Category: Virginia

Robert Alexander Pollard was wounded in action at Front Royal. He was paroled at Appomattox and died in 1917 at the age of 70 years. He was a first cousin of Sam Clemens (Mark Twain).  

June 1817, Enlisted in Motley’s Artillery 2/14/62 in Danville., Released for over age on 8/25/62. He then joined the Home Guards and may have been in the Battle of Staunton River Bridge.

Private 6/25/61 Richmond. Pres. in action until wounded at Seven pines 5/31/62; admitted Danville Hosp.6/4/62 returned to duty 7/9/62; discharged 9/5/62 expiration of service. reenlisted 10/14/64 Danville. present until paroled 4/9/65 Appomattox.  

Born 11/26, 9/29/64 Danville; ores. til POW White Oak Road 4/1/65; City Point to point lookout 4/5/65; released there 6/16/65. Resident Pittsylvania County, farmer. Died 10/30/06 Buried in Family Cemetery near Whitmell.

Was nearly starved to death as a prisoner of war. Had one son, Z. (Zachery) Taylor May, who, with his wife Nettie, is buried next to Harvey May. Taylor and Nettie had three daughters, Ida, Thelma Odessa, and Othelia. Thelma married Les Midkiff and died in childbirth along with her children. Othelia married  J (John) […]

In March 1862 Crispin Dickenson was elected First Lieutenant of the Ringgold Battery, a Confederate artillery unit formed from men from Danville, Virginia, and the surrounding area. Captain Timothy Stamps commanded the unit, initially outfitted with two smoothbore iron 6-pounder cannons, a 3-inch rifled gun, and one brass 12-pounder Napoleon cannon. Following Stamps’ June 1863 […]

David Barnes was born September 29, 1843, in Princess Anne County, Virginia, the second child and oldest surviving son of John J. Barnes and Catherine Bonney. At the age of nineteen he enlisted for the war on March 1, 1860, at Tanners Creek (Lafayette River) Crossroads as part of Company G (Atlantic Guard), 16th Virginia […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]