Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-13
Liberty Hall NOiunteers-Co.
Fourth Virginia Infantry.

Captain ]. Preston Moore contributes
the following to the Rockbridge County
News:
This company was organized at Wash
ington College early in the month of
April. 1861. It took its name from a
similar organization formed at Liberty
Hall Academy during the war OF Ameri-
can independence, which marched under
William Graham. rector Of that institu-
tlon to Rockfsh Gap to meet the British
under Tarleton. 1t was composed al
most exclusively Of those then connected
with the college and recent graduates,
more than one half OF whom were pro-
fessors of religion and about one fourth
candidates for the ministry.
The original officers and members Of
this company were as follows: Captain,
James j. White; First Lieutenant. John
y. Lyle: Second Lieutenant, Joseph L..
Sherrard; First Sergeant. W. a. Ander-
son; Second Sergeant. ID. f.. Ruff Third
Sergeant. Charles +. Nelson; Fourth Ser
geant Edward a. Mitchell; Fifth Ser
geant. Charles W. Bell; First Corporal,
G.. b. Stricken; Second Corporal, Frank
r.. Brooke; Third Corporal, William J..
Paxton; Fourth Corporal, William l..
Meade. Privatcs-J. NJ. Anderson j.
L. Amole Jacob W. Arnold, J. Harry
Arnold. A. Tedford Barclay, William J.
Bell, John a. Bird', Benjamin A. Brad
ley. And. Brooks, William Brooks,
Givens *. Davidson, Thomas j. Goodwin,
Bronson Il. Gwynn'. Robert j. Hallett,
John II. y. Jones, Matthew S. Kahle',
H. r. Laird, c. NJ. LAM, Samuel IL.
Lyle, George ". Leckey', y. Il. Logan,
10 Tatrf
Mckee,, julius j. Moore II. Il. MOrri-
son. Samuel r. Moore, Henry II. Myers,
Cyrus +. Neel, W y. OFT. Copeland Il.
Pages, Alex. $. Paxton, Horace a. Pax
tom. Alex. Il. Ramsey, Joseph s. Ray
mond. Thomas W. Reed, Thomas II.
Roberts Thomas s. Rollins. c. ID.
Strickler j. l.. Suddarth. William j.
Thompson, Thomas NJ. Turner. Calvin
Utz, John a. r. Varner'. John G. Wat
SON., Charles Williams, William \. VIII
son, John T. wilson Hugh a. White,
John w. Riley. II. D. wilson, John p.
Lghtner J. w. 81 ntry, William
T.. richardson, J. .edWood. Harry
Jordan, Samuel Ii. Lisn;uer, J. Watson
Woods. Samuel Johnston, William
Lackey'.
CHOSE marked in the above roll were
not students)
Inc 4b4lbNiuB SlAutllS were duleu 1T
different times afterwards: John ID.
Myers. W. c. Preston, Joseph Chester,
Moffett Brooks, and Thomas S. White,
brothers OF students.
The following names were added to
the original roll at different times during
the war: Alex. Adair j. Anderson. Robert
Anderson, r. j. Almond. J. W Barclay,
\. ). Bacon, II. a. BARLEY, II. NJ. Bee
son. Charles Brooks William L. Brown,
J. w. Buchanan, A. Bushong, c. Cash,
]. 3. Culton, George Chaplin, J. II. Coff-
man. j. II. Copper. G. Crst, c. \. r.
Ciyce, +. Carr Robert Clifton, w. f..
Day, r. X. Dunlap. S. NJ. Dunlap. John
Dunlap, w *. Echard, j. r. Irvine,
James Gaylor, A. NJ. Glasgow, John Gross.
Il. Gordon. John Il. Guy, J. Hodge, 4. II.
Hall, =. ". Holt, l.. J. Johnson, w. NJ.
Johnson, J. Jackson, William Helwlck,
y. y. Lackey, NJ. II. Lam, J. l.. Lack
ey. a. Il. Link, T. Lewis, NJ. +. Lerew,
William Lunsford j. W. Miley, j. e. Nc
Cray, r. McCalpin. a. McClung. William
Moore. William McCurdy, Charles b. Nc
Chung. Benjamin +. McNutt, w. A. Nc
Cleliand w. ID. Moore, J. +. Moore. j.
j. Moore, Henry OFT, Dennis OBrien,
W. Patterson, j. NJ. Pettigrew. Samuel
Pettgrew, W. r. Rollins, W. II. Rosen,
l.. ROwsey D. Roadcap, j. Spohr. w.
Steel. G. II. Stoner, j. ID. Sterrett, w.
stoner, ID. Snyder 4. Snyder, w. Shields,
d. Sheckle. 4. stratton, w. Smiley, 1. N.