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55th Virginia Infantry
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Ransome Greenwood - Private
Ransom(e) from Middlesex County. Any links to more detailed service records appreciated
Contact Name: Bryan Sachse
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Date Added: 4/10/2014

Company Unknown
William Jones Haile - Asst Surgeon
My gr, gr-uncle. Assistant Surgeon to 55th VA. Brother of Robert G. Haile.
Contact Name: Anne Jackson
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Date Added: 4/22/2007

Company A
Robert L Blackburn - Corporal
someday I hope to find his picture and that of his brother James F Blackburn
Contact Name: Florence Jeffery
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Date Added: 3/30/2014

Company A
William S. Cecil - Private
Born - Caroline County, VA
William was wounded during battle of Mechanicsville June 26, 1862 but returned quickly to duty and was later moved to Regimental Quartermaster Department as a teamster.
Contact Name: Freddie Lee Clark Jr.
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Date Added: 12/26/2004

Company A
George Washington Samuel - Corporal
No comments
Contact Name: Richard samuel
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Date Added: 9/4/2013

Company B
James B New - Private
Killed in action at Gettysburg July 3, 1863 (Pickett's charge). Left widow Lucy Ann. Burial unknown.
Contact Name: Richard Ortt
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Contact Homepage: Dick
Date Added: 8/2/2017

Company C
William H. Vaughan - Private
No comments
Contact Name: John
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Date Added: 9/20/2012

Company D
John Croxton - Sergeant
Name:John Croxton
Residence:Freeshade, Virginia
Enlistment Date:17 Jul 1861
Side Served:Confederacy
State Served:Virginia
Service Record:Enlisted as a Corporal on 17 July 1861.
Enlisted in Company D, 55th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 17 Jul 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant on 1 May 1862.
Died of disease Company D, 55th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 9 Dec 1863 at
Chimborazo Hospl, Richmond, VA.
Contact Name: Cindy Kline
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Date Added: 2/9/2011

Company D
George Henry Taylor - Sergeant
Annette Taylor gave me this info, but I cannot find a roster of Names. He is supposed to have fought at 1st Manassas & was wounded, & at 2nd Gettysburg & was wounded again. He was supposed to be a part of Walker''s Brigade. I''m trying to verify this info. Any assistance you can give is most welcome.
Contact Name: Pauletta King
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Date Added: 4/13/2004

Company E
Edwin J.A. Buck - Private
Edwin died during the siege of Atlanta
Contact Name: VGBuck
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Date Added: 7/14/2010

Company E
Sanford M. Dishman - Private
Born about 1839 in Essex Co. Virginia to William Weeden Dishmen (b. 1813 in Essex Co. Virginia) and Mary Dishman (b. about 1814 in Virginia). Enlisted in Company B, 55th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 01 Jul 1861. Died of disease on 11/29/1861 in Essex Co. Virginia. ----- Film Number M382 roll 15

(3rd Cousin 4 times removed)
Contact Name: Donald Steven Smith
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Contact Homepage: http://www.mdscv.org/1388/adopt-a-confederate/
Date Added: 3/30/2006

Company E
Davis Oliff - Private
No comments
Contact Name: Roger Hale
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Date Added: 3/5/2015

Company F
Thomas Mundie Burke - Major
My gr,gr-uncle. KIA (shot off of horse) @ Battle of Frayser's Farm.
Contact Name: Anne Jackson
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Date Added: 4/22/2007

Company F
William Thomas Cooke - Private
No comments
Contact Name: Margaret H Shifflett
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Date Added: 3/17/2011

Company F
Robert Gaines Haile - Captain
my gr,gr-grandfather.
Died resultant of wound @ Battle of Gaine's Mill.
Contact Name: Anne Jackson
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Date Added: 4/22/2007

Company F
Richard Collin McDonald - Sergeant Major
My gr-grandfather. Wounded @ Battle of the Wilderness. Paroled at Appomattox. Received UDC Veteran's Cross of Honor.
Contact Name: Anne Jackson
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Date Added: 4/22/2007

Company H
John William Clements - Private
No comments
Contact Name: Al Cito
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Date Added: 6/13/2004

Company H
Nelson Anthony Crafton - Private
No comments
Contact Name: David Crafton
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Date Added: 7/8/2015

Company H
Robert Franklin Crafton - Private
No comments
Contact Name: David Crafton
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Date Added: 7/8/2015

Company I
William G New - Private
Buried 'New Cemetery' located at Stormont-Cooks corner,just outside of Saluda Courthouse Va.
Contact Name: Richard Ortt
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Contact Homepage: Dick
Date Added: 8/2/2017

Company K
Henry Elmore - Private
Henry Elmore enlisted on 3/31/1862 as a Private. On 3/31/1862 he mustered into 'K' Co. VA 55th Infantry. He deserted on 6/7/1863 at Richmond, VA Hospital.
April 1862- he was in the hospital from April 15
May 1862- he was apprehended at his house April 4, 1862- absent without leave
May/June 1862 - he was absent from Fort Lowery
Jan/Feb 1863 - absent without leave
Mar/Apr 1863 - present in confinement since 1863
June 1863 sick in hospital - 1st Division General Hospital, Camp Winder, Richmond, VA

Contact Name: Myra J. Elmore
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Date Added: 7/4/2015

Company K
William Berkley Marks - Private
1st Cousin (Paternal).
Enlisted as a Private in Company K, 55th Regiment Virginia Infantry on 31 March 1862.
Captured at Falling Waters Maryland 14 July 1863.
Transferred to Old Capitol Prison Washington D.C. 23 July 1863.
Transferred to Point Lookout Maryland 8 August 1863.
Paroled and exchanged from Point Lookout Maryland 3 March 1864.
Paroled at Westmoreland Court House Virginia 6 May 1865.
Source: American Civil War Soldiers
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Source: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers from Virginia Units.
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Contact Name: Ron Saunders
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Date Added: 9/7/2013

Company L
Griffin James Ashburn - Private
Enlisted March 25th, 1862 at White Stone in Lancaster County, Lt. William Oliver enlisted him. Served until captured at Gettysburg and held at Fort Delaware as prisoner of war until 1864.
Contact Name: Carolyn A Austin
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Date Added: 7/27/2009

Company M
James Robert Brooks - Sergeant
Interested in any info. anyone may have.
Contact Name: Robert James Brooks
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Date Added: 8/11/2010

Company M
Ellis W Gravatt - Private
Ellis was the son of Dr.John James Gravatt who was the Chief Surgon who was in charge of Wayside Hospital in Richmond ,Va during the Civil war.
Contact Name: Robert Jones
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Date Added: 2/2/2010

Company M
George Cherbury Gravatt - Private
No comments
Contact Name: Robert Jones
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Date Added: 4/6/2009

Company M
Henry K. Haislip - Private
Henry enlisted in Company M on 13 March 1863.
He fought at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Falling Waters (captured). After a prisoner exchange, Henry returned to Company M. He was wounded at Weldon Railroad 21 August 1864. He was captured during the battle of Farmville. Signed Oath of Allegiance 13 June 1865 at Lookout Point, Maryland.
Contact Name: Garry True
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Date Added: 8/11/2011

Company M
Edward Taylor Hilldrup - Sergeant
Edward Hilldrup was my great-grandfather. His brother, Pvt. Richard Brown Hilldrup, served throughout the war in the same unit. Edward was wounded at the Seven Days and discharged (also had TB). Oddly enough, another Confederate who was to become another of my great grandfathers, Robert James Lamkin, was wounded at the same time.
Contact Name: Robert P. Hildrup
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Date Added: 10/6/2010

Company M
Levi Lucas Perry - Private
Enlisted in Orange Co., VA in March 1862.
Contact Name: Patricia Walsh
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Date Added: 5/7/2009

Company M
Benjamin Warner Pritchett - Private
Benjamin W. Pritchett fought in all the engagements of the 55th Virginia excepting for Gettysburg. He was wounded at Chanclellorsville and didn't return until after Gettysburg. He survived the war and was one of few members of the 55th that surrendered at Appomattox. Benjamin returned to his farm which is located on the Spotslyvania Court House Battlefield after the war. He died there in 1918. He is buried somewhere on his farm, but to date we have been unable to locate his grave.

Benjamin Pritchett was not a slave owner and enlisted just prior to the forced conscription in 1862.

He received a Confederate pension from the State of Virginia due to the wounds he suffered at Chancellorsville.
Contact Name: David Engel
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Date Added: 4/11/2008

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