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14th Virginia Cavalry
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Balas Carr Dewees - 1st Lieutenant
Captured and became a POW
Contact Name: John C. Dawson
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Date Added: 11/29/2005

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silas pierce monroe - Private
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Contact Name: robert Neff
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Date Added: 3/7/2013

Company A
Valentine (Vol) W Byrd - Private
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Contact Name: James Byrd
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Date Added: 5/2/2009

Company B
William Alfred Belew - Private
William was born in Botetourt County Virginia 11 April 1838. H enlisted for 2 years in Co B 14th Va. Cavalry at Salem, Virginia as a Private. He has 8 cards in his archival file. On 30 March 1863 he is transferred to Co A and on 5 April 1863 near Petersburg he is transferred to the Confederate Signal Corps. This is where his records end. The Corps formed in April 1861 and some 1,600 men served in its ranks. Unfortunately, most records were lost. He died 8 Feb 1906 and is buried in Maplewood Cem. Tazwell, Tazwell County, Va. We are connected by marriage.
Contact Name: Phillip Thomas
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Date Added: 10/4/2023

Company C
John Hendren Jones - Private
John enlisted in Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia) on December 12, 1863, and was active with his unit, 14th Virginia Cavalry, Co. C, during 1864 and 1865. He was at the surrender at Appomattox Court House in April 1865, and was paroled in Staunton,Virginia
on May 1, 1865. He was described on his parole as being 20 years of age, 5'7', fair complexion, light hair, with hazel eyes. At the time of Appomattox he was part of Beale's Calvary Brigade commanded by Capt. S. H. Burt, they were part of Major General William Henry Fitzhugh Lee's Division. He is buried in the Union Presbyterian Church Cemetery, in Parnassas, Virginia.
Contact Name: Bob Wolfe
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Date Added: 1/21/2011

Company D
James S Ochiltree - Private
Died on November 12, 1864 in a cavalry charge below Front Royal. Aged 20 years. The sister to this and two other Ochiltree brothers was my grandmother's grandmother.
Contact Name: Mark Hubbard
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Date Added: 7/6/2008

Company D
Michael Scales - Private
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Contact Name: Mike Taylor
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Date Added: 2/17/2017

Company E
Samuel T Isenhart - Lieutenant
Lieut Samuel T. Isenhart
BIRTH 20 Oct 1822
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, USA
DEATH 15 Jul 1906 (aged 83)
Minnora, Calhoun County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Minnora Cemetery
Minnora, Calhoun County, West Virginia, USA
MEMORIAL ID 13272706

ISENHART, Samuel T.,
2nd Lieutenant,
Co. E, 14th Virginia Cavalry.

Born in Alleghany Co., Md. 20 Oct. 1822.
Farmer, age 32, Calhoun Co. 1860 Census.

Enlisted in Calhoun Co. 26 Sep. 1862.
Commanding company January to October 1863.
Present 30 Nov 1863.
Commanding company 30 Dec. 1863.
Resigned 15 Mar. 1864 because there were only 9 men present in the company and only 19 on the rolls, 3 on detached service and the rest prisoners of war.

Colonel Cochran endorsed his resignation "..this man is exceedingly objectionable & ineffective as an officer." Deserted to the enemy at Charleston 2 Dec. 1864.

Age 27, 5' 5", gray hair, brown eyes, dark complexion. Took oath and released. Farmer, age 42, Calhoun Co. 1870 Census.
Died 15 July 1906.

Samuel was my 3x Grand Father on my mothers side of the family
Contact Name: Randall Posey
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Date Added: 7/26/2023

Company G
John William Arbogast - Private
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Contact Name: Jon William Hardwick
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Date Added: 2/11/2010

Company H
James L. Glendy - Private
My 3rd Great Grandfather enlisted May 14,1862 in Churchville Va. by Mag. Jackson and was captured in Winchester Va. Sept.19 1864 and spent the next year at Pt. Lookout,Md Prison camp where he may have contracted smallpox and released June 2,1865
Contact Name: Debra Glendye Cox
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Date Added: 3/19/2006

Company H
James Henry Neal - Private
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Contact Name: Billie Jane Lynch
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Date Added: 4/29/2008

Company H
A.C Shervey - Private
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Contact Name: colton shjerve
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Date Added: 1/21/2024

Company K
Charles Peyton Bright - Private
Charles Peyton Bright was my Great-Great Grandfather.
Contact Name: Butch Willard
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Date Added: 1/12/2010

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