Clayton Adkins was my g-g-grandfather. He was one of the last few hold outs that wanted to continue fighting after the surrender of R.E. Lee.

Jesse was my great-great grandfather.

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Robert is my G-G-G-G Grandfather. He was shot in the thigh during service. You can find out more info about him here:
http://www.researchandrecoveryshow.com/about.html

I'm also looking for a roster with Co. B on there and possible locations they may have served. Email me: ian@researchandrecoveryshow.com

Thanks!
Ian Conway
Research and Recovery
www.researchandrecoveryshow.com

I am trying to find any information I can of Eli Vance. 34 Iowa Infantry, Company B. Missionary Ridge
color bearer killed while planting union flag.

Company: C
Unit: 34 Battalion Virginia Cavalry.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Private
Allegiance: Confederate
Eli was my 1st cousin twice removed.

Eli enlisted on the dry fork of the tug river in what is now West Virginia in December 1862 with his brother SGT Joel Rose. Both survived the war, which is amazing after the galling fire they went thru at Gettysburg....Deo Vindice .

Henry Timothy Wallace: Co., C., Enlisted on 10/1/62 in Tazewell Co.
Present on 1/1/63. Age 23, farmer, 1860 McDowell Co. Census. Native of
Kentucky. Filed Kentucky Pension Application when a resident of Morehead,
Rowan Co., KY, but had been a resident of McDowell Co., WV before and
after the war. First entered service under Capt. Herrington at Logan C.H.
and was WIA (Wounded in Action) in the Cotton Hill, WV fight. Transferred
to 34th. Left service when heard of Lee's surrender and was informally
disbanded by Vincent A. Withcer without any papers and was told by
officers to go home. Comrades's sworn and signed affidavit stated that
'he was faithful and reliable soldier -- never fialed to obey the command
of his officers.'

In the Fall of 1862 at Dry Fork, Tazewell, Virginia, John Henry enlisted, along with his father James and his older brother William James to fight for the Confederacy. John served in Company C and E of the 34th Virginia Cavalry under Colonel. W. A. Witcher until the war ended in April, 1865. He was about 16 years old when he became a soldier.

In his 1923 Civil War pension application he said;

'I was in the battle of Gettysburg three days and nights, and if I never performed any other military service for the state of Virginia, this baptism of fire and shell should certainly be sufficient credit for my eligibility rolls, at least it seems so to me after 57 years have passed by. I am old and worn out and tired. Have perhaps lived beyond the allotted time already, and if the pension does not come pretty soon. I will not need it.'

Would like to know if he died before a prisoner swap at Vicksburg MS or not. Can't find his death certificate or grave site.

Tilman was from Pike Co. Ky. son of John Mullins and Ava Bryant. He enlisted in 1862 at Tazewell Co. Va. captured in McDowell Co. June 1864 and died at Camp Chase POW camp 11/12/1864 of pneumonia.

Witcher's Battalion

TYLER WAS MY GREAT -GREAT GRANDFATHER. HIS DAUGHTER MARRIED CHARLES W BELCHER,WHICH WAS MY GRANDMOTHERS MOTHER.MY GRANDMOTHER WAS MATTIE BELCHER MUSICK. TYLER SERVED IN THE 37TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY&THE 34 VIRGINIA CAVALRY.(CSA) ALL THE WAY.