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  • TALLEY, JOHN
  • born: Augusta Countydied: 20 Jun 1863, of typhoid fever
    buried: Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester
    Enlisted: 10 May 1864, StauntonRank: private
    Unit: Co. G, 5th Virginia Infantry
    AWOL 12 Jun 1862

  • TAYLOR, GEORGE W.
  • born: 22 Feb 1839, Winchesterdied: 20 Jun 1924
    buried: Mt. Hebron Cemetery, WinchesterWife: Virginia C. Dean, m. 2 May 1867
    Enlisted: 7 Mar 1862, WinchesterRank: private
    Unit: Co. A, 5th Virginia Infantry
    Present Mar 1862 - 6 May 1863; reported as having deserted at Winchester 23 Jul 1863
    Obituary states he served with Mosby, was captured and escaped, large reward offered for him by U.S.

  • TAYLOR, GEORGE W.
  • Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, HarrisonburgRank: private
    Unit: Co. D, 10th Virginia Infantry
    AWOL after 20 May 1862, no further record

  • TAYLOR, JAMES C.
  • born: 1832, Augusta CountyKilled in action: 9 Aug 1862, Cedar Mountain
    Enlisted: 10 Mar 1862, StauntonRank: private
    Unit: Co. G, 5th Virginia Infantry

  • TAYLOR, JAMES E.
  • born: Winchesterdied: 23 Jun 1905, Staunton, age 67
    occupation: confectionerburied: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton
    Enlisted: 17 Apr 1861, Staunton, age 23Rank: private
    Unit: Co. L, 5th Virginia Infantry
    Absent sick in Staunton hospital, 1861 - 1863; discharged by Medical Board, 8 Jan 1863

  • TAYLOR, JAMES E.
  • Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, HarrisonburgRank: private
    Unit: Co. D, 10th Virginia Infantry
    Appointed 2nd sergeant 25 Oct 1861; reduced to ranks Apr 1862; court-martialed about Sep 1863; AWOL Jun 1862 - Feb 1863; reenlisted from desertion
    POW 12 May 1864, Spotsylvania Court House; to Point Lookout 18 May 1864; to Elmira, NY 2 Aug 1864; paroled & exchanged Feb 1865, James River

  • TAYLOR, JOHN W.
  • Enlisted: 2 Jun 1861, LurayRank: private
    Unit: Co. K, 10th Virginia Infantry
    AWOL 18 Apr - Sep 1862; 31 May - 20 Oct 1863; court-martialed about Sep 1863; no record after 29 Feb 1864, present

  • TAYLOR, JOSEPH F.
  • Unit: Co. F, 2nd Virginia Infantry

  • TAYLOR, WILLIAM HENRY
  • born: 10 Nov 1843, Winchesterdied: 17 Apr 1908
    occupation: shoemakerWife: Mary Susan Curl, m. 21 Dec 1865
    Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, WinchesterRank: private
    Unit: Co. A, 5th Virginia Infantry
    Promoted to corporal 1861; to sergeant, 1862; deserted 16 Aug 1862, Gordonsville; captured 21 Jan 1863; to Camp Chase, Ohio; released 28 Mar 1863
    Present 30 Apr 1863; joined as private after his name had been dropped from the rolls; deserted 23 Jul 1863, Winchester
    Obituary states he joined Mosby's command and served wtih it for the remainder of the war
    occupation: yardmaster for B&O Railroad

  • TEAWALT, WILLIAM H.
  • Unit: Chew's Artillery

  • TEBBETS, ALFRED G.
  • born: 8 Jun 1837died: 10 Oct 1864
    buried: Otterbein Cemetery, RinkertonParents: A. G. & Hannah Tebbets
    Unit: Co. A, 7th Virginia Cavalry

  • TEETER, JOSEPH C.
  • died: date unknown, hospital
    Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, WoodstockRank: private
    Unit: Co. F, 10th Virginia Infantry
    Frequently sick with typhoid fever; no record after 25 Apr 1862, present

  • TERRELL, ANDREW JACKSON
  • Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, HarrisonburgRank: private
    Unit: Co. D, 10th Virginia Infantry
    AWOL after 4 May 1862; no further record

  • TERRELL, CALVIN
  • resident of Winchester
    Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, HarrisonburgRank: private
    Unit: Co. D, 10th Virginia Infantry
    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

  • TERRELL, ST. CLAIR
  • Enlisted: 26 Apr 1861, Harpers FerryRank: private
    Unit: Co. D, 10th Virginia Infantry
    Wounded 21 Jul 1861, Manassas; AWOL after 4 Jun 1862

  • THEIS, CHRISTIAN
  • born: 11 Jan 1835died: 6 Apr 1897
    buried: St. Matthews Lutheran Church Cemetery, New Market
    Parents: Conrad & Ann Catherine TheisWife: Eleanor Amanda Grim
    Unit: New Market Artillery
    Additional Service: Danville Artillery
    Prior Service: Co. B, 97th Virginia Militia

  • THEIS, HENRY W.
  • born: 7 Apr 1842died: 4 Feb 1929
    buried: St. Matthews Lutheran Church Cemetery, New Market
    Parents: Conrad & Ann Catherine TheisWife: Mary E. Hoover
    Unit: Staunton Artillery

  • THOMPSON, CHARLES WILLIAM
  • born: 21 Jun 1840, Winchesterdied: 18 Sep 1927
    occupation: plastererburied: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal
    Pre-war member Continental Morgan Guards, 1859
    Enlisted: 7 Jul 1861, WinchesterRank: private
    Unit: Co. A, 5th Virginia Infantry
    Promoted to corporal 29 Apr 1862; captured; paroled at Winchester 12 Jan 1863; exchanged 16 Feb 1863
    Moved to Front Royal 1875

  • THOMPSON, ELLIOTT DUNCAN
  • resided: Bentonville, Virginia
    Parents: John E. "Jack" & Rachael Amanda Mathews ThompsonWife: Sarah Elizabeth Lawrence
    Enlisted: Front Royal
    Unit: Co. B, 17th Virginia Infantry "Warren Rifles"

  • THOMPSON, J.P.
  • died of disease: 19 Sep 1864, Elmira, NYburied: Woodlawn Cemetery, grave No. 521
    Rank: private
    Unit: Co. G, 5th Virginia Infantry

  • JAMES THOMPSON
  • born: unknownKIA 25 Jul 1864, near Martinsburg, West Virginia
    buried: near Martinsburg, West Virginia (where he fell); dis-interred, removed to Green Hill Cemetery, Martinsburg, by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, January 1898
    Unit: Co. A, 14th Virginia CavalryRank: private
    Buried in UDC plot in Green Hill Cemetery in Jan 1898; identity was lost until 1998, when he was identified by Berkeley County Historical Society, Martinsburg, WV
    May 10, 2008, Federal Military marker dedicated by Berkeley Border Guards, Camp 199, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Martinsburg, West Virginia
    His identity has been restored

  • THOMPSON, JAMES H.
  • born: 10 Jul 1826died: 23 Sep 1906
    buried: Sheetz Cemetery (1), WoodstockWife: Sarah Haun
    Unit: Co. C, 136th Virginia Militia

  • THOMPSON, JAMES W.
  • born: 1816, Hampshire Countydied: 2 Sep 1862, at home in Frederick County
    occupation: miller
    Enlisted: 12 Jun 1861, WinchesterRank: private
    Unit: Co. K, 5th Virginia Infantry, "Continental Morgan Guards"

  • THOMPSON, JOHN L.
  • resident of Rockingham County
    Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, HarrisonburgRank: 3rd corporal
    Unit: Co. D, 10th Virginia Infantry
    Reduced to ranks 5 Oct 1861; AWOL 20 Mar 1862 - 12 Feb 1863; reenlisted from desertion; POW 3 Jul 1863, Gettysburg; to Fort Delaware Jul 1863; released under oath 15 Jun 1865

  • THOMPSON, ROBERT C.
  • born: circa 1843, Shenandoah Countyresided: Shenandoah County
    occupation: farmer
    Parents: George W. & Margaret ThompsonWife: M.A. Huddle
    Not on muster rollsRank: private
    Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry
    Captured: 4 Aug 1863, Cool Springs, Frederick County; confined at Camp Chase 12 Aug 1863; transferred to Fort Delaware 29 Feb 1864; oath of allegiance and released 15 Jun 1865; no further record
    Postwar resident of Shenandoah County

  • THUMA, THOMAS J.
  • resident of Rockingham County
    Enlisted: 1 Jun 1862, New Market
    Unit: Co. D, 10th Virginia Infantry
    Detached service with pioneer corps 19 Dec 1862 - 1864; POW 25 Mar 1865, Petersburg; to Point Lookout; released 21 Jun 1865

  • TIDLER, GEORGE M.
  • buried: St. Matthews Lutheran Church Cemetery, New Market
    Unit: Co. B, 97th Virginia Militia

  • TIDLER, GEORGE W.
  • Enlisted: 17 Jun 1861, Conrads StoreRank: private
    Unit: Co. I, 10th Virginia Infantry
    Absent sick Aug 1861 - Jul 1862; AWOL May 1862 - Nov 1862; deserted at New Market about Nov 1862

  • TIDLER, SAMUEL LUTHER
  • buried: St. Matthews Lutheran Church Cemetery, New MarketParents: Samuel & Margaret Tidler
    Unit: 8th New Market Star Artillery

  • TIDLER, WILLIAM J.
  • buried: St. Matthews Lutheran Church Cemetery, New MarketWife: Ann M.
    Unit: Co. B, 136th Virginia Militia

  • TIMMONS, ISAAC
  • born: circa 1827, Irelandoccupation: stone cutter
    Enlisted: 18 Apr 1861, HarrisonburgRank: private
    Unit: Co. B, 10th Virginia Infantry
    Discharged 24 Jul 1862, because he was a foreigner

  • TOBIN, ALBERT
  • probably died of disease: 9 May 1864, Pisgah Church area, Orange County
    Enlisted: 15 Mar 1862, LurayRank: private
    Unit: Co. K, 10th Virginia Infantry
    AWOL 18 Apr 1862 - 24 Aug 1862; 15 May 1863 - about Jan 1864; under arrest; sent to hospital about Feb 1864

  • TOBIN, JOHN S.
  • buried: Rileyville Cemetery
    Enlisted: 3 Mar 1862, LurayRank: private
    Unit: Co. K, 10th Virginia Infantry
    Wounded 21 Aug 1862, Rappahannock River; POW 12 May 1864, Spotsylvania Court House; to Point Lookout 18 May 1864; Joined U.S. Army 24 May 1864

  • TOBIN, WILLIAM J.
  • resident of Winchester
    Enlisted: 2 Jun 1861, LurayRank: private
    Unit: Co. K, 10th Virginia Infantry
    Frequently absent for short periods of time 1862 - 1863; POW 12 May 1864, Spotsylvania Court House; to Point Lookout 18 May 1862; to Elmira, NY 2 Aug 1864; released under oath 19 Jun 1865

  • TODD, ADDISON P.
  • born: circa 1841occupation: farmer
    Enlisted: 19 Jun 1861, HarrisonburgRank: private
    Unit: Co. G, 10th Virginia Infantry
    Deserted 10 Nov 1863, West Virginia

  • TOPPIN, JONAS
  • born: 19 May 1841, Shenandoah Countydied: 8 Aug 1889, Montezuma, Iowa
    occupation: farmerpostwar resident of Henry County, Indiana and Poweshiek County, Iowa
    buried: Jackson Township Cemetery, Montezuma, Iowa
    Parents: Thomas & Frances Good ToppinWife: Paulina Lutz
    Enlisted: 15 Feb 1862, HarrisonburgRank: private
    Unit: Co. H, 7th Virginia Cavalry
    Present 11 - 12/ 1862; 12/31/1863 - 3/31/1864; 11/1/1863 - 4/1/1864; 3/1/1864 - 6/30/1864
    Wounded on cattle raid (Brandon Church), Blackwater River, Sept. 16, 1864, fracture of right thigh; dangerous, now in hospital in NC
    No further record

  • TOPPIN, THOMAS H.
  • born: circa Feb. 1844, near Linville Creek, Rockingham County, Virginiadied: 16 Jul 1862, Rockingham County (at home)
    cause of death: typhoid fever
    Parents: John & Lydia Hinegardner Toppin
    Prior service: Co. C, 146th Virginia Militia
    Unit: Co. B, 7th Virginia Cavalry
    Not on muster rolls
    Mother, Lydia Toppin filed claim of deceased soldier 22 Jan 1863

  • TOPPIN, WILLIAM
  • born: 29 Jan 1929, Shenandoah Countydied: 29 Jan 1888, Dennison, TX
    occupation: carpenterburied: Fairview Cemetery, Dennison,TX
    postwar resident of Henry County, IN, Carroll County, MO and Grayson County, TX
    Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth Good Toppin1st wife: Leah Regina Dellinger
     2nd wife: Rebecca Dellinger
    Unit: Co. B, 7th Virginia Cavalry
    Absent May 24, 1864, sick; captured Apr. 1865, signed loyalty oath in New Market 20 Apr 1865
    Unit: Co. H, 7th Virginia Cavalry
    Absent May 24, 1864, sick; captured Apr. 1865, signed loyalty oath in New Market 20 Apr 1865
    Letter printed in John W. Wayland's Virginia Valley Records to Michael Brock dated 22 Apr 1861, and signed by William F. Bowers , Sylvanus Lindamood and Wm. Toppin indicates the three were part of Co. B, 7th Virginia Cavalary, and an added note indicates thet "Toppin is sometimes well and sometimes sick."

  • TRAINUM, LEWIS
  • Enlisted: 13 Aug 1861, StauntonRank: private
    Unit: Co. G, 5th Virginia Infantry
    Carried on the rolls as AWOL Nov 1861 - Mar 1864
    Transferred to: Co. K, 5th Virginia Infantry, "Continental Morgan Guards", Mar 1864

  • TRENARY, ROBERT EDWARD
  • died: 13 May 1921buried: Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester
    Enlisted: 16 Jul 1861, WinchesterRank: private
    Unit: Co. L, 5th Virginia Infantry
    Sick in camp and hospital, Jul - Sep 1861; struck by a shell, 3 Mar 1862; promoted to sergeant, 1862
    Wounded 28 Aug 1862, Manassas; elected 2nd lieutenant, 30 Jun 1862; wounded (thigh) 5 May 1864; paroled 9 Apr 1865, Appomattox Court House

  • TRAPNELL, JOSEPH H.
  • born: 1 Sep 1842died: 16 Mar 1912
    buried: Jefferson County, West Virginia
    Enlisted: 12 Sep 1862, Knoxville, MDRank: private
    Unit: Co. G, 7th Virginia Cavalry
    Present 11 - 12/1862; 3/1/1864 - 3/31/1864; 3 - 4/1864; Absent 7 - 8/1864
    Transferred to the Maryland Line
    Postwar resident of Merryland Tract, Frederick County, MD and Charles Town, West Virginia

  • TRIPLETT, JOHN
  • Parents: Leonidas & Matilda B. Irwin Triplett
    Unit: McNeill's Partisan Rangers

  • TRIPLETT, JOSEPH IRWIN
  • Parents: Leonidas & Matilda B. Irwin TriplettWife: Unmarried
    Unit: McNeill's Partisan Rangers

  • TRIPLETT, LEONIDAS, JR.
  • born: 1839died: 1924
    student attending school in Warrenton, also studied medicine with his fatherburied: Mount Jackson Cemetery
    Parents: Leonidas & Matilda B. Iwin TriplettWife: Laura V. Triplett
    Enlisted: 29 Jul 1862, GordonsvilleRank: Sergeant
    Unit: Co. A, 7th Virginia Cavalry
    Prior service: Co. B, 17th Virginia Infantry
    Wounded 30 Aug 1862, Second Manassas (saber shoulder & collarbone), horse Killed in action; captured one of Buford's staff while wounded; captured 16 Nov 1863, near Woodstock; to Camp Chase 23 Nov 1863; transferred to Fort Delaware 14 Mar 1864; oath of allegiance and released 10 Jun 1865
    Graduated from the University of Virginia in 1867; postwar lawyer, Mount Jackson
    History of 17th Virginia Infantry says he died in 1881 and is buried at Warrenton Cemetery; postwar rosters show he was killed by a man named Davis

  • TRIPLETT, DR. WILLIAM H.
  • born: 15 Sep 1836died: 27 Mar 1890
    buried: Emanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery, Woodstock
    Parents: Leonidas & Matilda B. Irwin TriplettWife: Kathleen McKay
    Rank: assistant surgeon
    Unit: Field & Staff, 10th Virginia Infantry
    On record as present Jul & Aug 1861; no further record

  • TROOK, THOMAS M.
  • born: circa 1845resided: Shenandoah County
    occupation: farmer
    Not on muster rolls of 7th Virginia CavalryRank: private
    Unit: Gilmor's Co., 7th Virginia Cavalry
    Enlisted: 10 Feb 1862, Martinsburg, (West) VirginiaRank: private
    Unit: Co. F, 12th Virginia Cavalry
    Captured: 6 May 1862, Harrisonburg; to Fort Delaware; exchanged 5 Aug 1862, Aiken's Landing; AWOL 18 Sep 1863, Madison County

  • TROUT, ERASMUS STRIBLING
  • born: 15 Apr 1884, Staunton, Virginiadied: 20 Oct 1866, consumption
    Parents: Nicholas Kinney   Matilda Kinney Stribling Trout
    Rank: captain
    Unit: 52nd Virginia Infantry
    He attended VMI as a teenager, and was a cadet there when war broke out. When VMI closed for a time, Stribling, as he was called, joined the 52nd Virginia Inf., rising by war's end to be Capt. of that regiment and was 21 years old. He was wounded at Gettysburg, cited for gallantry following his actions at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, the same battle at which his first cousin, Jefferson Kinney Ryan, was killed. At Appomattox Court House in April 1865, he was with his regiment which numbered only about 54 members, 7 were officers, and only 14 men were armed. It was recorded that he signed the parole papers for the men of his regiment.
    Stribling's father was a well known chancery lawyer in VA, was President of the Old Central Bank of Virginia, was mayor of Staunton from 1852 to 1875, was "elected without opposition to the State Senate in 1865 to represent his County in the Legislature" (Some Virginia Families.... by Hugh Milton McIlhany, Jr., 1903, page 118, "The Trout Family").

  • TROUT, WILLIAM D.
  • Commissioned 2nd lieutenant 18 Apr 1861, Harrisonburg
    Unit: Co. B, 10th Virginia Infantry
    Not reelectd; dropped 23 Apr 1862

  • TURNER, CHARLES WILLIAM H.
  • born: 8 Jun 1846, Newtown (Stephens City), Frederick Countydied: 7 Jan 1907
    Father: Augustus John Turner
    Enlisted: 9 Jun 1861, ShepherdstownRank: private
    Unit: Co. L, 5th Virginia Infantry
    Detailed as orderly to Brig. Gen. T.J. Jackson, 10 Jul - 28 Aug 1861; discharged 1862
    Matriculated at V.M.I. (class of 1867) and fought at New Market as a private in Co. C
    In business after the war at Staunton and Baltimore; Studied law and was admitted to the Montana bar in 1870, resided Bannock, Glendale and Helena
    Prominent Mason, Brig. Gen., and first Adjutant General of Montana 1887 - 1888; Removed to Washington in 1889 and practiced law in Seattle, where he was murdered

  • TUSING, ELIJAH
  • born: 15 Jan 1840died: 17 Jul 1924
    buried: St. Lukes United Church of Christ (aka County Line) Cemetery, Moores Store
    Wife: 1. Ann E.Wife: 2. Catherine
    Unit: Co. C, 11th Virginia Cavalry

  • TUSING, GIDEON
  • born: 27 Mar 1819died: 4 Apr 1898
    buried: Solomons Church Cemetery, ForestvilleWife: Catherine Everline
    Unit: Co. G, 2nd Virginia Infantry
    Additional Service: Co. C, 8th Battalion Virginia Reserves
    Additional Service: Co. C, 3rd (Chrisman's) Battalion Virginia Reserves

  • TUSING, HENRY
  • born: 28 May 1830, Shenandoah Countydied: 6 Mar 1914
    occupation: farmerresided Shenandoah County
    buried: Tusing Cemetery, Hepners, Shenandoah County
    Parents: Adam & Lydia TusingWife: Elizabeth Estep
    Enlisted: 1 Aug 1861, Orkney SpringsRank: private
    Unit: Co. K, 7th Virginia Cavalry
    Wartime newspaper shows him AWOL 1 Aug 1862, $30 reward offered for his return; employed as a blacksmith at Mount Jackson 1 Jul - 30 Sep 1864
    Postwar resident of Orkney Springs

  • TUSING, NICHOLAS
  • Parents: Henry & Catherine TusingWife: 1. Catherine Biller
     Wife: 2. Rebecca Huntsberger
    Unit: Co. C, 8th Battalion Virginia Reserves
    Prior Service: Co. C, 97th Virginia Militia
    Rebecca Huntsberger was actually Rebecca Helsley Huntsberger. She married (1) John R. Hansberger and then married Nicholas Tusing. Unsure if divorce or John's death caused her 2nd marriage, but when she lived with Nicholas, Rebecca's son, Aaron Hansberger was listed in the 1880 census as a "stepson" in the Nicholas Tusing household.

  • TUSING, SAMUEL
  • born: 10 Oct 1813died: 2 Apr 1894
    buried: Flat Rock Brethren Cemetery, ForestvilleWife: Rebecca Tusing
    Enlisted: 17 Oct 1864, Camp Lee, near RichmondRank: private
    Unit: Co. L, 10th Virginia Infantry
    Treated for gunshot wound in left arm about Feb 1865, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond; furloughed 3 Mar 1865 for 40 days

  • TUSING, SOLOMON
  • born: 9 Apr 1819died: 15 Nov 1890
    buried: Morning Star Lutheran Church Cemetery, Orkney SpringsWife: Helena Rupert
    Unit: Co. C, 8th Battalion Virginia Reserves

  • TUSSING, JOHN
  • Rank: private
    Unit: Co. K, 7th Virginia Cavalry
    Postwar rosters only

  • TYSINGER, DAVID
  • born: 27 Feb 1824, near Zion Meeting House, Shenandoah Countydied: 23 Feb 1902
    occupation: millwrightresided Shenandoah County
    buried: Union Forge Church Cemetery, near Edinburg
    Parents: John & Catherine TysingerWife: Seatta Virginia Fry
    Enlisted: 25 Mar 1862, WoodstockRank: private
    Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry
    Enlisted: 1 May 1862, New MarketRank: private
    Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry

  • TYSINGER, ISAAC
  • born: 13 Apr 1822Killed in action: 6 May 1864, Todd's Tavern
    buried: Tisinger Cemetery, near EdinburgWife: Rebecca Shipe
    Enlisted: 15 Jun 1861, EdinburgRank: private
    Unit: Co. C, 7th Virginia Cavalry
    Enlisted: 1 Aug 1863, CulpeperRank: private
    Unit: Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry
    Employed by Regimental Quartermaster's Department as Wagon Master and Grain Agent from 1 May - 22 Jul 1862, at which time he was dismissed





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