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9th Virginia Cavalry
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William S. Jett - Private
Willie Jett was in the 9th Virginia for 13 days from point of enlistment until he was gutshot by a Yankee with a shotgun, probably in his first action. Jett was wounded while helping to defeat the Wilson-Kautz raid in 1864, and was only 17 when wounded. He later served in Mosby's Command and was captured in April 1865 while on his way home.
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Date Added: 4/24/2007

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Alexander Talinferro Wyatt - Sergeant
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Date Added: 7/30/2004

Company A
George W. Kendall - Private
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Date Added: 7/11/2006

Company B
Walter Scott Calliss - Sergeant
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Date Added: 9/7/2013

Company B
George C Gravatt - Private
B:abt 1844. transferred to co. B on 12/Feb/1863,fromthe 55th Va.Inf. Absent sick,Sept.-Dec.1863. POW at Polecat Station,16/June/1864; exchanged from Pt. Lookout, 11/Mar/1865.Paroled at Bowling Green,6/Jun/1865. Farmer in Caroline Co,Va D:1887
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Date Added: 1/25/2010

Company B
James Daniel Gravatt - Private
B:1/Apr/1839.Enl.6/May/1861 in Co.B. Detailed as courier to General French,Sept.-Dec. 1861. Absent sick May-June 1862.AWOL in April 1863. Present at 30/Sept/1864 Final roll. Paroled at Bowling Green,Va, 3/May/1865.Farmer in caroline Co,Va. D:13/June/1905.
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Date Added: 1/25/2010

Company B
Robert A Gravatt - Private
B:1835.enl.10/Mar/1862 in Co.b. Absent sick,Nov.1863-Jan.1864. AWOL in Sept.1864.Paroled at Bowling Green,3/May/1865. D:1889
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Date Added: 1/25/2010

Company B
Thomas Ellis Gravatt - Private
enl.6/May/1861 in Co.B. Detailed as courier to General French, Sept.-Dec.1861. Present then thru 30/Sept/1864 final roll.Paroled at Bowling Green,Va,3/May/1865.Salesman at Port Royal postwar.D:28/Feb/1905 in Bowling Green Co.,Va. bur.at Lakewood Cemetery.
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Date Added: 1/25/2010

Company B
Wade H. Loving - Private
Enlisted 5/6/1861 at age 29. Absent sick, Nov. -Dec. 1862 and May - June 1863. Present then on all rolls thru 9/30/1864 final roll. Captured at Amelia Crossroads 4/3/1986, released from Hart's Island 6/20/1865. Farmer in Caroline Co., Va. in 1885. Died before 1904. Buried in Caroline Co., Va.
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Date Added: 10/13/2010

Company C
Robert A SanfordRank Unknown
Co. C, 9th Virginia Cavalry - Robert A. Sanford May 25, 1861 Wounded Aug 16, 1864 at Whites Tavern, VA. Paroled May 6, 1865.
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Date Added: 3/2/2020

Company C
William Harrison WinnRank Unknown
William Harrison Winn enlisted in 1861 and witnessed the surrender April 9th. 1865 at Appomattox. He was born March 2,1841 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, and died Nov.18, 1931 at 90. He died at the Old Confederate Soldiers Hospital/Home on Clay St. in Richmond, Virginia. He is buried in Oakwood cemetery in Richmond, Va. I am not sure if he is my direct kin, as I am kin to many Winn's from Lunenburg, my mother was Eleanor Winn, but if you have useful information, e mail me please.
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Date Added: 6/5/2017

Company E
Thomas Jenkins - Private
Thomas Jenkins, born 1845, Shiloh, King George County,VA
enlisted in the 9th VA Cav. as a Private on 3 Jan 1861 and served honorably to the end of the war with that unit. This man died in Spotsylvania Co., VA in 1902.
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Date Added: 12/9/2010

Company E
Robert C Talley - Private
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Contact Name: Michele Forte
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Date Added: 2/9/2010

Company E
William Smock WilliamsRank Unknown
My paternal g-g-grandfather. B.1823, D.1907
Went west with 1849 gold rush, was successful but lost his fortune with the Civil War.
Resided 108 Plank Road, Fredericksburg (p.41, General Index of Deeds, Spotsylvania Courthouse)
Buried with wife Jane in Confederate Cemetery (presume Fredericksburg).
Was Deputy Clerk of Spotsylvania Courthouse.
His grandfather, William Smock, could have been elected mayor of Fredericksburg in 1808.
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Date Added: 7/1/2003

Company F
abner f dutton - Sergeant
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Date Added: 10/8/2010

Company F
John M Temple - Private
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Date Added: 11/11/2007

Company G
Luther Chappell Hardy - Corporal
Luther Chappell Hardy was born on 18 June 1843 in Lunenburg County Virginia. He died on 13 Sept 1900 in Richmond. He originally mustered with the Lunenburg Light Dragoons, two days before his 18th birthday. During his service in He was captured twice, once at Brandy Station and once at Guinea Station, where he was wounded. He served two sentences in the Elmira POW camp, and was ultimately paroled at the end of the war
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Date Added: 11/8/2016

Company G
Branch Taylor Johns - Private
Born July 26, 1840 in Lunenburg Co., VA to Joel Johns, Jr. and Elizabeth Catherine Osborne. Died December 30, 1925 in Lunenburg Co., VA. When the War Between the States broke out, Branch Taylor Johns was a student at Richmond College. He returned home at once and enlisted in the Lunenburg Calvary. During the first months of the war, General J.E.B. Stuart saw the young man shooting at a target as he made his horse jump a high fence. Admiring his skill, he sent for Mr. Branch Taylor Johns and made him his private courier during the four years of war. Later he presented him with a fine sword, bearing the inscription, 'To Branch Taylor Johns, for gallant bravery at all times, from General J.E.B. Stuart.'

BRANCH TAYLOR JOHNS, known as TAYLOR, was a private in company G of the 9th Virgnina Cavalry, CSA.

JOHNS, BRANCH T.: Enl. 6/7/61 in Co. G. Absent on leave, July-Aug. 1861. POW at Thompson's Cross Roads, 5/4/63, and paroled on the spot. Absent sick, Nov.-Dec. 1862, Nov.-Dec. 1863 and at 9/30/64 final roll. M382 roll 30

(4th Cousin 5 times removed)
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Date Added: 2/6/2007

Company G
David Robert Love - Captain
David Robert Love was born in n1842 in Lunenburg County Virginia. He died at the age of 74 in 1916. He mustered with his nephew, Luther Chappell Hardy, in the Lunenburg Light Dragoons in 1861. He ultimately became Captain and Company Commander. He was seriously wounded when he was shot through the neck. After the war he was active in the SCV and wrote for the magazine Confederate Veteran.
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Date Added: 11/8/2016

Company H
Richard Thomas Leftwich - Private
He is my great,great,uncle
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Date Added: 7/8/2010

Company H
Powhatan Putnam Moore - Corporal
Graduated from VCU-MCV in 1861 with an M.D. Participated in the battles of Second Manassas, Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville, Sharpsburg, Brandy Station, Gettysburg, and others.
Contact Name: William A. Cole, SSG, USA (Ret.)
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Date Added: 7/30/2008

Company I
James Oscar Peed - Private
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Contact Name: Ken May
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Date Added: 4/7/2008

Company I
John Nathaniel Peed - Private
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Date Added: 4/7/2008

Company I
Henry Clay Trigger - Private
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Contact Name: Wes Simpkins
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Date Added: 12/21/2018

Company K
Graham George Balderson - Private
3rd Great Grand Uncle (Paternal).
Enlisted as a Private in Company D, 41st Regiment Virginia Militia on 23 September 1861.
Transferred as a Private with Captain Joseph R. Jeffries' Company (Richmond County Cavalry) 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry on 24 October 1861.
Transferred as a Private with Captain Joseph R. Jeffries' Company, 9th Regiment Virginia Cavalry on January/February 1862.
Transferred as a Private with Company K, 9th Regiment Virginia Cavalry on May/June 1862.
Paroled at Westmoreland Court House Virginia 5 May 1865.
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Source: Company Muster Roll and Regimental Return
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Date Added: 9/19/2013

Company K
John France - Private
2nd Great Grand Uncle (Paternal).
Enlisted as a Private in Company D, 41st Regiment Virginia Militia on 23 September 1861.
Transferred as a Private with Captain Joseph R. Jeffries' Company (Richmond County Cavalry) 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry on 24 October 1861.
Transferred as a Private with Captain Joseph R. Jeffries' Company 9th Regiment Virginia Cavalry on January/February 1862.
Transferred as a Private with Company K, 9th Regiment Virginia Cavalry on May/June 1862.
Captured at Boonsboro Maryland 16 September 1862.
Transferred to Fort McHenry Maryland September/October 1862.
Exchanged at Fort Monroe Virginia October 1862.
Paroled at Westmoreland Court House Virginia 6 May 1865.
Source: Company Muster Roll and Regimental Return
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Source: American Civil War Soldiers
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Source: Ninth Virginia Regiment of Cavalry
9thvirginia.com
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Date Added: 9/7/2013

Company K
William Wellford Hinson - Private
4th Great Grand Uncle (Paternal).
Enlisted as a Private in Company B, 41st Regiment Virginia Militia on 23 September 1861.
Transferred as a Private with Captain Joseph R. Jeffries' Company (Richmond County Cavalry) 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry on 24 October 1861.
Transferred as a Private with Captain Joseph R. Jeffries' Company 9th Regiment Virginia Cavalry on January/February 1862.
Transferred as a Private with Company K, 9th Regiment Virginia Cavalry on May/June 1862.
Source: Company Muster Roll and Regimental Return
www.fold3.com
Source: American Civil War Soldiers
www.ancestry.com
Source: Ninth Virginia Regiment of Cavalry
9thvirginia.com
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Date Added: 9/19/2013

Company K
Nathaniel Brook Nash - Private
2nd Great-Grandfather (Paternal).
Transferred as a Private from Company E, 41st Regiment Virginia Militia to Captain Joseph R. Jeffries' Company (Richmond County Cavalry), 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry on 24 October 1861.
Transferred as a Private with Captain Joseph R. Jeffries' Company 9th Regiment Virginia Cavalry on January/February 1862.
Transferred as a Private with Company K, 9th Regiment Virginia Cavalry on May/June 1862.
Paroled at Westmoreland Court House Virginia 6 May 1865.
Source: Company Muster Roll and Regimental Return
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Date Added: 9/5/2013

Company K
George H. Newman - Private
3rd Great Grand Uncle (Paternal).
Enlisted as a Corporal in Company D, 41st Regiment Virginia Militia on 23 September 1861.
Transferred as a Private with Captain Joseph R. Jeffries' Company (Richmond County Cavalry), 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry on 24 October 1861.
Transferred as a Private with Captain Joseph R. Jeffries' Company 9th Regiment Virginia Cavalry on January/February 1862.
Transferred as a Private with Company K, 9th Regiment Virginia Cavalry on May/June 1862.
Captured at Hazel River Virginia 15 April 1863.
Transferred to Old Capitol Prison Washington D.C. 21 April 1863.
Paroled at Old Capitol Prison Washington D.C. 10 May 1863.
Paroled at Westmoreland Court House Virginia on 6 May 1865.
Source: Company Muster Roll and Regimental Return
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Source: American Civil War Soldiers
www.ancestry.com
Source: Ninth Virginia Regiment of Cavalry
9thvirginia.com
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Date Added: 9/6/2013

Company K
Robert Arthur L. Sanders - Corporal
3rd Great Grand Uncle (Paternal).
Enlisted as a Private with Captain Joseph R. Jeffries' Company, 9th Regiment Virginia Cavalry on 17 January 1862.
Transferred as a Private with Company K, 9th Regiment Virginia Cavalry on May/June 1862.
Promoted to Corporal on July/August 1864.
Captured at Amelia County Virginia, 3 April 1865.
Transferred to City Point Virginia 13 April 1865.
Transferred to Point Lookout Maryland 15 April 1865.
Took Oath of Allegiance and released from Point Lookout Maryland 20 June 1865.
Source: Company Muster Roll and Regimental Return
www.fold3.com
Source: American Civil War Soldiers
www.ancestry.com
Source: Ninth Virginia Regiment of Cavalry
9thvirginia.com
Contact Name: Ron Saunders
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Date Added: 9/6/2013

Company K
George William Christopher Tallent - Private
Born about 1838, died 1903. Father of Olivia Tallent Davis
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Date Added: 9/19/2008

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