Company F "Essex Light Dragoons" of Essex County, 9th Virginia Cavalry, W.H.F. Lee's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Essex County VA; 5'6", light complexion; an 18 year-old Student.
Enlisted on 6/26/1861 at Dunnsville, Essex County, VA, he was mustered into "F" Co. VA 9th Cavalry as a Private.
Absent, sick 4/1862.
Detailed briefly 7/1862.
Present on all rolls through 10/1/1864 final roll.
Oath Allegiance 4/27/1865 Ashland, VA.
On 2/11/1915 he applied for a full disability Confederate Pension due to old age, heart trouble and other conditions. He was approved on 5/5/1915 for $49.20 per annum.
On 9/28/1916, living in Essex County, he applied for admittance into the Robert E. Lee Camp Soldiers' Home in Richmond due to "old age & not being able to do any work". He was approved 10/10, ordered in 10/12 and admitted 10/21/1916; died there.
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 Essex County VA; 5'6", light complexion; an 18 year-old Student.
Enlisted on 6/26/1861 at Dunnsville, Essex County, VA, he was mustered into "F" Co. VA 9th Cavalry as a Private.
Absent, sick 4/1862.
Detailed briefly 7/1862.
Present on all rolls through 10/1/1864 final roll.
Oath Allegiance 4/27/1865 Ashland, VA.
On 2/11/1915 he applied for a full disability Confederate Pension due to old age, heart trouble and other conditions. He was approved on 5/5/1915 for $49.20 per annum.
On 9/28/1916, living in Essex County, he applied for admittance into the Robert E. Lee Camp Soldiers' Home in Richmond due to "old age & not being able to do any work". He was approved 10/10, ordered in 10/12 and admitted 10/21/1916; died there.
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 F "Essex Light Dragoons" of Essex County, 9th Virginia Cavalry, W.H.F. Lee's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Essex County VA; 5'6", light complexion; an 18 year-old Student.
Enlisted on 6/26/1861 at Dunnsville, Essex County, VA, he was mustered into "F" Co. VA 9th Cavalry as a Private.
Absent, sick 4/1862.
Detailed briefly 7/1862.
Present on all rolls through 10/1/1864 final roll.
Oath Allegiance 4/27/1865 Ashland, VA.
On 2/11/1915 he applied for a full disability Confederate Pension due to old age, heart trouble and other conditions. He was approved on 5/5/1915 for $49.20 per annum.
On 9/28/1916, living in Essex County, he applied for admittance into the Robert E. Lee Camp Soldiers' Home in Richmond due to "old age & not being able to do any work". He was approved 10/10, ordered in 10/12 and admitted 10/21/1916; died there.
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 Essex County VA; 5'6", light complexion; an 18 year-old Student.
Enlisted on 6/26/1861 at Dunnsville, Essex County, VA, he was mustered into "F" Co. VA 9th Cavalry as a Private.
Absent, sick 4/1862.
Detailed briefly 7/1862.
Present on all rolls through 10/1/1864 final roll.
Oath Allegiance 4/27/1865 Ashland, VA.
On 2/11/1915 he applied for a full disability Confederate Pension due to old age, heart trouble and other conditions. He was approved on 5/5/1915 for $49.20 per annum.
On 9/28/1916, living in Essex County, he applied for admittance into the Robert E. Lee Camp Soldiers' Home in Richmond due to "old age & not being able to do any work". He was approved 10/10, ordered in 10/12 and admitted 10/21/1916; died there.
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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