Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-17
For the Spectator.
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Capt. Dold's Troop of Cavalry.

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Messrs. Editors Il was pleased to seePin one
of your late issues a list of names which, forty
five years ago, were familiar to the ears of the
writer. All the commissioned officers of the
company and most of the men are no longer
| actors upon earth-many of them have long been
numbered with the dead. There are some errors,
inaccuracies and omissions in the roll which it
is the object of this communication to correct
Lieut.. Robert Brown was taken sick at Peters
burg, refused to be taken to the hospital, return
ed with his company to Camp Mitchell, was
speechless by the time he reached there. was
carried to the house of Mr.. Pulliam in the
neighborhood, where he died. He was buried
with the honors of war in the graveyard on the
hill, near an old Church in Richmond. Lieut..
Brown was jolly, kind-hearted and free; an ee-z
CANT horseman and strongly attached to bis
troop. After the death of Brown the Cornet
was promoted to the End Lieutenancy, and
Robert McPheeters elected Cornet.
7. ]. Whitcomb was saoord- master, not pay
master and an expert little yankee he was.
The Orderly Sergeant. left the troop near Pc
tersburg on sick furlough Gas suppose,) and did
not return to camp. The fourth Sergeant re-
ceived the appointment, and discharged the du-
ties of Orderly Sergeant during the remainder of
the term of service.
James Glendy, (not Glendie,) was the first of
the troop that died in the service. He was no.
bic looking, amiable and greatly esteemed. He
died in the encampment near Petersburg, and
was buried with the honors of war, in old
Blandford Ohurchyard, his remains being laid
near those of a once prominent citizen Of Au-
gusta county, DIR. John Hail. who had long be-
fore been buried there. ,s The funeral of young
Glendy was the most solemn and imposing the
writer ever witnessed. Of the many light COM
panies that attended the burial, was the ceiebra
ted Petersburg volunteers, which since its return
from the Northern lines, was then in service un-.
der new organization called the Petersburg
Blues. AS the long procession moved to the
touching music of the band, slowly and solemly
down the main street of that noble town, Pe-s
tersburg, scores of weeping females were seen at
their doors and windows employing their hands
and white handkerchiefs in wiping away those
tears which feeling hearts prompted their eyes
and cheeks to be suffused with. They knew
not the dead soldier-he was to them stran-1.
ger-tEey knew, however, that he had been near
for their protection. They had evidence then
of his respectability. Perhaps they thought too
he had loved ones at home. Yes, over the blue
mountains there were those who would miss and
mourn him, one only sister, and aged father-bub
forbear.
When fifteen years of age, James Glendy came
to this country with his father and the other
thereafter, be found this his adopted country in
volved in war with nation whose government
be had not been taught to love. In the month
of August, 1914 on Sabbath day, news reach
ed the church where he worshipped, that in
consequence of the burning of Washington city,.
and the belief that Richmond would be- the next
point of attack, Capt Dold's company. of Caval-
ry with many others, were ordered to report
themselves at Richmond at the earliest possible
day; on that same day young Glendy snd a jo--
nior relative offered their services to Capt Dold
and marched to Richmond the same week. In
the course of four or five weeks thereafter, while
encamped near the Appomattox, young Glendy
was seized with yellow-fever, as the disease was
pronounced to be by bis physicians, the celebra-
ted DIR. Robertson, and the accomplished young
surgeons mate, DR.. Field During h Illness
no murmurs or regrets escaped him having
volunteered his services, or that he was about to
sacrifice his life to the cause of his adopted
country. Calmly and peacefully he yielded up
that life. How many! very many, valnabie
lives were lost to their families and the country
during the existence of that war; more espe-
cally of those who served in portions of eastern
| Virginia from the valley and west of it-vlctims
nearly all of them to change of climate. In
those day ten-fold more of danger was appre-
hended from this cause than from British balls
and bayonets.
| Pray excuse the length of this communication.
If you will bear with me / may in your next
number "tell other tales" as | proceed down the
I list. A TROOPER.