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PVT Albert Benjamin Alsop

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PVT Albert Benjamin Alsop Veteran

Birth
Death
1 Aug 1864 (aged 43–44)
Burial
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Son of William Alsop and Minessa P. Harding.

Company A "Stafford Rangers" of Stafford County, 9th Virginia Cavalry, W.H.F. Lee's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence: Stafford County, VA.
Enlisted on 4/21/1861 in Stafford County, VA., he was mustered into "A" Co. VA 9th Cavalry as a Private.
POW 10/13/1862 at New Market, VA.; Paroled 10/20/1862.
Mortally Wounded In Action 5/22/1864.

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.
Son of William Alsop and Minessa P. Harding.

Company A "Stafford Rangers" of Stafford County, 9th Virginia Cavalry, W.H.F. Lee's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence: Stafford County, VA.
Enlisted on 4/21/1861 in Stafford County, VA., he was mustered into "A" Co. VA 9th Cavalry as a Private.
POW 10/13/1862 at New Market, VA.; Paroled 10/20/1862.
Mortally Wounded In Action 5/22/1864.

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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