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Albert was the youngest of the three Beavers brothers that served and was killed in action at Battle of Seven Pines

James Morgan was wounded at 2nd Manassas and 1st Fredericksburg.Paroled at Fairfax courthouse May 10,1865

John was the oldest of the Beavers brothers.

Albert was killed at the battle of Seven Pines on 31 May 1862, He was the brother of my GG Grandfather Edward Calvert.

My GG Grandfather served in this unit. He was from Prince William County, Va.

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(Formerly Company F)
Died 8 June 1862 from wounds received at Battle of Seven Pines.

William R. (H.?) Sullivan, Co. A, 49th Virginia. D. 12 JUN 1862. Soldiers Section U, lot 577. Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond.
Cemetery records indicate death 12 JUN 1864. Roster of Co. A.states he was wounded at Seven Pines and died from a fractured thigh on 12 JUN 1862. The battle was fought May 31 and June 1, 1862 so the 1862 date of death is the correct one.

Born 1836. Enlisted 1 July 1861 as Private. Promoted to Corporal Oct 1861; to Sergeant detailed with QM Train 1 Feb 1863; arrested Washington Co, MD 8 July 1863; sent to Antheum prison WVA, Camp Chase OH, Ft Delaware; exchanged from Point Lookout, MD 30 July 1863; detailed to Division Wagon Master Sergeant 4 Aug 1963; paroled Appomattox. Farmer. Died 1903.

Born 1818. Enlisted 1 July 1861. Wounded probably at Spotsylvania Court House about 19 May 1864. Farmer. Died 1883.

John was paroled at Fairfax Courthouse May 1, 1865

Martin was wounded and captured at Gettysburg July 3,1863. Exchanged at Point Lookout Maryland February 1865 and paroled at Winchester Virginia April 27, 1865

Warren Davis Jr. was the youngest brother of John and Martin V.B.Davis. He was wounded at Sharpsburg and died from wounds seven days later at a Richmond Virginia hospital

Isham J. Hedges was my great-great grandfather.

(Formerly 2nd Company G)
On Muster Roll 30 April 1862.

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My maternal great-great grandfather was the son of Silas Fristoe and Catherine duBoise Allen. He was born on 20 September 1826 in Warren Co., Virginia. He was a Blacksmith. He enlisted in Company D of the 49th Virginia Infantry of the Confederate Army and served as a Private. He was Killed In Action on 31 May 1862 the first day of The Battle of Seven Pines in Henrico Co., Virginia. He was married to Elizabeth Skelton on 25 December 1849 in Warren Co., Virginia. The couple had four children.

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My great great Uncle Phil Rudasil was with the 'Warren Blues' from Warren County, VA. Initially Phil was part of the Infantry but at some point decided to join the CAV. Shortly after that he lost an eye in a sabre duel. Also, he lost a leg in the War. My Mom always told me about Uncle Phil's 'pegleg'; I wasn't sure about this until I found a record wherein he applied for disability and the recorded reason given was shown to be 'a severed leg'!! My grandparents, Carvel H. and Lena Baggarly took care of Phil in his later years in their home in Front Royal, VA as he lived to be 97 years old!
Sure don't make 'em like that any more! Phil's obit was titled 'Oldest Living Confederate Vet in Warren County Dies'.
His brother, Isaac Rudasillar also joined the Warren Blues and served; I know much less about him. He is also listed.

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My GGG Uncle. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg.

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Enlisted April 30, 1862 at Yorktown, VA. Captured near Petersburg, VA, March 25, 1865 after Confederate assault on Fort Stedman. POW at Point Lookout, MD. Released June 19, 1865. Residence: Albemarle County, VA.

b. Fauquier Co., VA between 1821-1824
married Elizabeth Jane Gill 21 Dec. 1843 in Fauquier Co.
James Gray enlisted for one year as a private in the Fauquier Guards under Capt. Edward Murray, who was a West Point graduate. (He later stated that he had served a total of 18 months.) The Guards were made up of men from Fauquier and Nelson Counties, VA. It was accepted into state(Virginia) service on 26 May 1861, and mustered into state service two days later, on 28 May. By July 1861, the Fauquier Guards were joined by other units from Prince William, Warren, Rappahannock, Amherst, and Shenandoah County to form Co. H of the 49th Virginia Volunteer Infantry. Co. H was soon involved in the first battle of the Civil War, the Battle of First Manassas, or First Bull Run.
The battle commenced on 21 July, with Company H as one of the sole three companies of the 49th Virginia Infantry that fought in First Manassas, forming the nucleus of the regiment. Co. H was ordered to march to the fighting on Henry Hill, where it took position of the left side of Jackson's Brigade and participated in the capture of a Yankee artillary battery. This is where Co. H. charged against the enemy, and held Rickett's Battery for a short time, and 212 men were killed or wounded during the charge. This is when James Gray was struck in the left leg by a Minie ball during a charge at the enemy, just below his thigh, cutting the 'leaders'(nerves?).
In 1888, James Gray applied for partial disability and received $15 per year. In his application for disability from 1898, James Gray stated that the leaders(nerves?) of his leg were cut and always affected the use of his leg, but from 1893 on, he had lost almost the entire use of his leg. He had had intense pain, and his leg gave way on him, causing him to be unable to work. In 1898, he claimed he was entitled to a disability pension of $30 per year, which doubled his previous amount. In 1902, he claimed he was wounded in the right leg above his knee, causing his leg to give way and giving him rheumatism in his old age and partial paralysis of his limbs. He claimed he could not work for the past eight years (from 1894 on), and was entirely without means. He suffered from pain all the time. He also claimed he had had typhoid fever while in the Army. He claimed that Thomas Gray (probably a relative) of Warrenton, VA knew of his service, and the Confederate Veterans had the Joe Kendall Camp in Warrenton. (Ancestry.com: Jas. Gray in the U.S. Confederate Army Casulaty Lists and Reports, 1861-1865; Pension Application, James Gray, 25 April 1898; Application of Soldier, Sailor or Marine for Disability by Reason of Disease or the Infirmities of Age, James Gray, 6 May 1902).

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Captured by Gen'l Sumner May 31 at battle of FairOaks.

Enlisted: 23 Apr 1861 @ Amherst in Co. I, B, 49th Virginia Infantry.
22 Sep 1864; Captured at Fishers Hill.

Zachariah R. Staton (born in Amherst County, VA in December 1838; died in Rockingham County, VA in January 1909) enlisted in the “Amherst Rough & Readys” (Company B until April, 1862 reorganization of the unit) on April 23, 1861 in Amherst County, Virginia. He was captured on April 2, 1865 at Petersburg, Virginia and sent to the Federal Prison Camp at Point Lookout, Maryland, where he remained until his release on May 14, 1865. He is my great-grandfather.

Born in Bavaria in 1837. There happens to be a town there named Uehlfeld. (Though I have no sure knowledge of a connection.)
Immigrated to the US from Bavaria ca. 1858/59.
Settled in Warrenton VA.
Listed on the roster of 49th VA Inf (Extra Billy's Boys) from May 1861 to April 1865.
According to the 49th VA web site he was wounded twice. At First Manassas, again at Fredericksburg.
He is on list of paroled soldiers at Appomattox Courthouse.
Jacob returned to Warrenton and had a store of some kind. Probably dry goods.
In 1867 he married Mary Block from Strasbourg Alsace FRANCE. I believe this may have been an arranged marriage and that they had some kind of family connections, i.e. cousins of some sort.
They had five children. My great-grandmother Fannie b. 1872, David b. 1874, Lena b. 1877, Samuel b. 1878, and Carrie b. 1880. All born in Warrenton VA.
The property tax records in Richmond show a steady decline in his fortunes.
In 1886 they traveled to St. Joseph MO to be with Mary's sister and brother-in-law, Charles and Emma (Block)
Franke. As far as I can determine, Charles had a successful store there.
On the way Jacob died from an Asthma attack on July 25, 1886 while in Chillicothe MO where is in the Mount Sinai Area of the Edgewood Cemetery. Mary was buried next to him in 1907.

my g-g-greatgrandfather

my g-g-greatgrandfather