Monument to the Nickelsville Spartan Band
Wayne McConnell and C.R. Keith of Scott Co., Virginia have announced plans for a monument honoring the Nickelsville Spartan Band, later Company E, 48th Virginia Infantry.
According to Cousin Wayne, C.R. Keith and a group of concerned citizens of Nickelsville have managed to get a 20 acre piece of land for the County, directly across from the Nickelsville Elementary School. The Scott County Board of Supervisors have agreed to build a park on this land. They have further agreed to allow the placement of a large monument on this land in honor of the Spartan Band.
The names of the men who formed the Nickelsville Spartan Band will be carved in granite, along with a summary of what the Spartan Band was and what these men did.
Fund raising efforts are currently under way in the newspapers and on radio stations in the Scott County area. I am pleased to lend whatever assistance that I can to this effort through this web site. My two second great grandfathers, Stephen Broadwater and William Martin Hillman (pictured above) were members of this unit.
The McConnell and Related Clans non profit organization will be the focal point of donations and will account for the monies. When the appropriate amount is reached, they will buy and erect the monument.
Please send your donations to:
Nickelsville Spartan
Band Account
C.R. Keith, Treasurer
P.O. Box 1469
Gate City, VA 24251
Members of the
Nickelsville Spartan Band:
The names on this roster are from two sources.
The first is Mr. Omer Addington's article, "The Nickelsville
Spartan Band", found in Hisorical Sketches of
Southwest Virginia. The second source is John D.
Chapla's 48th Virginia Infantry,
published by H.E. Howard, Inc. The soldiers shown by Chapla to
have enlisted in Nickelsville on July 2, 1861, are included here.
Please read through this list and get back to me with any
corrections you wish to make. Sources for your information would
be appreciated.
- Vernard Bond, vbond@ix.netcom.com
Officers:
McConnell, Henry M., Captain
Smith, Thomas M., 1st Lieutenant
Harris, Charles W.S., 2nd Lieutenant
Daugherty, Jess M., 2nd Lieutenant*
Fanning, Joshua Soule, 1st Sergeant
Hillman, William Martin, 2nd Sergeant
Wampler, William H., 3rd Sergeant**
McConnell, Nathan H., 4th Sergeant
McConnell, William S., 5th Sergeant
Corporals:
Harris,
William P., 1st Corporal
Smith,
Harvey P., 2nd Corporal
Fuller,
Abraham***, 4th Corporal
Privates:
Bond,
Oliver Patton+
Broadwater,
Stephen J.++
Culbertson,
James M.
Davidson,
James Harvey+++
Dingus,
James W.
Dorton,
William H.
Dulaney, James#
Elam,
George##
Elam, John F.###
Elliott,
Christopher!
Elliott, Vance V.!!
Elliott,
William V.!!1
Enoch, William V.!!!
Fraley, Granville R.
Fraley, Henderson F.@
Frazier,
Joshua D.@@
Frazier,
Westley W.@@@
Gillespie,
John W.
Gillum,
Richard
Harris,
David H.
Harris,
James E.
Harrison, Alexander$
Hartsock,
Alexander$$
Hartsock,
William D.
Hillman,
Robert A.$$$
Hillman,
William G.%
Hooker,
William
Horton,
David C.%%
Jolly,
Thomas H.%%%
Kilgore,
John D.
Lamarr,
David H.&
Lamarr,
F.M.&&
Lane,
Thomas R.
Logan,
Murido&&&
McClelland,
Benjamin*
McClelland,
Sam
McClelland,
Samuel H.
McConnell,
Elisha Martin**
McConnell,
Milton O.P.***
McConnell,
Sylvester Patton+
Meade,
Charles+1
Moon, George W.++
Moore,
George W.++1
Moss,
James S.+++
Nelson,
David
Perry,
Samuel!
Perry,
William Absalom!!
Peters,
David J.!!!
Peters,
Jacob C.@
Peters,
Wales Wellington Wallace@@
Ramey,
Berry C.
Ramey,
James R.
Ramey,
Lewis A.
Ross,
Alexander@@1
Russell, Alexander@@@
Salyer,
Thomas
Saunders, James W.#
Smith, James B.##
Smith,
James M.
Smith,
Robert H.###
Smith,
William C.
Steffy,
John M.$
Steffy,
Pleasant
Strong,
Elijah$$
Strong,
George$$$
Strong,
Hiram%
Vermillion,
James D.
Wampler,
Peter W.%%
Williams,
William
*Jess M. Daugherty is listed as Jesse M. Dougherty in
the Chapla Roster, but is listed by Omer C. Addington in his
article as Jess M. Daughterty.
**Sgt. Wampler is listed as William J. in Chapla's roster and as
William H. by Mr. Addington.
***Corporal Fuller is listed as Abram in the Chapla roster and as
Abraham by Mr. Addington.
+Pvt. Bond is listed as Oliver Patton in the Chapla roster and as
Oliver P. by Mr. Addington.
++Pvt. Broadwater should be listed as Stephen J. according to his
second great grandson, Vernard Bond.
+++Pvt. Davidson is listed as James Harvey in Chapla and as James
H. by Mr. Addington.
#Pvt. Dulaney is listed as James L. in Chapla and as James by Mr.
Addington.
##Pvt. Elam is listed as George F. in Chapla and as George by Mr.
Addington.
###Pvt. Elam is listed as John W. in Chapla and as John F. by Mr.
Addington.
!Pvt. Elliott is listed as Christopher C. by Chapla and as
Christopher by Mr. Addington.
!!Pvt. Vance V. Elliott is not listed in the Chapla roster.
!!1Pvt. William V. Elliott is not listed by Mr. Addington.
!!!This private is listed as William Enochs in John Chapla's
roster.
@Pvt. Fraley is listed as Henderson F. in Chapla and as Fraley F.
Henderson by Mr. Addington. Since Mr. Addington presents his list
in alphabetical order, I assume he transposed the first and last
names.
@@This private is listed as Joshua Davidson Frazier in Chapla and
as Joshua D. Frazier by Mr. Addington.
@@@This private is listed as William Wesley Frasier in Chapla and
as Westley W. Frazier by Mr. Addington.
$Alexander Harrison is not included in the Chapla roster. Could
this be Hartsock?
$$Alexander Hartsock is not included in the Addington roster.
Could this be Harrison?
$$$This private is listed as Robert A. Hillman in Chapla and as
Robert H. Hillman by Mr. Addington. Probably the son of Robert A.
Hillman and, therefore, Robert A. Hillman.
%William G. Hillman is listed in the Chapla roster, but not by
Mr. Addington.
%%This soldier is listed as David H. Horton in Chapla and as
David C. Horton by Mr. Addington.
%%%This soldier is listed as Thomas J. Jolly by Chapla and Thomas
H. Jolly by Mr. Addington.
&This soldier is listed as David F. Lamarr by Chapla and
David H. Lamarr by Mr. Addington. Joanna Howard, jmhoward@erols.com
, says that this soldier's name is David Francis Lamarr.
&&This soldier is listed as Francis M. Lamarr in Chapla
and as F.M. Lamarr by Mr. Addington.
&&&This soldier is Mirido C. Logan according to
Chapla and as Murido Logan by Mr. Addington.
*This private is listed as Benjamin H. McClelland in Chapla and
as Benjamin McClelland by Mr. Addington.
**Elisha Martin McConnell is not listed in the Addington roster.
***This private is listed as Milton O.P. McConnell in Chapla and
as Milton McConnell by Mr. Addington.
+This private is listed as Sylvester Patton McConnell by Chapla
and as Sylvester P. McConnell by Mr. Addington.
+1This soldier is listed as Charles Mead in Chapla and as Charles
Meade by Mr. Addington.
++George W. Moon is not listed in the Chapla roster.
++1George W. Moore is not listed by Mr. Addington.
+++This soldier is listed as James H. Moss by Chapla and James S.
Moss by Mr. Addington.
!Chapla lists this soldier as Samuel A. Perry. He is listed as
Samuel Perry by Mr. Addington.
!!This soldier is listed as William Absalom Perry in Chapla and
William A. Perry by Mr. Addington.
!!!This soldier is found in the Chapla roster, but is not listed
by Mr. Addington.
@This soldier is found in the Chapla roster, but is not listed by
Mr. Addington.
@@This soldier is found in the Chapla roster, but is not listed
by Mr. Addington.
@@1Alexander Ross is found in the Chapla roster, but is not
listed by Mr. Addington.
@@@This soldier is listed by Mr. Addington, but is not in the
Chapla roster.
#James W. Saunders is listed by Mr. Addington, but is not found
in the Chapla roster.
##James B. Smith is listed by Mr. Addington, but is not found in
the Chapla roster.
###This soldier is listed as Robert A. Smith in Chapla and as
Robert H. Smith by Mr. Addington.
$This soldier is listed as John W. Steffy in Chapla and as John
M. Steffy by Mr. Addington.
$$This soldier is listed as Abijah Strong in the Chapla roster
and as Elijah by Mr. Addington.
$$$This soldier is listed as George W. Stong in Chapla and as
George by Mr. Addington.
%This soldier is listed as Hiram F. Strong in Chapla and as Hiram
Strong by Mr. Addington.
%%Peter W. Wampler is listed in Chapla, but not by Mr. Addington.
The monument pictured above is the
Virginia monument at Gettysburg. The photo is of William Martin
Hillman, 2nd Sergeant, Nickelsville Spartan Band.
Please direct comments or suggestions to Vernard Bond
(vbond@ix.netcom.com).
