Company B "Caroline Light Dragoons" of Caroline County, 9th Virginia Cavalry, W.H.F. Lee's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Port Royal, Caroline County, VA.; 25 year-old music teacher.
Enlisted for 12 months' service on 5/6/1861 in Bowling Green, Caroline County, VA., he was mustered into Captain Samuel A. Swann's Company "Caroline Light Dragoons", Virginia Volunteers as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company B, 9th Virginia Cavalry.)
Listed on Jan & Feb 1862 Roll as Detailed as courier for General Holmes.
Reenlisted for 2 more years on 3/6/1862; $50 Reenlistment Bounty due.
Listed on all subsequent Rolls through May & June 1863 Roll as Detailed as courier for General Holmes.
Listed on July & Aug 1863 through May & June 1864 Rolls as Detailed as clerk in Medical Purveyor's Office, Richmond, and temporarily attached to Company A, 3rd Regiment Virginia Infantry, Local Defense.
Hospitalized 7/15/1864 through 2/28/1865 final Roll.
Postwar, married to Nannie and father of Earnest, Jr., James, John, and Robert C., he was a Music Professor living in Richmond, VA.
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.
Residence Port Royal, Caroline County, VA.; 25 year-old music teacher.
Enlisted for 12 months' service on 5/6/1861 in Bowling Green, Caroline County, VA., he was mustered into Captain Samuel A. Swann's Company "Caroline Light Dragoons", Virginia Volunteers as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company B, 9th Virginia Cavalry.)
Listed on Jan & Feb 1862 Roll as Detailed as courier for General Holmes.
Reenlisted for 2 more years on 3/6/1862; $50 Reenlistment Bounty due.
Listed on all subsequent Rolls through May & June 1863 Roll as Detailed as courier for General Holmes.
Listed on July & Aug 1863 through May & June 1864 Rolls as Detailed as clerk in Medical Purveyor's Office, Richmond, and temporarily attached to Company A, 3rd Regiment Virginia Infantry, Local Defense.
Hospitalized 7/15/1864 through 2/28/1865 final Roll.
Postwar, married to Nannie and father of Earnest, Jr., James, John, and Robert C., he was a Music Professor living in Richmond, VA.
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.
Company B "Caroline Light Dragoons" of Caroline County, 9th Virginia Cavalry, W.H.F. Lee's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Port Royal, Caroline County, VA.; 25 year-old music teacher.
Enlisted for 12 months' service on 5/6/1861 in Bowling Green, Caroline County, VA., he was mustered into Captain Samuel A. Swann's Company "Caroline Light Dragoons", Virginia Volunteers as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company B, 9th Virginia Cavalry.)
Listed on Jan & Feb 1862 Roll as Detailed as courier for General Holmes.
Reenlisted for 2 more years on 3/6/1862; $50 Reenlistment Bounty due.
Listed on all subsequent Rolls through May & June 1863 Roll as Detailed as courier for General Holmes.
Listed on July & Aug 1863 through May & June 1864 Rolls as Detailed as clerk in Medical Purveyor's Office, Richmond, and temporarily attached to Company A, 3rd Regiment Virginia Infantry, Local Defense.
Hospitalized 7/15/1864 through 2/28/1865 final Roll.
Postwar, married to Nannie and father of Earnest, Jr., James, John, and Robert C., he was a Music Professor living in Richmond, VA.
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.
Residence Port Royal, Caroline County, VA.; 25 year-old music teacher.
Enlisted for 12 months' service on 5/6/1861 in Bowling Green, Caroline County, VA., he was mustered into Captain Samuel A. Swann's Company "Caroline Light Dragoons", Virginia Volunteers as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company B, 9th Virginia Cavalry.)
Listed on Jan & Feb 1862 Roll as Detailed as courier for General Holmes.
Reenlisted for 2 more years on 3/6/1862; $50 Reenlistment Bounty due.
Listed on all subsequent Rolls through May & June 1863 Roll as Detailed as courier for General Holmes.
Listed on July & Aug 1863 through May & June 1864 Rolls as Detailed as clerk in Medical Purveyor's Office, Richmond, and temporarily attached to Company A, 3rd Regiment Virginia Infantry, Local Defense.
Hospitalized 7/15/1864 through 2/28/1865 final Roll.
Postwar, married to Nannie and father of Earnest, Jr., James, John, and Robert C., he was a Music Professor living in Richmond, VA.
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.
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