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13th Virginia Infantry
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John Terrill Boston - 3rd Sergeant
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Contact Name: Edward J. Westlow
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Date Added: 11/8/2016

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John Randolph Chambliss - General
See 41st VA Calvary
Contact Name: Sam Adams
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Date Added: 1/26/2009

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John Franklin Curtis - Private
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Contact Name: Charles W. Hendricks, Jr
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Date Added: 7/21/2015

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John Carvasso Guerrant, Sr. - Private
B: 21 Oct 1840
D: 18 Mar 1884
Contact Name: Wallace B. Guerrant, Jr.
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Date Added: 1/4/2014

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James Barbour Terrill - General
He was a VMI graduate. He began as Major in 1861, was promoted to Lt. Col. and Col., regimental commander. He was killed on 30 May at Totopotomy Creek in Hanover County near Bethesda Church. The Confederate Congress approved his (posthumous) promotion to Brigadier General on 31 May 1964. His brother was William Rufus Terrill, who was a West Point graduate, served as a Brigadier General in then Union Army and was killed in battle at Perryville, Kentucky.
Contact Name: Edward J. Westlow
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Date Added: 11/8/2016

Company B
E. Whitefield Brown - Private
Of Culpeper, VA. On his tombstone it reads, 'A Servant of Christ - A Soldier of the Confederacy - A Son of Virginia.'

Contact Name: Patricia Walsh
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Date Added: 4/13/2010

Company B
James William Legg - Private
Wounded on February 3, 1865 near Petersburg, VA when a miniball struck him in the left wrist crushing his bone and ligaments, seriously injuring his hand.
Contact Name: Patricia Walsh
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Date Added: 4/7/2009

Company B
James R Tapp - Private
James R. from Culpeper,Va, enlisted on May 25, 1861 at Harpers Ferry, VA in the 13 VA Inf. 'Culpeper Minutemen.' He surrended with General Lee at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865.
Contact Name: Patricia Walsh
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Contact Homepage: Ragnar
Date Added: 4/17/2011

Company C
Robert Samuel Brock - 1st Corporal
born in Hanover County in 1828 and married Margaret Rebecca Davis of Gordonsville in 1854. Settled in Orange County(Gordonsville)
Contact Name: gary m brock
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Date Added: 7/12/2010

Company C
John Travers Daniel - Private
John Travers Daniel (a.k.a.) Texas Jack. Died in Lee Camp old soldiers home of Virginia in 1910.
Contact Name: Doyle Tenney
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Date Added: 11/4/2013

Company D
John S Ruse - Private
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Contact Name: William Grisham
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Date Added: 9/8/2009

Company E
James Henry Allen - Private
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Contact Name: Tony Leicht
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Contact Homepage: www.58va.com
Date Added: 2/27/2007

Company E
Richard Henry Allen - Private
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Contact Name: Tony Leicht
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Date Added: 2/27/2007

Company E
Thomas Oliver Allen - Private
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Contact Name: Tony Leicht
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Contact Homepage: www.58va.com
Date Added: 2/27/2007

Company E
William P Allen - Private
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Contact Name: Tony Leicht
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Contact Homepage: www.58va.com
Date Added: 2/27/2007

Company E
Francis Jackson Brown - Private
Brandy Rifles, enlisted April 16, 1862. Born in 1828, Culpeper, VA. Married Ann W. Dempsey, Dec. 24, 1850. Ann's aunt, Katherine Dempsey was the 'Widow Tapp' of 'Widow Tapp's Farm' referenced in the Battle of the Wilderness. Died of 'chronick' dysentary upon return home in 1865. Regiment continued fighting two months after Appomattox where he faced in battle his future grandson's father-in-law.
Contact Name: Patricia Walsh
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Date Added: 4/19/2007

Company E
James M Gannaway - Private
contracted typoid fever and was dischared May 13, 1862.
Contact Name: Carole O'Dell
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Date Added: 11/17/2012

Company E
William T Jones - Private
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Contact Name: barbara trulis
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Date Added: 1/8/2011

Company E
Mallary H Spicer - Private
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Contact Name: Kelly McKenna Thomas
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Date Added: 4/30/2016

Company E
Mallary Spicer - Private
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Contact Name: Kelly McKenna Thomas
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Date Added: 4/30/2016

Company E
Joseph Tyson - Private
Joseph Tyson, brn 1817 in Stafford County, VA, was captured at Gettysburg and sent to Fort Delaware. He died in Culpeper County, VA aft 1890. He married and had one daughter, Mary E. Tyson, who died in the early 1980s.
Contact Name: Lee Tyson
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Date Added: 3/24/2009

Company F
John Brookman - Private
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Contact Name: Kevin M. Breeden
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Date Added: 7/8/2009

Company F
Pleasant Brookman - Private
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Contact Name: Kevin M. Breeden
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Date Added: 7/8/2009

Company F
Joel H. Cason - Private
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Contact Name: John Harman
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Date Added: 6/5/2006

Company F
Thomas Preston Eubank - Private
Thomas Eubank was wounded at Antietam (Sharpsburg) and again at Cedar Creek. After his second wounding, he served as mail courier for the unit.
Contact Name: Elaine Owens
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Date Added: 4/30/2006

Company F
John Newton Wilhoit - Sergeant
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Contact Name: Beale Wilhoit
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Date Added: 3/1/2005

Company H
John Casper Fifer - Private
CSA records show John's last name as indicated in this submission. The correct spelling is of German origin. The spelling should have been Pfeiffer. Private 'Fifer' enlisted in Winchester VA, discharged at, or, following Appomatox, settling in Lynchburg VA. He is buried in Lynchburg in a family plot in the same cemetery as Jubal Early.
Contact Name: Eric
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Date Added: 9/22/2009

Company H
Kennedy Palmer - Private
I am the grandson of Kennedy Palmer. Kennedy enlisted in the 13th Va Reg at age 17 from Winchester Va. Caputured wounded
Contact Name: Percy
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Contact Homepage: http://nscwg.wordpress.com/
Date Added: 2/21/2013

Company H
JOHN WILLIAM SMITH - Private
Nicknamed 'extra Billy' after the Govenor
Contact Name: SCOTT C. MANUEL
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Date Added: 7/23/2009

Company I
Benjamin Markwood Haines - Private
Benjamin M. Haines - from Slanesville, VA (WV) was in the 13th until late 1863 - moved to 18th VA Cavalry through the end of the war. There is mention in several publications indicating he may have also served in the Confederate Signal Corp. Paroled at Staunton, VA May 1865. Farmer - Born 2/7/1840 Died 5/28/1918, buried in Salem Church Cemetery, Slanesville, WV. His headstone is marked with the 13th Co. K for unknown reasons - a mistake by his wife Nancy - or maybe he was in K for a short period - unknown.
Contact Name: Dan Cowgill
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Date Added: 11/10/2010

Company Field & Staff
Colby Cowherd - Asst Surgeon
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Contact Name: Leonard M Cowherd
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Contact Homepage: http://www.cowherd.org
Date Added: 10/7/2015

Company Field & Staff
Edwin Festus Cowherd - Captain
Adjutant
Wounded at Cedar Mountain
Contact Name: Leonard Cowherd
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Contact Homepage: len@cowherd.org
Date Added: 8/3/2016

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