Nickelsville Spartan Band Roster, Company E
48th Virginia Regiment

Kilgore Fort House, Copper Creek, Scott Co. Va.
Sketch by Andrew Bond, August 1996

Joshua Soule Fanning

Rank: Sgt. Major, F&S

1860 Census: Clerk, Scott Co., age 17

Enlistment: Nickelsville, Scott Co., age 18, 7/2/61

Present thru 8/16/61 when promoted 1st Sgt. Present thru 10/15/61. Present 8/2/63. Promoted Sgt. Major by 5/12/64 when captured Spotsylvania C.H. POW Point Lookout 5/18/64 to 8/3/64. POW Elmira 8/6/64 to 3/2/65 when sent to James River for exchange.

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