Haskew Ball was born 28 August 1844 in a community that was then known as Gardener (later, Honaker, VA). He taught school before joining the Confederate Army during the Civil War. During the War Between the States, Haskew’s calvary unit guarded salt mines and possibly lead mines located in Russell County. Their job was made …
Monthly Archives: June 2021
Simon Peter Matthews
Private Simon Matthews Company C (Braddy’s Battery) – 2 nd North Carolina Artillery Simon was born January 15, 1833, in North Carolina to Alsey and Charity Thomas Matthews. He is shown in the 1850 census as a farm laborer. In 1860 he and his wife Emily are shown with no land or personal property. They …
Noah S Channell
Born 1836 in Huttonsville (W)Va to Samuel Channell and Sarah Wamsley. He was a member of the 107th Regiment Virginia Militia before the war. He enlisted into Company F, 31st Virginia Infantry on May 24, 1861. He was captured near Winchester, VA on July 20, 1864 and sent to Camp Chase. On March 2, 1865 …
Nathan Daniel Bolen
Pvt. Nathan Daniel Bolen Pvt. Bolen enlisted on May 4th 1861 in Rappahannock County, Virginia along side his brother, Pvt. James Jaret Bolen. The Bolen brother’s were assigned to Co. B of the 7th Virginia Infantry Regiment under Captain Thomas Massie. The 7th was mustered into service at Culpepper C.H. under Col. Robert Taylor and …
Daniel Ross Cullers
Pvt. Daniel Ross Cullers was the youngest brother of my 4th Great Grandmother Mary Magdalene (Cullers) O’Flaherty. Pvt. Cullers enlisted on 15 July 1861 at Winchester, Va. just shy of his 19th birthday. He was assigned to Co. K of the 33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment under Col. William Fitzhugh Lee Jr. The 33rd was in …
Levi Harrison Cullers
Captain Levi Harrison Cullers Served in the 1st Regiment, 7th Brigade, 146th Virginia Militia Co. E (Levi H. Cullers Company – Signed Muster as Commanding Co.) from 1861- 02 April 1862. Served alongside Turner Ashby’s 7th Virginia Cavalry protecting the men working to remove the rail tracks and equipment from the B&O rail that ran …
Issac Cullers
Pvt. Issac Cullers – Ft. Valley, Virginia Captured during Battle of Chancellorsville and subsequently paroled on 02 May 1863 by Union Provost Marshall in Winchester Va. Teamster and Horse Farrier
James Jaret Bolen
Pvt. James Jaret Bolen Enlisted May 4th 1861. Rappahanonck County, Va. under Capt. Thomas B. Massie 7th served under Early’s 6th Brigade at 1st Manassas. 7th served under A.P. Hill’s Brigade in Ewell’s Division at Williamsburg. 7th served under Kemper’s Brigade under Longstreet during Seven Days Campaign. Pvt. Bolen was WIA at Frayser’s Farm (Battle …
Samuel Perry Judd
Pvt. Samuel P. Judd Enlisted June 1st, 1861 at Luray, Va. POW Captured on 11 DEC 1862 (Horse Taken Too) by 1st New York Cavalry in Darkesville, Va. Signed in at Wheeling W.V on 14 DEC 1862 (Atheneum Prison) Transferred and Registered on Rolls at Camp Chase Prison 16 DEC 1862. Transferred to Cairo Ill. …
Seaborn Goodrum
Seaborn Goodrum was born in 1835 in Yalobusha Co, Mississippi to Thomas and Mary Goodrum. In 1851 Seaborn’s family moved to TX and settled in Grimes County. When the war erupted in 1861 Seaborn and three of his brothers joined the Confederate Army. His brothers Thomas P Goodrum and Reuben Goodrum served in the 21st …