Company E "Mercer Cavalry" of Spotsylvania County, 9th Virginia Cavalry, W.H.F. Lee's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Chancellorsville, Va.; a 31 year-old Farmer.
Enlisted on 3/5/1862, he was mustered into Captain Corbin Crutchfield's Company at Camp King George, King George County, as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company E, 9th Virginia Cavalry,)
Detailed Sept & Oct 1862 thru Jan & Feb 1863 Rolls as courier for General J.E.B. Stuart.
Detailed Mar & April thru May & June 1864 Rolls at Cavalry Corps Headquarters as Ordnance Sergt.
Detailed July & Aug 1864 Roll with General Hampton.
Detailed Sept & Oct 1864 Roll at Cavalry Corps Headquarters as Ordnance Sergt.
His home was in the midst of the Chancellorsville Battlefield.
Married 1st to Jane Frazer, 2nd to Ann Prudence Decker, next door neighbor.
Partner in Decker & Alrich (plows, etc.) located at 407-409 Commerce Street, Fredericksburg, Va. He was also a member of the Wilderness Grange and Conservatives local political party.
The 9th Cavalry Regiment was formed in January, 1862, using the 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry as its nucleus. Its companies were from the counties of Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland, Lancaster, Essex, Spotsylvania, Lunenburg, King William, King George, and Richmond.
It fought in the Seven Days' Battles, the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, Culpeper Court House, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.
Residence Chancellorsville, Va.; a 31 year-old Farmer.
Enlisted on 3/5/1862, he was mustered into Captain Corbin Crutchfield's Company at Camp King George, King George County, as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company E, 9th Virginia Cavalry,)
Detailed Sept & Oct 1862 thru Jan & Feb 1863 Rolls as courier for General J.E.B. Stuart.
Detailed Mar & April thru May & June 1864 Rolls at Cavalry Corps Headquarters as Ordnance Sergt.
Detailed July & Aug 1864 Roll with General Hampton.
Detailed Sept & Oct 1864 Roll at Cavalry Corps Headquarters as Ordnance Sergt.
His home was in the midst of the Chancellorsville Battlefield.
Married 1st to Jane Frazer, 2nd to Ann Prudence Decker, next door neighbor.
Partner in Decker & Alrich (plows, etc.) located at 407-409 Commerce Street, Fredericksburg, Va. He was also a member of the Wilderness Grange and Conservatives local political party.
The 9th Cavalry Regiment was formed in January, 1862, using the 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry as its nucleus. Its companies were from the counties of Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland, Lancaster, Essex, Spotsylvania, Lunenburg, King William, King George, and Richmond.
It fought in the Seven Days' Battles, the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, Culpeper Court House, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.
Company E "Mercer Cavalry" of Spotsylvania County, 9th Virginia Cavalry, W.H.F. Lee's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Chancellorsville, Va.; a 31 year-old Farmer.
Enlisted on 3/5/1862, he was mustered into Captain Corbin Crutchfield's Company at Camp King George, King George County, as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company E, 9th Virginia Cavalry,)
Detailed Sept & Oct 1862 thru Jan & Feb 1863 Rolls as courier for General J.E.B. Stuart.
Detailed Mar & April thru May & June 1864 Rolls at Cavalry Corps Headquarters as Ordnance Sergt.
Detailed July & Aug 1864 Roll with General Hampton.
Detailed Sept & Oct 1864 Roll at Cavalry Corps Headquarters as Ordnance Sergt.
His home was in the midst of the Chancellorsville Battlefield.
Married 1st to Jane Frazer, 2nd to Ann Prudence Decker, next door neighbor.
Partner in Decker & Alrich (plows, etc.) located at 407-409 Commerce Street, Fredericksburg, Va. He was also a member of the Wilderness Grange and Conservatives local political party.
The 9th Cavalry Regiment was formed in January, 1862, using the 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry as its nucleus. Its companies were from the counties of Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland, Lancaster, Essex, Spotsylvania, Lunenburg, King William, King George, and Richmond.
It fought in the Seven Days' Battles, the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, Culpeper Court House, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.
Residence Chancellorsville, Va.; a 31 year-old Farmer.
Enlisted on 3/5/1862, he was mustered into Captain Corbin Crutchfield's Company at Camp King George, King George County, as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company E, 9th Virginia Cavalry,)
Detailed Sept & Oct 1862 thru Jan & Feb 1863 Rolls as courier for General J.E.B. Stuart.
Detailed Mar & April thru May & June 1864 Rolls at Cavalry Corps Headquarters as Ordnance Sergt.
Detailed July & Aug 1864 Roll with General Hampton.
Detailed Sept & Oct 1864 Roll at Cavalry Corps Headquarters as Ordnance Sergt.
His home was in the midst of the Chancellorsville Battlefield.
Married 1st to Jane Frazer, 2nd to Ann Prudence Decker, next door neighbor.
Partner in Decker & Alrich (plows, etc.) located at 407-409 Commerce Street, Fredericksburg, Va. He was also a member of the Wilderness Grange and Conservatives local political party.
The 9th Cavalry Regiment was formed in January, 1862, using the 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry as its nucleus. Its companies were from the counties of Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland, Lancaster, Essex, Spotsylvania, Lunenburg, King William, King George, and Richmond.
It fought in the Seven Days' Battles, the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, Culpeper Court House, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.
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