EAGLE, GEORGE WILLIAM |
born: May 1843, Frederick County | died: 7 Jan 1905 |
buried: Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester | occupation: moulder |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861 | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 5th Virginia Infantry, "Continental Morgan Guards" |
Wounded 2 Jul 1861, Falling Waters |
Sick at hospital, Winchester 6 Nov 1861 |
POW 9 Feb 1862; to Camp Chase, OH; paroled 31 Dec 1862; exchanged 16 Feb 1863 |
Discharged 15 Apr 1863 for disability from "fits rendering him unfit." |
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EARHART, JOHN |
born: 17 Jan 1841, Frederick County, MD | died: 25 Jan 1916, Steele's Tavern |
buried: Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church Cemetery | occupation: bricklayer |
Enlisted: 29 May 1861, Greenville | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. E, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Sick in quarters Aug - Oct 1861 |
detailed as teamster, commissary train 24 Nov 1862 |
POW 12 May 1864, Spotsylvania; to Fort Delaware; paroled 15 Jun 1865 |
postwar farmer and stonemason, Newport |
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EARMAN, JOSEPH H. |
died: 16 Feb 1918, Roanoke | |
Enlisted: 16 Jul 1861, Winchester | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. L, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Sick at hospital Jun 1863 |
Transferred to Co. H, 31 Oct 1864; transferred to Co. L, 10 Nov 1864 |
Detailed as temporary divisional train teamster; paroled at Appomattox Court House, 9 Apr 1865 |
Had one of the best "present for duty" records in the regiment |
Moved to Roanoke in 1886 |
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EASTEP / ESTEP, DILMAN |
born: 31 Mar 1834 | died: 4 Jun 1918, Millwood |
resident of Shenandoah County | occupation: millwright |
Parents: Reuben & Sarah Eastep | Wife: Matilda Fry |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Edinburg | Rank: 3rd sergeant |
Unit: Co. C (1st), 10th Virginia Infantry |
promoted to 2nd sergeant 21 Aug 1861 |
transferred to Co. F 18 Apr 1862 to serve as private |
POW Spotsylvania Court House 12 May 1864; to Fort Delaware 21 May 1864; oath of allegiance 7 Jun 1865 |
postwar resident of Clarke County |
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EASTEP / ESTEP, JAMES M. |
Enlisted: 15 Jan 1864, Bunker Hill | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. B, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Joined regiment by transfer |
POW Spotsylvania Court House 12 May 1864; to Elmira, NY 2 Aug 1864; released 29 May 1865 |
resident of Harrisonburg |
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EASTHAM, C. BYRD |
died of chronic diarrhea: 6 Aug 1865, Fort Pulaski, Georgia |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. G, 10th Virginia Infantry |
promted to 1st lieutenant 3 May 1863 |
POW Wilderness 12 May 1864; to Fort Delaware 17 Jun 1864; to Hilton Head, South Carolina Aug 1864; to Fort Pulaski, Georgia Oct 1864 |
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EATON, JAMES H. |
Parents: Unknown | Wife: Susanna Eaton |
Unit: Co. B, 97th Virginia Militia |
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EATON, JAMES SAMUEL |
born: 9 Dec 1847, Rockingham County | died: 23 Apr 1927 |
buried: Reunion Church Cemetery, Timberville |
Enlisted: 1 Sep 1863, McGaheysville | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. E, 10th Virginia Infantry |
absent sick most of term of enlistment |
discharged 26 Feb 1864 for epilepsy |
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EAVEY, DANIEL |
born: 24 Jan 1845, Augusta County | died: 13 Mar 1922 |
buried: Barren Ridge Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Augusta County |
Enlisted: 22 Jul 1863, Staunton | Rank: private |
Unit: Captain John Avis' Provost Guard, Staunton |
Transferred to Camp Lee 31 Mar 1864 |
Enlisted: 1 Apr 1864 | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 5th Virginia Infantry, "Continental Morgan Guards" |
POW 12 May 1864, Spotsylvania; to Fort Delaware |
Sick with diarrhea at Richmond 22 Se 1864; paroled 13 Feb 1864, New Creek |
postwar occupation: farmer |
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EBERLY, DANIEL |
Rank: private | |
Unit: Co. G, 146th Virginia Militia |
Source: Broadfoot Database of Confederate Soldiers |
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EBERLY, ISAAC |
Unit: Co. E, 11th Virginia Cavalry |
Additional service: Co. H, 136th Virginia Militia |
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EBERLY, JACOB J. |
Parents: Daniel & Catherine Eberly | Wife: Lucy N. Spengler |
Unit: Co. E, 11th Virginia Cavalry |
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EBERLY, JOHN FREDERICK |
Parents: Unknown | Wife: Susan C. Eberly |
Unit: Co. E, 11th Virginia Cavalry |
Additional service: Co. K, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
Prior service: Co. G, 146th Virginia Militia (Source: Broadfoot Database of Confederate Soldiers) |
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EBERLY, JOSEPH C. |
Parents: Daniel & Catherine Eberly | Wife: Melvina V. Bowman |
Unit: Co. E, 11th Virginia Cavalry |
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EBERLY, PHILIP |
born: 1822 | died: 1914 |
buried: St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Strasburg |
Wife: Catherine Wardle | |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Strasburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. A, 10th Virginia Infantry |
absent sick most of the term of enlistment |
discharged 2 Aug 1862, over age 35 |
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EDDINS, WILLIAM A.O. |
resident of Rockingham County |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Conrad's Store | Rank: sergeant |
Unit: Co. I, 10th Virginia Infantry |
accidentally wounded 19 Jan 1863 resulting in broken thigh; hospitalized Charlottesville |
AWOL 19 Apr - 17 Oct 1864 |
transferred to Co. B 31 Oct 1864 |
POW near Petersburg 25 Mar 1865; to Point Lookout, MD Mar 1865; oath of allegiance 11 Jun 1865 |
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EFFINGER, GERALD M. |
born: circa 1829 | occupation: merchant |
resident of Harrisonburg; educated at Washington College 1846-47 |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1864, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. G, 10th Virginia Infantry |
detailed for special duty with Quartermaster's Department 20 Apr 1864 |
appointed to Quartermaster's Department 1 Sep 1864 |
promoted to Quartermaster sergeant, date not stated |
paroled 31 May 1865, Harrisonburg |
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EGGLESTON, RICHARD |
died of disease in hospital: 28 May 1863 |
Enlisted: 1 Apr 1862, Mount Jackson | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. I, 5th Virginia Infantry |
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EILLES, JOHN |
Parents: Thomas & Sophia Eilles | Wife: (1) Anna Grabill |
Wife: (2) Bettie A. Coffman | Wife: (3) Ida A. Whitmer |
Unit: Co. F, 136th Virginia Militia |
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ELDERDICE, EUGENE H. |
Enlisted: 20 Jul 1861, Piedmont Station as private citizen of Maryland |
Unit: 10th Virginia Infantry |
term of enlistment expired 18 Apr 1862 |
apparently died at Harrisonburg 28 Aug 1863 |
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ELICK, GEORGE F. |
born: Woodstock | died: 27 Feb 1889, Staunton |
Moved to Staunton as a youth | occupation: harness maker |
Enlisted: 17 Apr 1861, Staunton | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. L, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Mustered in at Harpers Ferry 17 May 1861 |
Gen. Gorgas signed a request to transfer him to W.C. Cooper, a contractor |
Paroled 30 Apr 1865 |
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ELICK, JACOB |
born: circa 1838 | |
Parents: G. Frederick & Barbara Good Elick | Wife: Emma E. Sibert |
Enlisted: 11 Mar 1862, Woodstock | private |
Unit: Co. F, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Prior service: Co. E, 136th Virginia Militia |
detailed as regimental drummer and listed on returns as musician |
transferred to Co. B 31 Oct 1864 |
paroled 17 Apr 1865, Winchester |
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ELLIOTT, JOHN A. |
age: 27 | KIA: 14 Jun 1863, Winchester |
Wife: Lucinda F. Elliott |
Enlisted: 11 May 1861, Sangerville | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. I, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Deserted at Mt. Solon 27 Nov 1862, but another record shows him as absent sick |
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EMERSON, WILLIAM H. |
age: 37 | died of wounds: 20 May 1864 |
occupation: farmer | |
Enlisted: 11 May 1861, Staunton | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. I, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Mustered in at Harpers Ferry 22 May 1861 |
Absent sick with rheumatism Oct - Dec 1861 |
Absent sick in hospital Jan - Feb 1862 and 20 Mar - Apr 1863 |
Sent to Richmond and to Danville with diarrhea May - Jul 1863 |
Wounded 19 May 1864, Spotsylvania |
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EMSWILLER, HARRISON |
born: 1841 | died: 1888 |
Parents: Jacob & Elizabet Lutz Emswiller | Wife: Fanny Emswiller |
Unit: Co. G, 2nd Virginia Infantry |
Prior service: Co. G, 97th Virginia Militia |
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EMSWILLER, HENRY |
Rank: private | |
Unit: Co. K, 58th Virginia Militia |
Source: Broadfoot Database of Confederate Soldiers |
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EMSWILLER, JACOB |
died: 29 Jul 1861, near Mount Jackson | resident of Mount Jackson |
Rank: musician | |
Unit: Co. G, 33rd Virginia Infantry - "Mount Jackson Rifles" |
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EMSWILLER, RAPHAEL T. |
born: 5 Dec 1837 | died: 2 May 1923, Shenandoah County |
buried: St. Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery, Hamburg |
Enlisted: 15 Feb 1862, Martinsburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. F, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
AWOL Sep 1863; present Oct 1863; no further record |
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EMSWILLER, RICHARD S. |
Rank: private | |
Unit: Co. K, 58th Virginia Militia |
Source: Broadfoot Database of Confederate Soldiers |
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EMSWILLER, SYLVENAS |
born: 1836 | Killed in action: 1863 |
Parents: Jacob & Elizabeth Lutz Emswiller | Wife: Sarah Wolf |
Unit: Co. F, 136th Virginia Militia |
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EMSWILLER, WESLEY |
born: 1830 | died: 1905 |
Parents: Jacob & Elizabeth Lutz Emswiller | Wife: Sarah C. Maphis |
Unit: Co. G, 2nd Virginia Infantry |
Prior service: Co. E, 136th Virginia Militia |
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ENGLE, WILLIAM F. |
occupation: laborer | age: 31 |
Enlisted: 24 May 1861, Winchester | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Mustered in at Camp Stephens 30 Jun 1861 |
AWOL Aug - Oct 1861; under arrest for desertion 11 Mar 1862 - 7 Oct 1862 |
Deserted from guard house 21 Nov 1862 |
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EPPARD, GEORGE STROTHER |
died of pneumonia: 3 Mar 182, General Hospital, Front Royal |
Enlisted: 17 Jun 1861, Conrad's Store | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. I, 10th Virginia Infantry |
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EPPARD, JOSEPH CALVIN |
Enlisted: 17 Jun 1861, Conrad's Store | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. I, 10th Virginia Infantry |
wounded 26 Oct 1863, Bealton Station, died of wound at Brandy Station |
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ESKRIDGE, THOMAS PARKER |
born: 22 Sep 1823, Staunton | died: 15 Mar 1890, Staunton |
buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton |
Mayor Staunton 1851 |
Served as Quartermaster, militia brigade, Augusta County |
Enlisted: 17 Mar 1862, Staunton | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. L, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Transferred to: 12th Virginia Cavalry, 27 Mar 1862 |
Appointed captain and commissary, 17 Jul 1862 |
Paroled Apr 1865, Staunton |
Owner of an estate in Beverly Major District, Augusta County |
Solicitor for Confederate Memorial Assn., 1865, P.O. Folly Mills, Augusta County |
Druggist, Staunton; purser's clerk on ship |
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ESTEP, ANDREW JACKSON |
Parents: John & Julia Estep | Wife: (1) Rebecca Liggett |
| Wife: (2) Margaret Hockman |
Unit: Co. G, 97th Virginia Militia |
Prior service: Co. C, 8th Battalion Virginia Reserves |
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ESTEP, ELIJAH |
died: 11 Apr 1865, Fort Delaware Prison | |
buried: Finn's Point, New Jersey, National Cemetery |
Parents: Elijah & Christina Mumaw Estep | never married |
Unit: Co. K, 18th Virginia Cavalry |
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ESTEP, GEORGE |
born: circa 1844 | |
Enlisted: 21 Apr 1862, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Wounded 25 Apr 1863, Greenland Gap (leg); wounded May 1864, Wilderness (left leg above knee) |
paroled 20 Apr 1865, New Market |
postwar resident of Cabin Hill & Conicville |
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ESTEP, JACOB |
born: 5 Dec 1834, Shenandoah County | died: 9 Oct 1897, Woodstock |
Enlisted: 14 Aug 1862, Woodstock | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Additional service: Co. G, 2nd Virginia Infantry |
Prior service: Co. F, 136th Virginia Militia |
paroled 8 Apr 1865, Winchester |
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ESTEP, JESSE |
born: 5 Dec 1837 | died: 19 May 1917 |
buried: Mt. Hermon Church Cemetery, Orkney Springs |
Parents: Elijah & Christina Estep | Wife: Elizabeth Hepner |
Enlisted: 1 Aug 1861, Orkney Springs | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
POW, 9 Jun 1863, Brandy Station; to Old Capitol Prison; exchanged 30 Jun 1863 at City Point |
wounded 16 Sep 1864, Brandon Church (thigh, flesh wound); postwar roster says wounded at Trevillian Station |
postwar farmer, resided at Orkney Springs & Belgrade (1900) |
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ESTEP, JOHN H. |
Parents: Elijah & Christina Estep | Wife: Susannah Biller |
Unit: Co. B, 2nd Virginia Infantry |
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ESTEP, JOHN J. |
Parents: John & Julia Estep | Wife: Hannah A. Lloyd |
Unit: New Market Artillery |
Additional service: Danville Artillery |
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ESTEP, JOSEPH |
Parents: Benjamin & Lucinda Estep | Wife: Martha Jane Woods |
Unit: Co. C, 97th Virginia Militia |
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ESTEP, MOSES |
born: 8 Jan 1843, Orkney Springs | died: 1927 |
buried: Morning Star Lutheran Church Cemetery, Orkney Springs |
Parents: Elijah & Christina Mumaw Estep | Wife: Lydia Barb |
Enlisted: 1 Aug 1861, Orkney Springs | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
postwar roster says wounded 5 May 1864, Catharpin Road |
postwar resident of Cootes Store, Rockingham County |
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ESTEP, RAPHAEL |
Parents: Jackson & Rebecca Liggett Estep | Wife: Barbara C. Myers |
Unit: New Market Artillery |
Additional service: Danville Artillery |
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ESTEP, THOMAS |
Parents: Jacob & Polly Estep | Wife: Elizabeth Betz |
Enlisted: 7 Apr 1862, Hawkinstown | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior service: Co. F, 136th Virginia Militia |
postwar farmer in Shenandoah County |
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ESTEP, WILLIAM |
born: circa 1837 | |
Enlisted: 1 Apr 1863, Lacey Springs | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
wounded 24 Sep 1861, Hanging Rock, Hampshire County (left leg, bone fracture |
transferred to conscript officer 1 Jul 1864; paroled 19 Apr 1864, Winchester, no further record |
postwar resident of Hamburg |
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EVANS, ANDREW JACKSON |
born: 1839, Shenandoah County | died: 1929 |
buried: St. Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Centreville, Fairfax County |
Parents: Joseph & Ann Evans | Wife: Leah Miller |
Enlisted: 19 Feb 1862, Martinsburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior service: Co. G, 97th Virginia Militia |
Horse KIA 17 Dec 1863, Sangster's Station |
postwar resident of Bull Run, Fairfax County |
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EVANS, DAVID E. |
born: 1840 | occupation: tobacconist |
Enlisted: 24 Jun 1861, Winchester | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. A, 5th Virginia Infantry |
AWOL on rolls Aug 1861, Oct 1861, Feb 1862 |
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EVANS, HENRY H. |
born: 22 Nov 1840 | died: 7 Feb 1914 |
occupation: plasterer |
buried: Cedarwood Cemetery, Edinburg |
Parents: John & Catherine Ann Lloyd Evans | Wife: Rebecca Z. Downey |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Edinburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C (1st), 10th Virginia Infantry |
transferred to: Co. F, 10th Virginia Infantry, 18 Apr 1862 |
transferred to: C.S. Navy, 23 Apr 1864 |
transferred to: Co. E, 28th Virginia Infantry |
resident of Edinburg |
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EVANS, HIRAM L. |
Unit: Cutshaw's Artillery (Jackson's Artillery) |
Additional service: Carpenter's Artillery (Alleghany Artillery) |
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EVANS, JEREMIAH S. (SAMUEL?) |
born: 18 Oct 1822, Shenandoah County | died: 7 Jun 1890 |
occupation: shoemaker | buried: Levi Gochenour Cemetery, west of Woodstock |
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Parents: Jeremiah S. Evans & Mary Pieddleman | Wife: Sarah Jane Gochenour Copp |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Edinburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C (1st), 10th Virginia Infantry |
Transferred to: Co. F, 10th Virginia Infantry, 18 Apr 1862 |
Discharged 18 Jul 1862, due to being overage |
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EVANS, SAMUEL |
buried: St. Matthews Lutheran Reformed Church Cemetery, New Market |
Wife: Amanda S. Evans | |
Enlisted: 23 Apr 1862, Conrad's Store | Rank: private |
Reenlisted: 1 May 1862, Conrad's Store | |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior service: Co. D, 136th Virginia Militia |
Unit: Co. C, 10th Virginia Infantry |
POW 10 Apr 1863, Island Ford; to Fort McHenrhy; exchanged 23 Apr 1863, Fort Monroe |
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EVANS, THOMAS H. |
KIA: 12 May 1864, Spotsylvania |
Enlisted: 1 Jun 1861, Harpers Ferry (age 18) | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. H, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Mustered in at Camp Stephens 30 Jun 1861 |
On roll Oct 1862 as a POW; paid on return by Quartermaster Dept. in Richmond |
Wounded (shoulder) 3 May 1863, Chancellorsville |
Sent to Staunton hospital 27 Jun 1863 with erysipeias; returned Aug 1863 |
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EVANS, WILLIAM LEWIS |
born: Jan 1838, Winchester | died: 15 Feb 1895, Winchester |
occupation: tobacconist | buried: Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester |
Enlisted: 27 Apr 1861, Winchester | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. A, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Sick at Winchester Feb - Apr 1862 |
Promoted to sergeant Dec 1862 |
POW 12 May 1864, Spotsylvania; to Fort Delaware; released 1 Jun 1865 |
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EVERDING, GEORGE C. |
born: circa 1835, Rockingham County | occupation: printer |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. B, 10th Virginia Infantry |
POW 3 May 1862, Harrisonburg; to Fort Delaware; exchanged 5 Aug 1862, Aikens Landing |
Discharged 7 Jan 1865, due to chronic rheumatism & hypertrophy of heart |
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EVERLY, AMOS F. |
born: 23 Dec 1841, Strasburg? | died: 18 Sep 1930 |
buried: Riverview Cemetery, Strasburg |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Strasburg | Rank: private |
Reenlisted: Apr 1862 | Rank: 2nd corporal |
Unit: Co. A, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Wounded 29 Aug 1862, Second Manassas at Sudley Church; leg amputated above the knoee at thigh |
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EVERLY, JOHN F. |
born: Strasburg | resided in Strasburg in 1914 |
Enlisted: 5 Apr 1862 | Rank: lieutenant |
Unit: Co. K, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
POW 2 Jun 1862, Strasburg; exchanged 5 Aug 1862; POW 3 Apr 1865, Richmond |
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EVERLY, PHILIP ALEXANDER |
born: circa 1837 | died: 24 Oct 1862, near Bunker Hill, dysentery |
buried: St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Strasburg |
Enlisted: 9 Jul 1861, Winchester | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. A, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Sick most of term of enlistement |
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EVY, WILLIAM |
born: 24 Nov 1826 | died: 28 Jan 1903 |
occupation: farmer | resided: Mount Jackson |
buried: St. Johns Church Cemetery, near Edinburg |
Wife: Sarah Rinker | |
Enlisted: 22 Dec 1862, Front Royal | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. A, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Present, under arrest for AWOL Feb 1863 |
Roll 31 Mar 1864 states "deserted at Woodstock, Shenandoah Co., whereabouts unknown" |
Enlisted: Co. L, 18th Virginia Cavalry, private |
POW 28 Oct 1863, Hampshire County, WV; to Rock Island, IL 22 Jan 1864 |
Oath of allegiance, released 18 Jun 1865 |
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EWING, JOHN AMOS |
died: 26 Jan 1886 | buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond |
occupation: carpenter | resided: Warren County |
age: 32 |
pre-war member: Continental Morgan Guards |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Winchester | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 5th Virginia Infantry, "Continental Morgan Guards" |
Promoted to corporal 1 Aug 1861; to 1st sergeant 18 Apr 1862; to 3rd lieutenant 8 Jun 1862 |
Wounded 28 Aug 1862, Manassas; returned Dec 1862 as Jr. 2nd lieutenant |
Signed roll as commanding company Jun 1863 |
Wounded 19 Sep 1864 or captured at Lockford's 12 or 13 Sep 1864 |
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