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Luther Kincaid Justis - Private
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Contact Name: Caleb Cox
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Date Added: 12/16/2010

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CHRISTIAN DAVID OWENS - Surgeon
I'm trying to locate more information regarding Christian, he was my great-greatgrandfather, I know he lived in Yankton, SD in 1870 and in Rapides Parish, LA from at least 1889 to his death in 1894. He was born in Charleston, SC in 1837.
Contact Name: ELIZABETH D. WILSON
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Date Added: 10/15/2007

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Manson PhillipsRank Unknown
Found my Great Great Grandfathers record on ancestry.com, saying he died the the Battle of Gettsyburg, July, 1863.
Contact Name: Christine Phillips
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Date Added: 3/14/2010

Company A
Charles William BartonRank Unknown
Born in Unison, VA. Twice married. Survived by Miss Ella Furr Barton and two daughters, Mrs. Nellie Barton and Mrs. Eva Flynn; one son Mr. Charles Barton.

Served four years and was at Balls Bluff, Manassas, Gettysburg and according to the The Times Mirror, witnessed the John Brown raid at Harper's Ferry. Received no injuries but did lose two 'valuable' horses, one of which was shot out from underneath him.
Contact Name: Jason Schneider
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Date Added: 4/7/2010

Company A
John Andrew Cole - Private
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Contact Name: R Cole Higgs
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Date Added: 10/13/2010

Company C
Robert William Floyd - Private
Robert William Floyd (b: 14 June 1841) Enlisted in the Confederate Army on April 18, 1861. Served in Company 'C ' of 1st Dragoons, Rockbridge Co. VA Cavalry as a Private. From the beginning to the close of the civil war, and Served under Jeb Stuart & Robert E. Lee in the Army of Northern Virginia through all the long struggle, and took part in all its engagements, including first and second Manassas, first and second Fredericksburg, and the seven days fight around Richmond. He was captured July 3, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg. General George A. Custer of Little Big Horn fame was the Colonel who led Union Cavalry forces on that day against Robert's unit prior to his capture. Confined at Fort Delaware for three months, then transferred to Point Lookout, Md., on September 26, 1863. After some months he was 'exchanged' and re-entered service in March 3, 1864

Contact Name: Clarence Holt
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Date Added: 12/12/2005

Company C
George Boyd Harlan - Quarter Master
George was appointed Quater Master (Commissary) Sgt. on August 23, 1862
Contact Name: Ed Wynn
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Date Added: 11/16/2007

Company C
Jehu Scott Harlan - Private
Jehu was wounded three times during his years of service. Paroled by the Union Army at Staunton, VA on May 29, 1865.
Contact Name: Ed Wynn
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Date Added: 11/16/2007

Company C
Silas Granville Harlan - Private
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Contact Name: Ed Wynn
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Date Added: 11/16/2007

Company C
Adam Zollman - Private
Enlisted in Rockbridge County in 1861, furnished a substitute, Burnett Sweeney, in 1862. Buried Zollman Cemetary, Lexington, Virginia.
Contact Name: Richard Zollman
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Date Added: 3/27/2009

Company D
david crockett cole - Private
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Contact Name: anthony musser
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Date Added: 6/24/2010

Company D
thomas v cole - Private
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Contact Name: anthony musser
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Date Added: 6/24/2010

Company D
Edward Roe - Private
Transferred from 37th VA Inf to Co D, 1st VA Cav 04/05/1864. Killed at Battle of Hawe's Shop in Hanover Co, VA 05/28/1864.
Contact Name: M Miller
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Date Added: 10/2/2009

Company F
John Henry Devier - Captain
John was my Great Grandfather, and is buried in my hometown of Bloomfield, Nebraska.
Contact Name: Keith Emmons
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Date Added: 1/6/2011

Company F
David Hawn - 2nd Corporal
My wifes gg grandfather.
Contact Name: Dana Pickles
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Date Added: 12/22/2009

Company G
Henry Auburn Cottrell - Private
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Contact Name: Steve Hollis
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Date Added: 8/3/2016

Company H
John Peyton Wilson - Private
8/31/37 laborer, joined from Upperville VA PO. Enlisted 4/27/1861. Present until Wounded in Action Bull Run 7/21/1861. RTD. Present until detailed as courier 1-2/62. Present through 8/64. Wounded in Action 2 other times (Pension records shows wounded at Cedar Creek October 1864). Paroled Winchester 5/5/1865. Owned a medal 'Member Forrest Cavalry Corps' but unsure of the origins of this.
Contact Name: Kevin Wilson
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Date Added: 1/24/2010

Company I
Abraham Billhimer - Private
Abraham Billhimer of Keezletown, VA and his brother, Benjamin Franklin Billhimer, joined Co.I, 1st Virginia Cavalry during the Spring of 1861. Abe lied about his age in order to enlist and fight to protect his homeland of Virginia. Abe and Adam Koontz escaped capture near the end of the war after being pursued by a group of Union cavalry from Lacey Springs to Keezletown while on a reconnaissance mission. Billhimer and Koontz hid in the belltower of a church that stood in the SW corner of the future site of the Keezletown School parking lot.
Both soldiers avoided capture, however, they lost their horses
to the Yankees.
A short time later the 1st Virginia Cavalry was camping on the land of Mrs. Hile Billhimer. The ladies of Keezletown made fried apple pies and distributed them among the soldiers. As it turned out, each cavalryman received two pies. My Great-Grandfather, Abraham, ate one of his pies and put the other one in his tent for later. Upon returning to his tent, after a while, he caught another soldier, Harvey 'Harv' Sheets, eating his pie. Needless to say, a fight ensued and Harv bit off Abe's
middle finger at the knuckle on his left hand. In return, Abe gouged Harv in the eyes detaching one of them. From then on it is said that Harv was 'cock-eyed'. Both Abe Billhimer and Harvey Sheets are buried in the Keezletown Cemetery.
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Date Added: 1/4/2011

Company I
David Brainard DeVer - Captain
enlisted 5/22/1861 with his brother John Henry DeVier
Contact Name: Suzanne DeVier
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Date Added: 7/7/2008

Company I
John Henry DeVer - Private
enlisted 5/22/1861 with his brother David Brainerd DeVer, also brother of Lucius DeVer
Contact Name: Suzanne DeVier
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Date Added: 7/7/2008

Company I
Lucius DeVer - Private
enlisted 4/15/1862
Contact Name: Suzanne DeVier
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Date Added: 7/7/2008

Company I
. Clement Harris Fulton - Private
Born in Augusta County, Virginia in 14 Mar 1846. Served as a Private in Marquis' Boys Battery, Staunton; and as a Private, Company I, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment. Paroled at Staunton, Virginia on 19 May 1865. Died 10 Jan 1916 in Augusta County.
Contact Name: Steven D. Owen
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Date Added: 8/18/2012

Company I
John Givens Fulton, Jr. - Private
Born in Augusta County, Virginia in 1845. Enlisted as a Private in Company I, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment at Harrisonburg. Paroled at Staunton on 19 May 1865, along with his brother Clement. Died 9 Oct 1924.
Contact Name: Steven D. Owen
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Date Added: 8/18/2012

Company I
Samuel H. Kaylor - Private
From 'The Baker History' Descendants of John Baker Sr., published in 1964
Contact Name: Richard W. Werner
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Date Added: 3/18/2014

Company Field & Staff
Fitzhugh Lee - Colonel
Enlisted as a Lt. Colonel in the 1st Virginia Cavalry, later promoted to Colonel. (I am Cousins with this man)
Contact Name: Zachary Burnett
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Date Added: 6/1/2016

Company Field & Staff
Archibald Cary Randolph - Surgeon
Age at enlistment: 28 Commissioned an officer in Company S, Virginia 1st Cavalry Regiment on 25 May 1861. Promoted to Full Surgeon on 26 Sep 1862. Mustered out on 09 Apr 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Contact Name: John R Sloan
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Date Added: 2/25/2013

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