Firstborn, son of Richard Brent Horner and Mary Blair Little; brother of Dr. Frederick Horner, Mary W. Horner, Frances Anne Horner, Henrietta Braxton Horner, George Whiting Horner, Richard Henry Horner, Elizabeth Moore Horner, William Little Horner. Married Ellen Ashton 8/22/1865; father of Mary Rose Horner, Robert Braxton Horner, Ellen Ashton Horner, Henry Ashton Horner.
Major Jones' 1st Battalion Infantry, Local Defense, C.S.A.
Residence Warrenton, VA., 32 year-old merchant, blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5'7".
Enlisted for 12months' service on 7/24/1861 at Union, VA., he was mustered into Captain William A. Dulaney'c Company "Dulaney Troop", Virginia Cavalry, as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company A, 6th Virginia Cavalry.)
Present on July & August and Sept & Oct 1861 Rolls.
Resigned due to "insufficient health", furnishing William E. Bayley as substitute; discharged 10/31/1861.
Applied 10/22/1862 for clerkship in C.S.A. Treasury Dept.; highly recommended by several Virginia bankers in C.S.A. Govt., a Virginia House Delegate, and Major John Ambler, Paymaster of C.S.A.
Mustered into Major Jones' Battalion Local Defense Troops as 3rd Lieutenant.
POW 6/5/1864 at Piedmont, Augusta County, VA.; confined 6/21/1864 at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana; transferred next day to Johnson's Island, Ohio; Oath of Allegiance there on 6/14/1864, released.
Major Jones' 1st Battalion Infantry, Local Defense, C.S.A.
Residence Warrenton, VA., 32 year-old merchant, blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5'7".
Enlisted for 12months' service on 7/24/1861 at Union, VA., he was mustered into Captain William A. Dulaney'c Company "Dulaney Troop", Virginia Cavalry, as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company A, 6th Virginia Cavalry.)
Present on July & August and Sept & Oct 1861 Rolls.
Resigned due to "insufficient health", furnishing William E. Bayley as substitute; discharged 10/31/1861.
Applied 10/22/1862 for clerkship in C.S.A. Treasury Dept.; highly recommended by several Virginia bankers in C.S.A. Govt., a Virginia House Delegate, and Major John Ambler, Paymaster of C.S.A.
Mustered into Major Jones' Battalion Local Defense Troops as 3rd Lieutenant.
POW 6/5/1864 at Piedmont, Augusta County, VA.; confined 6/21/1864 at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana; transferred next day to Johnson's Island, Ohio; Oath of Allegiance there on 6/14/1864, released.
Firstborn, son of Richard Brent Horner and Mary Blair Little; brother of Dr. Frederick Horner, Mary W. Horner, Frances Anne Horner, Henrietta Braxton Horner, George Whiting Horner, Richard Henry Horner, Elizabeth Moore Horner, William Little Horner. Married Ellen Ashton 8/22/1865; father of Mary Rose Horner, Robert Braxton Horner, Ellen Ashton Horner, Henry Ashton Horner.
Major Jones' 1st Battalion Infantry, Local Defense, C.S.A.
Residence Warrenton, VA., 32 year-old merchant, blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5'7".
Enlisted for 12months' service on 7/24/1861 at Union, VA., he was mustered into Captain William A. Dulaney'c Company "Dulaney Troop", Virginia Cavalry, as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company A, 6th Virginia Cavalry.)
Present on July & August and Sept & Oct 1861 Rolls.
Resigned due to "insufficient health", furnishing William E. Bayley as substitute; discharged 10/31/1861.
Applied 10/22/1862 for clerkship in C.S.A. Treasury Dept.; highly recommended by several Virginia bankers in C.S.A. Govt., a Virginia House Delegate, and Major John Ambler, Paymaster of C.S.A.
Mustered into Major Jones' Battalion Local Defense Troops as 3rd Lieutenant.
POW 6/5/1864 at Piedmont, Augusta County, VA.; confined 6/21/1864 at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana; transferred next day to Johnson's Island, Ohio; Oath of Allegiance there on 6/14/1864, released.
Major Jones' 1st Battalion Infantry, Local Defense, C.S.A.
Residence Warrenton, VA., 32 year-old merchant, blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5'7".
Enlisted for 12months' service on 7/24/1861 at Union, VA., he was mustered into Captain William A. Dulaney'c Company "Dulaney Troop", Virginia Cavalry, as a Private. (This company subsequently became Company A, 6th Virginia Cavalry.)
Present on July & August and Sept & Oct 1861 Rolls.
Resigned due to "insufficient health", furnishing William E. Bayley as substitute; discharged 10/31/1861.
Applied 10/22/1862 for clerkship in C.S.A. Treasury Dept.; highly recommended by several Virginia bankers in C.S.A. Govt., a Virginia House Delegate, and Major John Ambler, Paymaster of C.S.A.
Mustered into Major Jones' Battalion Local Defense Troops as 3rd Lieutenant.
POW 6/5/1864 at Piedmont, Augusta County, VA.; confined 6/21/1864 at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana; transferred next day to Johnson's Island, Ohio; Oath of Allegiance there on 6/14/1864, released.
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