RACEY, CHRISTOPHER C. |
born: 21 Jul 1848, Shenandoah County | died: 25 Dec 1916, Wheatfield, Shenandoah County |
resided near Woodstock | buried: Gravel Springs Cemetery, Star Tannery, Frederick County |
Parents: Henry and Margaret Racey | Wife: Sarah Ellen Hollar, married 17 Sep 1868, Shenandoah County |
Enlisted; 19 Apr 1864, Waynesboro | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. F, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Paroled: 9 May 1865, Winchester |
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RACEY, JAMES MADISON |
born: Feb 1837, Shenandoah County | died: Apr 1905, Edinburg |
Wife: Mary Ann Fadely, married 12 Oct 1858, Shenandoah County | Parents: St. Luke and Lydia Didawick Racey |
Enlisted: 15 Jun 1861, Edinburg |
Reenlisted: 1 May 1862, Conrad's Store | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Captured 22 Apr 1863, near Strasburg; confined at Fort McHenry 28 Apr 1863; exchanged at City Point 2 May 1863; wounded 14 Sep 1863, Culpeper Court House; wounded (per pension records) 14 Oct 1863, Catlett's Station; in right side between ribs and hip bone, the ball was left in his body; absent from effects of wound 31 Dec 1863 - Apr 1864 |
Postwar resident of Columbia Furnace |
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RACEY, JOHN |
born: 18 Dec 1821, Shenandoah County | died: 8 Dec 1884, Shenandoah County |
buried: St. James Lutheran Church Cemetery, Zepp, Shenandoah County |
Parents: John and Rebecca Orndorff Racey | Wife: Mary Ann Orndorff |
Enlisted: 11 Jul 1861, Strasburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. G, 146th Virginia Militia |
Discharged 29 Nov 1861, Martinsburg, to work on B&O Railroad and await further orders |
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RACEY, LUKE |
born: 28 May 1848 | died: 25 Oct 1929, St. Luke, Shenandoah County |
buried: Sherman Cemetery, Shenandoah County |
Parents: St. Luke and Lydia Didawick Racey | Wife: (1) Lydia Ann Sherman, married 31 Aug 1869 |
| Wife: (2) Ella Weast |
Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
postwar rosters only; no further record |
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RACEY, WILLIAM H. |
Enlisted: 3 Jun 1861 | Rank: Corporal |
Unit: Co. C, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
Absent sick Aug 1861; Present Oct 1861; AWOL 1 Jul - Sep 1862; Present Oct 1862; deserted Dec 1862 |
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RAGAN, JOHN G. |
born: circa 1845 | died: Harrisonburg |
buried: Harrisonburg |
Enlisted: 10 Apr 1862, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C (2nd), 10th Virginia Infantry |
POW 12 May 1864, Spotsylvania Court House; to Point Lookout 18 May 1864, to Elmira, NY Aug 1864; to Point Lookout Mar 1865; exchanged 15 Mar 1865; paroled 30 May 1865, Harrisonburg |
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RAGAN, ROBERT BURKE |
born: circa 1843 | educated at the University of Virginia |
Enlisted: 8 May 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. B, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Wounded (neck) 3 May 1863, Chancellorsville; POW May 1863, Chancellorsville; to Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC May 1863; paroled May 1863; appears as color corporal May 1863 |
Promoted to 2nd sergeant 1 Jun 1863; returned to duty about Sep 1863; wounded 5 May 1864, Wilderness; POW 25 Sep 1864, Harrisonburg; to Point Lookout 4 Oct 1864; exchanged 19 Mar 1865; paroled 31 May 1865, Harrisonburg |
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RAMEY, JAMES MADISON |
Parents: Franklin & Mary A. Sevier Ramey | Wife: Christie A. |
Unit: Co. G, 146th Virginia Militia |
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RAMEY, WALTER T. |
Parents: Franklin & Mary Ann Sevier Ramey | Wife: Barbara F. Hockman |
Unit: Co. A, 136th Virginia Militia |
Additional Service: Co. G, 146th Virginia Militia |
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RAMEY, WILLIAM BENJAMIN |
Parents: Franklin & Mary Ann Sevier Ramey | Wife: Annie Barbara Crabill |
Unit: Co. K, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Prior Service: Co. A, 136th Virginia Militia |
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RAMEY, WILLIAM H. |
Parents: Philip P. & Margaret Ann Myers Ramey | Wife: Mary Eliza Stewart |
Unit: Chew's Artillery |
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RAMSEY, ALBERT |
died of wounds: 15 Dec 1863, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond |
Enlisted: 28 Feb 1862, Winchester | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. L, 5th Virginia Infantry |
AWOL 28 May 1862; present under arrest 5 Oct 1862; wounded (left pelvis) severely at Payne's Farm |
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RAMSEY, ROBERT A. |
born: Augusta County | died: Jul 1863, Gettysburg, PA |
Enlisted: 29 Apr 1861, West View, age 23 | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Absent at hospital, rheumatism, Oct - Dec 1861; AWOL Jan - Apr 1862; wounded (left breast) mortally at Gettysburg |
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RANDALL, RICHARD |
Enlisted: 23 Apr 1862, Elk Run | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. B, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Enrolled from militia; AWOL after 20 May 1862; POW 3 May 1863, Chancellorsville; paroled May 1863; deserted May 1863 |
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RAU, JAMES W. |
born: 15 Jan 1837, Pocahontas | died: 17 Jan 1912 |
buried: Old Edinburg Cemetery |
Parents: Henry & Amelia Rau | Wife: Amanda M. Hisey |
Enlisted: 14 Jul 1862, Edinburg | Rank: 4th Corporal |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior Service: Co. E, 146th Virginia Militia |
Reduced to ranks by order of Col. Dulany; paroled 4 May 1865, Edinburg |
Postwar farmer; 1910 census: age 73, cabinetmaker, Edinburg |
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RAU, JOHN H. |
Parents: Henry & Amelia Rau | Wife: Sarah Ellen Rinker |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior Service: Co. D, 136th Virginia Militia |
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REAMER, DANIEL A. |
Wife: Eliza Ann Philips |
Unit: Co. B, 136th Virginia Militia |
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REAMER, JOHN D.S. |
Enlisted: 5 May 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. B, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Wounded 3 May 1683, Chancellorsville; returned to ranks about Sep 1863; absent after Dec 1863, disabled |
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REDFERN, ASHBY / ASHBURY |
born: circa 1842 | died: 1913 |
occupation: marble cutter | buried: Riverview Cemetery, Strasburg |
Parents: William & Sarah Ann Saffle Redfern | Wife: Nora B. Machir, m. 27 Jan 1870 |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Strasburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. A, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Elected 2nd corporal about Aug 1861; appears as 2nd sergeant Jun 1862; appears as musician 31 Oct 1863; transferred to Co. B 31 Oct 1864; paroled 17 Apr 1865, Winchester |
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REED, ANDREW |
born: 8 Nov 1827 | died: 10 Jul 1862, Augusta County |
buried: Mt. Hermon Lutheran Church Cemetery |
Enlisted: 23 Mar 1862, Mount Jackson | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. I, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Discharged 23 Jul 1862 |
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REED, JOHN R. |
born: circa 1845, Shenandoah County | resided: Shenandoah County |
Enlisted: 7 Apr 1862, Hawkinstown | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Reenlisted 1 May 1862, Conrad's Store |
Captured 16 Nov 1863, Strasburg, while on horse detail; to Camp Chase 17 Dec 1863; confined at Fort Delaware 17 Mar 1864; oath of allegiance and released 15 Jun 1865 |
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REED, WILLIAM H. |
born: 1820 | died: 4 Jan 1864, Fort Delaware, of smallpox |
buried: Finn's Point National Cemetery, New Jersey |
Enlisted: 20 Jul 1863, Winchester | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 5th Virginia Infantry, "Continental Morgan Guards" |
Captured 12 May 1864, Spotsylvania; to Fort Delaware |
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REEDY, DAVID S. |
born: circa 1843, Shenandoah County | occupation: farmer |
resided: Shenandoah County |
Enlisted: 18 Feb 1862, Martinsburg, (West) Virginia | Unit: 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Captured 2 Aug 1862, Orange Court House; paroled onboard the steamer Juniata 1 Sep 1862; exchanged 21 Sep 1862; deserted and took oath 25 Jan 1864, sent north |
Postwar resident of Mount Olive, Shenandoah County |
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REEDY, ISRAEL |
Parents: Jacob & Elizabeth Reedy | Wife: Delilah Windle |
Unit: Co. B, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
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REHERD, LEWIS HENRY |
born: 8 Mar 1829, Harrisonburg | died: 25 Feb 1876, Bridgewater |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. B, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Detailed as blacksmith about Dec 1861; wounded (eye) in skirmish, Williamsport, MD about Jul 1863; disabled after Jul 1863 |
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REIANS, JOHN MALCOMB |
student, age 18 |
Enlisted: 26 Jun 1861, Camp Stephens | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. L., 5th Virginia Infantry |
Wounded (arm) severely at Gettysburg, captured at Waterloo, PA or South Mountain; to Fort McHenry and Fort Delaware; exchanged 31 Jul 1863; transferred to Co. H, 31 Oct 1864; paroled 9 Apr 1865, Appomattox Court House |
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REILLY, DANIEL McGUIRE |
born: 17 Mar 1832, Drougheda, Ireland | died: 4 Dec 1915 |
came to U.S. at age 10 | occupation: silversmith |
buried: Stonwall Jackson Cemetery, Lexington |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Lexington | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. B, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Transferred with company to 4th and 27th Regiments; gun lost in retreat after Hainesville 2 Jul 1861; wounded 21 Jul 1861, Manassas; promoted to corporal 1 Oct 1862 |
Transferred from Co. H, 27th Regiment to Co. G, 27th Regiment |
postwar jeweler and watchmaker, Lexington |
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REYNARD, GEORGE H. |
born: circa 1840 | died: 14 Feb 1865, Fort Delaware prison, of chronic diarrhea |
occupation: laborer |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Edinburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C (1st), 10th Virginia Infantry |
Transferred to Co. F 18 Apr 1862 |
Service in cavalry after 17 Feb 1863; POW 12 May 1864, Spotsylvania Court House; to Fort Delaware 21 May 1864 |
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REYNOLDS, JAMES W. |
born: Augusta County | died: 17 Sep 1862 |
Enlisted: 17 Apr 1861, Staunton, age 22 | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. L, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Wounded 28 Aug 1862, Manassas; killed or died of wounds 17 Sep 1862, Sharpsburg |
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RHINENART, ALGERNON R. |
Enlisted: 10 Apr 1862, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C (2nd), 10th Virginia Infantry |
AWOL 1 Jun - 25 Oct 1862; detailed pioneer corps 20 Feb - 6 Jun 1863; POW 5 Jul 1863, South Mountain; to Fort Delaware 12 Jul 1863; to Point Lookout 27 Oct 1863; to Elmira, NY 16 Aug 1864; exchanged 20 Feb 1865, James River |
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RHINEHART, SAMUEL |
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Grim |
Unit: Co. I, 18th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior Service: Co. C, 97th Virginia Militia |
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RHODES, JOHN JACOB |
born: 1844 | died: 20 Jan 1889 |
resided: Lexington |
Enlisted: Capt. John Avis' Provost Guard, Staunton 18 May 1863 |
Enlisted: 1 Apr 1864, Camp Lee | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 5th Virginia Infantry, "Continental Morgan Guards" |
Captured 12 Aug 1864, Winchester; to Camp Chase; paroled 11 Jun 1865 |
postwar occupation: tanner and merchant, Lexington |
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RHODES, JOSEPH |
Parents: David & Elizabeth Rhodes | Wife: 1. Mary Gochenour |
| Wife: 2. Mary Ann Baker |
Unit: Co. F, 58th Virginia Militia |
Additional Service: Co. D, 8th Battalion Virginia Reserves |
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RICE, FRANCIS EUGENE |
Parents: John W. & Ann M. Rice | Wife: Lucinda E. Robinson |
Unit: New Market Artillery |
Additional Service: Danville Artillery |
Prior Service: Co. B, 97th Virginia Militia |
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RICE, JAMES L. |
born: 7 Dec 1835, Rockingham County | died: 7 Oct 1919, Mason County, WV |
occupation: farmer |
Enlisted: 14 Jun 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. H, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Wounded: 28 Aug 1862, Manassas; shot through the mouth and passed through neck; discharged 15 Feb 1864 |
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RICE, JOHN B. |
died: 3 Aug 1862, Charlottesville, typhoid fever |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. G, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Promoted to 2nd corporal 15 Aug 1861; reduced to ranks about Apr 1862 |
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RICE, JOSEPH A. |
died of wounds: 1 Jun 1863, Ellwood |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: corporal |
Unit: Co. B, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Appointed 3rd sergeant 3 Nov 1861; promoted 1st sergeant 23 Apr 1862; MWIA 3 May 1863, Chancellorsville |
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RICE, JOSEPH STEPHENS |
born: 23 Dec 1837 | died: 23 Dec 1917, Penn Laird, Rockingham County |
Enlisted: 18 Oct 1862, Jefferson County, (West) Virginia | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. H, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior Service: Co. A, 146th Virginia Militia |
Wounded: 5 May 1864, Shady Grove (Wilderness), lungs - dangerous; paroled 19 May 1865, Staunton |
Postwar resident of Harrisonburg and Broadway |
Awarded Cross of Honor 15 Sep 1910 and 9 Apr 1917 |
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RICE, STEPHEN M. |
born: 1843 | died: 30 May 1862 |
Enlisted: 14 Jun 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. H, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Wounded 21 Jul 1861, Manassas; discharged 25 Aug 1861, as a result of wounds received at Manassas |
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RICE, WILLIAM H. |
Parents: Dr. John W. Rice & Anna Gilliams | Wife: Mary F |
Unit: New Market Artillery |
Additional Service: Staunton Artillery |
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RICE, ROBERT SYDNEY |
Killed in action: Petersburg, Virginia |
Parents: Dr. John W. Rice & Anna Gilliams |
Unit: New Market Artillery |
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RICHARD, WILLIAM A. |
born: 6 May 1841 | died: 10 Feb 1923 |
buried: Beahm's Chapel Cemetery, Page County | Wife: Ella B. Richard, m. 6 Dec 1863 |
Enlisted: 2 Jun 1861, Luray | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Absent sick 3 Oct 1861 - about Apr 1862; AWOL after Apr 1862; deserted to cavalry |
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RICHARDS, CHARLES C. |
died of wounds: 1 Dec 1863, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. G, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Absent 22 Aug - Nov 1861; 2ounded 3 May 1863, Chancellorsville; MWIA 27 Nov 1863, Payne's Farm, Mine Run, gunshot wound to abdomen |
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RICHARDS, FRANKLIN |
Enlisted: 21 Aug 1861, Camp Johnson | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. L, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Wounded Aug 1862, Manassas; absent Feb 1864 - ?; wounded 6 Apr 1865, Sayler's Creek; POW 6 Apr 1865, Sayler's Creek; to Fort McHenry May 1865; released 10 Jun 1865 |
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RICKARD/RICHARDS, JOHN H. |
born: 6 Feb 1845 | died: 17 Dec 1905, Calvary, Shenandoah County |
Enlisted: 20 Feb 1863, Edinburg | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. K, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Wounded: 3 Jul 1863, Fairfield, Pennsylvania; captured 5 Jul 1863, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; confined at DeCamp General Hospital, David's Island, New York; exchanged 28 Aug 1863, City Point; paroled 18 Apr 1865, Winchester |
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RIDDEL, JAMES ANDREW, JR. |
born: near Mt. Solon | died: 19 Aug 1862 |
Enlisted: 14 Mar 1862, Rude's Hill | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. A, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Shot for desertion 19 Aug 1862, at camp near Rapidan River |
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RIDDELLE, AUSTIN ARCHIBALD |
born: 29 Aug 1840 | died: 11 Nov 1911, Strasburg |
buried: Riverview Cemetery, Strasburg | Wife: Sallie E. Riddelle |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Woodstock | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. F, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Wounded Jul 1863, Gettysburg; transferred to Co. D, 18th Virginia Cavalry; resident of Strasburg in 1900 |
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RIDDLEBERGER, ELIAS |
born: 8 Jul 1828, Shenandoah County | died: 17 Feb 1927 |
buried: Mount Pisgah Methodist Church Cemetery, near Fort Defiance |
Rank: private |
Unit: Co. M, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Unit disbanded Jun 1861 |
Stage driver for the remainder of the war according to his pension application; U.C.V. application (Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25, Staunton) shows he was in the 52nd Regiment Virginia Infantry, but is not found on the rolls |
postwar farmer near Bridgewater |
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RIDDLEBERGER, HARRISON HOLT |
born: 4 Oct 1843 | buried: Cedarwood Cemetery, Edinburg |
Parents: Madison & Susan Shryock Riddleberger | Wife: Emma V. Belew |
Commissioned: 10 Apr 1862, Harrisonburg | Rank: lieutenant |
Unit: Co. C (2nd), 10th Virginia Infantry |
Appointed 2nd lieutenant 22 Apr 1862; absent sick 18 Sep - Oct 1862; accidentally shot 22 Oct 1862; detailed as Enrolling Officer, Shenandoah County, about Jan 1863 - about Feb 1864; promoted captain of cavalry (Imboden's) 18th Virginia Cavalry |
postwar publisher Tenth Legion Banner; Commonwealth's Attorney, Shenandoah County; Virginia State Senate 1883 - 1889 |
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RIDDLEBERGER, W. JOSEPH H. |
born: 14 Sep 1844 | died: 22 May 1906 |
occupation: laborer | buried: Greenhill Cemetery, Martinsburg, West Virginia |
Enlisted: 17 Apr 1861, Staunton | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C, 5th Virginia Infantry |
AWOL 23 Jan 1862 and 17 Apr 1862; muster roll Oct 1862 states he joined the cavalry |
Member Berkeley Camp United Confederate Veterans |
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RIFFEY, JACOB |
born: 1829 | died: Nov 1872, Shenandoah County |
Parents: George & Mary Riffey | Wife: Rachel Eliza Kern |
Enlisted: 23 Mar 1862 | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 5th Virginia Infantry "Continental Morgan Guard" |
Prior Service: Co. E, 146th Virginia Militia |
Wounded: 3 May 1863, Chancellorsville; absent through Feb 1864; shown as deserter Oct 1864, but with no details |
Enlisted: 1 May 1864 |
Unit: Co. D, 35th Virginia Cavalry |
Additional Service: Co. A, 35th Virginia Cavalry |
Paroled 20 Apr 1865 |
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RIFFEY, WILLIAM H. |
born: 14 Apr 1844 | died: 11 Feb 1941 |
buried: St. Luke Lutheran Church Cemetery, St. Luke, Shenandoah County |
Parents: George & Mary Riffey | Wife: Sarah M. Holler |
Enlisted: 14 Aug 1862, New Market | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Paroled: 20 Apr 1864, New Market |
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RILEY, PETER |
resided Shenandoah County |
Enlisted: 14 May 1862 |
Unit: Co. E, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
Present through Oct 1861; captured 12 May 1864, Spotsylvania Court House; to Fort Delaware 20 May 1864; oath of allegiance and released 10 May 1865 |
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RIMAL, GEORGE W. |
resided in Martinsburg, Berkeley County |
Enlisted: 19 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. B, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Frequently absent in 1861; promoted to 3rd corporal 23 Apr 1862; POW 12 May 1864, Spotsylvania Court House; to Point Lookout 18 May 1864; to Elmira, NY 2 Aug 1864; released under oath 27 Jun 1865 |
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RIMEL, PETER |
Enlisted: 3 Jul 1861, Winchester | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. E, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Absent Jul 1861 - about Nov 1861; absent sick at home 27 May 1862; no further record |
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RINKER, BENJAMIN F. |
resided Shenandoah County |
Parents: Ephraim D. & Sarah Dellinger Rinker | Wife: Susan McClanahan |
Enlisted: 19 Mar 1862 |
Unit: Co. K, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
Deserted 24 Apr 1862; joined from desertion 26 Jan 1863; sentenced by court martial to pay loss and public reprimand |
Admitted Chimborazo Hospital 3 May 1863, typhoid fever; returned to duty 18 Jun 1863; deserted 10 Oct 1863; captured Guinea Station (date not stated); to Fort Delaware Dec 1863; oath of allegiance and released 11 Mar 1865 |
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RINKER, ERASMUS F. |
Wife: Elizabeth S. Moore |
Unit: Co. H, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior Service: Co. G, 136th Virginia Militia |
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RINKER, FENTON T. |
Parents: Jacob G. & Dianna G. Smith Rinker | Wife: Rebecca Ellen Swisher |
Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior Service: Co. H, 136th Virginia Militia |
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RINKER, GEORGE |
resided: Shenandoah County |
Parents: Benjamin & Susan Zirkle Rinker | Wife: Sarah Brenner |
Unit: 33rd Virginia Infantry (co. not stated) |
Captured Shenandoah County (date not stated); oath of allegiance and released 1 May 1865 |
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RINKER, ISRAEL P. |
born: 21 Sep 1818, Shenandoah County | Killed in action: 17 Aug 1862, near Zane's Furnace, by bushwhackers at about sunrise, while leading his company on a scout down the Back Road |
buried: Lantz-Bowman Cemetery, near Edinburg | Wife: Mary Ann Lantz |
Enlisted: 2 Apr 1862, Hawkinstown | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Transferred to Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Promoted to Captain of Co. K; only records on file are company requisitions for August 1862 |
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RINKER, ISRAEL R. |
born: circa 14 Feb 1822 | died: 17 Feb 1884 or 27 Feb 1886, Cabin Hill, Shenandoah County, of dropsy and heart trouble |
buried: St. John's United Church of Christ Cemetery, Hudsons Crossroads |
Enlisted: 13 Aug 1861, Winchester | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. K, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
AWOL: Jul - Aug 1864 |
Postwar resident of Shenandaoh County |
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RINKER, JACOB GEORGE SHADE |
born: circa 1845 | resided Shenandoah County |
Parents: Henry St. John & Mary Rinker | Wife: Evaline Kerlin |
Enlisted: 20 Mar 1864, New Market | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Hardesty's Encyclopedia says wounded twice Wilderness (arm) and Cedar Creek (neck); paroled 4 May 1865, Edinburg |
Alive in Arkansas in 1884 |
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RINKER, JACOB Z. |
born: circa 1841 | resident of Shenandoah County |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Edinburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C (1st), 10th Virginia Infantry |
Transferred to Co. F, 18 Apr 1862; POW 12 May 1864, Spotsylvania Court House; to Fort Delaware 20 May 1864; released under oath 15 Jun 1865 |
resided in Loudoun County, 1900 |
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RINKER, JONATHAN HENRY |
born: circa 1841 | resided: Hamburg, Shenandoah County |
occupation: farmer |
Parents: Henry St. John & Mary Rinker | Wife: Sarah C. Hoover |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Edinburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C (1st), 10th Virginia Infantry |
no further record with 10th |
Enlisted: 16 Apr 1862, Hawkinstown | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Enlisted: 1 May 1862, Woodstock | Rank: Sergeant |
Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Paroled: 24 Apr 1865, Winchester |
Alive in Illinois in 1884 |
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RINKER, LEMUEL H. |
Enlisted: 8 Jun 1861, Harpers Ferry | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C(1st), 10th Virginia Infantry |
Discharged 27 Jul 1861, Fairfax Station, hernia |
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RINKER, MICHAEL F. |
born: circa 1843 |
Parents: Absalom & Rachel Rinker | Wife: Minerva Hammon |
Enlisted: 17 Aug 1862, New Market | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior Service: Co. F, 136th Virginia Militia |
On detail as regimental teamster Nov 1862, 1 Jun - 27 Sep 1863, Sep/Oct 1863 - Jul/Aug 1864; paroled 20 Apr 1865, Mount Jackson; no further record |
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RINKER, NOAH FRANKLIN |
born: circa 1833 |
Parents: Absalom & Rachel Rinker | Wife: 1. Dorothy Evey |
| Wife: 2. Cora L. Dellinger |
Enlisted: 17 Aug 1862, New Market | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior Service: Co. G, 97th Virginia Militia |
Absent sick Sep 1862; AWOL Nov 1862; on detail as regimental teamster Sep/Oct 1863 - Jul/Aug 1864; no further record |
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RINKER, ROBERT DOUGLAS |
born: circa 1842 | resided: Shenandoah County |
occupation: farmer |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Edinburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C (1st), 10th Virginia Infantry |
No record after 1 Mar 1862 |
Enlisted: 16 Apr 1862, Hawkinstown | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Enlisted: 1 May 1862 | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Sep/Oct 1862 rolls show him as POW since 30 May 1862; horse KIA 21 Jun 1863, near Upperville; horse KIA 11 Oct 1863, near Brandy Station; absent sick at hospital Jul/Aug 1864; paroled: 4 May 1865, Edinburg |
Resident of Pataskala, Licking County, Ohio in 1884 |
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RINKER, SAMUEL W. |
Parents: Levi & Margaret Reed Rinker | Wife: Sallie Catherine Miller |
Enlisted: 1861, Harpers Ferry | Rank: orderly sergeant |
Unit: Co. C (1st), 10th Virginia Infantry |
Prior Service: Co. G, 136th Virginia Militia |
No further record |
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RINKER, THOMAS J. |
Parents: Jacob & Elizabeth Rinker | Wife: Elizabeth Fisher Brubeck |
Unit: Co. E, 136th Virginia Militia |
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RION, JOHN D. |
born: circa 1830, Rockingham County | occupation: farmer |
Enlisted: 17 Jun 1861, Conrads Store | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. I, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Absent after 20 Jul 1861; discharged 9 Dec 1861, chronic rheumatism |
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RIPLEY, VALENTINE |
born: 21 Apr 1835 | died: 17 Oct 1869 |
buried: Union Church Cemetery, Mount Jackson |
Parents: William & Elizabeth Ripley | Wife: Mary Elizabeth Allen |
Enlisted: 13 May 1861 | Rank: Lieutenant |
Unit: Co. G, 33rd Virginia Infantry, "Mount Jackson Rifles" |
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RIPPETOE, DeWITT C. |
resided: Rockingham County |
Member Provost Guard, Staunton 27 May 1863 |
Enlisted: 4 Apr 1864, Camp Lee | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 5th Virginia Infantry, "Continental Morgan Guards" |
Captured 12 May 1864, Spotsylvania; to Fort Delaware; released 21 Jun 1865 |
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RITENOUR/RIDENOUR, ALFRED |
Parents: George & Anne Ridenour | Wife: Isabella Cullers |
Unit: Co. E, 11th Virginia Cavalry |
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RITCHIE, ADDISON |
born: 29 Jun 1838 | resident of Rockingham County |
occupation: farmer | buried: Mt. Grove Cemetery, Rockingham County |
Enlisted: 14 May 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. H, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Wounded 3 May 1863, Chancellorsville; deserted 25 Oct 1863; took oath of allegiance and was sent north |
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RITENOUR, ANDREW |
resided Shenandoah County |
Parents: David & Elizabeth | Wife: Eliza J. Bosserman |
Enlisted: 18 Jun 1861 | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. B, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
Promoted to Corporal 10 Aug 1862; captured 27 Nov 1863, Winchester; to Fort Delaware; oath of allegiance and released 11 Mar 1865 |
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RITENOUR/RITTENOUR, CALVIN J. |
born: 28 Mar 1841 | died: 5 Dec 1906 |
buried: St. Johns United Church Cemetery, near Edinburg | Wife: Sarah G. Ritenour |
Enlisted: 3 Jun 1861 |
Unit: Co. C, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
Wounded: 21 Jul 1861, First Manassas; absent Aug 1861; present through Oct 1861; deserted Dec 1861 |
Enlisted: 1 May 1862, New Market | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
On detail as Regimental blacksmith Nov 1862, Sep/Oct 1863; company blacksmith Jan/Feb - Jul/Aug 1864; unofficial source (Virginia State Library) says wounded in foot (date and battle not stated); paroled 17 Apr 1865, Winchester |
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RITENOUR, DAVID |
resided: Shenandoah County |
Enlisted: 24 Apr 1862 |
Unit: Co. B, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
Wounded 28 Aug 1862, Second Manassas; admitted Richmond Hospital 9 May 1863, acute diarrhea; to Lynchburg 13 May 1863; deserted 22 Jul 1863 |
Captured 27 Nov 1863, Winchester; to Fort Delaware Dec 1863; oath of allegiance and released 11 Mar 1865 |
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RITENOUR/RIDENOUR, DAVID H. |
Unit: Co. I, 11th Virginia Cavalry |
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RITENOUR/RITTENHOUR, DAVID H. (F.?) |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: musician |
Unit: Co. G, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Detailed to regimental band 18 Apr 1861; POW Mar 1862; paroled; returned to duty about Sep 1862; appears "Field & Staff" 31 Oct 1863; paroled 9 Apr 1865, Appomattox Court House |
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RITENOUR, E.G. |
Enlisted: 24 Mar 1862 |
Unit: Co. G, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
Present Apr 1862; deserted 17 Apr 1862 |
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RITENOUR, GEORGE |
Enlisted: 10 Apr 1862 |
Unit: Co. B, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
Absent sick through Aug 1862; Present Oct 1862; Deserted 21 Nov 1862; Present Jun 1863 - Dec 1863 |
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RITENOUR, HAMPSON |
Parents: David & Mary Ritenour | Wife: Martha Ellen Miller |
Unit: Co. G, 146th Virginia Militia |
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RITENOUR, HIRAM |
Killed in action: 3 Jul 1863, Gettysburg |
Enlisted: 18 Jun 1861 |
Unit: Co. B, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
Present through Oct 1861; wounded 23 Mar 1862, Kernstown; wounded 1 Jul 1862, Malvern Hill; absent wounded through Dec 1862; present Jun 1863 |
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RITENOUR, JACOB |
Enlisted: 26 Mar 1863 |
Unit: Co. G, 33rd Virginia Infantry, "Mount Jackson Rifles" |
Present Aug 1863; deserted 25 Sep 1863 |
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RITENOUR, JOEL WILLIAM |
born: Jul 1840 |
Parents: Daniel & Frances Ritenour | Wife: Martha A. Shuff |
Enlisted: 18 Jun 1861 |
Unit: Co. B, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
Present through Oct 1861; AWOL through Oct 1862; listed as a deserter |
Additional Service: Co. D, 18th Virginia Cavalry |
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RITENOUR, JOHN H. |
born: 1843 | died: 1911 |
buried: Massanutten Cemetery, Woodstock | Wife: Virginia F. Kibler |
Enlisted: 1 May 1862, New Market | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Paroled 18 Apr 1865, Winchester |
Postwar resident of Shenandoah County |
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RITENOUR/RIDENOUR, MILTON |
Parents: John & Mary Ridenour | Wife: Sarah Catherine Keller |
Unit: 146th Virginia Militia |
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RITENOUR, PHILIP W. |
Enlisted: 3 Jun 1861 |
Unit: Co. C, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
Absent sick Aug 1861; AWOL through Oct 1862; deserted |
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RITTER, CARTER |
born: 1831, Frederick County | occupation: laborer |
Enlisted: 8 Apr or 16 May 1861, Winchester | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 5th Virginia Infantry, "Continental Morgan Guards" |
Present Jun 1861; carried on rolls as AWOL through Dec 1862; desertion notice in Winchester Virginian 15 Oct 1861, residence 3 1/2 miles southeast of Winchester |
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RITTER, HENRY |
occupation: laborer |
Enlisted: 17 May 1861, Winchester (age 30) | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 5th Virginia Infantry, "Continental Morgan Guards" |
AWOL Oct 1861 - Apr 1862; absent under arrest for desertion Oct 1862; sent to Staunton hospital from guardhouse as a nurse 3 Jan 1863; AWOL 13 Jun 1863 - Dec 1863; desertion roll 31 Mar 1864, shows him in Frederick County |
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ROADCAP, JAMES W. |
resident of Rockingham County |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. B, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Absent sick Aug - Dec 1861; detailed to pioneer corps 1 Jan 1863 - Jun 1863; POW 5 Apr 1865, Waynesboro; to Point Lookout; released under oath 15 Jun 1865 |
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ROADCAP, JOHN |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. B, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Absent sick Aug 1862 - Oct 1862; POW 12 May 1864, Spotsylvania Court House |
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ROADCAP, JOHN |
Enlisted: 8 May 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. B, 10th Virginia Infantry |
AWOL Apr 1862; deserted, recaptured, under arrest; sentenced to be shot Aug 1862; escaped; reenlisted from desertion 31 Dec 1863; deserted 4 Feb 1864 |
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ROBERTS, PHILIP |
born: circa 1839 | died: 12 Jul 1912 |
buried: Wood Cemetery, Rileyville |
Enlisted: 2 Jun 1861, Luray | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Absent sick 13 Oct - 12 Dec 1861; Nov 1862 - ?; returned about Jul 1863; paroled 22 Apr 1865, Winchester |
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ROBERTS, SAMUEL |
born: Jefferson County | Killed: 25 May 1862, Winchester |
Enlisted: 28 Feb 1862, Winchester | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. L, 5th Virginia Infantry |
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ROBERTS, THOMAS |
Enlisted: 23 Apr 1862, McGaheysville | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. E, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Discharged 12 Aug 1862 |
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ROBERTSON, GEORGE C. |
born: circa 1835 | died: 22 Apr 1915 |
buried: Green Hill Cemetery, Luray |
Enlisted: 2 Jun 1861, Luray | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Absent sick 27 Oct - 23 Dec 1861; detailed as nurse 19 Jun 1862; AWOL 9 Jun - 13 Aug 1863; paroled 20 Apr 1865, Millwood |
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ROBERTSON, JOHN F. |
Enlisted: 22 Mar 1862, Luray | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Deserted about 18 Apr 1862 |
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ROBERTSON, ROBERT S. |
Parents: James & Rebecca Spiker Robertson | Wife: Frances Spiggle |
Unit: Co. K, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior Service: Co. D, 146th Virginia Militia |
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ROBERTSON, WILLIAM |
born: circa 1817 | occupation: stonemason |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Strasburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. A, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Discharged 18 Apr 1862, over age |
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ROBINSON, JOSEPH |
Pre-war private Continental Morgan Guards, 1859 |
occupation: shoemaker |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Winchester, age 21 | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 5th Virginia Infantry, "Continental Morgan Guards" |
AWOL 18 Apr 1862, New Market or Lacey Springs; desertion report 20 Apr 1864 confirms his absence |
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ROBINSON, WILLIAM |
Wife: Elizabeth Catherine Albert |
Unit: Co. B, 136th Virginia Militia |
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RODEFFER, DAVID |
born: 28 Nov 1808 | died: 17 Apr 1871, Denison, TX |
buried: Massanutten Cemetery, Woodstock | Wife: Ann Sager, m. 3 Sep 1830 |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Woodstock | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. F, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Absent sick 10 Oct 1862 - May 1863; apparently employed as a nurse after May 1863, Camp Winder, Richmond |
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RODEFFER, EDWARD |
Unit: Co. C, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
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RODEFFER, JAMES HARRISON |
born: 13 Nov 1836, Woodstock | died: 1926 |
buried: Massanutten Cemetery, Woodstock |
Parents: David & Ann Rodeffer | Wife: Jane Morrison |
Enlisted: 18 Jun 1861, Woodstock | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. F, 10th Virginia Infantry |
promoted to 2nd corporal 3 Apr 1862; 2ounded (head and leg) 3 May 1863, Chancellorsville; returned to duty about Feb 1864 |
Transferred to Co. B, 31 Oct 1864 |
Transferred to Thomson's Battery, Horse Artillery 7 Jan 1865 |
postwar Mayor of Woodstock |
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RODEFFER, JOHN W. |
Parents: Jacob & Ann Rodeffer | Wife: Ida E. Tucker |
Unit: Co. E, 136th Virginia Militia |
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RODEFFER, THEODORE |
Parents: Jacob & Ann Rodeffer | Wife: Mildred C. Rodgers |
Unit: Chew's Artillery |
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RODEFFER, WILLIAM H. |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: musician |
Unit: Co. G, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Absent after Jan 1862; discharged about Oct 1862 |
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ROGERS, ALBERT |
resident of Rockingham County |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. D, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Detailed as teamster Dec 1862; POW 2 Mar 1865, Waynesboro; to Fort Delaware 12 Mar 1865; released 15 Jun 1865 |
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ROGERS, HIRAM |
Enlisted: 10 Apr 1862, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C (2nd), 10th Virginia Infantry |
AWOL after 28 Apr 1862 |
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ROGERS, JEWETT G. |
born: circa 1839, Rockingham County | occupation: farmer |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private, musician |
Unit: Co. G, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Detailed regimental band 1 Oct 1861; AWOL Jun 1862 - Sep 1862; absent sick 25 Nov 1862 - about Feb 1863; discharged 4 Feb 1863, chronic rheumatism |
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ROGERS, JOHN |
Conscripted 17 Jun 1862, Port Republic | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. G, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Shot by sentence of general court-martial 19 Aug 1862 |
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ROHR, STANSBERRY |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. D, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Furloughed Jun 1861, 10 days; AWOL 31 Aug 1861; no further record |
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ROHR, WILLIAM S. |
died: 29 Dec 1872 |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. G, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Absent sick Jun 1862 - Aug 1862; 28 Nov 1862 - about Apr 1863; detailed to conscript duty about Jun 1863, Harrisonburg |
Transferred to cavalry about Apr 1864 |
postwar Clerk of Virginia General Assembly |
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ROLLER, PETER F. |
Enlisted: 5 Jul 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. H, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Deserted 16 Apr 1862 |
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ROLLINGS, JAMES W. |
Enlisted: 2 Jun 1861, Luray | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Absent sick 1 Aug - Oct 1862; transferred to hospital 19 Mar 1863, Petersburg, general disability; no further record |
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ROLSTON, DAVID HINTON |
born: Harrisonburg | buried: Harrisonburg |
Enlisted: 14 Mar 1862, Rappahannock | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. H, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Wounded 3 May 1863, Chancellorsville; returned to duty Sep 1863; wounded May 1864, Wilderness; no further record after 31 Mar 1864 clothing receipt; MWIA Wilderness |
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ROLSTON, JOHN H. |
Commissioned 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: 2nd lieutenant |
Unit: Co. H, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Promoted to 1st lieutenant 23 Apr 1862 |
Detailed to conscript duty 28 Jan 1863 - about Sep 1863; POW Apr 1865, Farmville; to U.S. Hospital; resigned 8 Mar 1865, but captured 2 Apr 1865; wounded Sayler's Creek |
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ROLSTON, JAMES P. |
Commissioned 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: 1st lieutenant |
Unit: Co. H, 10th Virginia Infantry |
promoted to captain 23 Apr 1862 |
Wounded 9 Aug 1862, Cedar Run; returned to duty Jan 1863; wounded 3 May 1863, Chancellorsville; returned to duty Feb 1864; retired from active duty 30 Apr 1862; enrolled in Invalid Corps; assigned to conscript duty May 1864, Rockingham County |
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ROLSTON, MICHAEL H. |
Killed in action: 3 May 1863, Chancellorsville |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: 3rd sergeant |
Unit: Co. H, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Promoted to 3rd lieutenant 23 Apr 1862 |
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ROLSTON, WILLIAM |
Enlisted: 25 Apr 1861, Harpers Ferry | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. H, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Detailed as teamster 10 Apr 1862 - Jun 1863; absent sick 8 Sep 1863 - ?; no record after 2 Feb 1864 clothing receipt |
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ROMICK, JOHN M. |
born: 4 Dec 1831 | buried: Old Union Church Cemetery, Mount Jackson |
Parents: John & Sarah Romack | Wife: Elizabeth Rosenberger |
Enlisted: 18 May 1861, Mount Jackson | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. G, 33rd Virginia Infantry, "Mount Jackson Rifles" |
Deserted near Centreville 4 Aug 1861; returned 20 Oct 1861; Jan/Feb 1862 roll says he was absent sick at hospital with rheumatism since 1 Jan 1862; present Mar/Apr 1862; deserted 15 Oct 1862 |
Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry (source: Virginia State Library) |
Tomstone inscription says Co. A, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
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ROOF, DANIEL M. |
died: 20 Sep 1861, Culpeper, typhoid fever | buried: Fairview Cemetery, Culpeper |
Enlisted: 14 Jun 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. H, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Absent sick Jul 1861 - Sep 1861 |
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ROOF/ROFF, JOHN F. |
born: circa 1843 | resident of Rockingham County |
occupation: farmer |
Enlisted: 19 Jun 1861, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. G, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Wounded 2 Jul 1861, Manassas; deserted 20 Jul 1863; to Wheeling Atheneum Prison 21 Jul 1863; to Camp Chase, OH 23 Jul 1863; released 5 Aug 1863 |
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ROSENBERGER, ADAM |
Wife: Mary E. Rosenberger |
Unit: Co. D, 18th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior Service: Co. G, 97th Virginia Militia |
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ROSENBERGER, ANDREW J. |
born: circa 1846 |
Not on muster rolls | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. I, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Admitted General Hospital No. 9, 5 Feb 1865; paroled 20 Apr 1865, New Market; no further record |
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ROSENBERGER, CHRISTOPHER THEOPHILUS |
born: 14 Jan 1835 | died: 2 Jun 1905 |
buried: St. Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery, Hamburg |
Parents: Jacob & Anna Rinker Rosenberger | Wife: Frances V. Watson |
Enlisted: 15 Jun 1861 | Rank: 4th Sergeant |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Listed as 3rd Corporal 1 Jan 1862 - 30 Apr 1862; reenlisted: 1 May 1862, Conrad's Store |
Listed as 4th Sergeant Nov - Dec 1862; wounded (hand, severe) 3 Jul 1863, Fairfield, PA; present 31 Dec 1863 |
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ROSENBERGER, DAVID |
Parents: Henry & Lydia Funkhouser Rosenberger | Wife: Rachel A. Funkhouser |
Unit: Co. A, 136th Virginia Militia |
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ROSENBERGER, ELIJAH |
Parents: William & Mary Rosenberger | Wife: Margaret Crabill |
Unit: Co. D, 18th Virginia Cavalry |
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ROSENBERGER, ERASMUS |
born: 14 Jan 1835 | died of wounds: 4 Jul 1863, PA |
occupation: farmer | buried: Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hamburg |
Parents: Jacob & Anna Rinker Rosenberger | Wife: Lydia Stoner |
Enlisted: 2 Jul 1861, Edinburg | Rank: 1st Lieutenant |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Elected 2nd Lieutenant 1 May 1862; promoted to 1st Lieutenant 30 Oct 1862; commanding Co. Nov 1862; wounded 3 Jul 1863, Fairfield, PA |
Cited by Lt. Col. Thomas Marshall as "a faithful and improving one (officer)" |
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ROSENBERGER, GEORGE W. |
Parents: George W. & Margaret Rosenberger | Wife: (1) Barbara A. Kagey |
| Wife: (2) Amelia J. Kagey |
Unit: Co. B, 146th Virginia Militia |
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ROSENBERGER, HARVEY J. |
Parents: Edmund J. and Mary Rothgeb Rosenberger | Wife: Martha E. Zirkle |
Unit: New Market Artillery |
Additional Service: Danville Artillery |
Prior Service: Co. H, 58th Virginia Militia |
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ROSENBERGER, JAMES H. |
born: circa 1835 |
Enlisted: 1 Jul 1861 | Rank: lieutenant |
Unit: Co. K, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
Wounded 21 Jul 1861, First Manassas; present Oct 1861; captured 25 Aug 1862 (location not stated, probably near Manassas), returned Nov 1862 |
Wounded (left thigh) 10 May 1864, location not stated; captured May 1864, location not stated; paroled 17 Apr 1865, Winchester |
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ROSENBERGER, JOHN A. |
Enlisted: 1 Aug 1862, Richmond | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. D, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Absent 1 May 1863 - ?; POW 12 May 1864, Spotsylvania Court House; to Point Lookout 18 May 1864; to Elmira, NY 2 Aug 1864; exchanged Mar 1865 |
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ROSENBERGER, JOHN W. |
Enlisted: 2 Mar 1862 |
Unit: Co. D, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
Present Apr 1862; deserted 1 May 1863 |
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ROSENBERGER, JOHN W. |
Killed in action: 3 Jul 1863, Gettysburg, PA |
Enlisted: 5 Apr 1862 | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. H, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
Promoted to Corporal 1 Aug 1862; promoted to Sergeant Jun 1863 |
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ROSENBERGER, JOSEPH |
Parents: Abraham & Ann Rosenberger | Wife: (1) Elizabeth Sheetz |
| Wife: (2) Margaret A. Kibler |
Unit: Co. D, 8th Battalion Virginia Reserves |
Additional Service: Co. C, 3rd (Chrisman's) Battalion Virginia Reserves |
Prior Service: Co. E, 136th Virginia Militia |
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ROSS, DAVID |
born: circa 1836 |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Woodstock |
Unit: Co. F, 10th Virginia Infantry |
POW 3 Jul 1863, Gettysburg; to Fort McHenry 6 Jul 1863; to Fort Delaware 12 Jul 1863, Point Lookout 27 Oct 1863; relased under oath; joined U.S. service 25 Jan 1864 |
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ROSS, JOSHUA |
Wife: Elizabeth Six |
Unit: Co. D, 8th Battalion Virginia Reserves |
Prior Service: Co. F, 136th Virginia Militia |
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ROSS, SOLOMON D. |
born: 1833 | died: 28 Aug 1884 |
buried: Dellinger Cemetery, Conicville, Shenandoah County |
Parents: Reuben & Mary Ross | Wife: Elenora Helsley |
Enlisted: 15 Jun 1861, Edinburg | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Absent 1 Jan 1862 - 30 Apr 1862, discharged |
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ROTHGEB, SOLOMON DAVID |
born: 16 Feb 1832, Page County | died: 26 Apr 1918, Page County |
buried: Leakesville Congregational Church Cemetery, Luray |
Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Paroled Appomattox Court House |
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ROYER, JOSEPH L. |
born: circa 1842 | died of wounds: 7 Sep 1862, Staunton |
resident of Rockingham County |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, McGaheysville | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. E, 10th Virginia Infantry |
MWIA 9 Aug 1862, Cedar Run |
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ROYER, NOAH A. |
born: 1832 | wife: Mary Frances Gooden, m. 18 May 1884 |
Enlisted: 23 Apr 1862, McGaheysville | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. E, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Absent 1 Aug 1862 - Nov 1862; detailed as teamster 1 Dec 1862, Louisa Iron Works, Rockingham County; no record after Feb 1863, Louisa Iron Works |
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RUBY, JOHN C. |
born: 11 Sep 1836 | died: 27 Jan 1903 |
buried: Hawkinson United Methodist Church Cemetery, near Mount Jackson |
Parents: Jacob & Diannah Brinker Ruby | Wife: Sarah C. Kerlin |
Enlisted: 11 Jan 1863, New Market | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
On detail as Regimental blacksmith beginning 1 Nov 1863 "to make shoe nailes for regt."; no further record; paroled 20 Apr 1865, New Market |
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RUBY, JOSEPH H. |
born: 1841 | died: 1915 |
buried: Mount Jackson Cemetery | Wife: Frances Ruby |
Unit: Co. G, 33rd Virginia Infantry, "Mount Jackson Rifles" |
Additional Service: Co. G, 11th Virginia Cavalry |
Enlisted: 1 May 1862, New Market | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Absent at Nov 1862 muster "not seen since the fight at Berryville (29 Nov 1862)"; present Sep/Oct - Nov/Dec 1863; absent sick Jan/Feb 1864; present Mar/Apr 1864; absent sick Jul/Aug 1864; no further record |
Paroled: 20 Apr 1865, Mount Jackson |
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RUBY, WILLIAM HORNER |
born: circa 1844, Shenandoah County | died: 5 Jan 1921, Shenandoah County |
buried: Cedarwood Cemetery, Edinburg |
Parents: Jacob & Diana Brinker Ruby | Wife: Mary C. Maphis |
Prewar Service: Co. G, 136th Virginia Militia |
Enlisted: 7 Apr 1862, Hawkinstown | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Enlisted: 1 May 1862, Edinburg | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Absent at Nov 1862 muster "not seen since the fight at Berryville (29 Nov 1862)"; horse KIA 21 Jun 1863, near Upperville; paroled 21 Apr 1865, Mount Jackson |
Postwar carpenter residing in Shenandoah County |
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RUDOLPH, JACOB |
Enlisted: 1 May 1861, Harpers Ferry | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. A, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Absent sick nearly entire term of enlistement; reported to have joined cavalry; no record, dropped from the rolls 1 Jan 1863 |
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RUDOLPH, NASHVILLE D. |
born: 1843, Shenandoah County | died: 20 Dec 1922 |
buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond |
Enlisted: 11 Mar 1862, Winchester | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Disability discharge 25 Dec 1862, New Market "chronic bronchitis rendering him permanently unfit for military duty" |
Enlisted: 1 Apr 1864, Natural Bridge | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior Service: Co. A, 136th Virginia Militia |
Paroled 26 Apr 1865, Winchester |
Postwar resident of Star Tannery, Frederick County; entered Camp Lee Soldiers Home, Richmond, no date given |
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RUDY, DANIEL C. |
born: circa 1835 |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Woodstock | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. F, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Detailed as teamster, reserve ordnance train, Ewell's Corps Jan 1863; reported deserted to cavalry 31 Dec 1864 |
Resident of Wardensville, WV in 1900 |
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RUDY, DAVID |
born: 1827 | died: 1906 |
buried: Lambert Cemetery, Woodstock |
Parents: Henry & Barbara Rudy | Wife: Amelia Lambert |
Enlisted: 23 Mar 1862, Rude's Hill | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 5th Virginia Infantry "Continental Morgan Guard" |
Deserted 29 Apr 1862; deserted again 27 Dec 1862 from camp near Guinea Station; present under arrest for desertion Apr 1864; deserted Oct 1864 |
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RUDY, GEORGE |
born: circa 1822, Shenandoah County | Wife: Mary Hammond |
Assigned 5 Apr 1862, New Market |
Unit: Co. K, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
Prior Service: Co. C, 136th Virginia Militia |
Deserted 18 Apr 1862; discharged due to age 29 May 1863 |
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RUEBUSH, ABRAHAM C. |
born: Augusta County | occupation: carpenter |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, Winchester, age 19 | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. E, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Detailed at Winchester as hospital steward, 16 Nov 1861 |
Furlough Feb - Apr 1862; wounded 9 Jun 1862; wounded (neck) 3 May 1863, Chancellorsville; returned Oct 1863 |
Transferred to Co. H, 31 Oct 1864; transferred to Co. E, 10 Nov 1864; name appears on a clothing record Dec 1864 |
By 1907, the Rev. Abraham C. Ruebush who "had a leg shot off" was living in La Vaca, TX, as the father of 28 children (Staunton Spectator and Vindicator, 30 Aug 1907) |
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RUHL, WIEGAND |
Wife: Louisa C. |
Unit: Co. B, 136th Virginia Militia |
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RUNION, JOHN |
born: circa 1847 |
Postwar rosters only | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. H, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
1910 census: age 63, farmer, Lee District, Shenandoah County, also lists him as a veteran |
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RUPE, GEORGE |
a.k.a. George L. Roop |
born: Rockingham County | Killed in action: 2 Jul 1861, Falling Waters |
occupation: lawyer | buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, West Virginia |
Enlisted: 17 Apr 1861, Staunton, age 33 | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C, 5th Virginia Infantry |
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RUPERT, SIRAM |
Parents: Christian & Rebecca Rupert | Wife: Lavinia Fry |
Unit: Co. G, 136th Virginia Militia |
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RUPP, WILLIAM F. |
Parents: John Ernest & Magdalene Rupp | Wife: Mary Catherine Spitzer |
Unit: Co. B, 136th Virginia Militia |
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RUSH, JOSEPH B. |
died of wounds: 14 Jul 1863, Gettysburg |
Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, McGaheysville | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. E, 10th Virginia Infantry |
Appears as 3rd sergeant 31 Oct 1861; appears as 1st sergeant 7 Aug 1862; wounded 29 Aug 1862, Manassas; MWIA 3 Jul 1863, Gettysburg |
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RUSH, JOSEPH D. |
Parents: Wellington & Catherine Rush | Wife: Sarah F. Wibly |
Unit: Co. D, 18th Virginia Cavalry |
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RUSSELL, MONTEVILLE |
born: Shenandoah County | died: 27 Jan 1863 of disease |
Enlisted: 15 Jun 1861, Edinburg | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Reenlisted: 1 May 1862, Conrad's Store; no further record |
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RUSSELL, VALENTINE |
born: 12 Jun 1838 | died: 17 Oct 1893 |
buried: Massanutten Cemetery, Woodstock |
Parents: Robert & Lucy Russell | Wife: Caroline Huddle |
Enlisted: 1 May 1862, Conrad's Store | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior Service: Co. F, 136th Virginia Militia |
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RUSSELL, WILLIAM |
born: 28 Jul 1818 | died: 24 Mar 1889 |
buried: Gravel Springs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Star Tannery, Frederick County |
Rank: private |
Unit: 10th Virginia Infantry, company not stated |
Paroled 15 May 1865, Richmond |
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RUTHERFORD, A.S. |
died: 4 Mary 1863, in hospital at Hanover Junction |
Enlisted: 10 Apr 1862, Harrisonburg | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. C (2nd),10th Virginia Infantry |
Detailed 24 Apr 1862 by Col. Gibson as forager |
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RUTHERFORD, JOHN CARTER |
Parents: James William and Susan Pitman Rutherford |
Enlisted: 31 Jul 1861, Staunton |
Unit: Co. F, 52nd Virginia Infantry |
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RUTTER, JOSEPH |
occupation: laborer |
Enlisted: 30 May 1861, Winchester, age 21 | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. K, 5th Virginia Infantry, "Continental Morgan Guards" |
Sick Aug 1861; AWOL Oct 1861; reward notice in Winchester Virginian 24 Oct 1861, offered $20 for his detention; resided 3 miles east of Winchester |
Present, in confinement Dec 1861; AWOL 23 Mar 1862, Kernstown |
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RYAN, AMOS |
Wife: Leana Miller |
Unit: Co. C, 97th Virginia Militia |
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RYAN, EPHRAIM |
Parents: John & Hannah Bowers Ryan | Wife: Sarah A. Bowers |
Unit: Co. F, 136th Virginia Militia |
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RYAN, JEFFERSON KINNEY |
born: 20 Sep 1841, Port Republic | Killed in action: Aug 9, 1862, Cedar Run |
Resident of Augusta County |
Parents: Mary Ann Trout & Thomas William Ryan, m. Aug 14, 1839; Mary Ann was the sister of Nicholas Kinney Trout (See ERASMUS STRIBLING TROUT) and was born about 27 Nov 1815, died 22 Nov 1860 at Port Republic; Thomas was born 29 Mar 1813 in Baltimore, and died 12 Aug 1883 at Mount Jackson |
Farmer in Rockingham County, Jefferson was the 2nd eldest of 9 children. |
Enlisted: 5 Jul 1861, Port Republic | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. B, 10th Virginia Infantry |
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RYAN, JOHN W. |
Unit: Co. B, 6th Virginia Cavalry |
Additional Service: Co. K, 6th Virginia Cavalry |
Additional Service: Co. G, 23rd Virginia Cavalry |
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RYAN, JOSEPH NICHOLS |
born: 27 Jun 1840, Port Republic, Rockingham County | died: 30 Nov 1892 |
Moved to Staunton 1854 |
occupation: printer | buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton |
Enlisted 17 Apr 1861, Staunton | Rank: private |
Unit: Co. L, 5th Virginia Infantry |
Sick at Martinsburg hospital Jun - Oct 1861; wounded 23 Mar 1862, Kernstown; promoted to sergeant Apr 1862; wounded 27 Jun 1862, Gaines' Mill |
Promoted from 1st sergeant to 1st lieutenant, 10 Aug 1862; appeared on a list of officers promoted for valor and skill, 19 Nov 1862 |
Wounded (right leg amputated above knee) and captured at Chancellorsville; Medical Board recommened discharge 16 Feb 1864; granted leave of absence 11 Mar 1865 |
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RYMAN, DANIEL |
born: 5 Jul 1833 | died: 9 Feb 1912 |
buried: St. Johns United Church of Christ, southwest of Edinburg |
Parents: David & Elizabeth Ryman | Wife: Rebecca Wolfe |
Enlisted: 3 Sep 1862, New Market | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior Service: Co. F, 136th Virginia Militia |
Paroled: 20 Apr 1865, Winchester |
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RYMAN, DAVID |
died: 1893, Shenandoah County |
Enlisted: 20 Feb 1862, Martinsburg, (West) Virginia | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. K, 7th Virginia Cavalry |
Pension record says he was wounded during the war and it caused him to be paralyzed |
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RYMAN, GEORGE H. |
born: 13 Dec 1832 | died: 14 Jul 1910 |
buried: St. Luke Lutheran Church Cemetery, St. Luke, Shenandoah County |
Parents: Jacob & Sally Ryman | Wife: Susan M. Lowrey |
Enlisted: 2 Apr 1862, New Market | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. E, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior Service: Co. C, 136th Virginia Militia |
Detailed as Brigade blacksmith 19 Sep 1862 - Nov 1862; Sep/Oct 1863 - Mar/Apr 1864; paroled: 20 Apr 1865, New Market; no further record |
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RYMAN, ISAAC |
born: 1825 | died: 8 Dec 1913, Shenandoah County |
buried: St. Luke Lutheran Church Cemetery, St. Luke, Shenandoah County | Wife: Maria Jordan |
Additional Service: Co. E, 11th Virginia Cavalry |
Enlisted: 2 Apr 1862, New Market | Rank: Private |
Unit: Co. E, 12th Virginia Cavalry |
Prior Service: Co. D, 136th Virginia Militia |
Detailed as teamster Sep - Nov 1862; detailed as Brigade teamster Sep/Oct 1863 - Mar/Apr 1864; paroled: 18 Apr 1865, Winchester; no further record |
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RYMAN, JOHN |
Parents: David & Elizabeth Ryman | Wife: Rosanna Miller |
Unit: Co. C, 2nd Virginia Infantry |
Prior Service: Co. C, 97th Virginia Militia |
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RYMAN, JOHN L. |
Parents: Jacob & Sarah Ryman | Wife: Julia Ann Wisman |
Unit: Co. K, 33rd Virginia Infantry |
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RYMAN, LEVI H. |
Wife: Anna Zirkle |
Unit: Co. I, 58th Virginia Militia |
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RYMAN, MOSES |
Wife: Hannah Tusing |
Unit: Co. G, 2nd Virginia Infantry |
Prior Service: Co. G, 136th Virginia Militia |
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