4th Infantry Regiment
Surnames P-R
PACE, GEORGE W.:
Co. L (July 16,1861); wounded at Groveton, Aug. 26,1862; returned to duty in
Mar., 1863: wounded In knee, May 3,1863, at Chancellorsville; absent on sick
furlough through at least Nov., 1864.
PACE, NICHOLAS F.:
Co. L (July 16,1861); detailed as nurse, Oct. 21,1862; received flesh wound In
leg and captured, Sept. 19,1864, at Winchester; exchanged at Point Lookout
Prison, Md., Oct. 30,1884.
PACE, VINCENT
FRANKLIN: Co. L (July 16,1861); wounded In arm at Gettysburg, July 3,1833;
accidentally wounded, Oct. 27,1863.
PAGE, COUPLAND
RANDOLPH: Co. I (June 2,1861); born Apr. 27,1843; student; apptd. Cpl., Sept.
13,1861; trfd., June 9,1862, to Kirkpatrick's Artillery; died Dec 14,1921.
PAGE, SAMUEL
MOMAN: Co. G (Apr. 17,1861); born Aug. 10, 1833, in Lynchburg; grocer; detailed
as Ordnance Sgt., Apr. 22,1862; discharged from service, Mar. 2,1863, after
furnishing a substitute; died In Richmond, Jan. 26,1896.
PAINE, ISHAM: Co.
E (muster date unknown); admitted to Farmville hospital In Feb., 1865, with
measles: paroled there In Apr., 1865.
PAINE, J.R.: Co. E
(muster date unknown); Lt. when paroled at Farmville In Apr., 1865.
PAINE, WILLIAM H.:
Co. E (Mar. 12,1862); present through at least May, 1864.
PAINTER, GEORGE
WHITFIELD: Co. C (July 2,1861); wounded In leg at First Manassas, July 21,1861;
discharged from service, Feb. 7,1862.
PAINTER, JAMES
BELL: Co. C (Apr. 17,1861); 23; clerk; detailed to Quartermaster's Dept. In May,
1862; trfd. in Dec, 1862, to 14th Virginia Cavalry.
PAINTED. SYDNEY C:
Cc. F (Apr. 24,1861); 29; farmer; 1st Sgt. at muster; July 21,1861: wounded at
First Manassas; discharged from service, Oct. 20,1861, for disability.
PALMER, JOHN T.:
Co. D (July 30,1861); wounded and captured, Aug. 28,1862, at Groveton; paroled,
Oct. 8,1862, at Aldie; served as nurse until Dec 3,1862, return to regiment;
promoted to Sgt. In Jan., 1864; captured, May 12,1864, at Spotsylvania; confined
at Elmira, N.Y., until Feb. 21,1865, exchange.
PANNEL, BENJAMIN
F.: Co L (July 16, 1861); deserted near Augusta Springs, May 18,1862.
PANNEL, GEORGE G.:
Co. L (July 16,1861); wounded at Second Manassas, Aug. 29,1862; deserted, May
12,1863, from Montgomery Springs Hospital.
PARKER, CHARLES
W.: Co. B (Apr. 16, 1861); 27; paroled, May 11, 1865, in Winchester; 5'6", blue
eyes, dark hair, fair complexion.
PARKINS, JOHN A.:
Co. E (Jan. 27, 1864); joined regiment after serving in the 36th Virginia; May
12, 1864: captured at Spotsylvania; paroled, May 15, 1865, from Elmira Prison,
N.Y.; 5’ 10 ½”, blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion.
PARRISH, JOHN: Co.
D (Apr. 18,1861); 33; brick-mason; Oct. 18-Nov. 19,1861: hospitalized with
typhoid fever; promoted to 4th Cpl. in Dec, 1861; reduced to ranks, Apr. 18,
1862; killed Nov. 27, 1863, at Payne's Farm.
PATTERSON,
WILLIAM: Co. I (Oct. 26, 1864); shot in left side, Mar. 25, 1865, at Fort
Stedman; paroled, May 31, 1865.
PATTISON, CHARLES
EDWIN: Co. A (May 11, 1861); born in 1840; present through at least Oct., 1864;
died in 1925. Buried in Wytheville.
PATTISON, JAMES
L.: Co. A (Apr. 17, 1861); 32; tanner; killed July 21, 1861, at First Manassas.
PATTISON, THOMAS
W.: Co. A (Apr. 17,1861); 24; tinner; apptd. Quartermaster Sgt., Jan. 10,1862;
on duty through Nov , 1863.
PATTON, WILLIAM:
Co. H (Apr. 20, 1861); born June 26, 1832; merchant; 2nd Lt. at muster; died
July 16, 1861, at Winchester. Buried at Timber Ridge Reformed Presbyterian
Church, Rockbridge County.
PAULETT, WESLEY
S.: Co. A (Apr. 17,1861); 20; clerk; trfd. to 21st Virginia Cavalry, Sept.
16,1862. Burled in Wytheville.
PAXTON, ALEXANDER STERRETT: Co. I (June 2,1861); born June 14,1840; student;
apptd. Cpl., Sept. 13,1861, and Sgt., July 9, 1862; wounded, M8y 3, 1863, at
Chancellorsvilie; apptd. Commissary Sgt., Nov. 3, 1863; wounded at both Payne's
Farm and Petersburg; died In 1913 in Statesvili6, N.C.
PAXTON, HORACE
ALEXANDER: Co. I (June 6,1861); 18; tanner; wounded, July 21,1861, at First
Manassas; captured at Kernstown, Mar. 23, 1862; exchanged, Aug. 5, 1862; wounded
in foot, July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg; May 12, 1864: wounded at Spotsylvania.
Buried at Falling Spring Presbyterian Church, Rockbridge County.
PAXTON, JOSEPH McCLUNG: Co. H (Apr.
20, 1861); 17; farmer; trfd. to Co. I, Nov. 8,1861; elected Cpl Sept. 25, 1862;
captured that same month and released at Shepherdstown, W. Va.; July 3, 1863:
wounded and captured at Gettysburg; paroled, Aug. 23, 1863; detailed, Mar.
19,1864, to Quartermaster's Dept. at Lynchburg; on duty through at least Dec,
1864.
PAXTON, WILLIAM
L.: Co. I (June 2, 1861); 22; student; 3rd Cpl. at muster; killed July 21, 1861,
at First Manassas.
PAYNE, J.C.: Co. I
(Oct. 27, 1864); no further record.
PEALE, H.E.:
company and muster date unknown; paroled, Apr. 25, 1865.
PEARCE, ANDREW J.:
Co. A (Mar. 10, 1862); wounded in left shoulder, July 1, 1862, at Malvern Hill;
detailed to Pioneer Corps, Dec. 24, 1862; promoted to Sgt.; surrendered, Apr. 9,
1865, at Appomattox.
PEARSON, W.G.: Co.
B (Feb. 13, 1864); captured, May 12, 1864, at Spotsylvania; confined at Elmira
prison, N.Y., until June 27, 1865, parole; 5'6", blue eyes, light hair, fair
complexion.
PEAS, FLEMING T.:
Co. B (Mar. 14, 1862); trfd. to 54th Virginia, Jan. 21, 1863.
PECK, ALEXANDER
H.: Co. B (Apr. 18, 1861); 26; laborer; 1st Sgt. from muster until Sept. 14,
1861, promotion to 1st Lt.; resigned from service, Apr. 21, 1862; later served
in the 14th Virginia Cavalry.
PECK, HOWARD P.:
Co. B (Apr. 18, 1861); 17; laborer; July 21, 1861: killed at First Manassas.
PECK, JAMES M.:
Co. L (Apr. 8, 1863); trfd. from 48th Virginia; detailed as fifer, Apr. 11,
1863; on duty through at least Oct., 1864.
PECK, JOHN E.: Co.
E (Apr. 1, 1862); wounded at Groveton, Aug. 26, 1862; captured, Nov. 27, 1863,
at Payne's Farm; exchanged, Mar. 7,1864, at Old Capitol Prison, D.C.; captured
at Spotsylvania, May 12,1864; confined at Elmira, N.Y., until exchanged, Mar.
14, 1865.
PECK, ROBERT W.:
Cc. E (Apr. 18, 1361); 20; farmer; Aug. 28,1862: wounded at Groveton; absent on
sick furlough until Apr. 1, 1864, when detailed to Quartermaster's Dept. at
Christiansburg.
PEDIGO, JOHN S.: Co. B
(Apr. 18,1861); 22; carriage-maker; detailed to hospital duty in Oct., 1862;
promoted to 3rd Cpl., Aug. 15, 1863, and to 2nd Sgt. in Jan., 1864. Buried in
Spotsylvania.
PEDIGO, JOSEPH W.:
Co. B (Apr. 18, 1861); 28; carriage-maker; served as 2nd Sgt. until reduced to
ranks, Apr. 22,1862, leg amputated after being wounded in Aug., 1862, at Second
Manassas; served as a teamster and ambulance driver until captured, Mar. 2,
1865, at Waynesboro; paroled, June 15, 1865, at Fort Delaware Prison, Del.;
5'8", blue eyes, light hair, light complexion.
PEDIGO, LEWIS H.:
Co. B (Apr. 18, 1861); 20; laborer; leg amputated after being wounded in Aug.,
1862, at Second Manassas; discharged from service, Dec. 3, 1864.
PEIRCE, JOSEPH B.:
Co. A (May 11,1861); 19; teacher; wounded in intestines at Second Manassas in
Aug., 1862; apptd. Cpl., Oct. 1, 1862, and Sgt. in Nov., 1863; captured, July
10, 1864, at Frederick, Md.; confined at Fort McHenry, Md.: until exchanged in
Aug., 1864.
PELTER, JOSIAH P.:
Co. G (Apr. 17, 1861); 24; teacher; discharged from service, Apr. 17, 1862;
later served in the 14th Virginia Cavalry.
PENDLETON, ALBERT
GALLATIN: Co. D (Apr. 18,1861); born Feb. 20,1836; lawyer; Capt. of Co. D at
muster; promoted to Major, Jan. 31,1862; applied for position in Quartermaster's
Dept., Jan. 29,1863, because of physical disabilities; died Mar. 2, 1901, in
Roanoke. Buried in Marion.
PENDLETON, WILLIAM
F.: Co. B (Aug. 18, 1861); discharged from service, Oct. 23, 1861, because of
chronic diarrhea.
PERFATER, JACOB
H.: Co. L (July 16,1861); born May 30,1841, in Roanoke County; miller; left arm
amputated as a result of an Aug. 28, 1862. wound at Groveton; in Montgomery
County thereafter; paroled, June 12, 1865; 5' 8”, gray eyes, brown hair, dark
complexion.
PERFATER, JAMES
E.: Co. L (July 16, 1861); died July 2, 1862, of wounds received June 27 at
Gaines's Mill.
PERKINS, JOHN
ELLIS: Co. A (Aug. 18,1861); born Nov. 5,1824; wounded, Aug. 28,1862, at
Groveton; promoted to Cpl. In Nov., 1863; captured, May 12,1864, at
Spotsylvania; paroled at Elmira Prison, N.Y., June 7,1865; 5' 5", blue eyes,
dark hair, fair complexion; died Feb. 8, 1916. Buried in Wytheville.
PERKINS, JOHN S.:
Co. F (Apr. 24, 1861); born in 1839; farmer; deserted at Swift Run Gap, Apr.
22,1862; later served in 14th Virginia Cavalry; died in 1890. Buried at Lebanon
Methodist Church, Grayson County.
PERKINS, RUFUS C:
Co, F (Apr. 24, 1861); 26; farmer; 2nd Lt, at muster; elected 1st Lt., Oct. 15,
1861; retired from service, Apr. 16,1862; later served in 14th Virginia Cavalry.
PERRY, ADAM S.:
Co. L (July 16, 1861); died of typhoid fever at Gordonsville, Aug. 9, 1862.
PETERMAN, MICHAEL
GEORGE WASHINGTON: Co. E (Apr, 18, 1861); born Jan. 31, 1831; farmer; promoted
to Cpl., Aug. 1, 1862, and to 2nd Lt., Sept. 24, 1862; killed May 3, 1863, at
Chancellorsville. Buried in Blacksburg.
PETIGREW, J.M.:
Co. I (Apr. 12, 1862); discharged from service, Aug. 1, 1862.
PETTIGREW, SAMUEL:
Co. I (Apr, 12,1862); born in 1820; discharged from service, Aug. 1,1862; died
In 1870. Buried in Lexington.
PHILIPS, JACOB:
Co. H (Oct. 20, 1864); on "wounded furlough" as of Dec, 1864.
PHIPPS, JAMES M.:
Co. A (Apr. 23,1861); 19; laborer; discharged from service, Dec. 27,1861,
because of hand wound suffered two months earlier.
PHLEGAR, ANDREW
M.: Co. G (July 16,1861); received fractured arm at Chancellorsville, May
3,1863; returned to duty, July 30,1863; wounded again, May 5, 1864, at the
Wilderness; retired from service, Feb. 20, 1865.
PHLEGAR, GEORGE
W.: Co. G (July 16,1861); from Floyd County; 24; farmer; Sept. 25,1862: apptd.
4th Sgt.; killed July 3, at Gettysburg; 5'6", gray eyes, light hair, fair
complexion.
PICKETT, PEARSON:
Co. A (Mar. 10, 1862); killed at Groveton, Aug. 28, 1862.
PLEASANTS, JOSEPH
J.: Co. H (Mar. 6,1862); detailed to C.S. Nitre and Mining Bureau, Apr. 13,1863;
died before war's end in a military hospital.
POFF, SAMUEL: Co.
B (Feb. 13, 1864); captured at Spotsylvania, May 12, 1864; trfd. from Elmira
Prison, N.Y., Oct. 11, for exchange; died Oct. 13,1864, at Port Royal, S.C.
POFF, THOMAS: Co.
B (Feb. 13,1864); captured, May 12,1864, at Spotsylvania; died Dec. 2,1864, at
Elmira Prison, N.Y., of chronic diarrhea. Buried at Elmira.
POINTER, JOHN R.:
Co. A (Mar. 10,1862); wounded in forearm, Aug. 28,1862, at Groveton; wounded at
Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863; discharged on writ of habeas corpus, Dec 28,
1863.
POLK, WILLIAM: Co.
B (Apr. 18, 1861); 24; laborer; died July 23, 1861, of wounds received July 21
at First Manassas.
POLLOCK, DAVIS
STRATTON: Co. C (Apr. 17, 1861); born in 1842; teacher; captured, Mar. 23, 1862,
at Kernstown; exchanged, Aug. 5,1862; wounded and captured, July 3,1863, at
Gettysburg; exchanged in Dec, 1863; captured at Strasburg, Oct. 19,1864; paroled
at Point Lookout Prison, Md., June 15,1865; 5'8 1/2", blue eyes, brown hair,
fair complexion; died in 1934. Buried in Newborn.
POLLOCK, JAMES S.:
Co. C (May 25,1861); 20; tinker; died July 26,1861, in Culpeper of wounds
received July 21 at First Manassas; 5'10", black eyes, black hair, fair
complexion.
POOL, ALFRED: Co.
F (Apr. 24, 1861); 24; farmer; killed at Kernstown, Mar. 23, 1862.
POOL, JAMES N.:
Co. A (Mar. 10,1862); captured, May 12,1864, at Spotsylvania; paroled at Elmira
Prison, N.Y., June 27, 1865; 5'8", blue eyes, light hair, florid complexion.
POOL, WILLIAM A.:
Co. C (Apr. 17,1861); 22; laborer; Feb. 1, 1862: discharged from service because
of syphilis.
PRATER, MATHEW:
Co. D (July 30,1861); from Tazewell County; Sept. 19,1861: detailed as a
teamster; died of debility, Apr. 8,1864, at Orange Courthouse.
PRATT, GEORGE T.:
Co. C (Mar. 11,1862); 20; blacksmith; wounded in left leg at Fredericksburg, Dec
13,1862; wounded severely in hand, July 3,1863, at Gettysburg; Aug. 13,1864:
elected 1st Lt. In Pulaski Reserves; discharged, Sept. 23, 1864, from 4th
Virginia; 5' 10", blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion.
PRESTON, JAMES
FRANCIS: Field & Staff (Apr. 24,1861); born Nov. 8,1813; Col. of the 4th
Virginia at muster; wounded, July 21, 1861, at First Manassas; died at home,
Jan. 20, 1862, reputedly of effects of battle wound. Buried at "Smithfield,"
Montgomery County.
PRESTON, JAMES
PATTON: Co. E (Apr. 18, 1861); 22; farmer; Aug. 3, 1861: trfd. to the 14th
Virginia Cavalry.
PRESTON, WALLER
R.: Co. G (Apr. 17,1861); 20; student; Apr. 15,1862: trfd. to the 7th Virginia
Cavalry; also served In the 14th Virginia Cavalry.
PRESTON, WILLIAM
CARUTHERS: Co. I (June 6, 1862); born Oct. 21, 1843; student; killed Aug. 29,
1862, at Second Manassas. Buried in Lexington.
PRICE, ERASTUS:
Co. E (Jan. 27,1864); born in 1841; trfd. from 36th Virginia; May 2,1864:
captured at Ely's Ford; confined at Elmira, N.Y., until May 29,1865, parole;
5'6", blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion; died in 1926.
PRICE, FLOYD: Co.
L (July 16,1861); 22; farmer; discharged from service, Oct. 24,1862, because of
chronic rheumatism; 5'8", blue eyes, dark hair, fair complexion; died in Jan.,
1864, in Montgomery County.
PRICE, FLOYD
WILLIAM: Co. L (July 16,1861); born Oct. 27,1838; detailed in Jan.-Feb., 1862,
as provost guard at Mount Jackson; promoted to Sgt., Dec. 3,1862, and to 1st
Sgt., Apr. 1,1864; captured, May 12,1864, at Spotsylvania; paroled at Elmira
Prison, N.Y., June 19, 1865; 5'9", dark eyes, hair and complexion.
PRICE, HENRY D.:
Co. L (July 16,1861); 26; carpenter; Apr. 23,1862: elected Cpl.; wounded, July
1,1862, at Malvern Hill; deserted from Montgomery Springs Hospital, Aug.
18,1863; 5'10", blue eyes, dark hair, fair complexion.
PRICE, JAMES: Co.
C (Mar. 14, 1862); hospitalized at Staunton In Nov., 1862; deserted the
following month.
PRICE, JAMES C:
Co. G (Apr. 17,1861); 20; tanner; July 21,1861: wounded at First Manassas;
captured at Kernstown, Mar. 23,1862; exchanged, Aug. 5,1862; rejoined regiment,
Jan. 26,1863; promoted to Cpl., Aug. 27,1863; captured, May 12,1864, at
Spotsylvania; Jan. 3, 1865: died at Elmira Prison, N.Y., of variola. Buried at
Elmira.
PRICE, JOHN A.:
Co. L (Mar. 10,1862); 22; farmer; Aug. 25,1862: died at Charlottesville of
pulmonalis; 5'4", dark eyes, hair and complexion.
PRICE, JOHN C: Co.
L (July 16,1861); elected 1st Cpl., Apr. 23,1862; promoted to 4th Sgt., Aug.
1,1862; deserted on the march near Front Royal, July 23, 1863.
PRICE, MICHAEL
MILLER: Co. L (July 16,1861); born in 1838; detailed as a teamster, Nov. 6,1861;
court-martialed, Dec. 27,1862; returned to duty in Mar., 1863; wounded, May
3,1863, at Chancellorsville; June 29,1863: trfd. to 30th Bttn. Virginia
Sharpshooters, but transfer revoked, Apr. 15, 1864.
PRICE, WILLIAM J.:
Co. L (Mar. 22,1862); captured and exchanged, Sept. 29,1862, at Warrenton
hospital; deserted, Apr. 13, 1864.
PRICE, WILLIAM
JACKSON: Co. L (July 16,1861); born in 1841; farmer; discharged from service,
Nov. 25,1863, because of wound received May 3 at Chancellorsville; 5' 11", black
eyes, dark hair, light complexion; died in 1901.
PRICHARD, JAMES
F.: Co. H (Apr. 20,1861); 34; farmer; detailed as a teamster in Aug., 1861;
discharged from service, Aug. 19, 1862, for being overage.
PRIMM, JOHN: Co. A
(Feb. 12,1863); captured at the Wilderness, May 5,1864; confined at Elmira
Prison, N.Y., until May 29, 1865, parole; 5'9", hazel eyes, dark hair, dark
complexion.
PUGH, JAMES H.:
Co. H (Apr. 20, 1861); 30; farmer; Aug. 28, 1862: slightly wounded at Groveton;
on detached duty to Provost Marshal, Dec. 30,1862; captured, July 3,1863, at
Gettysburg; Jan. 17,1864: died at Point Lookout Prison, Md.
PUGH, WILLIAM: Co.
C (Oct. 20,1863); captured at Spotsylvania, May 12,1864; died at Point Lookout
Prison, Md., July 29, 1864.
RAGAN, DAVID D :
Co. G (Apr. 17,1861); 26; shoemaker; July 21,1861: wounded at First Manassas;
detached as a nurse at Manassas Junction; discharged from service, Apr. 17,
1862.
RAINES, NAPOLEON
B.: Co. C (Apr. 17,1861); 19; farmer; received flesh wound in right thigh at
Chancellorsville, May 3,1863; reported absent sick, July, 1863-Apr., 1864.
RAINEY, WILLIAM
W.: Co. C (Apr. 17, 1861); 19; clerk; discharged from service, Apr. 16, 1862,
when enlistment term expired; 5'8", blue eyes, dark hair, fair complexion.
RAMSEY, ALEXANDER
B.: Co. I (June 2,1861); from Augusta County; 22; student; Mar. 23,1862:
captured at Kernstown; exchanged, Aug. 5,1862; wounded, May 3,1863, at
Chancellorsville; wounded slightly in thigh at Payne's Farm, Nov. 27,1863;
captured, Oct. 19,1864, at Cedar Creek; paroled from Point Lookout Prison, Md.,
June 30,1865; 5' 10", blue eyes, brown hair, freckled complexion.
RANKIN, JAMES W.:
Co. C (Sept. 10, 1863); present through at least Sept., 1864.
RAPER, JOHN
CROCKETT: Co. A (Mar. 10,1862); born in 1834; detailed, June 14,1862, to C.S.
Ordnance Dept. at Austinville; on duty there through at least Oct., 1864; died
in 1908. Burled in Wytheville.
RAPER, WILLIAM
JACKSON: Co. A (May 11, 1861); born Dec. 6, 1832; farmer; furnished substitute,
Aug. 5, 1862; died June 19,1913. Buried in Laswell community of Wythe County.
RAPP, BENJAMIN F.:
Co. H (Apr. 20, 1861); 22; miller; Apr. 20, 1862: promoted to Cpl., on provost
marshal duty in Lexington in Oct., 1862; reduced to ranks, Jan. 1, 1863;
received fractured tibia, May 3, 1863, at Chancellorsville; discharged from
service, Apr. 18, 1864; 5'10", blue eyes, dark hair, dark complexion.
RAPP, SAMUEL G.:
Co. H (Apr. 20,1861); 24; carpenter; promoted to 1st Cpl., Apr. 20,1862; killed
at Malvern Hill, July 1,1862 while bearing the colors.
RATLIFF, CHARLES
A.: Co. L (July 16,1861); captured at Kernstown, Mar. 23,1862; exchanged, Aug.
5,1862; wounded slightly in hip and captured, July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg; died
Jan. 4, 1864, of chronic diarrhea at Point Lookout Prison, Md.
RATLIFF, ISAAC P.:
Co. L (July 16,1861); died at Lynchburg, May 2, 1863, of typhoid fever.
RATLIFF, JACOB:
Co. A (Mar. 10, 1862); died in Aug., 1862, of typhoid fever in Wythe County.
RATLIFF, JAMES P.:
Co. L (July 16, 1861); died May 3,1863, in Lynchburg of pneumonia.
RATLIFF, THOMAS
M.: Co. L (July 16,1861); from Monroe County, W. Va.; 19; farmer; deserted, July
23,1863, near Front Royal; took amnesty oath in W. Va. before the end of the
war; 5'8", blue eyes, dark hair, light complexion.
RAY, COLUMBUS W.:
Co. A (Mar. 10,1862); captured at Gettysburg, July 3,1863; confined at Fort
Delaware, Del., until Feb. 25,1864, when he joined the U.S. Army.
RAY, SPOTTSWOOD
D.: Co. C (Apr. 17, 1861); 28; carpenter; Aug. 10, 1861: detailed as a wagoner;
discharged from service, May 4, 1862.
RAYMOND, JOSEPH
SHERWOOD: Co. I (June 8,1861); from Greenbrier County, W. Va.; 27; student;
apptd. 4th Sgt., Apr. 15,1862, and 1st Sgt., July 9,1862; wounded, Oct. 16,1862,
at Kearneysville, W. Va.; wounded and captured, July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg;
released from David's Island Prison, N.Y., Aug. 24, 1863; wounded, Oct. 20,1863,
at Bealeton Station; May 12, 1864: captured at Spotsylvania; exchanged at Elmira
Prison, N.Y., Mar. 10, 1865.
REDWOOD, JOHN
TYLER: Co. I (June 30, 1861); 20; student; July 27, 1861: trfd. from the
regiment.
REED, HARRISON:
Co. B (Feb. 22, 1864); deserted, Apr. 8, 1864.
REED, THOMAS W.:
Co. I (June 2, 1861); 23; student; died at home, June 3, 1862.
REEDY, SAMUEL: Co.
D (July 30, 1861); wounded, May 3, 1863, at Chancellorsville; May 12, 1864:
captured at Spotsylvania; paroled at Elmira Prison, N.Y., June 19,1865; 5'7",
hazel eyes, light hair, florid complexion.
REINS, R.: Co. C
(muster date unknown); paroled, May 8, 1865.
REYNOLDS, JAMES
F.: Co. H (Mar. 15, 1862); wounded at Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862; detailed in
June, 1863, to guard reserve ordnance; AWOL, Dec. 3, 1863, until dropped as a
deserter, Feb. 22, 1864.
REYNOLDS, L.F.C.:
Co. H (Mar. 10,1862); hospitalized: Aug. 8,1862-Apr. 19,1864; assigned to light
duty, Aug. 20,1864, because of "chronic ulcer of leg."
RHODES, GEORGE:
Co. H (Mar. 6,1862); captured, July 3,1863, at Gettysburg; July 22,1863: joined
3rd Maryland (U.S.) Cavalry; dropped from the rolls of the 4th Virginia, Mar.
27, 1864, as a deserter.
RHUDY, JAMES L.:
Co. F (Apr. 24, 1861); 25; farmer; received severe wound in ear, July 3,1863, at
Gettysburg; May 12,1864: captured at Spotsylvania; confined at Elmira, N.Y.,
until June 30,1865, parole; 5' 9", blue eyes, auburn hair, fair complexion.
RHUDY,
STEPHEN FLOYD: Co. F (Apr. 29,1861); 19; farmer; Jan. 10,1862: detailed as a
teamster; deserted at Swift Run Gap, Apr. 23, 1862; later served in the 14th
Virginia Cavalry.
RICHARDSON, GEORGE T.: Co. E (Apr. 18,1861); 22; farmer; discharged from
service, Apr. 23,1862; re-enlisted, Oct. 28, 1863; wounded in hip, Nov. 27,1863,
at Payne's Farm; on duty through at least Aug., 1864; 5'8", dark eyes, hair and
complexion. Buried in Mount Jackson.
RICHARDSON, JAMES R.: Co. B (Apr. 18,1861); 17; laborer; listed as AWOL during
Feb., 1862; captured, July 3,1863, at Gettysburg; Jan. 25, 1864: joined U.S.
Army after imprisonment at Fort Delaware, Del.
RICHARDSON, JOHN H.: Co. E (Apr. 18, 1861); 25; farmer; elected 2nd Sgt., Apr.
22, 1862; discharged from service for disability, Oct. 14, 1862.
RICHARDSON, WILLIAM: Co. E (July 3, 1862); joined by transfer; killed Aug. 9,
1862, at Cedar Mountain.
RICHARDSON, WILLIAM E.: Co. E (June 18, 1861); 18; student; June 15, 1862: died
of typhoid fever at Waynesboro.
RICKETTS,
JAMES: Co. H (Sept. 13, 1861); died of pneumonia at Mount Jackson, Mar. 27,
1862.
RIDER,
ALBERT G.: Co. A (Apr. 24, 1861); 25; blacksmith; listed as AWOL in Sept., 1861;
discharged from service, Apr. 17,1862; paroled, Mar. 20, 1865; 5'7", black eyes,
black hair, dark complexion.
RIDER,
FOUNTAIN W.: Co. D (Apr. 18,1861); born Mar. 4, 1835; cabinet-maker; 3rd Sgt.
from muster until Apr. 18,1862; trfd. in Nov., 1862, to the 8th Virginia
Cavalry: died Apr. 23, 1887. Buried in Marion,
RIDER,
JAMES A.: Co. A (Apr. 17,1861); 26; blacksmith; May 4,1863: left leg amputated
after being wounded the previous day at Chancellorsville; took oath of
allegiance, May 16,1865, in Charleston, W, Va.; 5 '7", black eyes, black hair,
dark complexion.
RIDER,
JAMES F.: Co. A (Mar. 10, 1862); born in 1835; wounded in the knee, May 3, 1863,
at Chancellorsville; right leg amputated, May 5, 1863; assigned to Invalid
Corps, Apr. 13, 1864; died in 1906. Buried in Wytheville.
RIDER,
JAMES H.: Co. A (Apr 17, 1861); 28; mechanic; discharged from service, Apr. 17,
1862.
RIDER,
STEPHEN S.: Co. A (Mar. 10,1862); 19; laborer; killed at Cedar Mountain, Aug.
9,1862; 5' 11", dark eyes, hair and complexion.
RIDLEY,
JOHN DAVID: Co. E (Apr. 16, 1861); born in Richmond; July 1, 1861: commissioned
2nd Lt.; detached on recruiting duty the following month; Apr. 22,1862: apptd.
regimental adjutant; died in 1865 of wounds received from an exploding shell.
Buried in Blacksburg.
RIELY,
JOHN WILLIAM: Co. I (June 2, 1861); born in 1839 in Jefferson County, W. Va.;
Oct. 1, 1861: apptd. Quartermaster Sgt.; detailed three weeks later as
headquarters clerk; promoted to Lt. in Oct., 1862; promoted to Capt. in July.
1863, and assigned to Gen. Longstreet's staff.
RITTER,
JAMES: Co. C (Apr. 17,1861); 33; groom; July 21,1861: wounded in left hand at
First Manassas; discharged from service on surgeon's certificate, Feb. 23, 1862;
5'9", gray eyes, black hair, dark complexion; died around 1904.
ROADCAP,
DAVID LAIRD: Co. I (Nov. 5,1864); born Oct. 20,1824; on duty through at least
Jan. 6,1865; died July 11,1909, in Goshen.
ROAN,
MARTIN: Co. D (Apr. 18, 1S61); 24; brick-mason; May 3,1863: wounded at
Chancellorsville; detailed by surgeon, Feb. 5, 1864, for conscript duty in Smyth
County; on duty through at least Dec, 1864.
ROARK,
HIRAM: Co. F (Apr. 24,1861); born in 1818; farmer; apptd. 4th Sgt., Oct.
24,1861; discharged from service as a non-conscript, July 27, 1862; died May 3,
1873. Buried near Elk Creek.
ROARK,
JAMES, JR.: Co. D (Apr. 18, 1861); 20; laborer; Dec 10, 1862: detailed as a
teamster; paroled, Apr. 16, 1865, at Winchester: 5'5", hazel eyes, auburn hair,
light complexion.
ROBERTS,
DANIEL B.: Co. E (muster date unknown); June, 1864: captured in Smyth County;
took oath of allegiance, June 23, 1864; 5'7", blue eyes, dark hair, light
complexion.
ROBERTS,
EDWARD L.: Co. D (Apr. 18, 1861); 20; deputy sheriff; 4th Sgt. at muster;
discharged from service, May 27,1861 by order of Gov. Letcher.
ROBERTS,
FRANK B.: Co. F (July 1, 1863); captured at Spotsylvania, May 12, 1864; paroled,
June 19, 1865, at Elmira Prison, N.Y.; 5'11", hazel eyes, light hair, florid
complexion.
ROBERTS,
JOHN E.: Co. F (Apr. 24,1861); 23; farmer; elected 2nd Lt., Oct. 15,1861, and
1st Lt., Apr. 24,1862; promoted to Capt., Sept. 17,1862; captured, May 5,1864,
at the Wilderness; confined at Fort Delaware, Del., until June 16,1865, parole;
5'8", blue eyes, light hair, light complexion.
ROBERTS,
RICHARD: Co. F (Feb. 20,1864); captured at Spotsylvania, May 12, 1864; paroled,
June 27, 1865, at Elmira Prison, N.Y.; 5'9", dark eyes, hair and complexion.
ROBERTS,
THOMAS H.: Co. I (June 8,1861); 21; engineer; Sept. 17,1862: wounded at
Sharpsburg, Md.; did not return to duty until Nov. 5,1863, largely because of
chronic bronchitis; May 12,1864: captured at Spotsylvania; exchanged at Elmira
Prison, N.Y., Oct. 29, 1864.
ROBINSON,
DAVID T.: Co. E (Sept. 10,1861); born Oct. 8,1845; elected Cpl., Apr. 22,1862;
wounded In left hip, Aug. 30,1862 at Second Manassas; July 3,1863: captured at
Gettysburg after being wounded In side and back; exchanged, Aug. 24,1863;
promoted to 2nd Lt., Mar. 8,1864; surrendered at Appomattox, Apr. 9,1865; died
June 16,1925. Buried in Blacksburg.
ROGERS,
GRANDISON M.: Co. H (Mar. 15, 1862); 27; did not report for duty until Aug. 1,
1862; charges were being prepared when he apparently deserted again; arrested,
Nov. 19,1863, by Federals; took oath, Dec 1,1863, at Camp Chase Prison, O.; 5' 7
1/2", blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion.
ROGERS,
JOHN D.: Co. A (Apr. 17,1861); 23; trader; dropped from the rolls, Apr. 17,1862,
because "company recruited to maximum."
ROGERS,
WILLIAM H.: Co. H (Apr. 20, 1861); from Augusta County; 21; blacksmith; Mar. 23,
1862: captured at Kernstown; exchanged, Aug. 5,1862; deserted, Nov. 25,1862;
captured by Federals; paroled from Camp Chase Prison, O., Jan. 20, 1864; 5'
91/2", blue eyes, brown hair, florid complexion.
ROLLINS,
JOHN C: Co. F (muster date unknown); from Lewis County, W. Va.; 19; painter;
deserted in 1865; paroled, May 23, 1865, at Clarksburg, W. Va.; 5' 5", hazel
eyes, light hair, fair complexion.
ROLLINS,
THOMAS L: Co. I (June 8,1861); 20; painter; Oct. 25,1862: detailed as guard for
ordnance train; captured, May 12, 1864, at Spotsylvania; paroled, May 11, 1865,
at Fort Delaware Prison, Del.; 5'6", hazel eyes, brown hair, light complexion,
ROLLINS,
WILLIAM H.: Co. I (May 3, 1862); captured, Aug. 28,1862, at Groveton; exchanged,
Sept. 22, 1862; listed as a deserter until Jan. 21,1863, when he reported for
duty; captured, May 3,1863, at Fredericksburg; exchanged, May 10; captured at
Gettysburg, July 3, 1363; died Jan. 6, 1864, at Fort Delaware Prison, Del.
ROMANS,
JAMES H.H.: Co. D (Apr. 18,1861); 19; laborer; died at Orange Courthouse, July
25,1861, of wounds received July 21 at First Manassas.
RONALD,
CHARLES ANDREW: Co. E (Apr. 18, 1861); born Jan. 18, 1827; lawyer; Capt. at
muster; promoted to Lt. Col., Feb. 20,1862, and to Col., Apr. 23,1862; wounded
in left thigh, Oct. 16,1862, at Kearneysville, W. Va.; Sept. 11,1863: resigned
from service because of lingering effects of wound; died July 1, 1898, in
Roanoke. Buried in Blacksburg.
ROOT,
WILLIAM D.: Co. B (Apr. 16,1862); apptd. 4th Cpl., Apr. 22,1862; listed as AWOL,
May 16,1863; reduced to ranks, Aug. 15, 1863; trfd. to 41st Virginia Cavalry
Bttn., Feb. 14, 1864.
ROSE,
URIAH: Co. A (Mar. 10, 1862); severely wounded in arm at Gettysburg, July 3,
1863; captured, May 23, 1864, at North Anna River; confined at Elmira, N.Y.,
until June 30,1865, parole; 5'7", gray eyes, dark hair, florid complexion,
ROSEN,
DAVID HARRISON: Co. I (Apr. 12, 1862); born Sept. 18, 1832; carpenter; June
1,1863: hospitalized for general debility; returned to duty in Apr., 1864;
detailed to ordnance and ambulance trains for remainder of war; paroled at
Staunton, May 17,1865; 5'5", gray eyes, light hair, dark complexion; died Feb.
7, 1829. Buried near Raphine.
ROWSEY,
LAFAYETTE: Co. I (Apr. 12, 1862); present through at least Jan. 6, 1865.
RUDANELER,
JOHN: Co. I (Nov. 15, 1864); "exchanged from cavalry to infantry" in place of
J.L. Suddarth.
RUFF,
DAVID EDMUNDSON: Co. I (June 2,1861); 21; student; 2nd Sgt. from muster to Sept.
13,1861, resignation; Aug. 28,1862: wounded at Groveton; detailed to clerk duty
in Feb., 1864. Buried in Lexington.
RUTLEDGE,
GEORGE W.: Co. E (Apr. 18,1861); 23; farmer; May 3,1863: shot In right breast at
Chancellorsville; deserted, Mar. 31,1864, at Morton's Ford; took oath of
allegiance In Washington, D.C., Apr. 5, 1854.
RUTLEDGE,
GEORGE W.: Co. L (Aug. 27, 1861); wounded and missing after Mar. 23, 1862,
battle of Kernstown.
RUTLEDGE,
JOSEPH: Co. L (July 16,1861); hospitalized at Lynchburg In Nov., 1861;
discharged from service by order of surgeon, Oct. 21,1862; later re-enlisted in
the 4th Virginia; hospitalized In Mar., 1864.
RUTLEDGE,
JOSHUA B.: Co. L (July 16, 1861); wounded and captured at Gettysburg, July 3,
1863; exchanged at Fort Delaware Prison, Del., Mar, 17,1864; surrendered, Apr.
9, 1865, at Appomattox.
RUTLEDGE, T.P.:
Co. E (Oct. 29, 1864); no further record.
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