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25th Virginia Infantry

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Company Unknown

Major

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Karen Post CartwrightDate added 7/4/2006

Company Unknown

Rank unknown

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Contributor John SagertDate added 4/30/2012

Company Unknown

Rank unknown

George Trumbo was captured and paroled. As far as I know he never served again. Buried near Fort Seybert WV.
Contributor Brian FrenchDate added 1/27/2011

Company A

Private

Was also a prisioner
Contributor JamesDate added 4/18/2009

Company A

Private

STURMS H. GAINER was born Randolph Co., WV. 1839, a son of George Washington & Phoebe Gainer. George W. was the musician for Company K, 31st Virginia Infantry until his discharge in June 1862. Sturms enlisted at Philippi, WV., May 31, 1861 as a Private in Co. A of the 9th Virginia Infantry Battalion, which was later designated the Virginia 25th Infantry Regiment. He died of disease along Gandy Creek, likely Spring of 1862 and is buried in Osceola Cemetery, Osceola, Randolph County.
Contributor Ralph BennettDate added 8/9/2005

Company B

1st Lieutenant

killed 31 Dec 1861 Allegheny Mountain
Contributor Karen Post CartwrightDate added 7/5/2006

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Karen Post CartwrightDate added 7/5/2006

Company B

2nd Lieutenant

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Contributor Karen Post CartwrightDate added 7/5/2006

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Michael WenninDate added 2/14/2015

Company C

Private

from the National Park Service U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 database. James Salisbury, Confederate side, 25th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Heck's) Company 2C. Private.
Contributor Sarah SalisburyDate added 9/22/2009

Company E

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jon William HardwickDate added 2/11/2010

Company E

Rank unknown

regiment records show that he enlisted in Richmond, but was released because he was only 17 (Records show he didn't turn 18 until 1861 or 1862). Family tradition is that he served in artillery. He entered the Confederate Soldiers Home July 31, 1906, died April 8, 1907. Buried at Riverview Cemetery in Richmond.
Contributor Robert M. BuhrmanDate added 6/27/2008

Company E

Corporal

Originally with Co E(1) 25th Va. Enlisted June 11, 1861. Captured in Beverly VA following Battle of Rich Mountain. Parolled. Merged with 62nd VA Co.I Mortally wounded Battle of New Market April, 1864
Contributor David HiserDate added 8/8/2010

Company E

Private

Died 12/17/1907, monument at Oak Grove Cemetery in Laton CA. Served in 2nd E Company
Contributor Rebecca CarusaDate added 5/25/2013

Company F

Captain

Company F (2) Died of Smallpox Nov.1862
Contributor William CaracofeDate added 1/29/2019

Company F

4th Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor David MurrayDate added 1/8/2017

Company F

Private

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Contributor jhydenDate added 8/15/2014

Company G

Corporal

Enlisted in the Confederate Army in Buckhannon West Virginia in 1861 with the rank of Corporal. Served in the 25th Virginia Infantry Regiment Company G.
Contributor Brad McCartneyDate added 8/22/2013

Company H

Private

Preston was wounded at the Battle of McDowell, which resulted in permanent disability.
Contributor Connie DorseyDate added 7/21/2008

Company H

Private

Imprisoned after caught at Wilderness with his relative for duration of war.
Contributor Brenda MurphyDate added 11/2/2009

Company I

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Diantha SprouseDate added 7/16/2011

Company I

Private

Co. I(2nd), 25th Virginia Infantry (Heck''s) Enlisted 21 May 1861, age-27, at Valley Head, Randolph County, Virginia, by Capt. Daniel A Stofer. He died sometime during 1861 or early 1862. He might have been killed during the Federal attack on Camp Allegheney 13 Dec 1861. His younger brother George R Ware, enlisted the same day at the age of 19. Both were the illegitimate son''s of Matilda Ware.
Contributor Walter V MunzaDate added 1/19/2005

Company I

1st Sergeant

Co I, 25th Virginia Infantry (Heck''s) Enlisted 21 May 1861, age-19, at Valley Head, Randolph County, Virginia, by Capt. Daniel A Stofer. Died at Winchester Hospital, Winchester, Virginia 12 Nov 1862. He died from the fever.
Contributor Walter V MunzaDate added 1/19/2005

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