Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-04
Rockbridge First Dragons, Company
First Virginia Cavalry.
ICsop,pffad nv I Scott MOOro)

Complied by j. Scott Moore.)
This company was organized at Fancy
| Hill May u, 1859. l.. c. Davidson was
| elected captain. IL was composed OF men
| from every section Of the county, and the
| flower Of the young manhood or ROCK
| bridge 1t had stated meetings monthly
! for drill, and became perfect In the slinpie
| cavalry tactics Of that time. In the ran
| OF 1859 Captain J.. G. Davidson was mace
| colonel of the Eighth Regiment or VIZ
| ginia Militia, which necessltated his re-
| signation as commander of the DIasoons,
| and the company was reorganlzed oy the
election of Matthew x. white as captain n
! John S. Cummings, first lieutenant; G. r.
| Jordan. second lieutenant; James y.
Poague, third lieutenant. Lieutenant
| Poague resigned I'm 1860 10 attend me
| medical school of the University or VT,
| ginia. and c. r. Burks was elected 10 Ill
! the vacancy. Thus differed, the company
| was mustered into service at Harper
| FERRY. They left Lexington April 10, l1l
| Captain White resigned In 1851, ana Lieu
| tenant jordan was elected captain, aitu
, was the commanding officer to the close
of the war.
Upon entering the service the company
was assigned 10 the First virginia CaVti-
~. and became Company Z. rms regl-
ment was commanded by Colonel bltE-
hugh lee afterwards generaD, and was
the pride OF the cavalry arm OF the ser
vice In the Army of Northern virginia
and i'm every conflict with the enemy sus,
tanned their enyable reputation as haru
The following is a list OF the dead and
living who at any time during the war
served in the company:
Captalns-Matthew X. White ana
Charles j.. Jordan. - u
Rurks Charles j. Cameron, l.. &. DAVID
son. and John w. Moore.
Sergeants-James Il. Goul, w. ID. Nc
Corlkle. John ". Moore MOORE w saniae, n
Poindexter, and s. F.. Patterson.
Corporals-Charles @. Niche. ID. H..
Ford II. X. Estill, n. II. Lackey, James
Compton. Isaac Bare, John NJ. Dunlap
and Robert Barton -
Priyates-Wiliam III. Adair, John Med.
| Alexander. Cornelius Armentrout, Henry
Armentrout. Henry Arnold, John Armen-
trout. samuel Agnor Harry Arnold, VIII
! liam Barger, John p. Bowln, william
BowIin, Elihu II. Barclay, Adam Bare.
| George Bare, Il. p. Buckner, William
Brookenbrough, George II. Cameron. j.
III. Cameron. William Campbell, Daniel
| Crigler. Norborne Chandler, 5. y. Chand-
Ter Robert Cooper. Frank Cummings,
| William Davidson, George ID; Dixon, yonn
| j. Dixon. 5. X. Dunlap John Davidson,
! George Williams Efiinger. ..Adolpfus El-
hart, James s. Frggat. Charles NJ. Figgat,
b. Fuller, Robert Ford, John Gilbert,
| Ezekiel Gilbert, Andrew Glover, Samuel
| Goul, 3. Med. Gold, Il. L. Graham. u: X
| II. Greenlee, James $. Greenlee, Marsnali
| Greenlee. William Wood Greenlee, Lucian
| r. Grigsby John ". Gold, A. j. Gilmore,
| James Gold Augustus Hanger, John G-
| Hamilton. w. w. Hamilton. q: Boyd Har-
| Ian. Hunter Harlan, Silas Harlan, J, Scott
| Harlan, Wilkie ii. Harlan, James h. Har-
| ris. William p. Hartigan, James X. Han
ger, Michael Hanger; John Hin. John
| Holden. Samuel NJ. Holden, Calvin N,
| Harper, Thomas Holden, Thomas q.
Johnston. w. ]. Johnston, J. Montgomery
Johnston, Frank Jordan John ]. Jordan,
Jeremiah Kelly, Joseph Kelly, Isaac Ca
/ ruthers I.ackey. James +. Lackey, y.
H.. Iaekey. b p Laird d,,ii John q Is,a Ew s,s.
| Kee Laird. Abe Lavelle. Robert SHARP
| Leake. A. C.. Lam. Alfred Leyburn, ia
cob Lincoln. PhIlander Mackey. A. D.
| Martin. ". p. Martin. w. III. MARKS
| samuel r. Moore, Harry f. Moore. 'ficn.
ard 1. Moore. Thomas M s,,n'on JON ~
Montgomery, a. 5. Montgomsfyi oh .; -
| Myers. Il. Cuiton Norrison. .ebert n
| MorrIson, Henry RunHer Morriscn'