Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-13
4 Valuable List Of Her Confederate
Troops.
REGIMENTS AND BATTALlONS'
An Important Suggestion to The sur
YiVinS Veterans.
WHAT MIGHT DE ACCOMPLISHED.
The Confederate CavRIry-An Eio-
oueut Tribute from Colonel Young
An Unparalleled Ride-tns"rp"Sss"
rndurance-Pathet Letter.
stanton. Va. February II. 1873.

StauntOn, Va. February l., 1870
To the Editor " the Dispatch:
Enclosed please find correct copy o
The list of regiments. and battalions II
the Confederate States army from wv
rinia during the years lS5l-lSsS' COPIED
from a compilation made in thes var
Records Office of the United States array
from official records, mainly for the use
of that Office in editing and publishing
the records Of the Confederate war; IL
you will publish this OF your Confederate
page think you will help along the WORK
of compiling the records Of Virginia's SOL
diers during our civil war. concerning
which so much has been said and written
and so little done-always excepting the
good work accomplished by the Dispatch
in publishing the rolls Of companies and
the recollections Of participants in that
great struggle.
/ would ask the attention Of surviving
veterans to this list, and that they will
either communicate to me or TO the Dis
patch any information that will make 1t
more complete. The publication Of this
will be a good beginning towards securing
the rolls Of organizations, as ii gives the
names OF all the regiments and battalions
that are mentioned in official papers on
nle IN the War-Records office, with the
names Of their field officers. There are
doubtless other similar organizations
that should be added to this list and the
names of other feld-officers than those
here given.
would suggest that after this list is
published you secure a complete roster
of each of these regiments and battalions.
taking them in the order in which they
are here given, and publish them, con-
secutively, and so give US a Virginia ros-
ter. without cost TO the Commonwealth,
and that. by little effort on the part of
the Adjutant-General of the State, and
with a moderate expenditure for clerical
services and postage-stamps, can be made
complete.
read. with great interest the article
in the Dispatch of the 18th, telling us
OF the way in which South Carolina, at a
very moderate expense had secured a list
Of all her military organizations and SOL
diers that served during our civil war.
Her example is worthy Of imitation by
Virginia
Pardon me for adding that / am now
engaged In writing the history of Vir-
ginia, during our late war, for one OF
the volumes in the Confederate Library,
that, under the editorial supervision of
General c. A. Evans. is now being pub
hshed at Atlanta, Ga. In seeking infor-
nation for use in this work, have found
II necessary TO spend much labor with
small results, TO find out how many orea-
nizations Virginia had serving in the Con-
federate army, and, especially how MANY
men she furnished TO that army; hence
my special interest ia what is above
suggested.
Trusting you can find room for this
somewhat Voluminous record, If necessary
In successive issues of your Sunday edi-
uohs' am Yours very sincerely
JED. HOTCHtIss.
First Artillery Regiment Oknown as
Hardaway's Battalon) also, First Vir-
GINA Battalion Light Artillery.
J. Thompson Brown, major, colonel;
Henry COalter Cabeil, Northumberland
Lewis Nj. Coleman, lieutenant-coloriel.
Robert A. Hardaway. major. lleutenant,
colonel; Edgar +. MOseley, major. lieu-
tenant colonel George w. Randolph.
colonel; Robert M. Stribling. major. lieu
tenant-colonel; David Watson, major.
First Artillery Battalion. (see First
Regiment)
First Cavalry Battalion Emerged into
Ninth Cavalry)-Richard l.. T. Beale.
major; John e. Johnson, lieutenant-colo-
mel,
First Cavalry Battalion, Local Defence
Troops-William Nj. Browne colonel.
First Regiment Partisan Rangers. (See
sixty-second Mounted Infantry)
First Cavalry Regiment-L. Tlernan |
Brien, Northumberland. colonel; r.
Welby Carter, major, lieutenant-coionel, |
Ia
tenant-colonel, colonel: Charles r. Irving. |
major, Northumberland; William L.
Jones, colonel; FItzhugh Lee, lieutenant |
colonel colonel: William A. Morgan. |
major. Northumberland, colonel; James /
u. d. Stuart. colonel; Robert Swami.
major.
First Infantry Battalion Regulars
Qrish Battalion)-D. B. Bridgford. major |
John d. Munford, major; John Seldom, |
major.
First Infantry Battalion. Local Defence |
Troops (Armory Battaiion)-Thomas I'll /
Ayres. major; William s. Downer, major:
c. II. Ford. major.
First Battalion Reserves-Richard
Thomas Walker Duke, Northumberland.
James M. Strange. major.
First Battalion, Valley Reserves-W. A.
J. Miller. major.
First Infantry. Local Defence Troons
James +. James, colonel.
First Infantry Regiment (Wnlams's
Rines)--John Dooley major; William II
Fry. heutenant-coionei; Frank II. Lang
ley major. Northumberland; Patrick d.
Moore. colonel; William p. Mumford,
major; George u. Norton, major, VIII
Ham II. Palmer major: Frederick g.
Skinner major, lieutenant-colonel. colo
mel; Lewis y. Williams Jr.. colonel.
First Infantry Regiment, Ssate Line
Henry NJ. Berkeley. observation-disclosures:
James A. Nighbert. major; Richard c. w.
Radford colonel.
Flfst Militia Regiment, Seventh Bri-
saoe-h' 81. George Albert, colonel Levi
y. Lutz. major; Emanuel sipe, lieutenant
colonel.
First Reelment Reseryea--C u Aroratt |