Company C,1st Virginia Battalion Infantry, Provost Guard, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Warrenton, VA; Graduate of VMI (Class of 1854); a 27 year-old Engineer with Alexandria RR.
Enlisted on 5/1/1861, he was commissioned into Company D, 1st Virginia Battalion Infantry as a 1st Lieutenant.
Present on Sept & Oct 1861 Roll, signs as Commanding Company.
Absent, Detailed 2/10 - 2/28/1862 on Recruiting Duty.
Hospitalized 6/11/1862 Charlottesville, VA.
Promoted to Captain of Company C on 8/14/1862.
Wounded 8/30/1862 in 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA., in neck while commanding two companies; returned to duty 9/9/1862.
Applied 10/26/1862 for commission as Colonel in Engineers.
Listed on March & April 1863 Roll as Absent, Detailed as Provost Marshal 3/1/1863 Guinea Station, VA.
Prresent on all remaining Rolls until hospitalized 2/26 - 3/17/1864 in Richmond with syphillis.
He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.
Postwar he was a lawyer and farmer.
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- CAPT. HORNER DEAD. -
A Professor and a Confederate Captain.
Capt. George Baylor Horner died at his home, "Ripon Lodge," two miles west of Salem, on Sunday morning, aged 58 years. The deceased, before the war, had been a lawyer, and subsequently a professor at the Virginia Military Institute, but when the war broke out, he entered the Confederate army and served as captain until the surrender, soon after which he purchased a farm near here, where he lived in retirement until his death.
The immediate cause of Capt. Horner's death was an abdominal tumor.
He leaves a wife and son.
The remains were taken last night to Warrenton, Va., the home of his early youth, where they will be buried.
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The 1st Virginia Infantry Battalion Regulars was organized in May, 1861, with men from the city of Richmond and Hanover County. The unit contained five companies and was known as the Irish Battalion. It moved to western Virginia and participated in Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign, then fought at First Kernstown, McDowell, and in Jackson's Valley Campaign. The unit was then assigned to General J.R. Jones' Brigade and was involved in many conflicts of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Day's Battles to Fredericksburg. Later it was assigned to General Headquarters and in November, 1864, Provost Guard. It lost twenty-five percent of the 187 engaged at First Manassas, had 3 wounded during the Seven Days' Battles and 3 killed and 19 wounded at Second Manassas.
Residence Warrenton, VA; Graduate of VMI (Class of 1854); a 27 year-old Engineer with Alexandria RR.
Enlisted on 5/1/1861, he was commissioned into Company D, 1st Virginia Battalion Infantry as a 1st Lieutenant.
Present on Sept & Oct 1861 Roll, signs as Commanding Company.
Absent, Detailed 2/10 - 2/28/1862 on Recruiting Duty.
Hospitalized 6/11/1862 Charlottesville, VA.
Promoted to Captain of Company C on 8/14/1862.
Wounded 8/30/1862 in 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA., in neck while commanding two companies; returned to duty 9/9/1862.
Applied 10/26/1862 for commission as Colonel in Engineers.
Listed on March & April 1863 Roll as Absent, Detailed as Provost Marshal 3/1/1863 Guinea Station, VA.
Prresent on all remaining Rolls until hospitalized 2/26 - 3/17/1864 in Richmond with syphillis.
He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.
Postwar he was a lawyer and farmer.
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- CAPT. HORNER DEAD. -
A Professor and a Confederate Captain.
Capt. George Baylor Horner died at his home, "Ripon Lodge," two miles west of Salem, on Sunday morning, aged 58 years. The deceased, before the war, had been a lawyer, and subsequently a professor at the Virginia Military Institute, but when the war broke out, he entered the Confederate army and served as captain until the surrender, soon after which he purchased a farm near here, where he lived in retirement until his death.
The immediate cause of Capt. Horner's death was an abdominal tumor.
He leaves a wife and son.
The remains were taken last night to Warrenton, Va., the home of his early youth, where they will be buried.
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The 1st Virginia Infantry Battalion Regulars was organized in May, 1861, with men from the city of Richmond and Hanover County. The unit contained five companies and was known as the Irish Battalion. It moved to western Virginia and participated in Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign, then fought at First Kernstown, McDowell, and in Jackson's Valley Campaign. The unit was then assigned to General J.R. Jones' Brigade and was involved in many conflicts of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Day's Battles to Fredericksburg. Later it was assigned to General Headquarters and in November, 1864, Provost Guard. It lost twenty-five percent of the 187 engaged at First Manassas, had 3 wounded during the Seven Days' Battles and 3 killed and 19 wounded at Second Manassas.
Company C,1st Virginia Battalion Infantry, Provost Guard, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Warrenton, VA; Graduate of VMI (Class of 1854); a 27 year-old Engineer with Alexandria RR.
Enlisted on 5/1/1861, he was commissioned into Company D, 1st Virginia Battalion Infantry as a 1st Lieutenant.
Present on Sept & Oct 1861 Roll, signs as Commanding Company.
Absent, Detailed 2/10 - 2/28/1862 on Recruiting Duty.
Hospitalized 6/11/1862 Charlottesville, VA.
Promoted to Captain of Company C on 8/14/1862.
Wounded 8/30/1862 in 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA., in neck while commanding two companies; returned to duty 9/9/1862.
Applied 10/26/1862 for commission as Colonel in Engineers.
Listed on March & April 1863 Roll as Absent, Detailed as Provost Marshal 3/1/1863 Guinea Station, VA.
Prresent on all remaining Rolls until hospitalized 2/26 - 3/17/1864 in Richmond with syphillis.
He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.
Postwar he was a lawyer and farmer.
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- CAPT. HORNER DEAD. -
A Professor and a Confederate Captain.
Capt. George Baylor Horner died at his home, "Ripon Lodge," two miles west of Salem, on Sunday morning, aged 58 years. The deceased, before the war, had been a lawyer, and subsequently a professor at the Virginia Military Institute, but when the war broke out, he entered the Confederate army and served as captain until the surrender, soon after which he purchased a farm near here, where he lived in retirement until his death.
The immediate cause of Capt. Horner's death was an abdominal tumor.
He leaves a wife and son.
The remains were taken last night to Warrenton, Va., the home of his early youth, where they will be buried.
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The 1st Virginia Infantry Battalion Regulars was organized in May, 1861, with men from the city of Richmond and Hanover County. The unit contained five companies and was known as the Irish Battalion. It moved to western Virginia and participated in Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign, then fought at First Kernstown, McDowell, and in Jackson's Valley Campaign. The unit was then assigned to General J.R. Jones' Brigade and was involved in many conflicts of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Day's Battles to Fredericksburg. Later it was assigned to General Headquarters and in November, 1864, Provost Guard. It lost twenty-five percent of the 187 engaged at First Manassas, had 3 wounded during the Seven Days' Battles and 3 killed and 19 wounded at Second Manassas.
Residence Warrenton, VA; Graduate of VMI (Class of 1854); a 27 year-old Engineer with Alexandria RR.
Enlisted on 5/1/1861, he was commissioned into Company D, 1st Virginia Battalion Infantry as a 1st Lieutenant.
Present on Sept & Oct 1861 Roll, signs as Commanding Company.
Absent, Detailed 2/10 - 2/28/1862 on Recruiting Duty.
Hospitalized 6/11/1862 Charlottesville, VA.
Promoted to Captain of Company C on 8/14/1862.
Wounded 8/30/1862 in 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA., in neck while commanding two companies; returned to duty 9/9/1862.
Applied 10/26/1862 for commission as Colonel in Engineers.
Listed on March & April 1863 Roll as Absent, Detailed as Provost Marshal 3/1/1863 Guinea Station, VA.
Prresent on all remaining Rolls until hospitalized 2/26 - 3/17/1864 in Richmond with syphillis.
He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.
Postwar he was a lawyer and farmer.
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- CAPT. HORNER DEAD. -
A Professor and a Confederate Captain.
Capt. George Baylor Horner died at his home, "Ripon Lodge," two miles west of Salem, on Sunday morning, aged 58 years. The deceased, before the war, had been a lawyer, and subsequently a professor at the Virginia Military Institute, but when the war broke out, he entered the Confederate army and served as captain until the surrender, soon after which he purchased a farm near here, where he lived in retirement until his death.
The immediate cause of Capt. Horner's death was an abdominal tumor.
He leaves a wife and son.
The remains were taken last night to Warrenton, Va., the home of his early youth, where they will be buried.
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The 1st Virginia Infantry Battalion Regulars was organized in May, 1861, with men from the city of Richmond and Hanover County. The unit contained five companies and was known as the Irish Battalion. It moved to western Virginia and participated in Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign, then fought at First Kernstown, McDowell, and in Jackson's Valley Campaign. The unit was then assigned to General J.R. Jones' Brigade and was involved in many conflicts of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Day's Battles to Fredericksburg. Later it was assigned to General Headquarters and in November, 1864, Provost Guard. It lost twenty-five percent of the 187 engaged at First Manassas, had 3 wounded during the Seven Days' Battles and 3 killed and 19 wounded at Second Manassas.
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