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47th Virginia Infantry
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George was from Stafford County, Virginia I have a copy of his oath and parole dated May 8, 1865, His last name may have been spelled Robinson on some records. He also had a brother Thomas W. Roberson (Robinson who server in the 30th Va Infantry
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Company A
Rank unknown
He is not a relative but is in a cemetary of the house that we own.
Company A
Private
looking for any photos of this unit. I am trying to create a uniform to resemble this my relative.
Company A
Private
Littleton enlisted under the name L.C. Flemming
Company A
Other
Lucas was a 'body servant' to Capt. William G. Pollock, commander of Company A. Following Pollock's death, Lucas served his younger brother, John Gray Pollock, who was commander of the Fredericksburg Artillery.
Company A
Lieutenant
He was William G Smith's brother, and resigned from the Army in the reorganization of 1862. He was my second great grandfather.
Company A
Captain
William G., son of William Pollock and Jane Gray, was born at Rumford, on the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg. He died of chronic diarrhea 7 January 1865, just a few months after his father died of dysentary.
Aitcheson Pollock (also of Company A), and John Gray Pollock (Fredericksburg Artillery) were his brothers.
Company A
Private
Wirt in census, Wist in Civil War records.
Company B
Sergeant
Born 1843, Shiloh, King George County,VA
Company C
Corporal
From 'The Virginia Regimental History Series' by Home D. Musselman, 1991, p. 153.
47th Virginia
Sandford, George L: enl. 5/16/61 in Co. C. Present 6/30/62. Absent wounded on 12/31/62. Present 12/31/64 final roll with rank of Cpl.
According to his wife, Margaret Ann Davis of Zacata, VA George L Sanford died from complications of his wounds in March 1882 at home.
He was from Montross, VA
Company C
Captain
book on the 47th Virginia by 'The Virginia Regimental History Series' by Homer D. Musselman, 1991, p. 153 says:
Sandford, Thomas V.: enl. 7/16/61 in Co. C. Present thru 8/31/62. Promoted to Lt. in Co. D on 9/23/62. Assigned AQM on 9/15/63. Detailed 4/11/64. Revoked 4/21/64.
Further research indicates he served as a Captain in the 47th Virginia Infantry CSA. Surrendered at Appomattox as Captain and paymaster of Field's Division. Following the war, married in Kentucky and eventually moved to Detroit, Michigan where he died in 1903
Company C
Private
book on the 47th Virginia by 'The Virginia Regimental History Series' by Homer D. Musselman, 1991, p. 153 says:
Sandford, William P.: enl. 5/16/61 in Co. C. On furlough in Westmoreland Co. for March 1862. KIA at Frayser's Farm on 6/30/62
Company E
Private
B:Caroline Co. Enl, 21/June/1861 in Co.E. Present May/June 1862. Absent sick July/Aug 1862.AWOL on 31/Dec/1862.wounded, gunshot wound left thigh, on 4/June/1864. Absent wounded on 31/Dec/1864 final roll. Retired for disability on 18/Jan/1865; age 21 yrs.,5'11' tall,dark complexion, black eyes,black hair, student, Paroled at Bowling Green on 4/May/1865.Applied for pension in Carolne CO.on 13/June/1892; age 52 yrs old.; recieved $15.00/year. He claimed he was wounded. in left thigh at Gaines'Mill,in left arm at Gettysburg,and right foot at Mine Run.
Company E
Private
My GGGrandfather was born in 1832 in Caroline County, Va. Enlisted in 1861 with his five brothers: Cornelius, Philip, Lovell, Howard, Heistin and Stephen. Some under Co. E 47th Regiment Virginia Infantry and the others with Capt. R.L. Walker's Company( Purcell Artillery)4th Regiment Virginia Artillery.
Company G
Sergeant
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Company G
Lieutenant
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Company H
Private
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Company H
Private
James F. Durvin was born about 1818 in Louisa County, VA. He joined the third Company H 47th Virginia Infantry in 1861. He died on May 19, 1862 at the Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond of typhoid fever.
Company H
1st Lieutenant
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Company H
Private
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Company H
Private
30 year old manager in Caroline Co. Enl.21/June/1861 in Co.H. Present May-June 1862.Chimborazo Hospital for debility on 30/apr/1862; ferloughed for 15 days. Died 25/Aug/1862.
Company H
Private
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Company H
Private
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Company H
Private
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Company H
Private
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Company H
Private
enlisted March 25 1862
Company K
Private
Andrew enlisted 7/23/1861. He was captured at Sayler's Creek on 4/6/1865, and was taken to Point Lookout Maryland. Andrew J. Barker is my gg grandfather.
Company K
Sergeant
Paul enlisted in Caroline County, VA, sometime after his older brother William Norman Dickens enlisted there. Paul was my great-great uncle on my father's side of my family. After the war, he married, had four children, and died in 1893.
Company K
1st Lieutenant
Enlisted on July 9, 1861 initially in Co. D. Later transfered to Co. K. Lost right arm as a result of gunshot wound at Battle of Fredricksburg on Dec. 13, 1862. Later served as an 'Enrolling Officer', and in 1864 he became a member of the 'President's Guard' stationed at the President's Mansion in Richmond, by that time composed of men who had lost an arm in service. According to his obituary he accompanied President Davis when Richmond was evacuated. J.R. Dickinson spent his last years at the Lee Camp Soldiers Home in Richmond. He died on July 31, 1917 and is buried in the Confederate Section of Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.