Born in Hicksford, VA (now Emporia,VA) on 1-23-1833. Graduated from West Point on 7-1-1853. On that date he was commissioned a Second Lt. in the mounted rifles and assigned to Jefferson Barracks, MO. He served just one year returning to his home where he married and farmed until April of 1861. At that time he was commissioned a major in the Confederate Army by VA Gov. Letcher. In July 1862,Chambliss was promoted to Colonel and assumed command of 41st VA Infantry Regiment. On 7-27-1862 Chambliss left the 41st Infantry Regiment to become the commanding officer of the 13th VA Calvary. The 13th was part of W.H. 'Rooney' Lee's brigade which consisted of the Second North Carolina, 9th, 10th, and 13th VA Regiments. On 12-19-1863 Chambliss was promoted to the rank of Brigader General. Died August 16th 1864 in an area near Richmond VA called Deep Bottom. MORE LATER

WIA at Fredericksburg Dec. 1862, right arm amputated.

Enlisted as a Private on 23 July 1861 in Norfolk County, VA.

Enlisted as a Private on 24 May 1861.
Killed on 30 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.

Born August 19, 1833 at 'Roseville' in Sussex County, VA to Capt. Thomas Fielding and Mary Thomas Vaughan Barrow Rose of Southampton County (a survivor of the Nat Turner insurrection). He graduated from the University of Virginia with a law degree in 1853 and married Miss Maria Louisa Blunt, daughter of John N. Blunt of Greensville County, VA on March 20,1855. After the Civil War he taught school in Sussex County Virginia and was a Justice of the Peace. Rose died at 'Glenview' on January 17, 1896, the home of his daughter and son and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tyus of Stony Creek, VA. He was buried January 18, 1896 at 'Oak Forest' near Stony Creek, VA.

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I am trying to join the SCV and I need to find some more info. on George Harding. He was captured at Burgess' Mill, VA, on Oct. 27, 1864 and sent to Pt. Lookout, MD until he was exchanged on March 28, 1865 at Aiken's Landing, VA. Any assistance is appreciated from anyone, thanks

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Algernon enlisted July 18th 1861 died from sickness August 14,1864

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My G, Great Grand father served in the Civil War and enlisted 8 Spt 1861. He enlisted at Norfork, Va and he did servive the war. He was enlisted in Company D Virginia 41 st Infantry Regiment on 9 Aug 1861. This is from the virginia Regimental histories.

Also on 13 May 1895 he applied for US Confederate Pension at Chesterfield, Virginia. He was awared $15.00 a year.

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Alexander Robert Hair (A. R. Hair) was born in Prince George Co., Va. circa 1835. He was conscripted from the milita(Cockade Cadets) in 1862 for service in the 41st Virginia Inf. Regt., 2nd Co.E as a private. He was wounded three time, the last being a face wound at the 'Battle of the Crater'. He was also captured by the Federals, and rescued by his fellows at this battle. Mr. Hair was paroled at Appomattox C. H. on April 9th, 1865. He returned to farming, and died on June 20th, 1913 at age 78, just prior to the 50th Anniversary of 'The Battle of Gettysburg'. Mr. Hair left behind 11 children, and 32 grand children from two marriages. I am a lineal great, great grandson of Private Hair.

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enlisted apr 22,1861
wounded and taken pow Gettsburg pa July 1863.
paroled aug 22 1863

Born-9/15/1841 and was killed at the battle of Chancelorsville, VA 5/1/1863
Enlisted-3/4/1862 at the age of 20
Have been unable to find where he is buried-Help

Born-2/2/1840 and Died-5/7/1910
Enlisted on 4/29/1861, Was wounded at the Crater-7/30/1864

enlisted apr 22, 1861

enlisted apr 22, 1861. deserted aug 24,1864 went to phila Pa

1st Lt. John P. Davis served the entire war until May 12 1964, where he died at the battle of Spotsylvania Court House. He originally enlisted with the Petersburg cadets as a private and was promoted up the ranks to 1st Lt.

Enlisted March 10th 1862 at Petersburg, Va. as Pvt. 2nd Co. G, 41st Regt. Va Inf, 'Ragland Guard'. Wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines(Fair Oaks)Va in June 1862 and taken prisoner. Admitted to U.S.A. General Hospital June 8th Fort Monroe Va. Paroled on Aug 3rd 1862 and released for exchange Aug 31st 1862. Admitted to C.S.A. General Hospital, Farmville Va. May 8th 1863 and released to C.S.A. General Hospital, Petersburg Va. June 26th 1863. Detailed to Quartermaster Dept. as carpenter June 1863 until being captured during the evacuation of Petersburg April 3rd 1865. Sent from City Point Va. to Hart's Island, New York Harbor April 7th, 1865. After swearing and Oath of Allegiance to the United States he was released from Hart's Island on June 20th 1865 and returned home to Petersburg, Va. After living with one of his sons, Lee Jackson Davis in Crewe Va. until his death Oct 16th 1897 where he was buried beside his Devoted Wife, Sarah Ann (Stringer)in Ettrick Cemetery, Ettrick Va. with that 'Damn Yankee' ball still lodged in his back.

I am currently working on finding information on him.

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Pvt Joseph H. Francis enlisted in Company H, Virginia 41st Infantry Regiment, on the 19th of June 1861 out of Boykins Depot, Southampton County, Virginia, USA.

James was shot in the forehead at Chancellersville.
he went home on sick leave (to Newsoms, va.) He
was discharged.

Many years later, as James was washing his face
one morning, the bullet fell into the was basin.

Thomas J. Miles was born January of 1837, he was from South Hampton Co. Va. but lived in Nasemond County in 1898. He was 5' 10'' tall, had grey eyes and black hair. His wife was Delphia and he was a house carpenter and farmer. He was living in Southhampton Co.l in may of 1913. He was wounded in the war and a POW.

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William began going a.w.o.l. Finally he was declared
a deserter. He was shot by his enlisted officer, Capt.
Beaton. His widow, Elizabeth, later married James R.
Kitchen (who was in the same unit.

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Is listed in Va. Regimental Series book on 41st Virginia

MW at Seven Pines, May 31st. Died of wounds June 2, 1862

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Jethro Ballentine Riddick
41st Virginia Infantry, Company I, 2nd Lieutenant
Riddick was born July 14, 1839, son of Jethro II and Elizabeth
Ballentine Vaughan Riddick. He owned 972 acres twelve miles south
of Suffolk. Riddick was wounded in battle at Weldon Railroad on
August 19, 1864 and was a POW in April of 1865. He reached the
rank of Captain. He married Mary Catharine Copeland (1840-1935),
daughter of John R. and Judith Ann Hunter Copeland on June 11,
1879. He was a Mason and a merchant in Portsmouth, Virginia after
the war. Riddick died December 11, 1887 and is buried in Cedar
Hill Cemetery Block B, Lot 31.

Adolphus Cutchin (Cutchens) enlisted on June 8, 1861 at South Quay, Virgina and died August 6, 1962 at Winder Hospital in Richmond, Virgina.

Eli [pronounced E-ley] Daughtrey enlisted in Co K, 41st Va. Infantry, CSA, the South Quay Guards of William (Billy) Mahone's Brigade, in March 15, 1862 at Sewell's Point. His pension application records that he entered service in the 'Summer, 1861' at Smithfield, Virginia and 'later joined Co. K stationed in Norfolk', Virginia. While in Norfolk, he witnessed the famous Battle of the Ironclads, CSS Virginia and USS Monitor, on March 9, 1862.
He served in the Army of Northern Virgina throughout the war and was wounded at Spotsylvania Court House. The fighting around Spotsylvania was one of the bloodiest struggles of the war, lasting from the morning of the 9th until the night of the 12th of May 1864. Here Eli Daughtrey was shot in the hip and carried from the field of battle. Sent to Richmond's Chimborazo Hospital, the wound quickly healed, but he was lame and unfit for field service. The head surgeon had him to assist in caring for the wounded. His work was well done and he soon so won the doctor's confidence that he was made superintendent of the gangrene hospital unit. He served in this work until fully recovered and then joined his command in the defense of Petersburg. It was here that Mahone's men rendered gallant service in the defense of the city and won honor by holding the broken line at the Crater, where they drove the enemy with great confusion and loss back to the protection of his own works. The fight against overwhelming odds could not be kept up, however brave men might be. Petersburg and Richmond were evacuated. Lee moved west in a futile effort to join forces with those of General Johnston, who commanded the western army. This movement ended in the surrender of Lee to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse April 9th 1865.

When Richmond was evacuated Eli Daughtrey was on the picket line in hailing distance of the Federal pickets. His first news of Lee's retreat came form the Federal picket who told him it was time for him to go as 'Uncle Robert' was gone. This explained why the men on picket duty had not been relieved at the usual time. When the retreat was well under way, officers relieved these pickets and took them on a hasty march to join their commands.

Eli Daughtrey served the confederacy four years, engaged in many battles, endured much hardship, and was one of the few thousand men of Lee's veterans able to bear arms till the surrender and parole at Appomattox. He was once severely wounded and suffered a slight wound when Captain Hunter was killed on April 7, 1865 at Cumberland Church, Va. Captain Hunter had urged him to accept the rank of sergeant and get in line for promotion, but he preferred to serve in the ranks as a private. After the surrender, he - as did other men in the tattered gray - trudged the many weary miles that led to home and work in rebuilding the ruined fortress of the South.
The service record above was compiled by Eli's grand daughter, Allie Beale Daughtrey Bowler, who took notes directly from personal interviews with her grand father about his service during the Civil War.

Theophilus Daughtrey was the older brother of Eli Daughtrey. He enlisted June 16, 1861 in Co K, 41st VA Infantry, CSA. Theophilus gave his life in the service of his country and defense of his home at the Battle of 2nd Manasas Aug. 30, 1862. After the war his brother, Eli Daughtrey, married and named his first born for his brother.

Charles Denoon was from Powhatan County, Virginia. He was captured and Seven Pines and sent to Fort Deleware. He was exchanged and served until Petersburg and died July 30. His older brother John Jefferson was also in the Powhatan Artillery. There is a book called ''Charlie''s Letters'' published with the letters he had written during the war.
Enlisted as a Private on 15 March 1862
Enlisted in 41st Infantry Regiment Virginia on 11 April 1862.
Promoted to Full Lieutenant 2nd Class on 01 May 1862
POW on 01 June 1862 at Seven Pines, VA
Confined on 06 June 1862 at Fort Delaware, DE
Promoted to Full Lieutenant 1st Class on 20 June 1862
Arrived on 01 August 1862 at Aiken''s Landing, VA (Arrived for exchange)
Exchanged on 05 August 1862 at Aiken''s Landing, VA
Hospitalized on 15 September 1862 at Richmond, VA Soldiers Home Hospl
Transfered on 01 May 1863 from company to company G
Wounded on 12 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA (In arm)
Killed 41st Infantry Regiment Virginia on 30 July 1864 in Petersburg, VA

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Enlisted as a Private on 15 July 1861 at the age of 42.
Discharged from Company K, 41st Infantry Regiment Virginia on 10 March 1862.
Drafted into Company K, 41st Infantry Regiment Virginia on 11 April 1862.
Discharged (overage) on 26 September 1862.

Enlisted 6/6/61 at South Quay, Nansemond Co., Va. Re-enlisted 3/62 for the war. WIA Wilderness 5/6/64, shoulder. Color bearer of Co. K at Appomattox. D. 6/19/1915, Nansemond Co. Brother of my gg-grandmother Jerushia Rawls Howell. Buried in Holy Neck Church Cemetery, Nansemond Co., Va.