Henry, the son of Nicholas and Nancy Virginia Donahue Horne of Coeburn (Guest Station, Va., had, by the time of the war, moved to Pike County, Kentucky where he and his wife, Eliza Johnson, the daughter of Payne and Margaret Bates Johnson, were raising their family. Henry was the minister of the Methodist Church at Dorton, Kentucky. Although his father (Nicholas) and siblings retained the HORNE spelling of the last name, Henry changed the spelling of his last name to HORN...dropping the final 'e'. His eldest son, Francis Marion Horne, added the final 'e' back to his last name although his brothers and sisters left the 'e' off of their last name.

Reason Joseph from Wise County, VA

Baswell also was listed as Boswell, Basil and sometimes his last name was spelled Moor. He enlisted at Lee County, VA and was a part of 64th Virginia Mounted Infantry. He was captured September 9, 1863 and was a prisoner of war and died at Camp Douglas, ILL on September 4, 1864 and the locality of grave is Chicago City Cemetery.

Brother to David, Ira, John and Tobias. 1st cousin of David Yeary. All were in the 64th Mounted Infantry Regiment. William may have also been company G.

William died the same day as his brother, David (see David L. Hughes story) and was probably killed by Witcher''s Boys.

Huston survied the war and died in 11/12 /1910 in scotts co. ,va

PVT Alfred Witt, Musician Co. A. Captured at Cumberland Gap, and sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago, IL. Survived the war under extreme conditions, along with brother John Witt.

My G.G. Grandfather from Lee County, VA. Survived the war, and died in Lee County, VA in 1893. Papers show parole at Cumberland Gap, KY at war's end 1865. Cousins John and Alfred Witt captured at Cumberland Gap years earlier and sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago IL for duration of the war.

PVT John Witt, Musician Co. A. Captured at Cumberland Gap, and sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago, IL. Survived the war under harsh conditions along with brother Alfred Witt.

Captured at Cumberland Gap 1863.
POW at Camp Douglas Il.

CAPTURED at Cumberland Gap 1863.
POW at Camp Douglas Il.

Transferred into 64th Va. Inf. Co. B on 1 Dec 1862. Survived the war.

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Enlisted as a Private on 01 February 1863 at the age of 37
Enlisted in Company B, 64th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 01 February 1863.
Absent, sick on 15 April 1863
POW on 09 September 1863 at Cumberland Gap, TN
Confined on 24 September 1863 at Camp Douglass, IL
Died of disease while a POW Company B, 64th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 20 January 1865 in Camp Douglass, IL

Morrison joined the 64th on Sept. 16, 1861 and was captured at Cumberland Gap on September 9, 1863. He was sent to Camp Douglas and discharged after taking the Oath of Allegiance at the end of the war on June 15, 1865.

Many brothers and relatives of Nimrod in same regiment.

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Described as having a dark complexion, blue eyes with dark hair.
He was 5 feet 9 inches tall.
Residence: Occupation:
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Lieutenant 2nd Class on 17 October 1861 at the age of 30
Commission in Company C, 21st Infantry Battn Regiment Virginia on 17 October 1861.
Reenlisted in Company C, 21st Infantry Battn Regiment Virginia on 18 April 1862
Promoted to Full Lieutenant 1st Class on 15 October 1862 (Estimated day)
Promoted to Full Captain on 01 December 1862 (Estimated day)
Transferred Company C, 21st Infantry Battn Regiment Virginia on 01 December 1862
Transfered in Company C, 64th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 01 December 1862.
Absent, sick on 24 June 1863
Resigned Company C, 64th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 15 August 1863
Oath Allegiance on 10 January 1864 at Louisville, KY (Released)

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Son of Abraham Z.Lane & Barbara Lotts of Scott Co. Va. ( my wife's ancestor on her mother's side.)
John M. Lane born abt 1843: Residence Scott County VA; a 22 year-old Farmer.





Soldier's Rank_In Private: Residence Scott County VA; a 22 year-old Farmer.

Enlisted on 9/23/1861 at Lee County, VA as a Private.

On 9/23/1861 he mustered into 'D' Co. VA 21st Battn Infantry
He was transferred out on 12/1/1862

On 12/1/1862 he transferred into 'C' Co. VA 64th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)


He was listed as:
* POW 9/9/1863 Cumberland Gap, TN
* Confined 9/24/1863 Camp Douglas, IL
* Oath Allegiance 5/17/1865 Camp Douglas, IL (Released)


He was described at enlistment as:
5' 8', fair complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair.

James enlisted in the 21st Virginia infantry in 1861.Later becoming the 64th. His brothers Nathaniel and Jefferson were also in the 64th Virginia. Jefferson was taken prisoner at Cumberland Gap in 1863 and sent to Camp Douglas Chicago.All 3 brothers survived the war and lived to old age. Each applied for Confederate pensions.Jefferson in KY.James and Nathan tibial in Oklahoma.

Resident of Scott County,Va. Enlisted and mustered into C Company,21st Battn Va.Inf.at Lee County,Va.on 9/23/1861. Transferred to D Company 64th Va.Inf.on 12/1/1862. Promoted to 3rd Sergt.on 8/15 1863.
'' Detatched service as a Sergeant'' on 9-1-1863 ( place not stated but most of the regiment was captured in Sept.1863 at Cumberland Gap,Tenn. Apparently John was one of the few that escaped.
''On the rolls'' 6/30/1864.
Surrendered and paroled at Cumberland Gap,Tenn. 5/4/1865
In 1904 John ''filed claim against the Federal Government for a Horse killed or captured during the war.''
Listed on the Scott County,Virginia Pension Rolls in 1920
John gave his age at his enlistment as 20. Actually according to census records he was only 16,no older than 17. ( John is my wife''s mother's ancestor, ( the father of her paternal grandmother )

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American Civil War Soldiers American Civil War Soldiers

Name: William H. Johnson

Enlistment Date: 5 Apr 1862

Enlistment Place: Moccassin Gap, Virginia

Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Virginia
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 5 April 1862.
Enlisted in Company D, 21st Battn Infantry Regiment Virginia on 5 Apr 1862.

Transferred into Company D, 64th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 1 Dec 1862.

Transferred out of Company D, 21st Battn Infantry Regiment Virginia on 1 Dec 1862.

Died of disease as a POW Company D, 64th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 23 Nov 1864 at Camp Douglas, Chicago, IL

He is listed at the Confederate Mound in the Oak Wood Cemetery in Chicago, Il as buried there.

Killed in action march13,1864....Other relatives that were enlisted in the 64th. include Griffith R Jones ( co. D,4th sgt.), Perry Jones, and Jonas Jones- who died of war wounds...

An 4th great-uncle, Pvt. Samuel Lambert (1836-1864) was from Scott Co, Va.
Captured Sept. 1863 at Cumberland Gap.
Died of smallpox 7 Nov. 1864 while POW at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Ill.

Confederate Service in the Civil War : Abraham Lane Residence was not listed; a 27 year-old Farmer. Enlisted on 9/24/1861 at Lee County, VA as a Private. On 9/24/1861 he mustered into 'D' Co. VA 21st Battn Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) On 3/1/1865 he mustered into 'Franklin`s' Co. VA 64th Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) (Later served) He was listed as: * On rolls 4/17/1862 (place not stated) (Present in Co D.) He was described at enlistment as: 6` 1.0', fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair My wife's ancestor ( her mother's side )

Confederate Civil War Service : Elijah Lane Residence was not listed; Enlisted on 12/1/1863 at Kingsport, TN as a Private. On 12/1/1863 he mustered into 'D' Co. VA 64th Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) He was listed as: * Wounded (date and place not stated) (Date and place not given) * On rolls 6/30/1864 (place not stated) (As Absent, wounded)

Confederate Civil War Service : Samuel Patton Lane, Jr Residence was not listed; Enlisted on 8/17/1862 at Saltville, VA as a Private. On 8/17/1862 he mustered into 'D' Co. VA 21st Battn Infantry He was transferred out on 12/1/1862 On 12/1/1862 he transferred into 'D' Co. VA 64th Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) He was listed as: * AWOL 4/25/1864 (place not stated) (May be identical to Patton Lane who was listed on post war roster of Co. D, 64th VA Inf.)

Brother of Abraham & Thompson Peters. ( My wife's ancestors from Scott Co.Va. ) Residence Lee County VA; 22 years old.

Enlisted on 4/6/1862 at Moccisan Gap, VA as a Private.



On 4/6/1862 he mustered into 'E' Co. VA 21st Battn Infantry
He was discharged on 7/31/1862


He also had service in:
'D' Co. VA 64th Infantry


He was described at enlistment as:
5' 2.0', dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair

Enlisted to avoid draft. Captured at Cumberland Gap, September 9, 1863. Imprisoned at Camp Douglas, Chicago, until May 1865

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My great grandfather from Washington Co. and also Russell Co. in Virginia. Was captured at Cumberland Gap; was POW incarcerated at Camp Douglass, IL; died there; buried at Oakwood Cem. IL

My G-Grandfather Amos and G-uncle Humphrey Reed were both in the 64th.Virginia Mounted Infantry Company E both were captured and sent from Cumberland Gap Tn. to camp douglas at chicago where they were POW's for well over a year

Occupation: Farmer
Enlistment Date: 01 March 1865
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Virginia
Unit Numbers: 825
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 01 March 1865 at the age of 44
Enlisted in Company Franklin's, 64th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 01 March 1865.
Height: 5'11 '
Eye Color: blue
Hair Color: dark
Complexion: fair
Thomas was my GG Uncle

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John Calvin Harris, lived in Jonesville Lee Co VA. He was in service when his younger brother Charles Thomas Harris, enlisted in the same Company as John, Co F. John was born in Charlotte, moved to Botetourt Co then Lee county about 1860.
John C Harris is my Gr Grandfather.

His brother Hiram was a coproral in CO H

My Great-Great-Grandfather George William Tankersley joined the 64th on July 1st, 1864 at the age of 16. He served in Co. F under Captain William Graham and Colonel A.L. Pridemore.

Joined 21st Virginia on Sept 30, 1861 company E. Transferred 64th Virginia Company F on Dec 1,1862.

Camp Douglas death report
enlisted 18th of march 1862 then transferred to the 64th after going home on leave back to lee count.He was led by captain William w. Wynn and was captured in Cumberland gap by Burnside. Transferred to Louisville.Ky then to Camp Douglas where he died of inflammation of the lungs 21st of October 1863. His name is listed along with 4241 others on the mound in Chicago.

David enlisted in Company A of the 21st Virginia Infantry, Confederate States Army (CSA) on 16 September 1861. He enlisted again on August 13, 1862 and served as a Private in the 64th Regiment, Virginia Mounted Infantry, Company G. David served with his brothers, David, George, John and Tobias and 1st cousin, David Yeary. He deserted on June 30, 1864 and was killed on December 11, 1864. His family claimed he was kidnapped and murdered by ''bushwhackers.'' Both he and his brother, William, died the same day and Lt. Colonel Witcher''s Men likely killed both.

Witcher had gathered a small number of pro-Confederate men about himself, and began to engage in the free-for-all on the Kentucky border. Similar pro-Union paramilitary bands also marauded in the area. Initially neither of the national governments recognized these guerilla bands, and if a man were captured from these units, they were frequently executed because the protection of the Articles of War did not apply to them. To afford their own bushwhackers the protection law, both the Federal and Confederate governments gave their bands official military status. Witcher''s men thus became designated the ''34th Battalion Virginia Calvary, CSA.''

Witcher''s men were initially labeled as ''Independent Scouts.'' The unit eventually became known as ''Witcher’s Boys.'' It was their duty to serve as a counter insurgency force against the local Union units operating in West Virginia, East Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, and Northeast Tennessee. They soon began to distinguish themselves for their barbarity, their specialty being a variation of lynching done with a bent pole that jerked its victim into eternity.

Brother to David, Ira, John and Tobias. 1st cousin of David Yeary. All were in the 64th Mounted Infantry Regiment.

Brother to David, George, John and Tobias. 1st cousin of David Yeary. All were in the 64th Mounted Infantry Regiment.

Brother to David, Ira, George and Tobias. 1st cousin of David Yeary. All were in the 64th Mounted Infantry Regiment.

Brother to David, Ira, John and George. 1st cousin of David Yeary. All were in the 64th Mounted Infantry Regiment.

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David was 1st cousin to George, Ira, John and Tobias and William Hughes. All were in the 64th Mounted Infantry Regiment.

Samuel was one of several Horn/Horne brothers who served in the Confederacy under M.V. Kilbourn's command. The others were Stephen and Henry.

Stephen was one of several brothers of the Horne (Horn) family from Wise County, VA who served in the Confederate Army. He served under M.V. Kilbourn. Along with him in Company H were his brothers, Dr. John Polson Horne, Samuel Horne, and Henry. Nicholas Johnson Horne, the father, drove a supply wagon for the Confederacy.

His brother Thomas Mille was a captain in the 64th Company F2

From Wise County, Virginia, 30 Oct 1836 - 4 Nov 1906. Enlisted 18 Aug 1862 as 2nd Sergeant.

Captured 9 Sep 1863 at Cumberland Gap, TN; confined 24 Sep 1863 at Camp Douglas, IL; released on oath 17 May 1865.

Buried at Riverview Cemetery, East Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia.

He is incorrectly identified in the book 64th Virginia Infantry by Jeffrey C. Weaver as being in Lee Co., Virginia in the 1920 Lee Co. Pension list. But that is another William J. Collier that is a distant cousin. Capt. William Jasper Collier moved to Menifee Co., KY in 1868 and appears there in the 1870 census. In 1876 he moves to Cooke Co., Texas and lived there until his death in 1918. He applied and received a Confederate Pension from Texas for his service as a Captain in the 64th Virginia Infantry. He was with Longstreet's Corp at Appomattox at the surrender.

Captured and taken as a prisoner of war Cumberland Gap 9 Sept 1863

Taken to Lousiville, KY Transfered to Camp Douglas, Chicago Illinois

Died as a prisoner of war 4 June 1864

cause of death? SMALL POX!!!

Enlisted as private; later promoted to 1st Sgt. Also part of Company I.

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Enlisted Sept 1 1862 in Lee co. Va.Paroled at Cumberland Gap on May 2 1865.He also served in Company A 94th Virginia Militia. Distinguished Service. William worked in the coal mines before and after the war. He is my GG Grandfather. I was told that he was a mean SOB. I believe his meaness came from being held at the Douglas pow camp in Illinois. Here is a link for information on how our ancestors were treated.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KILGORE/2004-02/1076396675
Died in 1925 and buried in Blackwood Cemetery wise Va.

Alexander Tritt was my Great great grandfather. He served in company I and was taken prisoner at Cumberland Gap and sent to Camp Douglas. A note to anyone searching the Tritt's in the 64th Virginia: all the Tritt's in this regent were brothers and cousins. They were the sons of two brothers, Samuel Tritt sr and Jacob Tritt sr
My great great grandfather was the son of Jacob Tritt sr. There was another Alexander L. Tritt who was the son of Samuel Tritt sr. Alexander L. Tritt died at Camp Douglas and is buried there. Also: All the soldiers in the 64th with the name Trett are spelled wrong and should be spelled Tritt as, these are of the same family. As you research, you will find this spelling mistake.

He was taken as a POW 9-9-1863 AT Cumberland Gap and sent to Chicago to Camp Douglas were he die 1-3-1864.

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He joined the confederate forces in 1863 with his brother Nicholas Pugh. They both were captured on Sept. 9th at Cumberland Gap and sent to Camp Douglas for about 1 year, then joined union navy until Jan 1866. He was under Captain George N. Tyler of the 64th Infantry.

He is my GG grandfather. He joined the confederate forces in 1863 with his brother Elisha Pugh. They both were captured on Sept. 9th at Cumberland Gap and sent to Camp Douglas for about 1 year, then joined union navy until Jan 1866. He was under Captain George N. Tyler of the 64th Infantry.

Napoleon Ewing Beaty - Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia - b. 10/01/1831 - Enlisted into 64th Virginia Infantry Regiment as a private. Napoleon was a physician and commissioned to Company S of the 64th Infantry Regiment Virginia. Napoleon is my great-great grandfather.