Sketch by Andrew Bond, August 1996
Kilgore Fort House, Copper Creek, Scott Co. Va.
Sketch by Andrew Bond, August 1996
Rank: Musician
1860 Census: Prewar carpenter
Enlistment: Winchester, Frederick Co., 3/9/62.
Served in Company L, 5th Virginia Infantry 4/27/61 to 5/17/61 when rejected by surgeon. Present in the 48th Virginia Infantry, 10/31/64 and 12/31/64. Paroled Appomattox Court House 4/9/65.
Leslie Graber, the great, great granddaughter of John B. Guard has provided his photograph. She writes that the multitalented Guard was not only a carpenter and musician, but an architect who built a hotel after the war. He was also something of a collector. Among his possessions, she has found a poem written by Daniel Reynolds of the 8th Indiana and the promotion papers of a Maine major.
48th Virginia Infantry Organization 48th
Virginia Infantry Actions 48th Virginia Infantry Roster
