Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-16

| musketS at AppomattoX Courthouse on
| the 9th of April. 1865.
OF the commissioned officers or the
army not one escaped the shots of the
enemy. Captain w. III. Stewart, its
| first captain. was promoted to Major
and to Lieutenant Colonel of the regi-
ment, and was twice wounded. First
| Lieutenant VIM. G. Wallace was pro-
| NOTED to Captain in May, 1862. upon
| thefpromotion of Capt Stewart to Ma
| jor. He was wounded slightly at Sew
ellis Point. in the engagement of the
Sth of March, 1862. between the IRON
clad Virginia (Merrimac) and the Fed
eral fleet. In which the shore battery at
Sewell'S Point took part and WAS mor-
tally wounded on the 10Th of August,
1864, at the battle on the PETERSBURG
and Weldon railroad. sometimes called
the battle of Davis Farm. He fell into
the hands of the enemy and died within
their lines. He was n little more than
twenty-five years old at the time of his
death. having been born at Wallaceton.
Norfolk county. on the 2Sd of March,
1872. He was brave. gentle and polish
cd and loved by all who knew nm.
Upon the death of Capt. Wallace
Lieutenant J. L. West became Captain
of the company. From November. 1863.
until August TO- 1864 Lieutenant West
was detailed from the company by or
der of General Malone. and placed in
command of n select company of sharp
shooters which. with four other COM
panies.-onc from each regiment in the
Observation-Disclosures the corps of one
hundred and fifty men. known as Ma
homes SharpShOoterS more than three
tourthS of whom were killed or wound
cd during the campaign of 1861: but
from that date. until the close of the
war. commanded his own company. lie
was wounded twice--oncc by a baynnet
Thrust Di T,,i,
once by a piece of shell on the Plank
Road. In February. 1865.
Third Lieutenant George +. Hodges.
on account of the promotion of Cant.
stewart. Lieutenant West. and the
death Of Lieutenant Wallace. became
FIRST Lieutenant of the company. aud
escaped with slight wound. which he
received May g. 1868, at the battle of
salem Church. part of the battle of
| charlottesville. which took place be-
tween SedCwick's corps of General
lockers army. and a portion of Gen
erai Lees army. which had been sent
to stop his advance from Frciericks-
burg. First Sergeant c. A. Nash was
promoted to Second Lieutenant. and
was slightly wounded at the Crater.
July 30 1861 but remained with the
company. On the 10Th of August. 1861.
he received a very severe wound and
shortly afterwards resigned his COM
mission and volunteered as Il private in
Mosby's command.
Lieutenant Nash is at this writing
1892, Colonel of the Fourth Virginia
Volunteers. The company lost by
deaths from wounds and disease forty
three men. probably more than any
other company which went into the
service from Portsmouth and Norfolk
county, and the roll which follows gives
names of seventeen others who were.
wounded. Some of them were wounded
more than once.
There were certainly others. though
they have escaped from memory in the
lapse of twenty-seve years. At tho
battle of the Crater, July 20. 1864. the
company lost four men killed and six
wounded which was fully half of those
present Tor duty. 1t lost men killed In
the battles of charlottesville. Gettys-
burg, the Wilderness. Spottsylvania,
Cold Harbor. Wilcox Farm, the Crater
Davis Farm. Burgess Mill and Hatch
ers Rum while in the other battles; in
winch 1t was engaged its casualties en-
Draced the wounded only
Very few of its members fell into the
hands OF the enemy and some of those
were wounded. Company a was a
company of whose war record Norfolk
county may we'll feel proud In fact
she may of all Of her companies. Be
low will be found roster of the COM
pany, copied from the muster roll of
May. 1862.
THE OFFICERS.
Captain VIM. II. Stewart, promoted
10 lieutenant colonel SiXtyhrst Vr-
ginia, wounded. Captain w. c. Wal
lace. wounded Sewclrs Point killed
August 18Th. 1851; Captain John T.
West. wounded by bayonct at Crater.
wounded February 2Sth, 1865: I.ieuten-
ant George T. Hodges. wounded May
81 1865. Salem Church, Lieutenant
Camiilus y. Nash, wounded July both
ISoi' crater. and August 10Th, 1861
Davis farm; Sergeant VIM. \. West
appointed commissary sergeant in 1864
| Sergeant VIM. X. Dudley. CAPTURED at
burgess Mill in 1864: Sergeant Henry
;. Ethcredgc. appointed hospital stew
ara; Corporal Peleg Prtchard. wounded
OCTOBER 10Th, 1864. burgess Mill; Cor
poral George ID. Old. promoted captain
ana commissary SiXty-nrst Virginia
Corporal Thomas S. Sykes, captured AT
HettySburg; Corporal I.aban Mansfield.
Killed October Goth, 1864. Burgess Mil;
MUSICIAN James Toy, Musician WIN.
Mahoney
THESE ARE THE PRIVATES.
James Henry Butt. killed July Both.
1864. at Crater; George w. Bright,
killed May LIST. 1863, Chancellorsville;
Ashwell Curling. killed June 22d. 1864.
"ncoN Farm: Jeremiah Castine,
killed July SOth. at Crater: Josiah
Creekmore. discharged in 1862 for dis
ability j. r. Castinc, ~ H. Cooper.
wounded March Sth. 1862. Sewcrs
Point and discharged; j. y. Cooper,
wounded by bayonet July 3Oth, 1864.
Crater: c. c. Cooper. wounded July
SOth, 1864 at Crater; Marshall O. Creek
more. Killed by sharpshooter May 14th.
iSbi. Spottsylvania Courthouse; John
W. Creekmorc. promoted to sergeant.
captured October 24th. 1864. Burgess
MIL; Willoughby w. Creekmore. died
IN hospital. 1861; Daniel r. Culpepper,
a a IN hospital, 1868; John Culpepper,