoe, David P.
Scott, William E.
Smith, William Buck.
Smith, Thomas (transferred
to 45th Va. Regiment).Smith, William.
Snodgrass, William L.
Shepherd, Thomas J.
Vaughan, William W.
White, William B.
Williams, Rufus C.
Privates.
Members who volunteered in the Washington Mounted Rifles, and who
did not go out with the company—joined other commands.
Dickerson, J. W. P.
MaHaffey, F. C.
Grant, J. T.
Cato, J. L.
Skinner, Daniel.
Bittle, Robert L.
Johnson, William M.
Dorsey, Elias.
Bowser, J. B.
Hunt, Stephen.
Clark, Thomas W. (disability).
Sleepy Tom.Wright, T. D.
Recruits Which Came to the Company from 1862 to 1865.
Arnett, James A.
Asberry, Mansfield.
Asberry, William.
Asberry, L. D.
Allison, Abram.
Bearden, William.
Bailey, Walter.
Bailey, William.
Butt, Henry C.
Buchanan, William.
Bradley, James H.
Black, William D. (discharged
1862).Black, Samuel D.
Byars, A. H. (Old Dad).
Bryant, John W.
Campbell, John.
Carmack, D. C.
Catron, Frank M.
Clark, James H.
Clark, William D.
Clark, I. L.
Clapp, T. M.
Crockett, A. M., Lee Co.
Cosby, L. T., 1862.
Colley, William L.
Cosby, John D.
Cubine, William.
Davis, John M.
Davidson, Thomas.
DeBusk, David.
DeBusk, Samuel.
Duff, T. B.
Duff, J. M.
Edmondson, John B.
Edmondson, Strong.
French, J. L. M.
Greenway, W. T.
Gray, Charles P.
Gray, James.
Grant, Robert.
Hall, William A.
Hall, John D.
Harris, A. Findlay.
Hockett, Samuel.
Hickman, R. M.
Hewlett, Geo., Amherst
county.Horn, Basal.
Jones, Robert M.
Jones, David (transferred
to Mosby's Command
and captured by Union
men and hung with six
comrades by order Gen.
Custer, near Fr't Roy'l,
in 1864.)Keesling, M. G., Wythe
county.Keesling, Emory, Wythe
county.Keesling, John, Wythe
county.Keller, Robert J.
King, H. G., Wythe Co.
Latham, M. H.
Latham, L. W.
Ligon, Ben. D.
Lowry, David (color-bearer
at Appomattox; removed
flag from staff, concealed
and brought it
home with him).Lewark, D. K. H.
Littleford, John.
Littleford, Willis.
Meek, James R.
Montgomery, Lilburn.
Morrison, J. L.
McNew, George.
McChesney, Wallace.
Meadows, M. T.
McConnell, Thomas.
Munday, M. J., Madison
county.Murray, J. H.
McCall, Samuel, Wythe
county.Mead, Wm. (From near
Georgetown, D. C. Ran
off from his mother and
joined our company.
Capt. Jones became very
much attached to him.
He was only 13 years
old. Gen. Jones took
him to the Valley of Va.
with him. He was killed
in 1863.)Page, J. H.
Page, John W.
Page, Robert.
Painter, William.
Pendleton, H. G., Wythe
county.Preston, R. B.
Pendleton, Joseph.
Preston, Thomas.
Roe, Edward.
Roe, S. E.
Ritchie, James L.
Rosenbalm, A. D.
Roe, William.
Ryburn, David.
Roe, Newton.
Richards, John B.
Saunders, S. D.
Swartz, J. J.
Smith, John L.
Strother, W. Trigg.
Trigg, C. F.
Trigg, Thomas K.
White, Dr. William.
White, John G.
Webb, A. H.
Wright, F. D.
Waldron, C. M.
Wampler, E. W., Wythe
county.[1]
Goodson Rifle Guards.
John F. Terry, captain.
John T. Megginson, first lieutenant.
Alexander Lazenby, second lieutenant.
William L. Rice, third lieutenant.
William G. Lindsey, first sergeant.
E. S. Johnston, second sergeant.
Charles W. Taylor, third sergeant.
Henry Guggenheimer, fourth sergeant.
John C. Carner, first corporal.
John M. C. Eakin, second corporal.
John M. Buchanan, third corporal.
George A. Feathers, fourth corporal.
Officers.
Appling, James A.
Alvis, Samuel W.
Bailey, D. F.
Butler, M. M.
Blancett, Harden L.
Brown, William H.
Bibb, Samuel F.
Burlingame, Miles.
Betterton, Robert F.
Betterton, James T.
Buck, Charles C.
Beasley, Robert.
Barker, John H.
Carson, Thomas J.
Campbell, Andrew J.
Crabtree, James B.
Coleman, Lewis L.
Crumley, Stephenson M.
Cooley, George A.
Foalden, James A.
Foster, Ben.
Ferguson, William R.
Foster, Shadrach.
Grubb, Henry.
Green, Benjamin H.
Girtman, William.
German, John A.
Hughes, John W.
Hamilton, James M.
Johnson, Lucian A.
Jones, Elbert S.
Jamison, John L.
Kerin, Joseph R.
Kelly, Joseph W.
[2] Lancaster, William H.
Luttrell, Bryan.
Lester, Noah L.
McCrosky, John J.
Maxey, Corland P.
Morgan, James W.
Nickels, Isaac A.
Owen, Joseph W.
Pile, George C.
Pepper, George P.
Preston, William S.
Preston, Samuel F.
Paff, John C.
Quails, William R.
Ruff, Benjamin H.
Rhea, Joseph A.
Rhea, Robert.
Rhea, Edwin R.
Rosenheim, Segman.
Short, A. D. L.
Sharrett, John R.
Stokes, John R.
Speiss, Philip G.
Salsburg, Samuel S.
Slade, Charles.
Taylor, Adam.
Thomas, James P.
Thomas, James M.
Thomas, Charles F.
Tyler, William C.
Tranbarger, David.
Wilson, Thomas H.
White, Preston A.
Waldron, William R.
Weddle, Asa L.
Privates.
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