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Chesterfield County Veterans

Confederate Veterans
of
Chesterfield County, Virginia

1861-1865

Compiled by Edwin Ray

Additions by William Rose and Ruth D. Snead

Introduction

In honor of all those brave Virginians who struggled in defense of the constitutional rights handed down to them by God and their forefathers, the following roster has been compiled. This roster contains the names of more than eighteen hundred soldiers, sailors, marines, and slaves who at one time or another were born in, lived, or are buried in Chesterfield County. They served in those artillery, cavalry and infantry units raised from within the county, of course, but also in many other units or ships.

In order to accentuate the positive and be as inclusive as possible, individuals who performed any significant amount of honorable service are included even if at some later time they may have deserted or been court martialed. In other words I have elected to give the benefit of the doubt and emphasize the honorable service and minimize those activities that may or may not have been less than honorable. On the other hand, those rare individuals who deserted to the enemy or reported for duty only in response to a bounty or conscription notice and then disappeared within days, are not included.

Edwin Ray

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

Sources:

Roster of Confederate Pensioners of Virginia, Auditor of Public Accounts.
Jackson, Ronald Vern, Virginia 1890 Special Census of Veterans, North Salt Lake, Utah:
Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986.
Robert E. Lee Confederate Soldiers Home Annual Reports
Confederate Veteran, Nashville, Tenn.: Jan. 1893-Dec. 1932.
Hewett, Janet B., ed., The Roster of Confederate Soldiers, Wilmington, NC:
Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1995-.
Wallace, Lee A., Jr., A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations, 1861-1865,
Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986.
Virginia historical inventory, VSL, Wooster, Ohio: Micro Photo Division, Bell &
Howell, 1982. County Records on microfilm, Muster Roll 1861-1865, Reel 57
WPA transcription of county records (muster roll, 1861-1865, reel 57), Film 509
Cox, Edwin P., A Brief Outline of Some Salient Facts Relating to the History of
Chesterfield County Virginia, Petersburg, Southside Virginia News, 1936.
Lutz, Francis Earle, Chesterfield An Old Virginia County, Richmond, W. Byrd Press,
1954-1992.
Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia. Cemeteries Committee. Gone But Not
Forgotten: Gravestone Inscriptions & Burials of Chesterfield County, Virginia,
Chesterfield County, Va.: The Committee, 1998.

Artillery
Weaver, Jeffrey C., Branch, Harrington and Staunton Hill Artillery, Lynchburg, Va.:
H. E. Howard, 1997.
Weaver, Jeffrey C., Brunswick Rebel, Johnston, Southside, United, James City,
Lunenburg Rebel, Pamunkey Heavy Artillery and Young’s Harborguard,
Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1996.
Musselman, Homer D., The Caroline Light, Parker and Stafford Light Virginia Artillery,
Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1992.
Moore, Robert H., II, Graham’s Petersburg, Jackson’s Kanawha, and Lurty’s Roanoke
Horse Artillery, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1996.
Moore, Robert H., II, Miscellaneous Disbanded Virginia Light Artillery, Lynchburg, Va.:
H. E. Howard, 1997.
Wallace, Lee A., Jr., The Richmond Howitzers, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1993.
Wallace, Lee A., Jr., Surry Light Artillery and Martin’s, Wright’s, Coffin’s Batteries of
Virginia Artillery, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1995.
Chernault, Tracy & Jeffrey C. Weaver, 18th and 20th Battalions of Heavy Artillery,
Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1995.

Cavalry
Stiles, Kenneth L., 4th Virginia Cavalry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1985.
Driver, Robert J., Jr., 5th Virginia Cavalry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1997.
Balfour, Daniel T., 13th Virginia Cavalry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986.
Holland, Darryl, 24th Virginia Cavalry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1997.

Infantry
Wallace, Lee A., Jr., 1st Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1985.
Cavanaugh, Michael A., 6th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1988.
Trask, Benjamin H., 9th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1984.
Henderson, William D., 12th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1984.

Crews, Edward R. & Timothy A. Parrish, 14th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.:
H. E. Howard, 1995.
Trask, Benjamin H., 16th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986.
Robertson, James I., 18th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1984.
Jordan, Ervin L., 19th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1987.
Sherwood, George L., 20th and 39th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard,
1994.
Riggs, Susan A., 21st Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1991.
Rankin, Thomas M., 22nd Battalion Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard,
1999.
Rankin, Thomas M., 23rd Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1985.
Reidenbaugh, Lowell, 27th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1993.
Henderson, William D., 41st Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986.
Ruffner, Kevin Conley, 44th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1987.
Gregory, G. Howard, 53rd Virginia Infantry and 5th Battalion Virginia Infantry,
Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1999.
Young, William A., Jr. & Patricia C. Young, 56th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.:
H. E. Howard, 1990.
Sherwood, George L. & Jeffrey C. Weaver, 59th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg, Va.:
H. E. Howard, 1994.
Quarstein, John V., C.S.S. Virginia: Mistress of Hampton Roads, Appomattox, VA:
H. E. Howard, 2000.
Mrs. Daisy Anderson Schaadt, Chairman of Grave Marker Committee, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Virginia Division Grave Marker Application Collection 1861-1943, Organized Record Collection: 21706, 21821, 22283, Virginia State Library
Museum of the Confederacy, Elliott Grays and Chesterfield County United Daughters of the Confederacy Scrapbooks Collections
Richmond Newsleader Newspaper Confederate Veterans Obituaries
Richmond Times Dispatch Newspaper Obituaries
Joseph E. Johnstone UCV Camp Roster
Woolridge UCV Camp Roster
Elliott Grays Chapter # 1877 United Daughter of Confederacy Collection, Virginia State Library
Virgina Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Convention Minutes, Virginia State Library
United Daughters of the Confederacy Cross of Honor Applications Collection , Virginia State Library
Birth, Marriage, Death, and Census Records, Virginia State Library
1905 Register of Confederates Living in Chesterfield County
Elliott Grays Chapter # 1877 United Daughter of Confederacy Chapter Collection
Elliott Grays Chapter #1877 Ancesteral Roll
Maury Cemetery Records, Richmond, Virginia

Library of Virginia Digital Collections
Virginia Confederate Pension File
Confederate Disability Applications
Confederate Units & Localities

"The Confederate soldiers were our kinfolk and our heroes. We testify to the country our enduring fidelity to their memory. We commemorate their valor and devotion. There were some things that were not surrendered at Appomattox. We did not surrender our rights in history, nor was it one of the conditions of surrender that unfriendly lips should be suffered to tell The story of that war or that unfriendly hands should write the epitaphs of the Confederate dead. We have a right to teach our children the true history of that war, the causes that led up to it, and the principles involved."

Tennessee Senator Edward W. Carmack, 1903