Charles and his brother John were in the last cavalry charge made in the war where they took 2 batt. of cannon, fought off a battalion of Yankee horse and attacked a Regiment of Yankee Infantry. It is not listed how many they killed and wounded but they had 400 POW's that they gave back the next day after Lee surrendered. Mann, private, enlisted in Company C, 14th Virginia Cavalry at Monroe Draft on Feb. 1, 1864. He was present through the rolls to 31 Oct 1864 and was reported captured at Cedarville on 12 Nov 1864. There is no Federal record of his capture, so he probably escaped early on and was on his unit's rolls through 31 Dec 1864. He was paroled at Stauton on 15 May 1865 and described as age 19, 5'9" Light complexion, light hair, gray eyes, and resident of Augusta Coounty. He is reported to have been born in Rockingham County about 1846 and was brother to John C. Mann, another 14th cavalry soldier. Company C was organized 15-May-1862 and composed of re-enlisted men who had been transferred from companies of Jackson's Squadron of Va Cavalry which subsequently became Companies H and I of the 14th. The soldiers were from Rockbridge and Augusta Counties. 14th Virginia Cavalry participated in some 130 battles and skirmishes from 10-Sept.-1862 until 9-Aprl-1865. Recommend the following books: 14th Virginia Cavalry by Robert J. Driver, Jr. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis
Applied for pension in Cole, Washington County, Va.Aug. 15, 1911 and received $36 in 1912. He was granted pension due to cancer of the ear and infirmity of age.